Trade Finance Structuring & Execution Senior Associate

BBVA Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global banking institution is seeking a Senior Associate for its Trade Finance Structuring & Execution team in London. This role involves managing trade finance transactions, maintaining client relationships, and ensuring compliance with trade finance regulations. Ideal candidates will have 5-7 years of trade finance experience and strong communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 to 7 years of experience in trade finance.
• Proficient in structuring and reviewing facility documentation.
• Fluency in English; Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of trade finance transactions.
• Maintain strong client relationships and ensure smooth transaction processing.
• Prepare MIS reports on deals and manage compliance-related activities.

Skills

Trade Finance expertise

Client Relationship Management

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree in Banking, Finance or equivalent

Tools

MS Excel

Google Suite

DocuSign

Job description

**facilitate the application for job offers with LinkedIn**. If you wish to obtain more detailed information, please consult our .Trade Finance Structuring & Execution – Senior Associate (BEX team/Middle office) page is loaded## Trade Finance Structuring & Execution – Senior Associate (BEX team/Middle office)remote type: Hybridlocations: LONDONtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: January 22, 2026 (8 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR00092656BBVA 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.The GTB UK Business Execution (BEX) team supports the trade finance function by acting as a middle office team. Their key role includes optimizing process flows, collaborating with, and actively supporting the front office (Sales) team, back office team, and relevant stakeholders. By doing so, they enhance efficiency and ensure seamless coordination across trade finance and working capital activities.**About the job:**Structure and execute trade finance transactions, offering to BBVA clients a wide range of standard trade finance instruments and customized solutions to cover clients’ import/export financing needs.We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Trade Finance Middle Office Specialist to join our dynamic team in London. You will play a critical role in supporting the origination and distribution of Trade Finance and Working Capital (WC) solutions, acting as a key liaison between front-office transaction bankers, back-office operations, and clients.This position is part of the GTB UK Business Management & Execution (BEX) team, focusing on trade finance structuring and execution. The role is crucial for day-to-day operations, enhancing process efficiencies, promoting effective coordination and collaboration, and maintaining robust risk controls.This role requires a strong understanding of trade finance products, regulations, and risk management.* **Transaction Management:** Manage the full lifecycle of trade finance transactions, from structuring leading to execution of new transactions until termination, including portfolio monitoring, amendments, and negotiations.* **Client Relationship Management** : Maintain strong client relationships, providing excellent customer service and commercial management. Act as the primary point of contact for clients on post-trade operational and documentary matters, ensuring smooth transaction processing. This includes transactions from both primary and secondary markets.* **Transaction Structuring:** Participate in transaction structuring and client meetings as required.* **Loan and Financial Management:** Register bilateral loans and money market withdrawals, manage SCF deals, onboard suppliers, update interest rates, and issue bid offers.* **Collaboration:** Liaise with offshore operations teams (HUB) for booking, monitoring, and resolving issues related to funded and unfunded trade finance instruments (L/Cs, Guarantees, SBLCs, discounts, factoring, Promissory notes(PN), bills of exchange, supply chain finance(SCF) and various Working capital solutions)* **KYC and Documentation Support**: Support KYC documentation, verify client signatures, and 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, including reporting on collections, transfers, and suspicious payments to the Compliance Department.* **Approval Coordination:** Obtain necessary approvals from various departments (Risk, Compliance, Legal, Asset Allocation, IFI, Country Risk) for GTB transactions. Ensuring archiving relevant documentation for audit purposes* Manage inter-branch transactions (issuance of Guarantees or SBLCs between BBVA branches).* **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, cash management and monitoring functionalities.**Qualifications:*** Degree educated in Banking, Finance or other equivalent.* Solid experience of Trade Finance(TF) products in middle office related to 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.* 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.Please note that priority will be given to candidates who are elegible to work in the UK.**Skills:**Customer Targeting, Empathy, Ethics, Innovation, Proactive ThinkingDon’t miss any opportunity and... upload your CV! 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