Trade Finance SME

As a Trade Finance SME, you will support a core banking transformation programme in the Philippines, taking ownership of the Trade Finance product stream and ensuring the target solution meets business and regulatory requirements. You will play a hands‑on role across solution design, integration, testing, migration, and go‑live activities while working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, and product vendors.

What You'll Do and How You'll Succeed

Requirements Analysis & Documentation

• Analyse and document trade finance requirements across the Letters of Credit (LC), Guarantees, and Collections lifecycle.
• Prepare and own Interface Specification Documents (ISDs), functional and technical design documentation, and drive review/sign‑off processes.
• Partner with product vendors to clarify capabilities, configuration options, constraints, and gaps.

Solution Design & Integration

• Act as SME for the Trade Finance product/module throughout requirements, design, build, testing, and cutover phases.
• Support solution design for integrations with GL, payments, lending, and reporting platforms.
• Define integrations using MQ, REST/SOAP APIs, and file‑based interfaces.

Testing, Migration & Go‑Live

• Contribute to SIT and UAT planning and execution, resolving integration issues and coordinating defect remediation.
• Support data mapping, migration validation, and reconciliation activities.
• Contribute to cutover planning and provide hypercare support through go‑live.

Stakeholder & Vendor Collaboration

• Lead or contribute to workshops with business stakeholders, interface teams, Solution Architecture teams, and platform vendors.
• Manage stakeholders across business, technology, and vendor teams, proactively identifying and escalating risks and issues.

We'd Love to Hear From You If...

Experience

• You have 10+ years of IT experience, including substantial hands‑on experience in core banking transformation programmes.
• You have implemented a trade finance platform such as Trade360 or equivalent.
• You have experience preparing and obtaining sign‑off for ISDs and integration design artefacts.
• You can work independently, driving solution design, documentation, reviews, and approvals.

Technical Expertise

• You have strong functional knowledge of LC issuance/amendment, Guarantees, and Collections lifecycle.
• You have experience defining trade finance integrations with GL, payments, and reporting systems.
• You are skilled in supporting integrations through MQ, REST/SOAP APIs, and file‑based interfaces.

Ways of Working

• You demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills across business, technology, vendor, and architecture teams.
• You communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats.
• You are confident presenting solution options to senior stakeholders and vendors.
• You are detail‑oriented, disciplined, and proactive in risk and issue management.