Christopher Chieng Email & Phone Number

Nairobi

• Marketing and selling trade finance products and services to Corporate, Commercial and Nairobi North regional clients Implementation of the bank’s trade finance strategy, products and plans while continuously reviewing.
• Effectively manage and expand the relationships with existing trade finance clients and bringing in new partnerships so as to ensure business growth and continuity in Nairobi North region;
• Origination, structuring and placement of trade-related deals in Nairobi North region;
• Leveraging of credit and non-credit trade products to maximize returns from customers as well as play great role in developing/structuring of new trade finance product programs to meet specific customer requirements in.
• Working closely with credit risk and compliance units to ensure effective controls to mitigate against business risks in Nairobi North region;
• Developing and reviewing business operational policies and procedures ensuring their compliance in Nairobi North region

I&M Bank Limited

• Managing Corporate/SME client base from a trade finance perspective in cooperation with the corporate Relationship Managers to achieve overall Trade sales plan
• Targeting and winning new income from prospective trade finance clients
• Appraising client credit worthiness and ensure constant adherence limits to regulate bank’s exposure
• Customizing products to suite client’s particular needs with my thorough trade knowledge
• Working with operations to enhance customer service levels on trade services products
• Advising clients on complex international trade transaction based on market research/intelligence

I&M Bank Limited

• Issuing of banks guarantees and financial appraisal letters to clients
• Discounting bills of exchange, invoices and promissory notes.
• Liaising with relationship to ensure obligatory approvals are in place when issuing bank guarantees and discounting instruments
• Generating financial reports on guarantees issued and bills discounted
• Advising branches and clients on technicalities of the guarantees and discounting facilities

Panari Sky Centre, Mombasa Road

• Preparing bank’s exposure report on confirmed lc’s, lines utilized and available with correspondence banks and sending to the senior management regularly
• Verifying Trade Finance SWIFT messages i.e. MT103,202,400,499, 700,740,747,799 and 999
• Preparing maturity listing and advice the same to the senior management team and relationship for appropriate international payment cover
• Negotiating international trade documents, monitoring bank statements and advising correspondence banks
• Reconciling nostro/vostro accounting entries
• Issuing, amending and cancelling letters of Credit and maintaining in core banking system

Harambee Avenue, Accounts Office

• Preparing payment vouchers and cheques
• Posting of invoices into the system: PASTEL
• Creditors, debtor ledger and general ledger reconciliations and accruals
• Bank reconciliations
• Preparing Value Added Tax account and its reconciliation
• Debts collections and follow-ups

Nairobi, Kenya

• Teaching Mathematics, Chemistry and History
• Guiding and counseling of students
• Administering of form two as class teacher

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Business Administration-Strategic Management

Masters Of Business Administration, Strategic Management

Finance Option With Information Technology, Business Administration, 2Nd Class Upper Honors