Latin America Trade Finance- Analyst/Associate

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $110,000.00 and $200,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

The Analyst or Associate position in the Global Trade Finance Latam team will be responsible for supporting Senior Sales and Origination Team on business origination, deal structuring and negotiation of documentation, working capital and free cash flow analysis, working together with Corporate Finance and other stakeholders for credit and all other internal approval committees process

Role Objectives

• Support the origination of new business opportunities;
• Perform working capital and free cash flow analysis, benchmark against client peers and comparables
• Prepare and deliver client pitch materials (presentations and/or written proposals);
• Prepare and deliver internal materials and reports to be presented to management;
• Provide monthly reports to management and other ad hoc reports.
• Support the structuring of working capital solutions for clients;
• Work together with Corporate Finance for credit and all other internal approval committees process;
• Support document review in coordination with in-house legal counsel or external counsel.
• Remain aware of all compliance and risk factors and continually work together with senior members of the team to proactively minimize and mitigate risk.
• Participate in quarterly and annual portfolio review and related management reporting.
• Support the senior Sales originators in the development of new product solutions with the respective areas
• Responsible for ad-hoc requests from team leader of the business
• Keep abreast of industry updates and economic environment as it relates to working capital finance
• Respond to day-to-day inquiries from clients, relationship managers, middle and back office.
• Responsible for ad-hoc requests from team leader of the business
• Maintain and develop good communication channels with all internal business partners

Qualifications and Skills

• 1 to 4 years of experience in trade finance or corporate finance;
• Knowledge of cross border trade finance either within a Financial Institution or a company that acted as client of Trade Finance;
• Minimum of 2+ years of work experience in the front office of a corporate bank or trade finance department preferred. In depth knowledge of working capital lending.
• Bachelor degree in Business, Economics or related field, Master's degree is preferred
• Fluent in Spanish and English, desirable Portuguese
• Ability to deliver results under pressure and tight timeframes;
• Critical thinking, teamwork / collaboration and pro-activeness

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at [email protected].