Projects & Administration Associate – Crédit Agricole

Title of the Job: Projects & Administration Associate

Location: Montreal, QC

Job Description: 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.comTwitter: 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 2024-93068Publication date 09/10/2024Job descriptionBusiness typeTypes of Jobs – Finance / AccountingJob titleProjects & Administration AssociateContract typePermanent ContractManagement positionNoJob summaryProjects & Administration (P&A) is part of the Chief Operating Officer team of the Finance Department of CA-CIB NY. The Financial Division 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, close accounting periods, provide project management 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,
• Provide support to Finance users on Oracle Financials, Business Object and Head-Office reporting: coordination with the IT department for improvements, assistance in developing, updating and amending automated reports for Finance Division members,
• Maintain referential of application (signature authority)
• The Vice President reports to Head of Projects & Administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and represent Finance users in projects
• Build finance applications under the direction of the Head of P&A 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.
• Perform application testing and write documentation on financial applications supported or developed.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate some understanding of financial division work.
• Update the data referential in Oracle Financial
• Close the monthly periods in coordination with the accounting department

Management and ReportingReports to the Head of Projects and AdministrationPosition locationGeographical areaAmerica, CanadaCityMontrealCandidate criteriaMinimal education levelBachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalentAcademic qualification / SpecialityBachelor in MIS or Data analyticsExperience

• 2 year of VBA and Python
• 1 year of SQL

Required skills

• 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

• 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 requiredProgramming skills is required, knowledge of Business Object and Oracle Financials applications support

Company Name: Crédit Agricole

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