Financial Control Officer | Finance

Porto - Portugal

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Financial Permanent Control (FPC) acts as a second line of defence (LOD2) covering Finance activities directly attached to Natixis CFO.

Our mission is to ensure the consistency and the reliability of the financial information and data quality control (BCBS 239) by deploying a relevant and robust control framework.

FPC performs controls on the financial data produced by the remaining teams of the Finance Department.

FPC is composed by three teams:

Accounting and Tax.

Regulatory and Prudential

Supervision and Control Framework.

As a Financial Control Officer of the Regulatory&Prudential team the candidate will be part of an extended team based in Porto which is fully integrated into the Head Office team.

Our main activities consist in conducting quarterly closing monitoring controls and ad hoc assignments which cover the scope of regulatory & prudential information.

As part of the Finance Department the candidate will work with the 1st and 2nd level control teams with Paris and/or Porto and evaluate Natixis Control framework in various areas namely:

Quarterly reporting on Solvency Liquidity and accounting issues (COREP FINREP);

In addition to these regulatory reports additional requirements under both Pillar II (ICAAP) and Pillar III (Market discipline and transparency) Basel directives; and

Other requirements set by the National Competent Authority (ACPR) mainly composed of statistical reporting (RUBA Reporting Unifié des Banques et Assimilés).

As a Financial Control Officer member of the team the candidate is expected to perform the more complex tasks and to have an active role in supervising the work performed by the more junior members of the team. It is also expected that the candidate could give his/her contribution to the improvement of the control framework mainly via developing automatizations in the processes performed.

Finally the candidate should be aware of the status of the work performed by the whole team and communicate to the team leader any potential issues.

Frequent interactions will be necessary with Paris colleagues.

Qualifications :

The position may involve travelling to Paris to facilitate the training and meet with the other colleagues.

The achievement of the role will require to work tightly with the other teams of the department.

Masters Degree in Accounting Audit or equivalent with bank accounting knowledge;
Audit (3 years);
Accounting (advanced knowledge);
Control environment (advanced knowledge);
Data management (advanced knowledge);
IFRS9 (notions);
Banking Regulation (notions);
Power BI;
MS Office;
Fluency in English and French as a plus.

Soft Skills:

Result oriented;
Team spirit & communication skills;
Proactivity & critical thinking;
Analytical & organizational skills.

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.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Financial Permanent Control (FPC) acts as a second line of defence (LOD2) covering Finance activities directly attached to Natixis CFO. Our mission is to ensure the consistency and the reliability of the financial information and data quality control (BCBS 239) by deploying a relevant and robust con...