Coverage Analyst

Crédit Agricole SA; United States; On-site; USD 52,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Credit Agricole CIB Americas in Houston seeks a Coverage Assistant for a VIE assignment in the Power and New Energy office. You will support the Transaction Management team and bankers on credit analyses, due diligence, and client-facing activities.

Postgraduate with a Master’s degree in Finance is required, along with fluent English and French. The role involves preparing credit proposals, financial models, and participating in client visits.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate with Master’s degree in Finance or related field.
• Fluent in English and French.
• Strong financial modeling and risk analysis skills required.

Responsibilities

• Assessing creditworthiness of clients using financial analysis and cash flow projections.
• Performing due diligence, researching and evaluating company and industry risks and trends; analyzing risk/return profiles of transactions.
• Preparing credit proposals and liaising with NY and Paris credit teams for periodic reviews.
• Coordinating the review and negotiation of legal documents.
• Liaising with clients, other financial institutions, and internal credit and commercial groups.
• Monitoring clients' financial situation and industry dynamics; supporting relationship managers with cross-selling ideas.
• Providing Origination/Client Coverage support to Bankers, including preparing pitch books and briefing memos.
• Preparing financial models and pro forma capital structures for idea generation and client visits.
• Liaising with product groups and participating in client visits/bank meetings.

Skills

Financial modeling

Risk/return analysis

MS Office

Fluent English

Fluent French

Education

Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Coverage Analyst

VIE

12

01/02/2027

Missions

You will join Credit Agricole CIB Americas as a Coverage Assistant.

You will support to the Transaction Management team and to the Bankers in the Power and New Energy office. The Power and New Energy office is a high profile department within Credit Agricole CIB and covers all segments of the energy industry including Oil Majors, Oilfield Services, Power, Energy Transition and Pipeline companies.

Your concrete missi ons will be the following :

• Assessing creditworthiness of clients by using financial analysis, strategic business analysis, and cash flow projections.
• Performing due diligence, including: researching, identifying and evaluating company and industry risks and trends; analyzing risks of various financial structures; assessing risk/return profile of transactions and relationships.
• Preparation of credit proposals, liaising with key credit people in NY and Paris, including periodic credit reviews.
• Coordinating the review and negotiation of legal documents.
• Liaising with the client, other financial institutions, and internal credit and commercial groups.
• Monitoring the clients’ financial situation and the industry dynamics, assist relationship managers in generating cross-selling ideas.
• Provide Origination/Client Coverage support to Bankers, including:
  • Prepare pitch books for client and internal presentations.
  • Prepare briefing memos for client visits and for internal presentations/committees.
  • Prepare financial models and pro forma capital structures for idea generation and client visits.
  • Liaise with various product groups.
  • Participate in client visits and bank meetings.
• Keeping current on industry knowledge, banking products, and financial structures.

To be eligible for a VIE :

• Be less than 28 years old
• Be postgraduate of a Master degree

HOUSTON

Are you our future VIE ?

You are postgraduate of a Master degree from an University, a Business School or an Engineering School with a specialization in Finance.

0 - 2 ans

Hard Skills :

• Financial modeling skills
• Basic grasp of risk/return analysis concepts and tools
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint…)
• Fluent English and French

Soft Skills :

• Organization
• Interpersonal skills
• Oral and written presentation skills