Iba - Junior Analyst

Company Description

Natixis in Portugal is fully integrated in the global organization of Natixis, a French multinational financial services firm specialized in Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance and Payments. A subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, Natixis counts nearly 16.000 employees across 38 countries.

Based in Porto, Natixis Centre of Expertise mission is to transform traditional banking by developing innovative solutions for the bank’s business, operations and work culture worldwide, as a key driver of the company’s culture of agility and innovation. Teams of IT and Banking Support Activities work in an integrated, inclusive and transversal way, supporting all the business lines and country platforms.

Natixis in Portugal is the best combination of a “start-up mindset” with a large, solid structure. Its unique culture gives true meaning to a “beyond banking” personality: to be a real entrepreneur, self-challenging, ever striving to excel and go that extra mile.

**Job Description**:
The Investment Banking Americas Division is made up of 7 Business lines and 1 Coverage team providing a full range of Financing and Investment banking solutions to their North America and Latin America Clients:

- Real Assets (Aviation Finance, Infrastructure & Energy Finance, Real Estate & Hospitality Finance);
- Investment Banking (Acquisition & Strategic Finance, DCM origination, Structured Equity Capital Markets);
- Global Trade;
- Coverage US & Canada.

The Junior Analyst is responsible for assisting Investment Banking Americas Front-Officers to handle operational responsibilities as part of the KYC and Client Lifecycle Management processes:

- ** New Clients Onboarding;** coordination of Client Pass process (internal onboarding tool), coordination of entity creation in the internal Third-party Management System
- ** Client Periodic Reviews**;
- KYC **“Business As Usual”** activities;
- ** KYC related activities** as part of the Internal Credit Committee process;
- ** Client Relationship Management** system update.

**Main responsibilities**:
Under the supervision of the Head of Porto Client Hub, the Junior Analyst will be responsible for performing the activities listed below.
- ** Client Onboarding**:

- Submit new business vetting requests in coordination with the Chief Client Office (CCO) team
- Provide a deadline of closing and keep KMT & CCO up to date of any changes to the closing date
- Create new customer data in the customer referential database (Tethys) and request importation into Client Pass and complete Stage 1[1] in Client Pass on behalf of the CKO
- Once the FO has provided the client contact information (as step I), assist with the KYC vetting internal and external requests:

- Internal:

- KYB and Consistency Analysis (CA) Forms
- Business Description
- External:

- Liaise with the client on the pending KYC requirements
- Or delegate for the KMT to be in touch with the client directly, but assist with communication with the client as needed
- Ensure a timely CKO sign-off. “Coordinating CKO signoff” is part of the process to complete the case. Help push this effort whenever it becomes a roadblock for completion.
- Also when Front Office provides Client Contacts, responsible to help coordinate with KYC team so they can perform the reach-out directly.
- Coordinate with:

- KYC/Vetting Teams on data collection.
- Legal and Credit Risk teams on legal documentation and credit risk review (status, follow-up, preparation of coverage memos etc.).
- And with Compliance and US and Head Office Regulatory teams on IB clients regulatory onboarding aspects (Dodd Franck, EMIR, Mifid, Var Margin etc ).
- Operations/Agency teams to fulfill KYC requirements on Agented deals
- ** Periodic Reviews: Complete Periodic Reviews forms, CA & KYB forms and Stage 1 in Client Pass.**

This includes:
- Submit new business vetting requests in coordination with CCO team (periodic review population is determined with CCO team prior to expiry date)
- Assist with the KYC vetting internal and external requests:

- Internal:

- Collect product information (Several FO’s can be involved with a single entity), KYC contact, EVA information.
- Complete the Customer Review Form (CRF) (coordinate and collate the EVA attestation if needed across multiple products).
- Business description
- Names and internal identifiers of Additional parties on the deal
- Conduct reality check of expected vs. actual activity, attest to the EVA on the CKO’s behalf on the form itself
- Identify issues with data quality.
- External:

- Liase with the client on the pending KYC requirements
- Or delegate for the KMT to be in touch with the client directly, but assist with communication with the client as needed.
- Raise red flags and ensure CKO sign offs.
- Coordinate with:

- Legal and Credit Risk teams on legal documentation and credit risk review (status, follow-up, preparation of coverage memos etc..).
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