Specialist Trade Finance II at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• In this role you will provide specialist value added service and solutions to customers to meet business growth in Trade Finance & International Banking, by customer acquisition, retention and facilitating internal and external relationships across stakeholder touch points.

Job Description

Your accountabilities will include:

• Identifying and reviewing client needs so as to provide advice and deliver products and services by maintaining a strong relationship with clients and stakeholders.
• Resolving client issues appropriately and escalate those unable to resolve to the respective banker or Regional Sales Manager
• Identifying market and industry trends, by analyzing sector research, economic periodicals and industry journals and advise CIB stakeholders and clients on these.
• Regularly identifying and reviewing client needs so as to provide advice and deliver product and services by maintaining strong relationship with customers and being solution oriented
• Joint client visit with coverage bankers to provide customer solutions, and where necessary attend, client visits alone.
• Acting as an ambassador for ABSA with clients and maintain strong long term relationship by applying formal and informal client relationship management techniques.
• Providing advice in the handling of complex client transactions by providing additional insight, detail and information on clients, where appropriate (examples would include credit arrangements or Excon dispensations)
• Educating, sensitizing and providing feedback to internal target market stakeholders regarding the joint responsibility to achieve income objectives.
• Establishing relationships with potential clients and pursue opportunities to expand CIB Trade, International Banking & Working Capital  business for the related segment/sector.
• Contracting new business opportunities by identifying current and new clients for expansion in transaction volumes and value extraction through cross selling of products or services.
• Growing own client portfolio by attracting new clients through participating in promotions, at and sales initiatives in order to achieve and exceed contracted sales targets.
• Negotiating and closing deals with customers to realize set targets.

Please send us your CV if you have:

• B Degree in Banking, Economics and Finance
• Current FAIS Qualifications required with minimum 6 months FAIS experience
• 4 years General Banking experience (advantage) plus 4 years International Banking/Trade Finance/ Working Capital advisory experience.

Education

• Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)