Loan Operations & Trade Finance Settlements Analyst
We are hiring a Loan Operations & Trade Finance Settlements Analyst to support daily loan operations, settlements, trade finance processing and branch operations within a regulated banking environment.
This role suits someone with strong hands‑on experience in bilateral and syndicated loan operations , including drawdowns, rollovers, repayments, fees, reconciliations and settlement processing. You should be comfortable working in a detailed, deadline‑driven operations role where accuracy, controls and follow‑through matter.
Key responsibilities
- Process drawdown, rollover and repayment requests under bilateral and syndicated loan agreements.
- Support daily loan administration, including loan portfolio reporting, diary monitoring and past‑due reporting.
- Monitor outstanding and undrawn facility positions, commitment fees, utilisation fees and customer fee reports.
- Report nostro position movements accurately to Markets Operations within agreed deadlines.
- Support settlement operations, including payment tracking, reconciliation, charges and GL entries.
- Prepare facility reports, customer outstanding reports and transaction records for new drawdowns.
- Maintain accurate transaction files, correspondence records, SWIFT messages and audit trails.
- Support trade finance processing across products such as:
- Letters of Credit
- Amendments
- Bills acceptance
- TR loans
- Inward bills collection
- Import/export invoice financing
- Standby LCs
- LC advising, confirming, negotiation and transfer LCs
- Liaise with internal teams including Trade Finance, Loan Operations, Global Markets, Finance, Corporate Banking, Risk and Compliance.
- Liaise externally with customers, correspondent banks and outsourced processing teams.
- Complete regular control checks, including CSA / RCSA activity.
- Provide cover across Operations where required, including fixed deposit processing.
- Assist with process documentation, training and continuous improvement.
What we are looking for
- 5+ years’ experience in bilateral and syndicated loan operations.
- Hands‑on experience processing drawdowns, rollovers, repayments, fees and loan settlements .
- Good understanding of banking products, ideally including trade finance .
- Experience with loan operations systems, SWIFT, payment processing, reconciliations or core banking systems.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately under time pressure.
- Good understanding of operational risk, controls and regulatory expectations.
- Comfortable with manual reporting, spreadsheets, transaction logs and document filing.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with internal stakeholders, customers and correspondent banks.
- Positive, practical and team‑oriented approach.
Useful experience
- LoanIQ, ACBS or similar loan administration systems.
- SWIFT payments and messages.
- GL entries, charges and fee processing.
- Branch banking / international bank operations.
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