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, 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 on implementation plans, and coordinate the testing on IT Projects.
• The manager of P&A has demonstrated experience in managing teams in an international environment and the capacity to oversee technical teams while ensuring that 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

• Manage the P&A team.
• Manage 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 updates referential under its responsibility, closing 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.

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.
• 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.