Head of Projects & Administration

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, maintaining and managing the User Developed Applications, maintaining and updating some referential of Finance applications, and providing 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 experience in managing teams in an international environment, and the capacity to oversee technical teams while ensuring developments are performed in a controlled environment • He/she has performed similar functions 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 assists 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, • Oversees the building of finance applications using development tools available in MS Office, SQL, VBA, and Python, • Provides application support to Financial Division applications such as Oracle Financials, Leasequery, Business Objects, etc. • Ensures the P&A team properly manages and updates referential under its responsibility, closes accounting periods in the General Ledger in coordination with the accounting principles, • Follows the IT budget of the Finance Department and coordinates 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. Geographical Area America, Canada City Montreal Education Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent 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 • Driven and autonomous • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Capacity to analyze and synthesize 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 • Basic accounting knowledge, knowledge of general ledger workflow • MS Office applications, particularly Excel, • Previous experience with Oracle Financial, Business Object, Essbase General Information 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr