Trade Credit Underwriter — APAC

About this role

Trade Finance & Insurance makes it possible for a seller to ship to a buyer they have never met — credit insurance, letters of credit, guarantees and the risk view behind them.

Set credit limits across Asian counterparties: financials, payment behaviour, sector and country risk, and a decision you can defend later.

Cross-border trade fails on trust and on documents, in that order. The instruments here are old and unforgiving: a discrepancy on a document set can hold payment for weeks, and a credit limit set carelessly becomes a loss six months later. Multiple jurisdictions, multiple regulators, and rules that reward people who have read the actual text.

Primary responsibilities

• Underwrite buyer credit limits across the APAC region
• Assess counterparties across markets with very different disclosure standards and legal enforceability
• Monitor country and sector risk across the region and adjust appetite ahead of events
• Work with the regional commercial teams while staying independent of them

Skills required

Day to day this role works with Underwriting, Credit Analysis, Country Risk and Trade Finance.

• Six or more years underwriting trade credit in Asian markets
• Eligible to work in Singapore
• Four or more years in credit underwriting or counterparty risk
• Assessing counterparties across markets with very different disclosure standards and legal enforceability
• Country and sector risk monitoring across the region
• Independence from the commercial teams you work with

Preferred