Credit Authorization Analyst - Senior - Investment Bank

at  Groom Associes

Vice President - Credit Authorization Analyst
This is a French international banking group and the world’s largest cooperative financial institution.
Nearly 8,600 employees across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa support Crédit Agricole CIB’s clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world. This investment bank offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital markets 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.
They are near-shoring from their New York office and moving their operations to Montreal which is exciting news! We are currently looking for an Credit Authorization Analyst - VP. This a chance to join a very stable environment as these roles already existed in New York before the move. They have a number of positions to fill and are hoping many will be excited to be a part of their new start in Montreal.
Title: Credit Authorization Analyst – Vice President
Location: Montreal
Work model: Hybrid, 2-3 days remote work allowed
Type of position: Full time, permanent OR contract-to permanent
Salary: 110-120k +20% bonus. 4-5 weeks vacation. They offer a great benefits package. RRSP matching, you contribute 2% and they contribute 8%.
Start date: July 2023

Requirements

• Reviewing and understanding Credit Approvals
• Have an understanding of the Credit Approval process.

o Ability to understand and translate the Credit Approval into the Banks Quantitative Data Model
o Ability to understand the executed Loan Documentation, especially the Credit Agreement, to look out for certain clauses that indicate borrowers, type of products, amounts, maturity dates, sub-limits that CA-CIB is involved in to ensure they are in line with the Credit Approval
o Ability to review the Closing Request submitted by the FO/MO for consistency to the executed loan structure (borrowers, products, amounts, maturity dates, sub-limits) - Modeling the signed structure in the worldwide authorizations system (BMA) and ensuring it is within the credit approval (or less risky)
o Control the Data Quality of the Authorization to allow other departments to be able to accurately monitor the Clients exposure (i.e. ability to trigger anomalies that relate to over-limits, unauthorized products, unauthorized borrower, transactions past maturity dates, etc.).
o Record Maintenance of the authorization (i.e. Renewals, Increases, Decreases, Refinancing, Extensions, Annual reviews) - Investigation of anomalies from the modeling of the signed documentation structure in the authorization system.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to understand and translate the Credit Approval into the Banks Quantitative Data Model
• Have an understanding of commercial products (Commitment of Commitments, Term Loans, Delayed Term Loans, Revolving Credit Facilities,
• Ability to communicate with supervisor explaining the structure of the authorization as outlined in the Credit Approval and the signed documentation structure for the Operation Risk Control - Keeping the authorization current throughout the life of the transaction.
• Bachelor Degree / Commercial Back Office experience or Administration/analysis of commercial transactions

Please refer the Job description for details