Be Part Of A High-Performing Team:
Join a global financial services environment supporting trade finance operations for a control-focused banking organization. This team plays a key role in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing of international trade transactions, including Letters of Credit and Documentary Collections. The environment is detail-oriented, policy-driven, and built around operational accuracy, regulatory awareness, and strong execution.
What's In Store For You:
Engagement: W2 only, no C2C/1099.
This is an onsite contract opportunity based in Jersey City, NJ, supporting a specialized trade services operations team. The role offers exposure to complex import/export trade finance products, syndicated Letter of Credit activity, and ICC-governed transaction processing in a high-volume banking operations setting.
How You Will Make An Impact
- Manage end-to-end operational processing for trade finance products, including Import and Export Letters of Credit and Documentary Collections.
- Process Import Letters of Credit, including acceptances, discounts, payments, invoicing, and related financing activity.
- Support Export Letter of Credit functions, including advising, confirmations, commission booking, and daily accrual processing.
- Book and administer syndicated Letter of Credit transactions with accuracy and strong control discipline.
- Process Documentary Collections, including registration, acceptances, settlements, payments, and related financing activities.
- Ensure transactions comply with ICC rules, internal policies, regulatory expectations, and established operating procedures.
Are you a proven trade finance operations professional ready to make an impact?
- 10+ years of relevant trade finance, trade services, or banking operations experience preferred.
- Proven hands-on experience with Documentary Letters of Credit.
- Strong working knowledge of ICC rules, including UCP, URC, ISBP, or related trade finance guidelines.
- Experience processing Import LCs, Export LCs, Documentary Collections, settlements, payments, commissions, and accruals.
- Strong attention to detail, risk awareness, and ability to work accurately in a high-volume, control-focused environment.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; Master’s degree is a plus.
- CDCS certification is a plus.