Permanent Contract

Operations Officer

Modified on 03/06/2024

  • London - United Kingdom
  • Operations
  • 2024-89520

Job description

Summary

Crédit Agricole S.A. London branch is a funding entity raising Medium/Long-Term funds on the wholesale markets (bonds under the following programs: EMTN, USMTN, Samurai, Panda, Kangaroo, etc.) and lending the proceeds of these issuances to Crédit Agricole S.A. Group’s subsidiaries (loans and borrowings activity). The scope of products also includes issuing covered bonds and Certificates of Deposits. It also includes hedging derivative transactions (IRS, CIRS, FX Swaps).

The Operation team is responsible for all Back Office processes and controls.

You will monitor the transactions, process the different events during the trade lifecycle, and liaise with the different counterparties for settlement issues. You will also be responsible for maintaining the adequate operational procedures.

 

1.- Key Responsibilities – Back Office

 

  • Processing of deal tickets, confirmations and associated payments

Processing of the refinancing instruments in the Bank’s core system, i.e: CALYPSO. These transactions include issuance of bonds and covered bonds, issuance of Certificates of Deposits, interbank deposits, intragroup loans and borrowings, IRS, CIRS, FX Spot, Forward and FX Swaps:

- Confirmations and matching,

- Payments and Settlements (in particular via SWIFT, ensuring cut-off times are respected and monitoring receipt of funds),

- Ensuring matching of settlement instructions

- Reconciliation and payment of brokers invoices

- Management of corporate actions

-Invoices payments

 

  • Daily short-term Funding requirement management

- Calculation of the internal funding requirement and input of related trades into BLOFI

- Cash management of the Branch Nostro accounts

  • Reconciliation of the Bank’s Nostro accounts

- Checking payments and receipts recorded in the Bank’s ledgers against the entries provided by the Bank’s correspondents via Swift Statement messages.

 

  • Reconciliation BO vs accounting regarding P&L calculation
  • Ad-hoc reportings (e.g. EMIR/MIFID, etc.)
  • Perform the level 1 controls aiming at securing the processes from an operational point of view

 

 Contact with other departments

 

  • Day-to-day contacts with the other departments of Crédit Agricole S.A. London branch (in particular:  Front-Office dpt., Accounting dpt. and Risk and Controls unit).

    • Position with management
    • No
    • Minimum level of study
    • Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
    • Training / Specialization
    • A bachelors degree within a relevant discipline.
      • Previous experience within a middle or back office position within an investment banking or similar environment 
    • Compétences recherchées
      • Good knowledge of the financial products and understanding of the operational risk
      • Good analytical and organisational skills
      • Ability to learn, adapt quickly and instigate change and be accurate and able to prioritise effectively in order to meet tight reporting deadlines.
      • Strong relationship and communication skills
    • IT tools
      • VBA, Access, SQL, MS Office skills
    • Languages
    • English (fluency required)

  • About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB) Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022). 8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world. Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade. The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients. For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ca_cib LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-agricole-cib/ By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Crédit Agricole CIB
Crédit Agricole CIB
Crédit Agricole CIB

Crédit Agricole CIB

Operations Officer

Published the 13/05/2024

Permanent Contract
  • London - United Kingdom
  • Operations
  • 2024-89520

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