About Xionex
Xionex is building a GenAI-native operations platform for banking and insurance, transforming complex operational processes through intelligent automation, workflow orchestration, and AI-powered decision support.
We are looking for a Guarantees Operations Senior Analyst with strong hands-on experience in bank guarantees and trade finance operations to join our growing team.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and process bank guarantee transactions across the full operational lifecycle, including issuance, amendments, extensions, cancellations, claims and releases.
- Review guarantee applications and supporting documents to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance with internal procedures.
- Handle inward and outward guarantees, including related counter-guarantee and indemnity processes where applicable.
- Verify guarantee wording, terms, conditions, amounts, expiry dates and other key transaction details.
- Perform transaction checks against approved limits, mandates, policies and operational requirements.
- Coordinate with relationship managers, trade finance teams, legal, compliance, operations and other stakeholders to resolve transaction issues.
- Ensure guarantees are processed accurately and within agreed service-level agreements (SLAs).
- Monitor outstanding guarantees, expiries, amendments, cancellations and other follow-up requirements.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies, operational exceptions and transaction-related queries.
- Maintain accurate transaction records and ensure proper documentation and audit trails.
- Support reconciliation and control activities relating to guarantee transactions.
- Identify operational risks, control gaps and opportunities to improve existing processes.
- Participate in process improvement and digital transformation initiatives, including the adoption of AI-enabled trade finance solutions.
- Support user acceptance testing, process mapping and validation of new workflows or system enhancements.
- Prepare operational reports and provide insights on transaction volumes, exceptions, turnaround times and service performance.
- Provide guidance and knowledge-sharing to junior team members where required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Banking, Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in guarantees, trade finance operations, transaction banking or banking operations.
- Strong practical knowledge of bank guarantees and trade finance processes.
- Good understanding of guarantee-related terminology, documentation, workflows and operational controls.
- Familiarity with URDG 758, ICC rules and other relevant trade finance practices is an advantage.
- Experience handling guarantee issuance, amendments, extensions, cancellations, claims and releases.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify discrepancies and operational risks.
- Good analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple transactions and priorities within tight deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working with banking systems, workflow platforms and Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience with process automation, digital banking or AI-enabled operations is an advantage.
- Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
What We Look For
- Trade Finance Expertise: Strong understanding of guarantees and related banking operations.
- Operational Accuracy: High attention to detail with a strong control mindset.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to investigate exceptions, identify root causes and make sound operational decisions.
- Process Improvement: Willingness to challenge manual processes and identify opportunities for automation.
- Technology Mindset: Comfortable working with emerging technologies and AI-driven operational solutions.
- Ownership: Takes responsibility for transactions, issues and outcomes from start to finish.
Why Join Xionex?
- Work at the intersection of banking, trade finance and GenAI.
- Contribute your domain expertise to the development of AI-native banking operations.
- Work on real-world transformation of complex financial processes.
- Collaborate with technology, banking and trade finance professionals.
- Opportunity to shape how traditional banking operations are redesigned through intelligent automation.