gaurav singh

• Issuance of letter of credit.
• Vetting contract for Bulk coal Shipment. 
• Checking export and import documents under letter of credit.
• Nominating Vessels. 
• Verify document instructions are received from buyers prior to loading containing accurate and full descriptions and the instructions and the instruction can be complied with.
• Managing clearance of the good from the port by providing documents and all information to cha related to shipment and help in arranging payment for cha and port authority for clearance of shipment from the port till the warehouse. 
• Obtaining commercial, legal, financial and transportation documents according to the country import and export and/or customer’s requirement. 
• Monitoring and communicating vessels ETA/ETD’S along with all post shipment details to buyer’s and agents. Obtaining source information, track vessel timing and status, and enhance communication.  

• Managing Working Capital of Ruchi Soya Industries.
• Arrange USD 10 MM funding via physical trade structuring to Ruchi soya within a month of joining. 
• Focus on financial modelling to assist in designing new investment structures, vet new project opportunities, vet new energy markets, and work with various banks/funds.
• Independently Controlling and managing the activities of Trade Finance to maximize profit contribution by increasing wallet share from existing customers; scope of work includes:
• Merchant Trade.
• High Seas Sales.
• Ensuring availability of liquidity across the business value chain.
• Customization: Limit monitoring, due-date alert, analysis of overdue collections counterpart-wise, & so on as required.  
• Handled bank guarantee, standby LCS, transfer LCS and switch BL trades. 

Processing / Supervising Trade Finance Operations having Global Framework. (Trades under B2B, Availed Drafts, LC, DA, DP Terms.

• Responsible for defining the appropriate liquidity quantum that the business should

maintain and the composition thereof, that is, cash, bank facilities, and so forth.

• Manages the business’s gross debt portfolio through debt issuance and debt redemption, regularly updating the debt issuance.
• In charge of negotiating terms with the business’s financial service providers such as

banks and arranging acquisition financing as necessary.

• Defines appropriate capital structures for business arrangements while keeping in mind the business needs, risk management taxation, accounting, and legal/policy requirements. Takes part in documentation & preparation of information memoranda, business plans

Forex & Derivatives:

• Conversion of Foreign Inwards and timely settlements of credits. Understanding the
• analysis & fundamentals of Forex & Derivative market. Reporting to CEO on

Daily movement of Forward, Futures & Options.

• Handling Operations for Singapore and Dubai desk in Dubai from start to end for the trades, calculating PNL as well. 
• Price Comparison Analysis at both Buy & sell end with various available options (FOB, C&F)
• Handling Issuance and presentation of documents under LC to confirm bank for Negotiation and getting the discounting done.
• Handled bank guarantee, standby LCS, transfer LCS and switch BL trades. 
• Processing / Supervising Trade Finance Operations having Global Framework. (Trades under B2B, Availed Drafts, LC, DA, DP Terms)
• Closing each deal in terms of Budgeted / Actual profitability, keeping the Team informed about variations that occurred. 
• Help the organization in preparing and dealing documentation for ING bank back-to-back 133 mm trade lines. 
• Handling Operations for Singapore and India desk in India from start to end for the structured trades, calculating PNL as well.
• Having exposure to the issuance of oil LC for Middle Eastern clients and handling end-to-end processes.
• Defines appropriate capital structures for business arrangements while keeping in mind the business needs, risk management taxation, accounting, and legal/policy requirement Takes part in documentation & preparation of information memoranda, business plans.
• Coordination with the bank to issue issuance documentation and payments.
• Coordinate on the Offshore Hedges (Booking / Cancellation) on the commodity value with the India Treasury.
• Maintaining separate KYC files and trade-related documents for Audit.
• Identify and coordinate with the Business Units for use of trade flows.
• Coordinating with Banks on account opening documents for trading.
• Handled commodities like metals, Agri products and energy products.
• Handling Export Promotion Bank Guarantee for the offshore and onshore clients.  
• Prepare and execute Fee agreements, contracts and other documents as required per the respective Trade.
• Execute and provide the underlying contracts to the banks and clients within TAT.
• Monitor Shipment Tracker to avoid any unnecessary Demurrage or any other port cost.
• Arranging Shipments, Negotiation for freight with Shipping Lines & Freight Forwarders.  

• Handling Team.
• Checking import and export documents based on the letter of credit and U.C.P (Uniform Custom Practice) 600 and communicating the details to the client/local office via mail memo.
•  Preparing excels keeping records of the day-to-day activity. 
• Giving reports of the team performance to the peers on a weekly and monthly basis.
•  Tracking their leaves on excel solving their queries regarding the documents and payments.

• Hand on experience in working on excels. 
• Won Bravo Award by the team managed by me for timely and accurately giving services to the client.
• Refusal handling.
• Maintaining Team Performance Records and individual performance records on excel. 
• Dealing with the French and Indian process. Checking French and Indian documents
• Well versed Knowledge of UCP, ISBP, ISP, E-UCP, Refusal Handling etc.