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Entity
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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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
2025-97124
Update date
24/02/2025
Job description
Business type
Types of Jobs - Finance / Accounting
Job title
Client Lifecycle Specialist
Contract type
Permanent Contract
Job summary
Summary:
You will join the Coverage and Investment Banking (CIB) Division responsible for the Bank relationship with clients, the distribution of the whole product range of the Bank and the Monitoring of the counterparty risk exposure.
Functionally, you will be part of a team attached to Head Office Global Coverage Organization – Client Lifecycle Data’s “KYC and Counterparties data”. This team covers miscellaneous activities covering all aspects of KYC: rules understanding, processes, organization, data & tools used to manage counterparties data on a worldwide scope.
More specifically, this team is in charge of
§ Describing roles & responsibilities of all KYC stakeholders (Business lines & support functions)
§ Set up the KYC governance and control its implementation
§ Arbitrate or have arbitrated any significant decision
§ Anticipate any significant evolutions impacting KYC
§ Help stakeholders to translate rules into operational procedures
§ Lead KYC tools evolutions & implementations
§ Help stakeholders to find and set up solutions in order to comply with regulatory objectives, while simplifying as much as possible processes
Key Responsibilities:
The Client Lifecycle Specialist is:
§ Assist the head of CLD NY in giving to NY branch top management and all stakeholders a clear view of the KYC status & actions in NY:
· Production of KPIs (some may be provided by stakeholders), including execution of some quality controls on KYCs.
· Organize and provide content for the NY KYC Committee, KYC risk rating sub committees… (slideware, solicitation of contributors…) Action plans follow up (some may be provided by stakeholders).
· Monitor the performance of the KYC process (ex: completion of Periodic reviews).
In addition, Client Lifecycle Specialist is also involved in various CLD activities including for instance Project and Ad Hoc Requests Management:
- contribute and assist on special projects and ad hoc requests as assigned by senior management .
- Provide regular updates and reports on project status, risks, and outcomes.
-Can act also as back up on other CLD topic (ex organization of the Low performing clients portfolio meeting).
-Can also contribute on Compliance topics and Operational risk topics.
The Client Lifecycle Specialist works with all KYC stakeholders in NY and globally, wherever their country.
Management and Reporting:
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Key Internal Contacts:
§ Compliance
§ KYC Support to FO teams
§ Front-office Worldwide Relationship Managers and their Global Relationship Managers
§ Global Referential Management teams
§ Internal Audit
Key External Contacts:
Head of GCO-CLD
Head of GCO-CLD - KYC & Counterparties data
HO’s CPL/FS teams
OPC-GRM
Other KYC Support-to-FO teams
Coverage teams
Supplementary Information
Salary Range: $100k - $110K
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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
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business administration, Economic, data analytics or a related field.
Minimum 1 to two years of experience in a Financial institution in Coverage, KYC, compliance, Audit or a related financial services role.
Strong understanding of KYC AML regulatory requirements and best practices
Level of minimal experience
3-5 years
Experience
Required skills
Skills:
§ Project / action plans management
§ Process analysis & description
§ Problem Management awareness
§ Slideware writing
§ Communication
Soft skills:
§ Excellent relationship & cooperation capacity
§ Excellent slideware writing skills (committee, training…)
§ Capacity to communicate with ease and clarity
§ Rigor, autonomy, sense of result and priority
§ Capacity to have people cooperate and interact positively
Knowledge
§ KYC bases appreciated
§ Good understanding of IT structure
§ Mastership of Powerpoint presentations
§ Good knowledge of Excel and if possible knowledge of PowerBI
§ English compulsory / French appreciated
- skills in data analysis and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or advanced Excel.
- Ability to interpret complex datasets and provide actionable insights to enhance processes.
- French language would be a plus given the numerous interactions with Head Office and Credit Agricole S.A.