Associate, Coverage Team – Chicago (Automotive focus)

Crédit Agricole; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in Chicago seeks an Associate to join our Chicago Coverage team. You will work with senior relationship managers on client engagements, organizing presentations and analyses to support capital-raising and advisory activities.

The role offers permanent placement within a global financial institution, exposure to multiple product areas, and opportunities for professional growth and advancement in a premier corporate and investment bank.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with relationship managers to develop and execute client relationship strategies
• Organize presentations, memorandums, and other materials for clients and senior management
• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis of current and prospective clients related to capital structure, creditworthiness, and financial performance to identify future business opportunities
• Construct and maintain internal models to measure client profitability, risk-weighted assets, and the competitiveness of CA-CIB across all product areas
• Analyze the strategic benefit of entering transactions, maintaining, or exiting global client relationships, and communicate findings to senior management
• Conduct ongoing research projects related to the different industries covered
• Coordinate the internal approval of transactions related to syndicated debt, bonds, securitization, trade finance, interest rate derivatives and other products within the CA-CIB global platform
• Prepare comprehensive write-ups, quarterly and annual reviews, and other reports
• Support the team with "Know Your Customer" (KYC) approval processes and other compliance-related tasks

Skills

Client relationship management

Financial analysis

KYC processes

Job description

Job Description

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank is seeking an Associate to join our Chicago Coverage team. This is an excellent opportunity to develop a career in corporate and investment banking while working directly with senior relationship managers on client engagements and transactions. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the execution of a diverse range of banking services and will gain exposure to multiple product areas and industries. This is a permanent position offering the opportunity for professional growth and advancement within a global financial institution.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with relationship managers to develop and execute client relationship strategies


• Organize presentations, memorandums, and other materials for clients and senior management


• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis of current and prospective clients related to capital structure, creditworthiness, and financial performance to identify future business opportunities


• Construct and maintain internal models to measure client profitability, risk-weighted assets, and the competitiveness of CA-CIB across all product areas


• Analyze the strategic benefit of entering transactions, maintaining, or exiting global client relationships, and communicate findings to senior management


• Conduct ongoing research projects related to the different industries covered


• Coordinate the internal approval of transactions related to syndicated debt, bonds, securitization, trade finance, interest rate derivatives and other products within the CA-CIB global platform


• Prepare comprehensive write-ups, quarterly and annual reviews, and other reports


• Support the team with \"Know Your Customer\" (KYC) approval processes and other compliance-related tasks

Salary: $120,000 - $130,000