SVP Head of Documentary Trade Global Transaction Services
DBS Bank Ltd is a Singapore-based bank providing personal, SME, corporate, institutional, wealth management, financial markets, and digital banking services. Its clients include consumers, small and medium-sized businesses, corporations, and institutional customers.
About DBS Bank Ltd
DBS Bank Ltd provides banking products and services including accounts, cards, insurance, loans, investments, digital banking, payments, trade finance, foreign exchange, commodities, investment solutions, and derivatives clearing. Through its SME business, it supports businesses with financing, cash-flow management, online banking through DBS IDEAL, sustainability programmes, and business-growth initiatives. The bank serves personal customers, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients, and wealth-management customers across its regional markets.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead and manage the documentary trade finance product suite, including product strategy, lifecycle management, pricing, commercialization, and new product initiatives. You will structure complex transactions, ensure regulatory and risk-policy compliance, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and improve product processes through digital solutions and automation.
Requirements
- 10+ years of banking-industry experience in trade finance product management or related areas
- Familiarity with Hong Kong local regulatory and compliance requirements
- Proficiency in English, Mandarin, and/or Cantonese
- CDCS and/or CSDG qualification is a plus
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategies for documentary trade product solutions, including Letters of Credit, Bank Guarantees, and Documentary Collections
- Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, monitor profitability, utilization, and risk, and optimize pricing
- Partner with internal teams and external partners to support product delivery and client engagement
- Ensure compliance with regulations and internal risk policies
- Work with credit and risk teams on transaction structuring and portfolio monitoring
- Drive product adoption and revenue growth across target client segments
- Gather client feedback and optimize product features and the end-to-end client experience
- Improve efficiency through process optimization, digital solutions, platform enhancements, and automation
- Identify and roll out new documentary trade products and solutions
- Support cross-selling with Cash and FX