Middle Office Commodity Trade Finance Manager

**Company Description**:
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in close to 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A+, Moody's: A1, Fitch Ratings: A+, R&I: A+).

You join the Commodity Trade Finance Operations team as a Middle Office Manager.

On a daily basis, your tasks are:

- Monitor the risk and collateral of the operations of a portfolio of clients specializing in international trading of commodities;
- Analyse and approve or reject requests for financing submitted by the client in collaboration with the business manager;
- Maintain direct contact with international clients;
- Validate the implementation of financing (products used: short-term foreign currency advances, overdrafts, issuance of documentary or stand-by loans, issuance of guarantees on first request) in collaboration with the Back Offices;
- Ensure permanent monitoring of the risk and collateral associated with these financing operations (documentary collateral and analysis of exposures according to changes in prices of day-ahead markets or via forward hedging instruments).

As Middle Office Commodity Trade Finance Manager, you participate in the implementation of internal reporting tools on operations and daily data updates.

You work in an international environment, within a community of experts who place excellence, impact and collective action at the heart of everything they do.

**#TransformaveFinance**

This position is based in Paris with the ability to work from home.

As a Top Employer, we put our employees at the center of our attention. Internal mobility, career development and training allow you to grow and flourish throughout your journey.

You work in a hybrid, inclusive and collaborative working environment.

You also have the opportunity to commit yourself to society and causes that are close to your heart through our corporate foundation.

**About the recruitment process**

You will be contacted. by one of our recruiters before meeting with our business experts (manager, team member or business line).

You are joining the Commodity Trade Finance Operations team as a Middle Office Commodity Trade Finance.

On a daily basis, your tasks are:

- Monitor the risk and collateral of the operations of a portfolio of clients specializing in international trading of commodities;
- Analyse and approve or reject requests for financing submitted by the client in collaboration with the business manager;
- Maintain direct contact with international clients;
- Validate the implementation of financing (products used: short-term foreign currency advances, overdrafts, issuance of documentary or stand-by loans, issuance of guarantees on first request) in collaboration with the Back Offices;
- Ensure permanent monitoring of the risk and collateral associated with these financing operations (documentary collateral and analysis of exposures according to changes in prices of day-ahead markets or via forward hedging instruments).

As the Middle Office Commodity Trade Finance, you participate in the implementation of internal reporting tools on operations and the daily update of data.

You work in an international environment, within a community of experts who place excellence, impact and collective action at the heart of everything they do.

**#TransformaveFinance**

This position is based in Paris with the ability to work from home.

As a Top Employer, we put our employees at the center of our attention. Internal mobility, career development and training allow you to grow and thrive

**Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience**:
About you: If you recognize yourself in the following description, you are made to work with us
With a higher education, you have solid knowledge in international trade ideally in the field of raw materials, acquired either through your professional experience or during your academic course.

You are proficient:

- Notions of finance and international trade;
- The field of raw materials or trading;
- Office Pack tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and financial tools ( Macro, VBA).

You have an excellent relationship, a very good listening ability, you are:

- Proactive and rigorous;
- Team oriented
- Recognized for your strong