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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.
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Reference
2024-87909
Update date
26/03/2024
Job description
Business type
Types of Jobs - Operations
Job title
Settlements (Domestic FED wire) - Senior Associate
Contract type
Permanent Contract
Job summary
Summary
Responsible for the day-to-day back office support of trading activities executed by CA Securities, our affiliates and clients. Settlement activities of all US TSY transactions. Reconciliation of trading activities
Key Responsibilities
- TRADE PROCESSING- PROCESSING OF CASH TRADES (BUYS/SELLS) AND REPO TRANSACTIONS CLEARING THROUGH THE BNY BDC FED WIRE SYSTEM.
- TRI-PARTY: PROCESSING AND FULL KNOWLEDGE OF TRI-PARTY ALLOCATIONS PROCESS UTILIZING THE BANK OF NEW YORK ACCESSEDGE SYSTEM.
- PAIR-OFFS: MONITORING AND PROCESSING OF CUSTOMER PAIR-OFFS, INCLUDING CANCELLATION OF TRADES TRANSMITTED TO BNY TO AFFECT PAIR-OFF WIRE PAYMENT.
- SYSTEMS: KNOWLEDGE OF ALL BNY BDC FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION MODES, POSITION SCREENS, PENDING TRADES, ACK/NAK, RDARS, CASH SCREENS.
- INTERACTION: HIGH VOLUME PROCESSING AND KNOWLEDGE OF FED WIRE DEADLINES; CONSTANT INTERACTION WITH MIDDLE OFFICE AND TREASURY REPO DESK.
- RECONCILIATION: INTRADAY AND END OF DAY BALANCING OF ACTIVITY CLEARED AT BNY THAT WAS PROCESSED ON PHASE3 SYSTEM TO ENSURE BALANCING OF POSITIONS AND CASH. PROCESS JOURNAL ENTRIES AND CASH MOVEMENTS ON PHASE3.
- FICC- KNOWLEDGE OF FICC PROCESSING, INCLUDING TRADES NETTED AND BALANCE ORDER FAILS WITH THE CLEARINGHOUSE.
Secondary Duties:
- Assist the area when called upon for the other aspects of the department and operation
Cross-training to assist department members
Management and Reporting
- Reporting to management of positions in inventory and operational suspense account.
- Daily reporting of open trades and unmatched trades to escalate for timely settlement.
Key Internal contacts
- CA middle & Front office, Finance & Compliance; Internal Audit
Key External contacts
- CA affiliate accounts (Paris, Tokyo)
Salary Range: $100k - 150k
Position location
Geographical area
America, United States Of America
City
NEW YORK
Candidate criteria
Minimal education level
Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
Academic qualification / Speciality
Required: Bachelors Degree
Preferred: FINRA SERIES 99
Level of minimal experience
3-5 years
Experience
5 or more years’ experience relating to domestic trade FED settlements
Required skills
- Must be a self-starter, with excellent problem solving skills and be able to work under pressure
- Must possess strong written/oral communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and easily
- Ability to analyze and summarize
- Rigour and sense of organization
- Apprehension of results and priorities
- Relationship management/Commercial sense
Technical skills required
Required:
Working knowledge of the following systems: BNY BDC, DTCC, Fed-wire,
Preferred:
Knowledge of Sungard/Phase3 processing system