Job Description

Lead Trade Finance Risk & Controls within a high-performing operations organization—strengthening compliance, enabling responsible growth, and building an inclusive, engaged team.

As a Specialty Product Vice President as a part of Trade & Working Capital Operations, you will lead teams delivering risk-informed, compliant trade finance solutions while advising on complex transaction escalations across the trade product suite. You will build a transparent performance culture rooted in meritocracy, timely feedback, and inclusive leadership to strengthen engagement and retention. You will partner closely with Product, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Audit to monitor and mitigate operational and financial crime risks, supporting regulatory readiness in a highly regulated environment.

Job Responsibilities :

• Build a strong and transparent performance management culture grounded in meritocracy, continuous communication, timely feedback, and appropriate supervisory coverage.
• Advance an inclusive leadership agenda by developing a diverse team, coaching and mentoring future leaders, and embedding Opportunity and Inclusion priorities into day-to-day execution.
• Engage and influence direct reports, teams, and peers to improve employee engagement and retention, partnering effectively with support functions.
• Investigate and provide decisions on daily transaction escalations driven by sanctions/OFAC, BSA/AML, anti-boycott, export controls, fraud, complex documentation/terms, and other risk drivers.
• Provide technical consulting to Trade Operations and internal partners on complex/problem trades and new business opportunities, including risk-mitigating recommendations and formal business positions.
• Identify and monitor Global Trade transaction risk for internal business units and external corporate clients, reducing exposure from human error, processing failures, and fraudulent activity.
• Create and deliver trade training programs and forums (e.g., CDCS certification/re-certification, targeted trade regulatory compliance training, risk roundtables) and serve as a change champion across the Trade Finance Risk & Controls environment.

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities :

• 15+ years of experience in trade, risk, compliance, or audit within a highly regulated banking environment
• 5+ years of people management experience in a similar operations/risk setting
• Expert knowledge of trade finance products including import & export bills, foreign bill collection, banker’s acceptances/reimbursements, commercial & standby letters of credit, documentary collections, bank-to-bank reimbursements, supply chain finance, trade loans, and open account trading
• Expert command of ICC rules (UCP, ISBP, URC, ISP, URR), working knowledge of SWIFT MT 400/700 series, and expert knowledge of U.S. regulations including BSA/AML, OFAC, Anti-Boycott, and Export Controls, with confident risk-based decision-making, timely escalation, and high ethics/integrity

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities :

• CDCS certification
• CAMS certification
• Experience advising trade transformation initiatives (digitization, automation, process redesign)
• Experience supporting regulator exams, reviews, issue management, and ad-hoc requests