Middle Office NY Product Owner

Crédit Agricole Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Crédit Agricole Group in New York is driving a global transformation program to strengthen and align capital markets operations. You will analyze the local setup, define target operating models, and support local implementation with cross-functional teams in NY and Paris.

You will lead local workshops, document current and target processes, and develop metrics to improve reporting and automation across the product lines.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services transformation programs.
• Strong ability to document business requirements.
• Experience with change management in capital markets.

Responsibilities

• Review current setup and update documentation to meet business requirements.
• Lead local operational workshops and participate in global workshops.
• Coordinate with production, IT, and Front Office teams and obtain approvals.
• Support transformation projects and related initiatives with process descriptions.
• Write and prioritize business requirements for MO needs.
• Assist in testing new releases on business line systems.
• Develop and deploy metrics to improve product line reporting and efficiency.

Job description

Main Description

Primarily, you will work closely with Securitization Middle Office and Business, as well as other Capital Markets CMO Stakeholders in NY and in Paris to analyze the local setup and help define the target operating model as part of a Global Initiative which aims at strengthening and aligning all setup while taking into consideration the local specificities.

You will be a key contributor to the transformation project; defining the target, describing the current and target process as well as the intermediary steps and supporting the local implementation.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Reporting to the head of CMM NY and working with the actors involved in the project (production team, IT teams, Front office.) you’ll be in charge with:

• The review of the current setup and create/update the documentation whenever requested to facilitate the business requirements
• Being a stakeholder to global workshop and meetings
• Leading local operational workshop
• Reporting to local & global management and get the necessary approval/validation when needed
• Participating in related OpCo and other committee
• Supporting the local operations in the change management
• Supporting projects and transversal initiatives related to the Transformation program and producing the associated documentation (new process description)
• Write business requirements and prioritize MO needs
• Work on testing new releases on business line systems
• Work with the team to develop and implement new initiative as developing and enhancing new and current systems
• Develop and deploy new metrics to improve current product line reports
• Develop tactical tools to streamline the current process and enhance efficiencies to allow greater automation and productivity
• Review, comment and write specs documents to accompany the product line IT initiatives

Salary Range: $140k - $165k