Principal Consultant

• Engage with business stakeholders, operations teams, product owners, and technology teams to gather, analyze, and document business requirements

• Drive requirement workshops, gap analysis, process mapping, and solution discussions.
• Analyze current Trade Finance processes and recommend process optimization and automation opportunities.
• Work closely with development, QA, architecture, and vendor teams during solution implementation.
• Support SIT, UAT, defect triage, and production validation activities.
• Coordinate with regional stakeholders across multiple countries and business units.
• Ensure compliance with banking regulations, audit, and operational risk standards.
• Participate in Agile / Scrum ceremonies and support delivery governance.
• Support change management, training, and production rollout activities.

Required Domain Expertise:

Strong experience in one or more of the following Trade Finance areas:

• Letter of Credit (LC)
• Import & Export Documentary Trade
• Bank Guarantees & Standby LC
• Collections
• Open Account Trade
• Supply Chain Finance
• Trade Loans & Financing
• SWIFT Messaging (MT7xx / ISO 20022 preferred)
• Trade Operations & Compliance
• AML / Sanctions Screening related to Trade Finance
• Transaction Banking Operations

Mandatory Skills:

• Strong Experience in Trade Finance
• Experience working with core banking / trade finance platforms
• Strong documentation and analytical capabilities
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models
• Good understanding of SDLC and banking project lifecycle
• Experience in UAT coordination and test case preparation