Trading Business Manager

Job description

Business type

Types of Jobs - Corporate & Investment Banking

Job title

Trading Business Manager

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Management position

No

Job summary

This is role is based in the Global Markets Division the Trading Business Manager (BM) is in charge of business development missions, as part of the Trading COO Office.

The objectives include the strategic expansion of the fixed income and equity derivatives trading activities for the desks EUR Rates, FX & Non G3 Rates, Non Linear (rates and equities), and Secondary Credit.

The BM is mainly in charge of transformation projects:

• lead priority initiatives for product development, as part of the medium term plan of the Groupe;
• support sales-trading commercial franchise development plans;
• conduct deep-dive analysis of a specific, challenged part of the value chain, in order to propose reorganisation actions, liaising with partner functions;
• run diagnosis for specific operational risk reduction remediation as a follow-up of incidents on one of the desks' value chain;
• timely complete small regulatory adjustment taskforces.

These missions include deep interactions with the ecosystem of partner support & control functions for trading. The BM works in partnership with all these functions, alongside the BM of the specific product lines.

Some of the other key responsibilities are:

1. Lead priority initiatives to develop GMT product scope

• Pilot a project portfolio with high stakes for trading, along the following axes.
• Plan & analyse the target scope.
• Propose a target organisation and necessary means to reach the specified goals.
• Formalise a global plan including the intermediary execution steps.
• Coordinate the execution and deployment of the plan whilst ensuring an efficient cooperation with the various stakeholders: GMD departments (sales, structuring, etc.), and Functions (Middle & Back, IT, Risks, Compliance, Finance, etc.).
• Maintain a high level of excellence to deliver with a fast time to market, solutions that really work for trading operators.
• Formalise all project work in a clean fashion in the bank's tools.

2. Support client franchise development plans between sales and trading

• Execute with high efficiency the trading necessary actions to reach client franchise development targets
• Support Trading Comex to identify and list future development opportunities: product catalogue evolution, capacity to better distribute products via the salesforce.
• Produce analysis or oneshot reportings based on Trading Comex global heads needs.

3. Help improve the trading value chain

• Develop the partnership with all stakeholders of Filières servicing Product Lines Business Managers and Trading management.
• Run short taskforce to improve operational efficiency and reduce operational risk.

Supplementary Information

Join our team at Crédit Agricole CIB, the corporate and investment banking arm of 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July We offer more than just a job.

You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative work environment where CSR is embraced in our day-to-day business operation, innovation is encouraged and diversity is celebrated.

Crédit Agricole CIB, the first French bank to have committed to the Equator Principles, is a pioneer and global leader in sustainable finance. Our commitment to sustainability and corporate responsibility means that your work will have a positive impact on our communities and the environment.

With a people-centric culture where everyone is valued, and opportunities for personal and professional growth, Crédit Agricole CIB is not just a place to work – it is where you make an impact.

Our hiring process is open to all and should you have any particular needs or you may require adjustments, please let us know.

Position location

Geographical area

Europe, United Kingdom

City

London

Candidate criteria

Minimal education level

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Academic qualification / Speciality

Bachelors in Economics, Finance

Desirable:

CFA

Experience

Experience in Capital markets finance

Desirable:

Audit, consulting, risk management

Required skills

• Capital markets: fixed income & equity derivatives products
• Organisation of an investment bank's markets division: various teams and interactions sales, trading, structuring, functions
• Main value chain functions pre/post trade, from pricing & booking to settlement

Competencies:

• Capacity to work hard on multiple parallel topics
• Analytics, drafting of short written renditions, synthesis
• Autonomy
• Capacity to cooperate transversally
• Communication
• Organisation skill

Technical skills required

• Project management
• IT project management

Languages

English

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