Job description
Company Description
Natixis in Portugal is a Centre of Expertise whose mission is to transform traditional banking by developing innovative solutions for the business, operations and work culture of Groupe BPCE worldwide.
As part of Groupe BPCE’s international division, Natixis in Portugal designs and delivers solutions for its two core areas – Corporate & Investment Banking and Asset & Wealth Management – as well as transversal services that support all entities across the Group.
With more than 3,000 employees representing 46 nationalities, the teams work across Information Technology, Banking Support Activities, and Compliance, in an integrated, inclusive, and cross-functional way, supporting all business lines and platforms of the Group.
A disruptive mindset and a culture of proximity and agility identify Natixis in Portugal Team and reflect the company’s mission to transform traditional banking at a global scale: a perfect match in the Portuguese dynamics and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Job Description
Team presentation and main goal:
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 counts about 100 people with a target to be bilocated (40 in Porto and 60 in Paris).
You will join a team of 28 people in Porto.
As a Financial controller, you will be in charge of the certification of financial statements, i.e. produces, analyses, makes any corrections and validates 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.
You will regularly interact with Support Trade (middle and back offices), other Finance departments (Financial Permanent Control LoD2, Norms, Statutory and Social Accounting) and Markets Risk (Economic P&L).
Perimeter:
Within this division, you will be part of the team in charge of monitoring Global Market (Equity Market).
Your future mission in FDI/ Closing controls & certification (loD1.1)
Finance accounting Controls - Analysis & Reporting Task:
- Certification of financial statements, including Balance Sheet, Off-Balance Sheet and identify, substantiate, and explain any discrepancies. (SOPHIS, SUMMIT (TCI, OTC, BONDS) …);
- Certification of the Accounting P&L through the reconciliation of Economic P&L vs Accounting P&L in monthly and quarterly basis. Identification and substantiation in detail of any gaps in methodology for Equity Market products (as Securities, listed derivatives, Money Market, Options, etc);
- Investigate the necessity to post accounting/financial adjustment to render the accurately data;
- Contribute with quarterly closing controls to enhance ensuring the quality of data;
- Contact with the Market Risk teams (in charge of the controls on economic P&L), the Support departments (middle and back offices), the other Finance departments (Financial Permanent Control (LoD2), Norms, Statutory and Social Accounting);
- Justification of the accounting standard differences (between French Gaap and IFRS Gaap);
- Control of internal P&L;
- Justification of all the accounts of the perimeter under your responsibility.
Development and Optimization:
- Spearheaded implementation of automated reporting, increasing department efficiency and reducing associate workloads;
- Technical support for local team while creating link with Paris HO and Porto
- Addressed data patterns and anomalies to certify the accounting data and evaluate financial risk and reduce problems of data quality;
- Ensuring a system of complementary manual entries in the event of disqualify of the monthly closing processes such as late entries, adjustment of BO entries (basket swaps for ex.);
- Regularly updating operational procedures to reflect improvements and best practices in data management and control.
Additional information:
- Work is carried out at the end of each month according to a shared schedule with other departments of Finance (on quarterly closings, calendars are more squeezed), and in interim periods;
- You will be part of a bilocalised team with a local manager and a functional manager Paris based: regular interactions with Paris team (daily quick points and weekly team meeting);
- Support the development of Natixis’ internal Finance tools (Matisse accounting tool, eMatch reconciliation tool) and management tools (ie Summit,MUREX, UBIX) or repository internal tools.
Qualifications
- Higher education in a Finance (Master´s degree Finance, Accounting or Economics), 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 excel and word, Access 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;
- Problem-solving skills;
- Attention to detail and strong organization skills.
Only CV´s in English will be considered.
Additional Information
Our workplace reflects the vibrant spirit of our locations, with initiatives such as a Green Transportation Budget, electric bikes and a flexible Hybrid Work Policy. We promote wellbeing through the Honolulu Wellness Club, a Prayer Room, a Lactation Room, and themed Villages that inspire creativity and collaboration. Through our ESG and DEI strategies, we are committed to being inclusive, caring, and fair, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.
