Senior Techno Functional Lead Trade Finance Systems (Eximbills)

About the Role

One of the Banks in KSA is seeking a Senior Techno-Functional Lead – Trade Finance Systems (Eximbills) to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role requires extensive experience in banking IT, coupled with deep knowledge of trade finance products and ICC rules. The successful candidate will be instrumental in managing and enhancing the bank's trade finance systems, specifically Eximbills.

Functional and Business Partnering Responsibilities

• Act as the trade finance subject-matter expert for Transaction Banking, Trade Operations, Compliance, and Credit departments.
• Conduct requirement workshops and develop Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), user stories, and process flows for various trade finance products. These include import/export Letters of Credit (LCs), standby LCs, guarantees (LGs), documentary collections, bills discounting, trade loans, and shipping guarantees.
• Design and support Shariah-compliant trade products, such as Murabaha-based import financing, in collaboration with the Shariah and product teams.
• Translate ICC rules (UCP 600, ISBP 821, eUCP, URDG 758, URC 522, URR 725, ISP98) and SAMA requirements into system rules, checks, and workflows.

Technical and Platform Ownership

• Manage Eximbills EE/CE configuration and customization, encompassing products, workflows, fee and charge setup, limits, accounting entries, advices, and reports.
• Design and govern integrations between Eximbills and core banking systems, limits/credit, General Ledger (GL), customer and corporate channels, SWIFT, sanctions screening and Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and document/workflow systems. This involves utilizing technologies such as MQ, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (*, IBM IIB/ACE), REST/SOAP APIs, and batch file interfaces.
• Oversee SWIFT trade messaging, including MT7xx (LC/guarantee), MT4xx (collections), MT798 corporate-to-bank, and related MT/MX payment messages. This includes managing the impact of annual SWIFT Standards Releases and ensuring ISO 20022 readiness.
• Develop and review Oracle SQL and PL/SQL for data fixes, reconciliations, Management Information Systems (MIS), and regulatory reporting, with a focus on performance tuning.
• Lead version upgrades, patches, and environment builds (DEV, SIT, UAT, pre-production, production, Disaster Recovery) in collaboration with infrastructure teams and vendors.
• Evaluate and contribute to the delivery of roadmap items such as Eximbills Microservices/cloud, digital trade, supply chain finance platform integration, trade-based money laundering (TBML) controls, and vessel and shipment checks.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant field within banking IT.
• Demonstrated expertise in Trade Finance Systems, specifically Eximbills.
• Strong understanding of trade finance products and ICC rules.

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a leading banking institution in the Kingdom.