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Rulana Kamalmaz

Rulana Kamalmaz

Aliso Viejo,CA

Summary

Motivated Trade professional with hands on experience in Import letter of credit, recognized for speed, accuracy and outstanding customer service. Qualifications around 4 years of experience in commercial letter of credit

An organizing person, punctual and proactive. Supportive in tasks and duties that are given, have the ability to function well under pressure. Reliable with a good work ethic and have the ability to quickly adapt to new tasks and environments.

Passed CDCS Exam. May 2024.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Foreign Exchange Dealer

Syria International Bank .Treasury Department
06.2012 - 12.2012
  • Provide foreign exchange services to customers, including buying and selling of currencies.
  • Process customer orders accurately and promptly in accordance with established procedures.
  • Prepare the Foreign Exchange rates sheet against the local currency on daily basis.
  • Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of global economic developments impacting foreign exchange markets.

Assistant Capital Markets Dealer

Syria International Bank .Treasury Department
01.2011 - 05.2012
  • Manage short terms cash needs and liquidity.
  • Investment of funds.
  • Replenish accounts.
  • Borrowing and lending in short terms.
  • Generate reports of trading activities for management review.

Import Letter of Credit Specialist

Syria International Bank. Trade Finance Department
05.2007 - 01.2011

• Check credit limit to approve LC issuance based to the extent of facilities authorized.

• Deduct margin and bank fees.

  • Prepare and review letter of Credit drafts and amendments on swift system .
  • Insert LC and amendments of the letter of Credit on bank system.
  • Check documents according to UCP 600 and ISBP, LC terms, bank and government regulation.
  • Accept or refuse documents.
  • Settlement, and cancellation of LC.

• Verification, and release authority for SWIFT Messages .

• Finalize payments of L/C with a high level of accuracy and within guidelines on the bank system.

• Develop good relationships with customers through Exceptional customer service
• Financial Institution : Establishing business traffic and authorization to receive and send authenticated messages (RMA) via SWIFT.
• Authorized signature (A).

  • Maintained accurate documentation of all credit-related activities, ensuring compliance with bank policies and industry regulations.
  • Advise letter of credit (export LC) , amendments , examine documents , confirmation, settlement, refuse documents, cancellation of L/C.
  • Create SWIFT Massages for outward and inward L/C correspondences.
  • Process payments of L/C on bank system.

Swift Alliance Responsible

Arab Bank
08.2005 - 02.2007
  • Create and type all kinds of swift messages including:

- Transfers, free-format messages.
- Treasury back office , FX deals and statements of account messages.
- Letter of credit, collections, and bank guarantees.
• Exchange BKE.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Translation and Interpretation. English-Arabic

Damascus University
Damascus Syria
08-2006

Associate Degree in Business Administration -

Commercial Institute
Damascus. Syria
01-2000

Skills

  • Comprehensive understanding of trade governing rules: UCP 600, ISBP, URR725 and Incoterms 2020
  • Checking documents
  • Strong attention to details
  • Swift and Banking operations
  • MS Office (word,excel)

Certifications

  • CDCS Certified Documentary Credit Specialist .London Institute of Banking and Finance .United Kingdom. May 2024.

Supplementary Training

  • 4TH Global Conference on letter of credit - Trade finance (Chamber of Commerce) Austria-Vienna . March 2010.
  • Incoterms 2010 (International Chamber of Commerce) Syria-Damascus . Oct 2010.
  • Swift Alliance access Audit Training (Allied Engineering Group) Lebanon-Beirut Aug 2010.
  • Seminar on Remedies to situations arisen from the application of UCP 600 and standards 681 published by the international chamber of commerce in Connection with Documentary Credits. (Union of Arab Banks) Lebanon-Beirut Nov 2009.
  • Checking documents according to UCP 600 (Union of Arab bank) Apr 2008.

Timeline

Foreign Exchange Dealer

Syria International Bank .Treasury Department
06.2012 - 12.2012

Assistant Capital Markets Dealer

Syria International Bank .Treasury Department
01.2011 - 05.2012

Import Letter of Credit Specialist

Syria International Bank. Trade Finance Department
05.2007 - 01.2011

Swift Alliance Responsible

Arab Bank
08.2005 - 02.2007

Associate Degree in Business Administration -

Commercial Institute

Bachelor of Arts - Translation and Interpretation. English-Arabic

Damascus University
Rulana Kamalmaz