Wood is recruiting for a Treasury Trade Finance Lead to join us on a permanent basis. You should have a strong understanding of how the business operates across key regions, including how value is delivered and enhanced for the wider Group. Knowledge of corporate governance principles and alignment with the organisation’s values framework, alongside an awareness of external market factors and their potential impact on strategic direction and overall business success.
This role is open to candidates in the UK with the opportunity to work remotely or hybrid from one of our UK offices.
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The Role
This role is responsible for managing the Group’s trade finance operations, with a primary focus on receivables facilities (both external and internal) and guarantee facilities. As a global organisation, Wood relies on effective trade finance solutions to support international operations, with these facilities playing a key role in enabling efficient trading, enhancing funding flexibility, and maximising the value of the Group’s assets.
The role requires oversight of the complexities associated with these arrangements, working collaboratively across the business to optimise utilisation and ensure they operate effectively and in line with business needs. In addition, the successful candidate will contribute to wider Treasury activities, providing support across the function as required.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Wood delivers solutions across more than 60 countries with local offices covering all major energy and materials hubs globally.
For more than 160 years, we have partnered with clients to deliver engineering, advisory and operational solutions to some of the world’s most complex and critical challenges in energy and materials.
What we can offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects we support green hydrogen and fuel switching, as well as supporting local clients with energy transition
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working arrangements
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion ; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package ; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections ; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected:
- Experience in a treasury function in a geographically widespread industrial organisation
- Knowledge of how a business relevant regions deliver and can add value to the Group
- Corporate governance and values framework experience
- Awareness of external factors and their impact on the Group’s strategy and success
- Experience of Trade finance instruments and their use in an international corporate environment
- Management of bank guarantees
- Knowledge and experience of receivable finance facilities / solutions
- Previous experience working in a multinational corporation or business
- Ability to Generate trust and credibility with audiences through continuous, open and consistent communication
- Continually seeking improved processes with a particular focus on improving quality and effectiveness
- Work effectively across different cultures
Personal Attributes:
- Independent and proactive professional who also works well as a team-player.
- Effectively communicates and connect with both internal and external business partners.
- Consistently model and lead on the Group’s values.
- Professional manner and ability to manage fast changing priorities.
