Trade Finance SME

Job Level: 8–15 years of relevant experience (L3/L4)
Location: Philippines

Key Responsibilities

MULTIVENDOR, MULTI-COUNTRY TEAM

• Analyze and document trade finance requirements covering Letters of Credit (LC), Guarantees, and Collections lifecycle.
• Support integration design for trade finance interfaces with upstream and downstream systems (GL, payments, lending, and reporting).
• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for the product/module during requirement analysis, solution design, build, testing, and cutover phases of the core banking implementation.
• Engage directly with product vendors to clarify product capability, configuration options, gaps, and constraints, and drive decisions on the To-Be system design.
• Lead and/or contribute to workshops with business stakeholders, interface teams, the Solution Architecture team, and platform vendors to gather and validate requirements.
• Prepare and own Interface Specification Documents (ISDs)/functional and technical design documents, and drive review sign-off with upstream and downstream teams.
• Support solution design for integrating the platform with upstream and downstream applications via MQ, REST/SOAP APIs, and file-based interfaces.
• Support SIT/UAT test planning and execution, triage integration defects, and drive resolution with the vendor and delivery teams.
• Support data mapping, migration validation, and reconciliation activities relevant to the module.
• Support cutover planning and hypercare activities through go-live.
• Manage stakeholders across business, technology, and vendor teams, and escalate risks/issues proactively.

Key Requirements

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Hands-on experience implementing a trade finance platform (e.g., Trade 360 or equivalent) as part of a core banking transformation.
• Strong functional knowledge of LC issuance/amendment, Guarantees, and Collections lifecycle processing. Experience defining trade finance interfaces with GL, payments, and reporting systems.
• 10+ years of overall IT experience, with substantial hands-on experience in core banking transformation/implementation programs.
• Proven experience working as an individual contributor who can independently drive solutioning, documentation, and approval, this is a hands-on role, not a purely supervisory one.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to work with business teams, interface/platform teams, and Solution Architecture teams.
• Experience preparing and obtaining sign-off on Interface Specification Documents (ISDs) and integration design artifacts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting solution options to senior stakeholders and vendors.
• Should be in the Philippines for entire duration of the project.