International Banking Officer – SSIBO

CORE PURPOSE OF THE JOB 

Ensure that all Cross Border payment requests received by the Bank are processed in accordance with the Bank’s internal rules, adherence to Shariah compliance, compliance with international banking norms and practices, compliance to the Exchange Control Rulings & Regulations, maintaining excellent client service.

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KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS 

Foreign Documentary Transactions (Letter of Credits and Bills for Collection)

  

Letter of Credits (Import) 

• Receives application form for Letter of Credit
• Reviews information for completeness and accuracy with the assistance of the Supervisor.
• Loads transactions on IMAL for Supervisor for sign-off and review ensuring compliance with regulations

and bank’s policies and procedures.

• Arrange for documents to be picked up by
• Send invoices and Swift payment message to the client.

Bills for collection (Import) 

• Receives Import Bills for Collection original documents
• Reviews information for completeness and accuracy with the assistance of the Supervisor.
• Forward copies of documents to client and request application forms
• Loads transactions on system for Supervisor for sign-off and review ensuring compliance with regulations

and bank’s policies and procedures.

• Arrange for documents to be picked up by
• Send invoices and Swift payment message to the client.

Foreign Non-documentary Transactions (Telegraphic transfers) 

Outward Telegraphic Transfers (Import)

• Receives Payment Request and Proforma/Commercial
• Reviews information for completeness and
• The officer will check for availability of funds in clients
• Documents are then sent to excon, once approved documents are then emailed to the dealing room to book the rate of exchange, the dealer confirms rate of exchange rate on sale of Currency with client or completes FEC as appropriate documents saved on F drive International Banking with all correspondence emails. Payment is then captured on a system for sign-off and review by supervisor, ensuring compliance with regulations and bank’s policies and procedures.
• Send Tax invoice and Swift payment message to the

Foreign Non-Documentary (Telegraphic Transfers) (TTI) 

• Receives payment via swift verify banking details sends the client an application form with supporting documents, documents are then emailed to EXCON, once the approved documents are then emailed to the dealing room to book the deal.
• Documents saved on F drive International Banking with all correspondence
• Payment captured on system, templates to be emailed to
• Obtain Lexis Nexis and then supervisor to review and approve
• Send inward payment advice to the client

General Administration 

Client 

• Attends to customer complaints as and when necessary and provides feedback to the relevant
• Ensure that all processes are carried out
• Resolves enquiries and queries for external clients where applicable
• Monitoring of emails
• Send spot contract to Clients
• Extract report from SharePoint for the next day Value of
• Update GPI
• Monitor swift Alliance for

Internal divisions 

• Assists with enquiries and queries for internal
• Assists with comments on Shariah / Internal / External audits on Cash transactions and provides

Department 

• Ensure that all verifications of transactions are
• Ensures that all transactions strictly comply with the Shariah
• Actively participates in the departments projects.

Qualifications 

• Matric
• A diploma or recognized certificate in International Trade would be an advantage

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE 

• Minimum of 2 to 5 years’ experience of general banking experience, accounting & international trade finance

Note: 

• Due to this being considered a critical position at the Bank, notice of termination of employment is three (3) months.

 

A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.