Senior Trade Finance Structurer

**_Bring your ideas. Make history. _**
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the “bank of banks” - 97% of the world’s top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.

With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we’re approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what **#LifeAtBNYMellon **is all about.

**Team & Role**

The Treasury Services business with BNY Mellon services the payments, liquidity management and trade financing needs of our clients in the US and internationally, assisting them in their efforts to optimize cash flow, ensure adequate liquidity and manager risk - all essential components to their success.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

- Be the senior trade structurer on a portfolio of key customers and prospects, expected to grow the trade wallet and revenue in that portfolio
- Work closely with the sales and relationship management teams to recommend structures for solutions to enhance our clients' working capital and trade finance needs
- Support and participate in pitching, structuring and execution of a transaction as well as prepare and review data analysis
- Assist with product management and strategy related tasks including product build-out across the Treasury Services
- Assist with all aspects of deal execution, including previewing with internal partners, preparing credit analysis and approval materials, conducting approval discussions, and negotiating legal documentation
- Monitor and understand customer needs, regulatory environment, market, macro-economic trends as well as business opportunities
- Adopt and leverage new marketing strategies such as partnerships, conferences, advisory boards
- Partner closely with credit, finance, product, legal and risk functional colleagues to ensure solution delivery is seamless and structures can be adapted to meet bespoke customer needs
- Coordinate internally to drive timely and flawless execution of client mandates
- Embed quality in client touchpoints including proposals and presentations
- Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; and ensure that all team members understand the need to do the same, demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation, its clients and assets

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

- 12+ years of relevant trade finance experience,
- Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Advanced/graduate degree preferred.
- Structuring and transaction experience, with a strong working knowledge of corporate finance, corporate credit, cross-border and legal risk
- Command a high degree of credibility with the client management and sales teams, as well as credit and legal risk teams
- Formulation and implementation of business strategy across all customer segments
- Ability to thrive in a growing, fast-paced environment while juggling multiple workstreams
- Managerial experience is a plus

At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:

- Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
- Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI)
- Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN - 100% score
- 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
- CDP’s Climate Change ‘A List’

Our Benefits:
BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

**BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans.**

**Our ambition is to build the best global team - one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve - and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range