Finance Junior Project Manager

Job description

Vacancy details

General information

Entity

Crédit Agricole CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, the world's n°13 bank measured by Tier One Capital (The Banker, July 2017)
Crédit Agricole CIB offers its clients a large range of products and services in capital markets, investment banking, structured finance and corporate banking.
The Corporate and Investment Bank is structured around six major divisions:
• Client Coverage & International Network,
• International Trade & Transaction Banking,
• Global Investment Banking,
• Structured Finance,
• Fixed Income Markets,
• Debt Optimisation and Distribution.
The Bank provides support to clients in large international markets through its network with a presence in major countries in Europe, America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.  

Reference number

2018-32108  

Publication date

06/09/2018

Job description

Business type

Types of Jobs - Corporate & Investment Banking

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Job summary

 

Finance Project Management department (3 persons) is part of CA-CIB NY Financial Division (+/- 50 persons).

The Financial Division is in charge of the accounting, financial management & budget, regulatory reporting, ALM-CPM and tax of NY Branch, CA Securities and few subsidiaries in Americas.

The project Management department is in charge of coordinating the Financial Division projects and supporting users for their IT applications.

 

Summary

 

. Coordination of Finance Projects and Finance users support for Oracle Financials, Business Object and Head-Office reporting.

. Reports to Head of Finance Project Management

 

Key Responsibilities

 

•       Working with Finance users and IT to implement and support assigned projects.

•       Coordinate multiple tasks and teams workload linked to the projects. Monitor project planning and focus on the targeted implementation.

•       Work with stakeholders to identify project requirements, define specifications, determine scope and document results.

•       Ensure adequate project reporting in a very methodological and organized way.

•       Support functional tasks of Oracle Financials and Business Objects application for Financial Division

•       The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong understanding of financial division work.

 

Management and Reporting

Reports to the Head of Finance Project Management

 

Key Internal contacts

 

Finance team: accounting, regulatory, tax, management reporting and budget, ALM-CPM, IT Teams, HO Finance (Etudes Et Projets).

 

Key External contacts

 

Application Vendors:  Axiom, Oracle, etc.

 

 

 
SPECIAL ROLE REQUIREMENTS:  Some manual work is necessary for archiving of records.

 

 

Job location

Geographical area

America, United States Of America

City

NEW YORK

Desired profile

Candidate criteria

Academic qualification / Speciality

Bachelor in MIS or Business

Desirable:
Concentration in Project Management

Level of minimal experience

0-2 years

Experience

1-2 years in Project Management
Experience in the Banking Industry

Required skills

Project Management
Organizational & interpersonal skills
Accounting knowledge (basic)
Ability to analyze and summarize information
Ability to prioritize effectively
Ability to work autonomously
Ability to work successfully in a team
Adaptability to changing environments
Effectiveness at decision making
Ability to deal with issues
Attention to details

Desirable:
Capacity to cooperate / work across discipline
Capacity to take on board the strategy of Credit Agricole CIB and participate in actions to deliver
Business Object, Oracle Financials, Axiom
PMP is a plus

Technical skills required

MS Office working knowledge, particularly Excel and MS Access

Desirable:
French language