12 Month Internship - Corporate Structuring

at  CRDIT AGRICOLE CIB

POSITION SUMMARY

The role consists in assisting the team to run risk analyses for Corporate clients of CACIB, helping large companies to understand their risk and optimise their hedging strategies.
It would involve the application of mathematical / statistical analysis to real world situations. It also includes the development of relevant tools using Python/Excel, analysis of financial reports, participation in the preparation of client presentations aiming at identifying and promoting added-value, strategic FX and Rates opportunities.
GMD Structuring has the following mandates:

1. Provide added-value solutions, marketing content, technical support/training and pricing assistance to Sales network:

• Products include hedging solutions and investment products
• Across all available asset classes: Rates, Credit, FX/Precious Metals, Equities, Cross-Assets

1. Foster cooperation and ensure a smooth execution process between Trading and Sales
2. Design and develop new products, tools, materials responding to clients’ needs and sales feedback and coordinate the internal development process as needed
3. Local implementation or development of appropriate or tailor made “financing” and “packaging” wrapping solutions (“tailored financing” with embedded derivatives, EMTN, fund, loan, repack, TRS etc.) with a strong transactional motivation in order to optimise clients’ objective versus risk, accounting and/or regulatory constraints
4. Support the cross-selling business with Sales force regionally and globally: definition and roll out of the acceptable risk parameters and best practices for the product line including participation in the structuring and negotiation of the transactions to ensure alignment with the defined risk parameters
5. Ensure the business is carried out with the highest origination standards from both a compliance and legal standpoint
6. Represent the business, be the point of contact on matters requiring structuring/technical expertise

1. Strategy and Business Planning

• Participate in the production of risk analyses and presentations that identify and quantify the type and size of the client exposures, the associated risks and the potential hedging/investment solutions that could be employed to mitigate these risks
• Focus will be on Risk Advisory for Corporate clients
• Be involved in ad-hoc projects that may include the development of IT tools, dashboards or models to automate some tasks run by the team

1. Reporting

• Reporting to Corporate Risk Advisory team

1. Risk

• Adhere to CA-CIB policies and be alert to risks arising from transactions for the bank and the client.
• Take into account compliance and reputational risks in the design of solutions for clients.
• Ensure the adequacy of the solution with the client’s objectives.