What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Business Analyst - Capital Markets Operations position at Crédit Agricole CIB?
Summary
Within the project group, the business analyst will work on projects involving Capital Market Operations.
Capital Market Operations Project Team supports:
-Back Office: Equities, Fixed Income, FX-MM, Derivatives,
-Middle Office: Treasury, Credit, FX, IRD, Securitization & Collateral.
-Control & Reconciliation
Key Responsibilities
- Write business requirements/expression of needs.
- Validate specifications from a functional standpoint.
- Draft the test strategy and coordinate User Acceptance Tests.
- Manage the communication around projects to all stakeholders located in the US and Head office.
- Write and/or update operational procedures.
- Formalize process flows (functional and system-related mappings).
- Support and implement the change management actions (new products, new process definition, gap analysis formalization, post-implementation follow up, trainings, operational risk monitoring).
- Ensure post Go Live follow up actions.
Management and Reporting
Reporting to the head of Capital Market Operations Projects
Key Internal contacts
CMO NY/Paris:
- Back Office: Equities, Fixed Income, FX-MM, Derivatives,
- Middle Office: Treasury, Credit, FX, IRD, Securitization & Collateral.
- Control & Reconciliation
Other CMO projects teams:
- CMP Paris, CMO Montreal, CASPL Mumbai.
- NY departments: Front Office, Permanent Control, IT, BCP, Finance, Risk, Audit, Compliance
Key External contacts
- System Vendors
Education Essential
- Master’s degree
Experience Essential
- 7 – 10 years’ experience required
- Project Certifications (PMP, Six Sigma, Lean, Agile…) is a plus
Competencies:
- Team player
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to react quickly and use own initiative
- Ability to work with minimum dailysupervision
Skills & Knowledge Required:
- Knowledge of project management and project life cycle
- Working Knowledge of Capital Market systems (e.g. Helix, Orchestrade, Sophis, Calypso, Phase3)
- Working knowledge of Financial products (Bonds, Equities, Securitization)
- Strong knowledge of the Microsoft Suite (XL, Word, PowerPoint).
- Good oral, written & presentation skills
Skills & Knowledge Desired:
- Knowledge of US Regulations (FED BONY, DTCC, FICC Clearer role, 15A6 reporting) and European Regulations (DFA, EMIR, Volcker…)
- Ability to develop Macros
Relevant Information
- Languages skills: English
- Fluency in French highly desirable
Salary : $150,000 - $180,000