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Guarantees Administrator

Term: 
  • Permanent
Salary: up to £45,000

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Main Responsibilities of the Guarantees Administrator:

  • Ensures that all incoming instructions from customers/branches and other banks are handled within agreed turnaround times and without errors
  • Deals with all administration under Guarantees including the daily list of periodic commissions to be debited or claimed from customers/banks.
  • Ensures that all the necessary correspondence in respect of guarantee issuance is despatched promptly to the required parties.
  • 1st Review of guarantee texts where required and advise findings to senior staff for further action.
  • Shares advising movement of funds to Settlement Dept.
  • Assist in resolving queries relating to work processed on the section
  • Other duties relating to Trade Services processing as required by the Manager, Trade Services or Head of Trade Services.
  • Share responsibility for clearing outstanding Nostro items relating to guarantees

Risk & Regulatory Duties

  • Maintain knowledge of all applicable regulatory requirements including the Bank’s Risk and Compliance policies and procedures and adhere to these.
  • Report policy, procedure and/or regulatory breaches or suspicions to Manager or Head of Trade Services.
  • Accurately execute all controls within own area to minimise risk of policy, procedure, and/or regulatory breaches.
  • Identify any new risks/control gaps within own area and escalate accordingly to your Line Manager and/or Head of Trade Services.

Financial Crime

  • Act as the “First Line of Defence”.
  • Responsible for the accurate execution of Financial Crime Prevention controls in accordance with the Bank’s and Departmental policies and procedures.
  • Ensure Due Diligence/Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) is carried out, where applicable, on all parties to the Trade transactions and maintain appropriate records
  • Be vigilant to unusual or suspicious transactions and report any suspicions to the MLRO
  • Ensure adherence to the Bank’s AML, Financial Crime and Anti−Terrorism policies and procedures

The successful Guarantees Administrator will have the following experience:

  • Trade Finance Guarantees experience from a similar institution.
  • Strong working knowledge of URDG.
  • Good understanding of the risk & regulatory duties evolved within Trade finance operations

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