Finance Officer Supply Chain

Charles Woodgate

Omega, Lower Street, Tilmanstone, Kent, CT14 0HZ, UK

Telephone 0044 742*-******

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Professional Experience:

CGI UK – Senior Consultant August 2020 – Present

Software product sales product expert, selling to the UK banking and financial markets sector.

Liaise with trade finance business areas of the client to understand the business requirements and how to best implement functionality.

Design solutions using Trade360 software to meet the client’s expectation. Ensure quality control and testing of designs and solutions.

London Forfaiting Company Ltd. London – Senior Manager December 2019 – July 2020

Originating and completing trade and receivables finance transactions across a spectrum of sectors, primarily UK exporters using UKEF export finance products.

Structuring transactions, developing and negotiating term sheets.

Source documentation from clients to complete KYC and AML procedures

Engage with marketing and trade operations to support improvement initiatives

Bangkok Bank, London – Head of Trade and Receivables Finance July 2018 – April 2019

Lead and motivate team of 5 to deliver a first-class customer experience. Responsibility for origination, and service quality of the trade and receivables finance unit.

Define and develop strategy to increase bilateral trade between ASEAN and the EU., especially soft commodities (Rice, Sugar), working with various Export Credit Agencies.

Maintain a good rapport with all internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and proactively position the unit. Ensure the existence of adequate procedures / processes to enable timely identification and resolution of instances of erroneous processing so as to avoid any financial/ reputation loss to the Company.

Lloyds Banking Group – Trade Services software migration project January 2018 – June 2018

(Temporary contract)

Work with the Lloyds Bank Trade Services Centre in Birmingham to setup the upgraded Finastra TI 2.5 trade finance software platform.

Using Finastra TI 2.5 trade finance software platform.

Santander (UK) Ltd. – International Director October 2014 – May 2017

Lead International regional sales team in South East UK.

Focus on sales targets, selling all the banks international products, such as Supply Chain Finance, Receivables Finance, ECA backed export loans, term trade loans and SBLC/Guarantee facilities for major corporate and commodity trading clients in UK and mainland Europe. Partnering with UKEF to provide export loans and other products.

Transaction life-cycle management, from development and presentation of pitches through to credit approvals, negotiation, execution, and on-going management.

HSBC PLC – Regional Trade and Supply Chain Manager February 2012 – September 2014

Origination of all new financial products related to international trade. E.g. Trade Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Receivables Finance and Trade Credit Insurance business.

Structured and arranged over $1Bn worth of financings to corporate, commodity trading and FI names throughout UK, Europe, Asia

Portfolio optimisation through secondary asset purchases, transfers, sub-participations, loan repackaging and capital markets issuances including Islamic structures

LCAC Trade Services Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia – Managing Director October 2006 – January 2012

Establish and manage all LCAC Far East trade finance operations, managing 32 staff.

Responsible for all trade finance origination and operations.

Building a high performing team and leading by example.

Hiring and coaching all new staff in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Manage all client emerging markets Trade Finance requirements, arranging and structuring deals as required. Predominantly clients in the soft commodities field, sugar and crude palm oil.

Review operations to ensure that service and cost efficiency are at an optimum level.

Counterparty assessment - analysing counterparties' credit worthiness to propose facility limits to banks. Regular renewal and continuous monitoring of counterparty status.

Tate and Lyle Sugar Trading Europe - Senior Trade Finance Officer May 2003 – October 2006

Constant interaction with other teams (Traders/Operators/Credit/Risk) to be aware of the coming new trades, in order to immediately analyse them and see if they are ‘bankable’.

Check all commercial contracts for workability from the finance perspective, with a constructive analysis approach: payment terms and requirement, deadline, consistency with the pricing formula and Incoterms, credit exposure, performance risk, etc.

Presentation/negotiation/placement of new trades with the banks,

Effective management of transaction files to ensure correct 'paper chains' contracts, assignments, payment instruments, guarantees etc.

Regular internal update to the senior management and to the Finance team, as to the status of new business being financed or existing business in relation to credit utilization, credit and operational risks and resulting cash-flow management.

IDB, London - Trade Finance Officer September 2000 – April 2003

Processing LC and BG applications

1st and 2nd checking of documents presented under LC’s

Amending, issuing, and advising LC’s and Guarantees

Using TEMENOS software system

Preparing documents to be sent on collection.

Bank Bumiputra (CIMB) Trade Finance Officer 1993 – 2000

All aspects of trade finance operations

Courses

Account management, people management, leading and training for success, priority/time management,

Know Your Customer, relationship management, money laundering, Health and Safety, UCP600, URC522, ISP98, Incoterms 2010.

Fluent Bahasa Malaysia, conversational French.

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