LC Issuance Officer at Standard Chartered Bank

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Standard Chartered is recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: LC Issuance Officer

Job ID: 456865
Location: Victoria Island
Job Function: Technology & Operations

Job Descriptions

• Ensure smooth functioning of LC processes (issuance, amendment, enquiries etc)
• Organization of work flow to achieve maximum productivity
• Ensure that LC related products/applications/documents are processed against laid down procedures, service standards and key control standards.
• Ensure compliance of all internal procedures, operational controls local regulation and ICC rules.

Key Roles & Responsibilities
Import Letters of Credit:

• Ensure that LC applications received are processed within approved SLA and client segmentation.
• Advice inability to process immediately to all stakeholders
• Amendment request should be processed within approved SLA
• Ensure that issuance of Letter of Credit is in line with local and international standards.
• Ensure that the DOI is followed in processing and continuously reviewed to reflect current operations. Seek dispensation for all non compliance.
• Follow through with the advising bank and ensure that LC are advised promptly and provide clarifications where required.

Export Letters of Credit:

• Letters to be advised same day if authenticity of the message is established.
• Ensure same day TAT on chasing and settlement of proceeds.
• Ensure revenue is realized on received export LCs.
• Process and dispatch documents within 24hours of receipt

Reports:

• Trade Pending
• Daily DTR305 reports
• Daily status report on FX recons
• Unutilized LC report
• Clean running reports

General:

• Processing customer transaction in line with agreed SLA
• Ensure that all customer queries and requests are responded to within 24 hours after receipt
• Maintain comprehensive register for all products
• Monitor and ensure end to end consummation of all processes under my role.
• Adequate start of day and end of day processes to ensure operational safety.
• Track and follow through for successful delivery of all transaction processed.

Reconciliation:

• Provide all necessary assistance to ensure nil overdue items in reconciliations.

Money Laundering:

• Ensure that you remain alert to the risk of money laundering and assist in the bank's effort in combating it by adhering to the key principles in relation to: identifying customers, knowing customers, reporting suspicions, safeguarding records and not disclosing suspicions to customers. Ensure my staffs are trained in combating money laundering.'
• Ensure / assist unit head in creation and maintenance of compliance culture, undertake compliance monitoring, generate timely and accurate compliance reports, proactively advise Country compliance on compliance issues, and update new matrices as communicated by the BCC
• Be aware of and comply with Group Policy, Local Laws and Regulations relating to the prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.

Operational Risk:

• To assist the Manager, LC and Unit Head in the creation and sustenance of a strong operational risk control environment by undertaking periodic self-assessment of key controls to assess the proper functioning and adequacy of existing controls and assist in coordinating, facilitating and promoting the understanding of operational risk and implementation and management of OR within th unit

Qualifications & Skills

• A minimum of a second class university degree.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills.
• Minimum five (5) years banking experience
• Good working knowledge of the Bank's products and services.
• Minimum of three years experience in Trade Operations
• Knowledge of risks and local Laws relating to Trade
• Good knowledge of applicable international trade practices

Application Closing Date
Not Stated.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online