CURRICULUM VITAE

Constance Luipa

Maryland MD 20832

Mobile: 804-***-****

E-Mail: abgv0y@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE: Offering 25+ years Corporate and Investment banking experience

including front & back office skills for both Private & Corporate Clients

with extensive Documentary Letters of Credit and Commodity/Trade Finance

experience covering RUSS commodities including oil & gas and metals.

My main goal is to bring value to all my roles using my experience and

personal skills where necessary, whilst I enhance my personal and

professional development.

Mar'09 to date: Archgrove Management Ltd, 8 Scott Court, Petersfield Road,

London W3 8NG - P/T Contract Role

Trade Finance Management Consultant

Manage Trade Finance Products and Services; front, back and middle office

workflows with Consultative Sales Techniques.

Investment Projects and Customer Relationship Management for both English

and French Clientele.

Dec '09 to Jan '10; Arab Banking Corporation International Bank Plc, 1-5

Moorgate, London EC2R 6AB - Contract Role

Trade Finance Officer - Trade Finance Dept

1st, 2nd & 3rd checking of documents in English and French. Process

discrepant documents and correspondence using

MS Word/Excel, SWIFT and Trade Innovation IBIS AS/400. Interpretation and

update of SWIFT data pertaining to Reimbursement Undertakings and Claims

Jan '08 to Mar '09; Wachovia Bank NA, 3 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 3AB -

Contract Role

European Global Trade Support Analyst - Trade Services Dept. (Trade Finance

- Doc Credits)

Supervise all aspects of Commodity/Trade Finance (including Standby)

Letters of Credit and Guarantees in SWIFT and paper format.

Consultative Sales Techniques, Needs Identification, Initiate Trade

Processes, KYC and Risk Appraisals.

Issuing/Advising/Confirming/Amending/Discounting & Paying Import/Export

/Transferable Letters of Credit in SWIFT.

Process Reimbursement Claims, Collections, Sighting Documents, 1st, 2nd &

3rd Checking, Issue Discrepancy Notices and Waivers, Liaise with Clients,

Shippers, Port Authorities and Warehouses. Process Clean Documents and Bank

Delivery Orders.

Produce Daily Excel and Word Reports, Manage Trade Services Dept. and ad-

hoc administrative duties and responsibilities.

May '07 to Jan '08; Melli Bank Plc, One London Wall, 11th Floor, London

EC2Y 5EA - Perm Role,

Senior Officer - Credit Administration & Back Office

Prepare documentation for Credit Committee Approval for Loan Syndications &

Discounting. Check loan documentation, interest calculations for rollovers,

drawdowns and effect payments under Loan Syndication Participants.

L/Cs & B/E Discounting, Checking new L/Cs in paper and SWIFT format.

Forfaiting Agreements & Commodity Finance, Emerging Market Transactions &

Risk Appraisals, Process Client portfolios and documentary requirements

using data in Equation and Eximbills, Prepare and Process Forfaiting

Discounts, Asset Purchases and Guarantees

Prepare & execute SWIFT correspondence and payments, daily reports / Update

daily spreadsheets and reconcile discrepant entries, Liaise with Credit

Committee/Marketing & Legal Depts., Clients and Banks when required

Dec '06 to May '07;State Bank of India 15, King Street, London EC2V 8EA -

Contract Role.

Trade Negotiator - Documentary Credits Dept.

Checking new L/Cs in paper and SWIFT format.1st & 2nd Checking of documents

under Letters of Credit,

Process Discrepancies and Amendments, Guarantees, Buyers Credits and

Discounts, Liaise with Shippers,

Clients and Port Authorities, Process Trust Receipts and Clean Payments,

Prepare SWIFT correspondence and payments

June '06 to Dec '06; Sabbatical Leave

Aug '04 to June '06; Brown Shipley & Co.Private Bank, 1 Founders Court,

Lothbury, London EC2R 7HE - Perm Role.

Account Officer

Administer portfolio of Private Banking High Net Worth & Corporate Clients

and provide Credit Admin &Trade Finance Services.

Duties included Loans Admin for Loan Syndications, Rollovers, Drawdowns &

Payments, Credit Admin & Trade Finance. Issuing/Advising, Amending and

Paying Letters of Credit in SWIFT, Processing Collections & Reimbursement

Claims, Sighting Documents against Trust Receipts, Processing Trust

Receipts & Clean Payments, Discounting Trade Bills & Stock Guarantees.

