London, GB
Underwriter Trade Finance (80-100%)
About the Role & Team
The Trade Finance & Working Capital Solutions team sits within our global Credit & Surety team. Your role will be a mix of transactional underwriting and client and broker relationship management. All our underwriters follow a client relationship and a transaction "End to End", combining client management with individual transaction underwriting assessment and sign-off. This role with cover both corporate obligors and FI obligors.
The role of our team is to provide insurance capacity and solutions for leading Trade Finance & Working Capital Solutions banks and other financial institutions for cross border trade transactions, corporate loan transactions as well as limited solutions for corporate clients. This involves an international work environment with a global scope and customer base.
You will:
• Independently analyse trade finance and non-trade loan deals, with a strong emphasis on evaluating corporate risk including pricing, risk, policy wording and providing deep expertise in underwriting a variety of structures and underlying risk profiles
• Efficiently handle client and broker relationships to grow our profitability
• Analyse multi obligor and portfolio transactions
• Present transactions to internal stakeholders
• Identify and monitor market, economic and legal developments impacting risks
About You
We are looking for an exceptional teammate with strong analytical, communication, negotiation and presenting skills who can constructively and respectfully engage in challenging conversations with their stakeholders and execute transactions effectively. Are you able to underwrite the risks of a transaction and form outstanding relationships with your clients? Are you able and willing to take initiative and implement measures in a goal-oriented manner with a 'can do attitude' and:
• At least 4 years' of experience within the Financial Industry in Trade Finance, Corporate Banking or Credit Insurance
• Understanding of assessing Corporate obligor risks and structures (FI also a plus)
• Experience in client-facing roles preferably with brokers
• Strong interest in corporate risks, economic interdependencies and financial analysis
• Willingness to travel from time to time for events
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.
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About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
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