Junior Trade Finance Analyst
Centrica Energy Marketing & Trading (EM&T) are a leading renewable energy trading company. Here curiosity energises constant innovation, fuelling our ambitions of powering the world as it transitions towards a sustainable future.
We are a global renewable energy trading company which helps move energy from source to use powering businesses, homes, and societies as they transition to a new sustainable energy future. Across 7 offices on two continents, our +600 passionate and highly skilled energy experts help our clients buy and sell energy, helping make both affordable and sustainable living possible. We are part of Centrica plc, operating with main offices in London and Aalborg.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Trade Finance Analyst to join our growing team and help advance in your career. As a Junior Trade Finance Analyst, you will support the Trade Finance Team with all administrative tasks such as preparing approval forms, filing documents and maintaining databases and reports. This will be a role you’ll be able to mould into your own so it’s a fantastic development opportunity for someone interested in trade finance.
About the Role:
Maintain paper-based archive and digital database of trade finance instruments:
Assist with Facilitation of digital developments:
Admin Support to Trade Finance Team
Prepare internal forms for approvals required
Reaching out to various internal functions to obtain approvals on time while monitoring deadlines for final submission
Filing all forms and approvals for audit records
Alerting Trade Finance Team in case of issues/delay with obtaining approvals.
BAU responsibilities
Maintaining up to date documentation library of active Trade Finance products
Producing reports for Senior Management including KPIs
Ad-hoc analysis and query investigation of data
Stakeholder Management
About You:
2-3 years in a trade finance role in a commodity house would be desirable
Advanced level and strong knowledge of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Visio, Power BI, SharePoint)
Tech-savvy, curious about technologies and willing to help to advance digital solutions for the team bringing ideas to the pool
Strong Team Player
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, time management skills, ability to prioritize tasks
Strong numerical skills
Attention to detail skills
Ability to communicate clearly
Effective communication and sense of accountability and ownership of deliverables
Desire to grow and acquire new knowledge
Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue to champion inclusivity, develop future skills and invest in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world, for everyone.
At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!
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