SWIFT Payments for Euros, Foreign Sterling & CHAPS Payments, Liaising with

Private, HNW and Corporate Clients.

Daily Update of Excel Spreadsheets and Word Reports.

Sept `00 to July 04; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, One

Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH

Trade Finance, Loan and Equity Operations Officer

- Contract Role

Processing of Equity Investments and Divestments, Portage of Equity

Transactions, Corporate Recovery Queries, Processing of Trade Finance

Transactions, Monitoring of Cash Receipts & Providing the Final Point of

Control for the Outgoing Payments using CHAPS and BACS.

Cost Recovery Unit - Interpretation of Signed Mandate and Signed Letters;

maintaining the associated data on SAP Cost Recovery Module. Interpretation

of the data in SAP, working closely with the Banking Budget Officers,

Bankers and Team Leaders to ensure integrity of the data, validity of the

items being invoiced. Preparation of monthly suspense reconciliations.

August `85 to September `00; Zambia National Commercial Bank Ltd. London

EC2 6AR - Perm Role.

- Jan `93 to Sep `00; Trade Finance Department

Assist Manager with all aspects of Documentary Credits, Checking new L/Cs

in TELEX and SWIFT format. Opening and verifying Letters of Credit,

verifying and approving documentary credits and Collections. Processing

Transferable and Back to Back L/C's, 1st and 2nd checking, daily cashiering

duties and reconciliation of nostro accounts, investigation & resolution

into discrepancies & queries. Secondary Loans (principal amounts, interest

calculations, rollovers, drawdowns ...etc.) Project Management / Loan

Syndications.

- Jan `90 to Dec `92; Settlements / Back Office Admin /Foreign Exchange

Fixed Income Trade Support, treasury accounting, back-up to dealers, liaise

with dealers/traders, process/investigate multi-currency reconciliations,

forex transactions/ daily cashiering and nostro & vostro reconciliations.

Corporate account management, international payments and transfers, weekly

/ monthly financial reports, internal accounts reconciliations/reviews,

investigating/reconciling unmatched items. Checking new L/Cs in TELEX and

SWIFT format.

- Aug `85 to Dec `89; Accounts Department

Daily clearing and cashiering duties, direct debit and standing order

mandates, Profit & Loss reporting, trial balance, maintenance of ledgers,

daily cash book nostro/vostro reconciliations, euro transfers and payments,

monitoring suspense and expense accounts. Checking new L/Cs in TELEX and

SWIFT format.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

July 2010 : Pre-Intermediate French Speaking Cert. -

Brent Adult Community Education Services, London

June 2001 : Intermediate Microsoft Applications -

Park Royal Partnerships, London

April 2000 : PostGraduate Diploma Operations Management - Thames

Valley University, London

(with Project Mgmt and Change Mgmt)

Dec. 1996 : PostGraduate Diploma Management Studies (DMS) -Huron

University USA in London

July 1994 : BTEC HNC Business & Finance I & II -

Thames Valley University, London

Sept. 1991 : Diploma in Preparing Final Accounts -

Islington Office Training, London

July 1990 : BTEC ONC Business & Finance I & II -

Kilburn Polytechnic, London

TRAINING AND SKILLS

Code of Banking Practice Seminars, Anti-Money Laundering and Documentary

Credits Courses 1995, 1998, 2009 with Incoterms 2000, UCP 600 (ICC Rules

for L/Cs), ISBP(Rules for checking L/C documents), URC 522 (Collections),

URR 725 (Bank-to-Bank Reimbursements), URDG (Demand Guarantees) and ISP98

(Standby L/Cs). Working knowledge of various packages: LOTUS 123,

BANKMASTER, PRISM 400, MS WORDPERFECT 5.1, MS

WINDOWS/EXCEL/ACCESS/POWERPOINT, IBIS (Swift), BABY CORONA (Recs.), CEDEL

(Bond settlements), IBM COSMOS, SAP, IBIS AS/400 (RUMBA), Summit

Production (Loan Products), SWIFTAlliance Workstation, Data;ease PROBANX,

Trade Innovation Control System, IBSnet, Globus, Equation, Eximbills,

SLIDE, Mentor, Intellimatch, Alteore, Flexcube 6.1, (Business Objects),

Plasnet (SWIFT).

LANGUAGES

English - Fluent French - Intermediate

LEISURE INTERESTS

Current Affairs and travelling, Theatre & Reading, Cooking, Writing Short

Stories, Beauty Therapy, Health & Fitness

REFERENCES

Available on request.

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