Banking Lead

Job Description : BANKING LEAD NIGERIA 1. Relationship development with National & Regional Banks 2. Liaising with Local Banks for Account onboarding 3. Expert in Trade finance, Letter of Credit , Bank Guarantees, document negotiation with counter parties 4. Exploring Trade Finance deals with banks 5. Fund raising activities scratch to end process 6. Negotiation on terms of financing with Lenders, suppliers 7. Negotiation and reduction of the cost of finance 8. Handling of Export documents 9. Compliance of conditions precedent and other terms of the credit facility sanction letters 10. Finance cost Budget preparation and Variance analysis 11. Preparation of preliminary presentations/Teasers for Project Finance Transactions 12. Handling all basic banking requirement of the various departments within group, such as, assisting in employee for bank accounts, debit cards/credit cards for online payments, configuration of users for online banking, availing soft/hard tokens, supply of periodic statements, balance confirmations, etc. 13. Maintaining Reports of Account Management, Trade Instrument, Bank Charges, Export Receivable, Credit Exposure, Regulatory Authority updates related to Banking and core business activity of the Group Preferred candidate profile Experience - 20+ years of relevant Banking relationship management experience at medium management level. 5+ years international corporate financing & banking experience across multiple countries ideally Africa / Middle East/Europe/China. Experience in Oil & Gas / Manufacturing shall have weightage. Extensive knowledge and experience in handling bank liaison, fund raising, trade finance • Knowledge of International practices for export documentations and Letter of Credit. • Strong knowledge of KYC compliances • Strong ability to utilize relationship to resolve banking transactions for the operation team. • Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders • Strong ability to manage multiple tasks within given timeline.

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