Corporate Finance Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the company’s day-to-day banking and financing activities, including banking facilities, working capital loans, trade financing, and other corporate financing arrangements.

• Liaise directly with banks and financial institutions on financing applications, facility renewals, loan drawdowns, repayments, documentation requirements, and other banking matters.

• Coordinate and prepare financing-related documents, including financial information, operational data, banking forms, facility documentation, and supporting materials required by financial institutions.

• Handle trade finance transactions and facilities, including Letters of Credit (LC), Bank Guarantees (BG), Trust Receipts (TR), import financing, and other trade-related banking instruments.

• Maintain and monitor the company’s financing portfolio, including facility limits and utilisation, loan schedules, repayment obligations, interest rates, maturity dates, and key financing terms.

• Coordinate with the finance and business teams on funding requirements, cash flow arrangements, financing utilisation, and related financial information.

• Conduct financing cost analysis and comparisons, including interest rates, banking charges, facility terms, and financing options, to support financing decisions.

• Prepare regular financing reports, facility summaries, banking updates, and other management information as required.

• Review banking and financing documentation and coordinate internally to ensure timely completion of financing transactions and compliance with relevant requirements.

• Maintain effective working relationships with banks, financial institutions, and relevant external business partners.

• Monitor banking policies, interest rate movements, financing market developments, and relevant regulatory changes that may affect the company’s financing activities.

• Support management in evaluating financing proposals, banking arrangements, and funding solutions based on the company’s operational and business requirements.

• Undertake other finance, banking, and corporate financing matters as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Banking, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in corporate banking, corporate finance, treasury, trade finance, or related financing functions.

• Hands-on experience in managing banking facilities and financing transactions, preferably with exposure to working capital loans and trade finance facilities.

• Good working knowledge of banking and trade finance products, including LC, BG, TR, import financing, and other working capital facilities.

• Good understanding of financial statements, cash flow, financing structures, interest calculations, and other financing-related financial data.

• Ability to independently coordinate financing applications, facility documentation, drawdowns, renewals, and related banking processes.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with banks, financial institutions, management, and internal departments.

• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills with good attention to detail.

• Responsible, execution-focused, and able to manage multiple financing matters and deadlines simultaneously.

• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and travel when required.

• High level of integrity, confidentiality, and professional conduct.