Junior Trade Finance Specialist (with German)
Posted about 21 hours ago
Job Description
Talan offers a unique opportunity for junior professionals to join a leading Corporate Banking team, specializing in Trade Finance – Bank Guarantees.
No banking experience needed
Join a global operations team and contribute to delivering high-quality services to international clients.
We need someone that can collaborate with:
- Proactively engage with available documentation, training materials, and real case examples to build a solid understanding of processes, products, and tools.
- Maintain structured personal notes to consolidate learning, track key concepts, and document recurring patterns or use cases.
- Apply a “learn–apply–reflect” approach: actively implement newly acquired knowledge in daily tasks and reflect on outcomes to reinforce understanding.
- Seek regular feedback from mentors or senior team members and incorporate it into subsequent work.
- Demonstrate curiosity by asking relevant, well-thought-out questions and identifying knowledge gaps independently.
- Gradually increase autonomy by reducing reliance on guidance and showing the ability to solve similar problems based on prior learnings.
Bank Guarantees – Middle & Back Office:
- Process client and partner guarantees in compliance with legal and risk policies
- Perform internal controls and keep accurate transaction records
- Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, and Trade Services teams across Europe
- Manage invoicing and align accounting entries
- Handle payments to correspondent banks
Documentary Trade – Middle Office:
- Monitor daily operations and approvals
- Coordinate with Back Office to ensure proper issuance of Letters of Credit
- Align processes with UCP 600/ISP98 and compliance standards
- Escalate complex cases to management as needed
Qualifications
- Advanced German proficiency - Mandatory
- Advanced English proficiency
- Degree in Law, Business, Translator, or related fields
- Attention to detail, initiative, analyst skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
- Based in Madrid and available full-time
Additional Information
What do we offer you?
- On site position based in Madrid, Spain
- Permanent, full-time contract.
- Training and career development.
- Benefits and perks such as private medical insurance, life insurance, Language lessons, etc
- Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.
If you are passionate about data, development & tech, we want to meet you!
Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).
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Founded in France, Talan has grown into an international group that supports our clients in their end-to-end Data & AI transformation by combining management consulting with technological expertise. With over 6,000 employees across five continents, we accelerate our clients' transformations through long-term partnerships, creating measurable and sustainable impact. Our value proposition is built on a structured innovation ecosystem: 2,500 Data & AI experts, proprietary solutions built on advanced models, and an applied research, experimental development, and innovation laboratory. For more than 20 years, we have been translating technological innovation into competitive advantages across vital sectors: banking and financial services, energy, transport and mobility, luxury and retail, and healthcare. Driven by our promise of "Positive Innovation," we have established ourselves as a leading player in addressing the growing complexity of economic, technological, and regulatory environments.
Key team members
Olivier Grosjean
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