Hitachi Energy is having a global Export & Trade Finance organization with a centre of competence in Zurich, dealing with different instruments such as Bank Guarantees, Parent Company Guarantees, Documentary Letters of Credit (LC) and other Short-, Medium- & Long-term financing solutions.

An integral part of the management process is Trade Finance Link (TFL), a state-of-the-art global trade finance application allowing harmonized handling of bank/parent guarantees and letters of credit, management of bank limits and electronic direct connectivity of HITACHI to its core banks. The HITACHI Group is supported by a back-office function in Krakow, Poland supporting local business organizations in processing and maintaining bank guarantees.

• Management of full life cycle of the bank guarantee in centrally implemented tool Trade Finance Link (TFL).
• Checking completeness of application form, reviewing wording, clarification of any discrepancies.
• Performing regular review, monitoring and reconciliation of existing portfolio of guarantees.
• Reconcile commission calculation, validate for accounting processing.
• Recording of incoming Export Letters of Credit and communication to the relevant Local Business Unit.
• Monitoring of expiring LC to follow up by the Local Business Unit.
• Preparing statistics over bank performance and guarantee and LC portfolio.

• 3 years' experience in handling/processing of Bank Guarantees is essential for this role.
• Excellent English skills to communicate with users from different countries and on different organization levels.
• Solid user knowledge of MS office applications - Excel, Power Point, Word.
• Analytical skills, conceptual & process-oriented thinking, business savvy.
• Fast learning and process-oriented thinking.
• Ability to effectively resolve issues and inquiries related to Bank Guarantees in a timely manner.
• Customer oriented.