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Education
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Certification
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Rahul

Rahul

Trade Finance Officer
Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Offering strong foundation in financial principles and attention to detail, combined with readiness to learn and develop in trade finance environment. Delivers understanding of financial analysis and documentation workflows essential to field. Ready to use and develop analytical and organizational skills in Trade finance, Domestic and international payment role. Experienced with managing international trade transactions and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Utilizes expertise in financial analysis to identify and mitigate risks effectively. Strong understanding of client relationship management and fostering team collaboration to achieve organizational objectives.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Trade Finance Officer

NAB
Melbourne, Victoria
10.2023 - Current
  • Account Corrections: Perform CRM/account corrections on a monthly basis and maintain accurate records
  • Document Checking: Review and forward documents for customers, ensuring compliance with bank procedures
  • Bill Discounting and RA Transactions: Input bill discounting and RA transactions, prepare sanctions, and manage related processes
  • CIF & Account Opening: Manage CIF and account opening processes in Finastra
  • LC Management: Add LC confirmations and handle LC lodgment and subsequent amendments in TI Plus
  • Manage LC advising in the TI Plus system, interacting with the TI Plus back-office team to ensure accurate processing
  • SWIFT Messaging: Handle and prepare SWIFT messages related to bills and LCs, including MT799, MT742, and MT999
  • Document Preparation: Prepare old documents and files for warehouse storage, scan, and maintain team documents
  • Check and authorize transactions in TI Plus submitted by other Junior Trade Officer
  • Release messages in system
  • Completion of assigned miscellaneous work.
  • To ensure all the documentation is in place before releasing the guarantees.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve trade finance issues promptly, ensuring smooth transaction processing.
  • Managed a diverse array of financing instruments such as letters of credit, guarantees, and open account transactions to cater to different client needs effectively.
  • Conducted financial due diligence on potential investments and acquisitions.

Payment Officer

NAB
Melbourne, Victoria
01.2023 - 10.2023
  • Serve as the primary point of contact between management, clients and payment gateways
  • Process client transactions, including funding and withdrawals, with precision
  • Verify, calculate, and post accounts receivable data on a daily basis
  • Generate and support month-end financial reports, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
  • Reconcile monthly transaction fees and maintain accurate financial records
  • Investigate and promptly resolve any reconciliation discrepancies
  • Complete and test applications for new Payment Gateways, ensuring seamless integration
  • Collaborate with finance teams across different locations for timely reconciliations
  • Review and provide constructive feedback on process documentation
  • Report any errors, risk events, or non-compliance issues to management immediately
  • Multi-Tasking on different payment systems including Hiport, STAR, ITF and much more
  • Maintained team productivity by efficiently scanning, submitting and archiving records.
  • Supported month-end closing activities, ensuring all relevant payments were processed accurately and on time.
  • Maintained a high level of data integrity by consistently updating vendor information in internal systems.

Social Media and Brand Reputation Intern

BoAt
New Delhi, Delhi
08.2021 - 02.2022
  • Regularly track and monitor online mentions, reviews, and discussions about the company on social media, and review sites
  • Manage and respond to customer reviews, comments, and inquiries on various online platforms in a timely and professional manner, ensuring a positive brand image
  • Support the development and execution of crisis management strategies, ensuring swift and effective responses to potential online reputation threats
  • Prepare regular reports on the brands online reputation, summarizing key metrics, trends, and the impact of ORM initiatives
  • Managed ReadGear's (sub-company of Boat) social media individually by myself.

Brand Operations Intern

MagicPin
03.2021 - 06.2021
  • Studied with senior staff to develop deep understanding of team processes and full operational activities.
  • Assisted in the preparation of reports highlighting operational successes and areas requiring further attention or improvement.
  • Assisted with coordination of technical and business system process improvements.
  • Compiled and presented reports on departmental performance, facilitating informed decision-making.

Digital Marketing Intern

centre for building better community
Hawthorn, Victoria
09.2019 - 11.2019
  • Manages the company’s social media accounts and posts content
  • Brainstorms campaign ideas
  • Monitor various social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram
  • Analyzes analytics to gauge the success of campaigns
  • Understands the overall concept of the company, including the brand, customer, product goals, and all other aspects of service
  • Engages with customers or clients and provides service
  • Provide suggestions to management for improving customer experience on social platforms and internal processes
  • Learns and becomes proficient on internal software systems
  • Assists in creating performance reports.

Education

MBA - business administration, Accounting

Holmes Institute, Melbourne
October 2022

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom - Business, Management

Delhi University
2018
Marketing, and Related Support Services

Skills

International trade regulations

Trade compliance

Financial risk assessment

Documentary collections

Letter of credit management

Trade finance expertise

Teamwork and collaboration

Time Management

Problem-solving abilities

Multi-tasking

Transaction monitoring

Audit support

Certification

Retail Management Certification Successful Negotiation: Essential strategies and skills Banking and finance

Timeline

Trade Finance Officer - NAB
10.2023 - Current
Payment Officer - NAB
01.2023 - 10.2023
Social Media and Brand Reputation Intern - BoAt
08.2021 - 02.2022
Brand Operations Intern - MagicPin
03.2021 - 06.2021
Digital Marketing Intern - centre for building better community
09.2019 - 11.2019
Delhi University - Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Business, Management
Holmes Institute - MBA, business administration, Accounting
Rahul Trade Finance Officer