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Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Client service specialist in trade finance advisory and services. Oversee a portfolio of trade finance financial supply chain deals inclusive of reviewing deal documentation, partnering with operations to set up and support ongoing flows of the deal, liaise with sales and the client on deal related issues as well as questions and analysis while working with the team to identify areas of efficiency and drive the implementation of such change. Work with internal teams including credit risk management, finance, legal, compliance and loan operations. Manage projects and work effectively with product management and the implementations department. • Manage coordination of closings, analysis, and reviews for Financial Supply Chain transactions in North America.• Execute daily funding and reconciliation requests, along with associated tasks.• Facilitate communication with operations teams to ensure timely collections of interest and fees, while monitoring outstanding and past-due payments for principal and interest on daily deals.• Monitor Financial Supply Chain Americas' profit and loss, as well as balance sheet metrics such as risk-weighted assets, advising the team on any inconsistencies.• Conduct thorough checks on deal setups in underlying trade finance booking systems to ensure accurate booking of all deals and insurance policies.• Support and coordinate Know Your Customer processes for both clients and non-clients.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Managed ten individuals to carry out policies and procedures and to minimize delays, costs and operational risk. Ensured equitable distribution employee workload to maintain efficiency to capitalize upon different individual skill levels. Identified and escalated open issues that represent risk. Key accomplishments included:• Developed and implemented ongoing team objectives and goals in collaboration with regional management. • Led multiple team-based internal audit projects oversaw the creation and distribution of regulatory reports.• Improved business processes, controls and procedures within the margin management team.• Created strategic hiring plan to address additional headcount and business requirements. • Supported and participated in the development of system enhancements and User Acceptance Testing

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Served as the main point of contact between the third party audit group and the business to collect and collate required information for annual audits. Escalation liaison for dispute resolution and reporting among various groups, including sales, trading, legal and global management. • Trained and developed new and seasoned staff members and served as first level escalation contact with bank clients for staff, including bank analysts and associates.• Developed, implemented and reinforced process changes to support regulatory and global bank requirements.• Improved processes, functions and controls as part of strategic change initiatives in bank working groups.• Created interactive dashboards for management information in collaboration with internal contract consultants.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Collaborated with clients to reconcile trade portfolios, initial margin and MTM differences. Resolved valuation and collateral disputes. Coordinated closely with Sales, Trading, Credit Risk, Legal, New Business Service Providers and Middle Office teams to advise on client queries, requests and issues. Partnered with relevant Product Control Areas to resolve any pricing or mark to market disputes with client valuation statements.• Team lead for reconciliation breaks between internal systems.• Built strong working relationships with internal and external clients across all OTC products.• Issued and responded to 60-80 OTC bilateral margin calls daily as defined in the business documentation.• Initiated, recorded, and arranged settlement of collateral movements. Worked closely with multiple settlement areas to follow up on any failed items. Issued monthly collateral position statements and settled interest.