Junior Financial Closing Control Officer Porto

Overview

As part of the Finance Direction, you will integrate the Financial Data Integrity department which is in charge of the production and the justification of accounts for CIB activities of Natixis. This department is bilocated (Porto and Paris). You will join a team of 30 people in Porto. As a Junior Financial Closing Control Officer, you will be responsible for the certification of financial statements, i. e. producing, analysing, making any corrections and validating the accounting results and exposures, as part of the monthly and quarterly closings, of the activities in one area of the CIB (Equity & Commodity, Financing or Fixed Income activities) of a major French banking institution with international dimension. Perimeter: within this division, you will be part of the team in charge of monitoring Global Market (Equity Market) on US SBL scope. Your future mission in FDI/ Closing controls & certification (lo
D1. 1).

Responsibilities

• In your perimeter you will oversee the certification of financial statements, including Balance Sheet, Off-Balance Sheet and Reconciliation between economic and accounting P&L on a monthly and quarterly basis. Identify and substantiate in detail any gaps in methodology for financial production activities of the CIB (Equity Market).
• Investigate the necessity to post accounting/financial adjustments to render accurate data.
• Contribute to quarterly closing controls to enhance data quality.
• Interact with Market Risk teams (controls on economic P&L), Support departments (middle and back offices), and other Finance departments (Financial Permanent Control (Lo
  D2), Norms, Statutory and Social Accounting).
• Justify accounting standard differences (between French Gaap and IFRS Gaap).
• Control internal P&L.
• Justify all accounts of the perimeter under your responsibility.

Qualifications

• Higher education in accounting, with a first professional experience in banking or audit.
• Prerequisite: knowledge of accounting and ideally bank accounting.
• Knowledge of CIB products and activities would be appreciated.
• Good knowledge of database management.
• Good level of expertise in Office Tools; SQL is a plus.
• Some expertise in Power BI also a plus.
• Previous experience in accounting expert and/or external audit preferably in business area.
• Require quickly logical thinking to control the data acquisition & treatment on the financial chain inputs, along the flow, plus detecting anomalies & analyzing the root causes.
• Fluent in English (mandatory) and French as a plus.

Soft Skills

• Rigor
• Analytical skills & Critical thinking
• Autonomy
• Availability
• Team spirit

Only CVs in English will be considered.

Additional Information

At Natixis, we are committed to fostering a working environment where each and every one of our people is treated with dignity and respect and where every voice is heard. Our differences make us collectively stronger and are a source of fulfilment, innovation and performance. Natixis in Portugal has implemented a Blind CV Screening process to reduce hiring bias. When applying for our positions, please submit a blind CV, with no picture, name, gender, age, nationality, ethnicity or address. Your personal statement, work experience, courses and certifications, education, skills and contact information are what matter to us.