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Updated 2025-05-09
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Senior Trade Officer - Financial, Professional and Business Services
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Company Name

British Embassy Tokyo

Job Type
British Embassy Tokyo
Government/Public Sector - Government/Public Offices
Industry Government/Public Sector
Location Asia Japan Tokyo Chiyoda

Job Description Main Purpose of Job:

The Department of Business and Trade (DBT) is recruiting a Senior Trade Officer to support UK firms in the financial, professional and business services (FPBS) sectors to successfully export to the Japanese market either by selling their services directly to Japan or by entering and growing their presence in the market. Financial services is the UK’s largest exporting sector to Japan followed by professional and business services, and the FPBS team is responsible for identifying and creating opportunities within these sectors for UK companies to succeed. The team also works to support broader UK government priorities in these sectors including around market shaping, market barrier resolution, policy alignment, capital investment and foreign direct investment into the UK. This position requires a good understanding of the Japanese financial services sector, with knowledge of professional services, international trade, and capital investment also very helpful.


What the Jobholder will be Expected to Achieve:

・Work alongside Head of FPBS on the development, outline and execution of a strategy for supporting UK exports in the financial services sector, with a particular focus on asset management, that incorporates and aligns with wider UK Government priorities.
・Develop and manage relationships with key UK and Japanese stakeholders in the financial services industry to deliver the strategy. This will include working jointly with the Foreign Direct Investment Team expanding our Japanese institutional investor networks to help encourage new and increased investment mandates to UK asset managers and capital investment to UK projects.
・Work with Head of FPBS to develop a wider strategy for professional and business services that will encourage more UK firms to grow and export to Japan.
・Lead on events and activities that will help the delivery of the two strategies.
Identify market access issues across the FPBS sectors which present challenges for UK companies to do business. Bring together teams across UK Government to develop a strategy to identify routes to resolve and simplify these issues.
・Work closely with the Foreign Direct Investment Team to support their objectives of encouraging capital investment into the UK, and the Japan Network Economic Diplomacy Directorate teams to support policy initiatives relevant to the FPBS sectors, and contribute to the organisation of relevant policy dialogues (Financial Regulatory Forum, Financial Dialogue, Business and Services Committee) and (Law Society, Lord Mayor of the City of London, Governor of Bank of England, CEO of Financial Conduit Authority)
・Collaborate with DBT internal and external partners and stakeholders across FPBS sectors to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach across the Japan Network and UK Government.
・Be prepared to support wider Japan Network and UK Government priorities including occasional senior visits, UK Government events and initiatives, policy and advisory scoping, and crisis preparations.

[Application deadline is Sunday 1 June 2025.
Please apply through the British Embassy recruitment website (https://fco.tal.net/).
Company Info The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and discrimination challenge, enhancing our organizational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.
Working Hours Normal working hours: 9:00-17:30 (core time: 10:00-16:00)
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Requirements		 Essential qualifications, skills and experience:
・An experienced professional with at least 2 years’ experience in a client facing role
・Have a background in financial services and knowledge of the Japanese financial services sector
・Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to facilitate introductions and discussions between UK firms and Japanese stakeholders
・A people-oriented person with great customer service skills, excellent networking skills and a proven track record of cross-team collaboration
・Have the ability to work independently and to take the initiative when direction is unclear
・Have a positive, resilient, flexible and adaptable “can-do” attitude to overcome challenges
・Have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, ability to work successfully in multicultural teams and across boundaries, and to build and maintain useful stakeholder networks
Have the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
・Have excellent communication skills, both oral and written
Have strong skills in Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams

Required behaviours
・Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together
English Level Business Conversation Level (TOEIC 735-860)
Japanese Level Business Level(JLPT Level 2 or N2)
Salary JPY - Japanese Yen JPY 7500K - JPY 8500K   
Other Salary
Description		 Basic salary (555,600 yen per month)
Commuting allowance (up to 35,000 yen per month)
Social insurance (employment insurance, workers' compensation insurance, health insurance, welfare pension insurance)

[Notes] Monthly basic salary
*1/14 of annual basic salary
*Additional payment months are June and December (calculated pro rata according to length of employment)
Holidays 2 days off per week (Saturday and Sunday)
12 public holidays (mixture of the UK and Japan holidays)
Annual leave (25 days per year)
Paid sick leave
Marriage or Civil partnership leave
Compassionate leave
Nearest Station Approximately 7 minutes walk from Hanzomon Station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
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