Equipment Finance Specialist

Job Summary

The Equipment Finance Solutions function within Tetra Laval provides secure and globally available equipment financing solutions by experienced and professional resources creating economies of scale and risk reduction for the Tetra Laval Group which will support the profitable sales growth for the Industry Groups (IG).The scope of the role includes direct contribution in achieving the Tetra Laval Groups business goals and achieving the TLI Balance scorecard this position requires to perform activities independently and to ensure delivery of outputs/services according to specific standards and guidelines collaborate with colleagues to deliver control or service standards and set and implement short term business/functional strategies which influences department/function results.

Equipment Finance is organised to serve the needs of the three IGs based on a geographic breakdown of responsibilities. The Specialist is responsible to cover defined regions in one or several IGs.

The position is based in Lausanne Switzerland and you will report to the Senior Manager for Equipment Financing Solutions.

What you will do

Coverage of Equipment Finance needs in all regions
Providing best in class advice to all operating companies of the Group on all equipment financing issues:

- Periodically review the equipment finance needs within the area of responsibility and make recommendations to Senior Manager Equipment Financing Solutions taking into account Commercial Tax and Legal requirements.
- Regularly interact with Finance Directors and Commercial Directors (FD and CD) in the markets to identify equipment financing needs and advise on most appropriate solutions.
- Ensure regular interaction with representatives of banks Export Credit Agencies and external financing partners to maintain relationship and ensure that new solutions or countries are added to the offering.
- Regularly interact with FD and CD in the markets to identify credit risk exposures advise on most appropriate solutions and monitor resolution.
- Contribute to the improvement of the credit risk monitoring process and tools.

Ongoing responsibilities
- Review with markets all equipment financing deals before they are submitted to customers to ensure compliance with Tetra Laval Group policies and adequacy of the structure and interest rate applied.
- Coordinate with banks external financing partners Export Credit Agencies and other counterparties to design and implement equipment financing transactions in the relevant markets.
- Perform monthly follow-up of credit risk exposures in the markets under responsibility and recommend actions for cases with increased risks.
- Contribute to the yearly update of relevant policies/procedures (in the area of equipment finance and credit risk) to ensure that they remain in term of product offering geographical coverage and evolution of risks.
- Escalate any exception to Tetra Laval Group policies and procedures and ensure that they are approved according to the applicable escalation process.
- Being accountable to improve procedures methods techniques services or products.

Project Work
The Equipment Finance Specialist is responsible for implementation of Equipment Finance projects in the area of responsibility such as new equipment financing partners or solutions as well as enhancing the credit risk monitoring process and tools. He also has to directly contribute in achieving Tetra Laval Groups business goals and to work significantly to achieve the Tetra Laval Balanced Scorecard.

The role of this position is about obtaining and providing information explaining facts practices policies through flexibility and comprise. Convince others to accept concepts practices and approaches without authority to change or modify them and to solve the issues under the job area of responsibility.

The Equipment Finance Specialist also needs to come to agreement by managing short term operational medium term tactical or limited strategic communications through discussions and compromise.

The Equipment Finance Specialist analyses and manages specific issues which generally fall within his/her job area or discipline has to understand and consider other disciplines and issues which require broad-based solutions needing consideration of 2 or 3 dimensions i.e. operational tax legal financial and human outside his/her area and organisation.

It is expected that the Specialist will dialogue with senior finance and commercial counterparts in the IG (Central and Market company finance and commercial staff) across the full range of Equipment Finance matters.
The Equipment Finance Specialist will be actively involved in strategic initiatives leveraging data science across descriptive predictive and prescriptive analytics to generate actionable insights support decision-making and drive business impact in a constantly changing environment.

We believe you have

- Min. 4-5 years of experience at expert level in Finance or International Business Administration
- Advanced university degree in Finance Business Economics
- Good understanding of commercial financial and tax practices
- Strong business acumen and awareness of current trends challenges and opportunities in the industry
- Serious reliable and team-oriented professional with excellent cooperation and communication skills in a multicultural environment
- High level of data literacy analytical and reporting tools proficiency
- Eagerness to learn and grow in a dynamic environment
- English and French spoken language is required