Department Head Trade Credit Insurance Expert, Corporate Banking recruitment

Business Head, Trade Credit Insurance, Corporate Banking, Asian Investment Bank, London.  Salary: Competitive + Bonus

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a new position with the Trade Finance/Corporate Banking Team of a top international Asian investment bank in London.  They are looking for a Trade Credit Insurance to set-up and lead a new team as Business Head. 

The role:

• Responsibility for building the trade credit insurance business as part of the Transaction Banking Group.  Your responsibility will be to set-up trade finance (open accounts/trade supply chain) transactions backed by trade credit insurance facilities.

• Marketing and negotiating the placement and syndication of trade credit insurance programs in order to meet/exceed clients coverage and financing design criteria.

• Educating the Relationship Managers on product updates, new products, coverages, and emerging issues to keep apace with competition and to deliver the best solutions to clients.

• You will need to understand the whole spectrum of the business process in trade credit insurance including credit assessment and credit limit procedure.

• Develop existing methodologies in risk management, including commercial risk (credit risk included among other risk types), and political risk assessment tools.  Will be required to analyse needs and credit limits for clients, liaising with the Trade Credit Insurer or ECAs to arrange the transactions.

This is a senior position and as such you will need to have significant trade credit insurance experience from either a sales or product perspective.  This role will combine both strong product knowledge with marketing and transaction execution skills.  As this is a new role, the right candidate will be expected to hit the ground running, implementing their existing knowledge to increase revenues and profitability as part of the bank’s Corporate Banking Group.  You should be able to demonstrate leadership qualities and have the potential to build a business.

If you are interested in this role and demonstrate the necessary skills then please get in touch by sending your CV in word format to structuring@selbyjennings.com or calling +44 207 0194139.

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