EMEA Trade Finance Officer

Job Description:

Job Title: EMEA Trade Finance Officer

Corporate Title: Officer

Location:  Bromley

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location:

Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you will find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.

Job Description:

Here in our Bromley office, we are looking for a highly organized and motivated individual to join the Registration & Distribution team who can communicate clearly with both internal and external stakeholders. This is a hugely important administrative role with which would ideally suit someone looking to start their career in International Trade Finance. Our back-office processing team in India are a key stakeholder and working closely together is needed to ensure we deliver a first-class experience to both our business partners and Clients.  

Responsibilities:
•    You will process receipts and dispatch of Trade related documentation
•    You will scan all documents into the system of record and maintain originals in the record room
•    You will handle basic Client queries
•    You will assist with monthly reporting on volume trends to management
•    You will reconcile pending documents and drive resolution
•    You will maintain MIS for inbound and outbound courier
•    You will be the general point of contact to the post room and courier services 

What we are looking for:

• You will hold a bachelor’s degree (desirable) or Equivalent experience
• You will have Current Trade Finance experience
• You will have the ability to handle administrative tasks e.g. logging client contact and query details
• You will be a Team player and can prioritize work
• You will be a Self-starter and have experience working on tight deadlines

Benefits of working at Bank of America

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment are crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependents, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.