Latin America Trade Finance- Analyst/Associate

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation•New York, NY

34d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Analyst or Associate position in the Global Trade Finance Latam team will be responsible for supporting Senior Sales and Origination Team on business origination, deal structuring and negotiation of documentation, working capital and free cash flow analysis, working together with Corporate Finance and other stakeholders for credit and all other internal approval committees process

Requirements

1 to 4 years of experience in trade finance or corporate finance;
Knowledge of cross border trade finance either within a Financial Institution or a company that acted as client of Trade Finance;
Minimum of 2+ years of work experience in the front office of a corporate bank or trade finance department preferred. In depth knowledge of working capital lending.
Bachelor degree in Business, Economics or related field, Master's degree is preferred
Fluent in Spanish and English, desirable Portuguese
Ability to deliver results under pressure and tight timeframes;
Critical thinking, teamwork / collaboration and pro-activeness

Responsibilities

Support the origination of new business opportunities;
Perform working capital and free cash flow analysis, benchmark against client peers and comparables
Prepare and deliver client pitch materials (presentations and/or written proposals);
Prepare and deliver internal materials and reports to be presented to management;
Provide monthly reports to management and other ad hoc reports.
Support the structuring of working capital solutions for clients;
Work together with Corporate Finance for credit and all other internal approval committees process;
Support document review in coordination with in-house legal counsel or external counsel.
Remain aware of all compliance and risk factors and continually work together with senior members of the team to proactively minimize and mitigate risk.
Participate in quarterly and annual portfolio review and related management reporting.
Support the senior Sales originators in the development of new product solutions with the respective areas
Responsible for ad-hoc requests from team leader of the business
Keep abreast of industry updates and economic environment as it relates to working capital finance
Respond to day-to-day inquiries from clients, relationship managers, middle and back office.
Responsible for ad-hoc requests from team leader of the business
Maintain and develop good communication channels with all internal business partners