About the Role
As a Sr. Finance Manager, Corporate Risk & Trade Finance, you will lead the coordination of trade finance, insurance, and corporate risk management activities. This position serves as the central point of ownership for risk matters, including performance guarantees, bid bonds, letters of credit, certificates of insurance, and workers’ compensation. You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across various departments including Finance, Treasury, Legal, Compliance, Sales, and Project teams, as well as corporate functions. The role demands strong financial judgment, project management skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while bringing structure, transparency, and accountability to processes that impact customer negotiations, contract execution, compliance, and commercial risk management.
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Your Impact
- Own day-to-day coordination of corporate risk management activities across Finance, Treasury, Legal, Sales, and other internal teams.
- Manage the lifecycle of trade finance instruments, including bid bonds, performance guarantees, letters of credit, and others.
- Partner with Treasury and banking partners to coordinate applications, issuance, monitoring, renewals, and release of trade finance instruments.
- Utilize JIRA or other workflow tools to track requests, assignees, statuses, aging, bottlenecks, expiration dates, and open risk items.
- Monitor open and expiring guarantees, bonds, insurance certificates, and other risk instruments.
- Coordinate certificate of insurance requests, coverage evidence, and stakeholder follow-up.
- Support contract negotiations by identifying insurance, indemnity, liability, parent guarantee, performance guarantee, and other trade finance requirements.
- Work with Legal and Commercial teams to evaluate non-standard contract terms, ensuring explicit risk acceptance from decision makers.
- Ensure compliance with approval matrices, DOA guidelines, and escalation paths for insurance and trade finance decisions.
- Translate complex insurance and trade finance issues into clear business recommendations for senior finance and commercial leadership.
- Enhance front-end deal review discipline by ensuring that trade finance and insurance requirements are assessed before contract signatures.
- Lead education efforts for Sales, Project Management, Legal, and Finance teams on trade finance and insurance requirements, including common red flags and lead times.
What You'll Need
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
- 10-12 years of professional experience in finance, with significant leadership experience managing complex long-term projects.
- Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
- Advanced expertise in Excel and experience with business intelligence tools.
- Extensive experience using Oracle or similar ERP systems, JIRA, banking platforms, and other analytical tools.
- Ability to synthesize and present complex data to senior leadership in a clear, actionable manner.
- Strong interpersonal skills to solicit information and foster cooperation from diverse internal and external stakeholders.
Salary and Benefits
The salary range for this role is $129,500.00 - $161,900.00, representing what we believe is the possible base compensation for this role at the time of posting. Compensation may vary based on factors such as experience and qualifications. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid time off, a charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits for eligible employees.
