Portfolio Management

Trade Advisory & Structuring - Supply Chain Finance Portfolio Manager

We have an exciting position vacant for a Portfolio Manager in our Trade Advisory & structuring (TAS) Team for Supply Chain Finance (SCF). SCF is part of the Working Capital Solutions product and provides for working capital and cashflow optimization towards our clients and their supplier base.

You will be working in a dynamic and diverse team of highly motivated professionals with a mission to establish our bank as a global player in the evolving Supply Chain Finance market space. This business has a strong mandate to grow in the coming years.

The role will be for a 12 month period with the possibility for an extension (another 12 month).

Your role and work environment

The Portfolio Management team is a team of around 10 professional specialist, supported by a team of operational experts. The team is responsible for advising, implementing as well as maintaining and growing the portfolio of clients using our Supply Chain Finance solution.

As a Portfolio Manager you will be the central contact point for our clients and you will have the responsibility to manage and coordinate the day to day working relationship with your own portfolio of clients, including the structuring and arranging of the asset distribution to other Financial Institutions.

You will work in a very dynamic and international environment, both internally and externally with our clients, vendors and other financial institutions.

Your key responsibilities

• Contributing to and supporting the global TAS team with the execution / implementation of transaction processes, including Customer Due Diligence, Risk Assessment, ESR and Rating processes.
• Supporting the team with client pitches, supplier sales support and other commercial tasks.
• You will be responsible for structuring and implementing the operational setup for new SCF programs. Onboarding of buyers and suppliers, refining the technical interface (formats), as well refining the operational setup to ensure for a smooth and automated daily processing
• For the clients in your portfolio you will also remain the primary contact with respect to the day to day working relationship, supported by our central operations team.
• You will be responsible for the overall coordination of the asset distribution within your programs to other Financial Institutions
• You will pro-actively and regularly review and monitor your client's performance
• You will act as escalation point for any incident or mismatches in the daily operational tasks and settlements
• Ensure appropriate communication with all internal stakeholders
• Identifying and acting upon process improvement opportunities

Required skills and behaviour

A 'take it on and make it happen' mentality

• Ability to work independently, structured, prioritize tasks and take ownership
• Strong team player with goal oriented mindset
• The ideal candidate will have a university degree but a higher professional education can also be considered
• Be proficient in both written and spoken English
• The ability to easily and comfortably interact with clients and colleagues at different levels of seniority
• You are willing and eager to educate further and learn new things in order to get the knowledge about the processes that are executed within your team
• You are communicative, social and recognize yourself in the interests of our clients