Crédit Agricole S.A.
Head of Projects & Administration
Crédit Agricole S.A., Montreal, WI
Vacancy details
General information
Entity
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.
Reference
2024-93069
Publication date
09/10/2024
Job description
Business type
Types of Jobs - Finance / Accounting
Job title
Head of Projects & Administration
Contract type
Permanent Contract
Management position
Yes
Job summary
Projects & Administration (P&A) is part of the Chief Operating Officer team of the Finance Department of CA-CIB NY. The Finance Department is in charge of the accounting, Financial Management & Budget, Regulatory Reporting, Financial and Strategic Steering & ALM and Tax of the US affiliates of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.
P&A is in charge of building data driven reporting and macros for the division's users, maintain and manage the User Developed Applications, maintaining and update some referential of Finance applications, and provide project management services and coordination.
Summary
• Project Management support to the Finance Division: assist the members of the division in the definition of their needs, follow up of implementation plans and coordination of the testing on IT Projects,
• The manager of P&A has shown its experience in managing teams in an international environment, and its capacity to oversee technical teams while being able to ensure the developments are performed in a controlled environment
• He /she has performed similar function in a finance division.
• The candidate has a good understanding of the processes around accounting and management reporting.
• Experience with the main technology tools used such as Oracle Financials, Business Object, Essbase.
• We are looking for a proficient project manager with agile methodology expertise, and experience in programming either in Python or Power BI
• Service oriented, the manager will ensure the team assist the Finance users to develop reporting and automate their activities.
• The manager reports locally to the CFO of Canada, and to the Chief Operating Officer of the Americas' Finance Division.
Key Responsibilities
• Manages the P&A team,
• Manages projects for the Finance Department,
• Oversee the building of finance applications using development tools available in MS Office, SQL, VBA, and Python,
• Provide application support to Financial Division applications such as Oracle Financials, Leasequery, Business Objects, etc.
• Ensure the P&A team properly manages and update referential under its responsibility, close accounting periods in the General Ledger in coordination with the accounting principles,
• Follow the IT budget of the Finance Department and coordinate the preparation of the budget of projects for the department,
Management and Reporting
Reports locally to the CFO of Canada and to the Chief Operating Officer of the Americas' Finance Division based in New York.
Position location
Geographical area
America, Canada
City
Montreal
Candidate criteria
Minimal education level
Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
Academic qualification / Speciality
Bachelor in MIS or Data analytics
Level of minimal experience
6-10 years
Experience
7-10 years of experience in Project management, preferably in a finance department
Required skills
• Agile methodology
• Driven and autonomous
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Capacity to analyze and synthetize information
• Sense of priorities and responsibilities,
• Attention to detail
• Effective decision making
• Management of vertical and horizontal relationships
• Verbal and written communication skills in English required (You will need to service Anglophone clients and work with Anglophone colleagues)
• Verbal and written communication skills in French considered a strong asset
Technical skills required
• Accounting knowledge (basic), knowledge of general ledger workflow
• MS Office application particularly Excel,
• Previous experience with Oracle Financial, Business Object, Essbase
Languages
English, French
General information
Entity
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.
Reference
2024-93069
Publication date
09/10/2024
Job description
Business type
Types of Jobs - Finance / Accounting
Job title
Head of Projects & Administration
Contract type
Permanent Contract
Management position
Yes
Job summary
Projects & Administration (P&A) is part of the Chief Operating Officer team of the Finance Department of CA-CIB NY. The Finance Department is in charge of the accounting, Financial Management & Budget, Regulatory Reporting, Financial and Strategic Steering & ALM and Tax of the US affiliates of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.
P&A is in charge of building data driven reporting and macros for the division's users, maintain and manage the User Developed Applications, maintaining and update some referential of Finance applications, and provide project management services and coordination.
Summary
• Project Management support to the Finance Division: assist the members of the division in the definition of their needs, follow up of implementation plans and coordination of the testing on IT Projects,
• The manager of P&A has shown its experience in managing teams in an international environment, and its capacity to oversee technical teams while being able to ensure the developments are performed in a controlled environment
• He /she has performed similar function in a finance division.
• The candidate has a good understanding of the processes around accounting and management reporting.
• Experience with the main technology tools used such as Oracle Financials, Business Object, Essbase.
• We are looking for a proficient project manager with agile methodology expertise, and experience in programming either in Python or Power BI
• Service oriented, the manager will ensure the team assist the Finance users to develop reporting and automate their activities.
• The manager reports locally to the CFO of Canada, and to the Chief Operating Officer of the Americas' Finance Division.
Key Responsibilities
• Manages the P&A team,
• Manages projects for the Finance Department,
• Oversee the building of finance applications using development tools available in MS Office, SQL, VBA, and Python,
• Provide application support to Financial Division applications such as Oracle Financials, Leasequery, Business Objects, etc.
• Ensure the P&A team properly manages and update referential under its responsibility, close accounting periods in the General Ledger in coordination with the accounting principles,
• Follow the IT budget of the Finance Department and coordinate the preparation of the budget of projects for the department,
Management and Reporting
Reports locally to the CFO of Canada and to the Chief Operating Officer of the Americas' Finance Division based in New York.
Position location
Geographical area
America, Canada
City
Montreal
Candidate criteria
Minimal education level
Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
Academic qualification / Speciality
Bachelor in MIS or Data analytics
Level of minimal experience
6-10 years
Experience
7-10 years of experience in Project management, preferably in a finance department
Required skills
• Agile methodology
• Driven and autonomous
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Capacity to analyze and synthetize information
• Sense of priorities and responsibilities,
• Attention to detail
• Effective decision making
• Management of vertical and horizontal relationships
• Verbal and written communication skills in English required (You will need to service Anglophone clients and work with Anglophone colleagues)
• Verbal and written communication skills in French considered a strong asset
Technical skills required
• Accounting knowledge (basic), knowledge of general ledger workflow
• MS Office application particularly Excel,
• Previous experience with Oracle Financial, Business Object, Essbase
Languages
English, French