Back Office Commodities Trade Finance Manager (M/F)

Back Office Commodities Trade Finance Manager (M/F)

• Permanent
• 21497

Company Description

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in close to 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximise their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A+, Moody's: A2, Fitch Ratings: A+,R&I: A+).

Job Description

Within the department Chief Operating Office - Corporate & Investment Banking (COO CIB) , you join the perimeter Global Banking Operations , and more particularly the Back Office Commodities Trade Finance Operations , as Back Office Commodities Trade Finance Manager . The team ensures the processing of international trade finance transactions, the securing of their execution as well as the operational and regulatory monitoring of client instructions.

On a daily basis, your tasks are to:

• Take charge of the customer instructions for the assigned portfolio and implement the requested funding (short-term currency advances, overdrafts, documentary credits, stand‑by letters of credit, first‑demand guarantees );
• Analyze and process instructions in accordance with internal procedures, regulatory requirements and client needs, while ensuring their proper outcome in information systems;
• Follow up on management events, report any anomalies or incidents to the hierarchy without delay, and process accounting outstanding issues;
• Monitor operations in light of the requirements of financial security and fraud prevention , and alert in case of doubt or suspicion;
• Being the preferred contact for teams front office and middle office , while contributing to projects and actions for the continuous improvement of production.

As Back Office Commodities Trade Finance Manager , you participate in the continuous improvement of the quality of operations and propose actions aimed at automate production and to reduce operational risk .

You work in an international environment, within a community of experts who place excellence, impact and collective action at the heart of everything they do.

This position is based at Charenton, 5 avenue de la Liberté , with the possibility of working from home.

We place our employees at the center of our attention. Internal mobility, career development and training programs allow you to grow and flourish throughout your journey.

You work in a hybrid, inclusive and collaborative working environment. You also have the opportunity to engage in favor of society and causes that are important to you through our corporate foundation.

As a responsible employer committed to building an inclusive work environment, we offer the same opportunities to talents from all backgrounds, regardless of their age, origin, sexual orientation, disability...

About the recruitment process

You will be contacted by one of our recruiters before meeting our business experts (manager, member of the team or the business line).

Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience

About you: If this is your description, you are made to work with us!

With a two- or three-year degree in Finance Banking, you have 2 to 3 years of experience in the field of international trade.

• Financing and international trade techniques (physical, financial, documentary flows, incoterms);
• The processing of Trade Finance transactions;
• The usual office tools, notably Word, PowerPoint and Excel;
• Operational monitoring and control of operations in information systems;
• Financial security and fraud prevention issues.

You have excellent interpersonal skills, a very good ability to listen; you are:

• Organized;
• Reliable and rigorous;
• Endowed with strong team spirit and excellent communication skills.

You are proficient in English with a minimum C1 level, both written and spoken. Knowledge of a second foreign language.