Business Execution (Middle Office) - GTB Distribution & Portfolio Solutions

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BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

This role sits within the GTB UK Business Execution (BEX) function and reports into the Head of GTB UK Business Execution. The core responsibility of the role is associated with providing a business execution (post sales) function to the GTB Distribution & Portfolio Solutions team, in coordination with the BEX from the different geographic booking locations and the GTB Monitoring team. The GTB Distribution & Portfolio Solutions team has a global remit and looks to optimise capital and credit limits by distributing / mitigating trade assets via banks sale, insurance, multilaterals or funds. 

About the job:

Reporting into Head of Business Execution, this role requires a strong understanding of secondary market trade finance products, with proficiency in legal documentation, including MRPA, O&A, insurance policies, syndications and risk management.

• Client Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for clients on post-trade origination/distribution operational and documentary matters, ensuring smooth transaction processing. This includes transactions from both primary and secondary markets.

•  Transaction Management:  Support post-trade lifecycle of OTD (originate to distribute) post origination trade finance transactions, supporting documentation completion and sign off including Master Participation agreements (MRPA),  offer and acceptance (O&A), trade loan agreements, co-ordinating with stakeholders (clients, banks, Financial institutions, back office, front office) to ensure smooth execution of transactions to termination, including portfolio monitoring, amendments, and negotiations.

• Client Relationship Management : Maintain strong client relationships, providing excellent customer service and commercial management.

• Collaboration:  Liaise with offshore operations teams (HUB) for booking, monitoring, and resolving issues related to trade finance instruments origination and distribution (L/Cs, Guarantees, SBLCs, discounts, factoring, SCF, mass receivables and various working capital solutions).

• KYC and Documentation Support: Support KYC documentation, verify client signatures, sign-offs and ensuring archiving, manage the internal and external distribution of all relevant documentation.

• Reporting: Prepare MIS reports on deals, maturities, and overdue transactions.

• Compliance Management:  Manage compliance-related activities transactions from both primary and secondary markets.

• Approval Coordination: Ensure necessary approvals are in order from various departments (Risk, Compliance, Legal, Asset Allocation, IFI, Country Risk) for GTB origination and distribution transactions.

• Manage inter-branch transactions (issuance of Guarantees or SBLCs between BBVA branches).

• Transaction Structuring: As and when required, participate in transaction structuring and client meetings as required.

• Operational Risk Management: Contribute to identifying and mitigating operational risks, ensuring adherence to BBVA’s policies and procedures.

• Ability to adapt and support various business execution functions related with distribution, trade finance Business as usual functionalities as and when required per business requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree educated in Banking, Finance or other equivalent.

• Solid experience of Trade Finance(TF), working capital products, trade syndications and structured trade products, preferably with large British/Northern European corporates.

• At least 5 to 7 years of experience and in-depth technical knowledge of the funded, unfunded, secondary market TF products, including mass receivables, forfaiting, discount, invoice financing, SCF and risk participation, with proficiency in structuring, reviewing facility documentation and execution

• Proficient in MS Excel spreadsheet, creating and supporting macros.

• In depth knowledge of Trade Finance booking and monitoring systems.

• Knowledge of Google suite products, Docusign, MS suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

• Excellent communication, negotiation, problem solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities under pressure.

• Fluency in English; Spanish (spoken and written) is highly preferred.

• Knowledge of Google suite products, KOMGO will be an added advantage.

• GTB/Trade Finance training qualifications are highly valued.

The Difference You Will Make:

• Identifying and mitigating operational risks associated with Distribution execution.

• Improving processes and controls.

• Providing excellent customer service.

• Achieving challenging goals through collaboration and negotiation.

• Working effectively under pressure and managing large volumes of information.

Skills:

Empatía, Ética, Innovación, Orientación al cliente, Pensamiento proactivo