Crédit Agricole CIB (CA-CIB) Canada is the home of Crédit Agricole CIB Canada Branch and Crédit Agricole Services & Operations.
The Canada Branch has offices in Montreal and Toronto providing financial services to Canadian Financial Institutions, Banks, Pension Funds & SSA and to large Canadian headquartered international corporations.
Crédit Agricole Services & Operations is hosting a part of all Crédit Agricole CIB’s support functions, from KYC, Back Offices, Risk, IT, Legal or Finance supporting our growing operations in the Americas and complementing our European and Asian operations platforms in a “follow the sun” approach.
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Summary
The Letter of Credit Specialist is responsible for maintaining and processing the Bank’s letters of credit portfolio, specifically the issuance, confirmation, and advising Standby/Guarantees and Import/Export letters of credit.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that letter of credit transactions are in conformity with client instructions, UCP Publication 600/ISP98, and the Bank’s credit/ compliance procedures.
- Review Draft Letters of Credit and coordinate any issues with client
- Ensure timely processing of sensitive transactions and report to management any unusual or intricate transactions requiring review, discussion and or approval.
- Provide assistance/support to clients and corporate groups on technical aspects and practices of letters of credit.
- Prepare and execute required letter of credit documents using LCMS, Microsoft Word, or ACBS, as needed.
- Review daily maturity report to ensure action has been taken on applicable, for maturing transactions.
- Properly record standby/commercial letters of credit activity in ACBS and LCMS, Swift Alliance as required.
- Monitor pending inquiries, discrepancies and resolution of documents filed, ensure that all items are actively traced via correspondence with respective parties, tickler schedule and actively follow-up until payment is secured and transaction is finalized.
- Ensure amendment notices/confirmations are completed and forwarded to clients or commercial group by the L/C Administrator.
- Coordinate clearing/reconciling of open cash items and daily exceptions reported by the CBO Control Unit for L/C portfolio.