Sr. Manager-Trade Finance

AspenTech • Houston, TX

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About The Position

As a Sr. Finance Manager, Corporate Risk & Trade Finance at AspenTech, you will lead coordination of the company’s trade finance, insurance, and corporate risk management activities. You will own risk matters spanning performance guarantees, bid bonds, letters of credit, certificates of insurance, workers’ compensation, and related areas. The role partners with stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Legal, Compliance, Sales, Commercial Finance, and Project teams, as well as Emerson corporate functions.

Success in the role requires strong financial judgment, project management discipline, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while establishing structure, transparency, and accountability. The work directly supports customer negotiations, contract execution, compliance, and commercial risk management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• 10–12 years of professional experience in finance.
• Proven leadership experience and the ability to manage complex, long-term projects.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
• Advanced expertise in Excel and experience building and using business intelligence tools.
• Extensive experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems, Jira, banking platforms, and other analytical tools.
• Ability to synthesize and present complex data to senior leadership clearly and actionably.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to solicit information and foster cooperation from diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or relevant advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day corporate risk management activities across Finance, Treasury, Legal, Sales, Commercial Finance, and other internal teams.
• Manage the lifecycle of trade finance instruments, including bid bonds, performance guarantees, letters of credit, and other instruments.
• Partner with Treasury and banking partners to coordinate applications, issuance, monitoring, renewals, and release of trade finance instruments, while clarifying execution responsibilities.
• Use JIRA or other workflow tools to track requests, assignees, statuses, aging, bottlenecks, expiration dates, and open risk items.
• Monitor open and expiring guarantees, bonds, insurance certificates, and other risk instruments.
• Coordinate certificate of insurance requests, evidence of coverage, and stakeholder follow-up.
• Support contract negotiations by identifying insurance, indemnity, liability, parent guarantee, performance guarantee, and other trade finance requirements.
• Partner with Legal and Commercial teams to evaluate non-standard contract terms and ensure business risk acceptance is explicit and approved by the appropriate decision makers.
• Follow approval matrices, DOA guidelines, and escalation paths for insurance and trade finance decisions.
• Translate complex insurance and trade finance issues into clear business recommendations for senior finance and commercial leadership.
• Improve front-end deal review discipline by ensuring insurance and trade finance requirements are reviewed before contracts are signed.
• Educate Sales, Project Management, Legal, and Finance teams on trade finance and insurance requirements, common red flags, and required lead times.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Charitable giveback day.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Retirement benefits for eligible employees.
• Bonus or variable incentive pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior