Treasury and Repo Trading Support Middle Office Associate

Crédit Agricole SA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Crédit Agricole SA is looking for a Treasury and Repo Trading Support Middle Office Associate based in New York. This position involves providing middle-office support for the Treasury and Repo business lines, including trade monitoring and workflow control.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in Middle Office, demonstrate strong analytical skills, and work independently. This role offers the opportunity to engage in process improvements and ensure compliance within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in Middle Office with knowledge/exposure to Treasury & Repo products.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Preferred knowledge of Collateral Management, experience in Back Office/Settlements.
• Strong technical & analytical skills, comfortable with learning new applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide middle-office support for Treasury and Repo business line.
• Contribute to a reliable and effective control function.
• Participate in projects to optimise trade workflow.
• Ensure integrity of all transactions & positions across multiple trading applications.
• Investigate, analyse, and resolve trade breaks.
• Ensure compliance with governance and promote operational controls.

Skills

Middle Office experience

Knowledge of Treasury & Repo products

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

VBA/Macros knowledge

Autonomy

Teamwork

Sensitivity to operational risk

Job description

Treasury and Repo Trading Support Middle Office Associate

Location: New York, USA

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Range: $100k - $120k

Job Summary

In this role you will be responsible for control and support functions of the operations initiated by the Treasury and Repo Front Office. You will facilitate and ensure all operations are processed promptly, liaising internally with Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Compliance, IT, Product Control, Risk Management, Project Management and externally with Clients, Broker/Dealers, etc. The position is based in New York and reports to the New York Head of Repo and Treasury Trading Support Middle Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide middle‑office support for Treasury and Repo business line, including trade monitoring, workflow control and trade validation to ensure timely settlement and accuracy.
• Contribute to a reliable and effective control function of the perimeter.
• Participate in projects to optimise trade workflow, deploy new products, system enhancements, new regulations and market rules.

Support Tasks

• Ensure integrity of all transactions & positions across multiple trading applications.
• Perform first level of control – ensure trades booked accurately, cash flow balances correct, triparty & bilateral trades matched & settled promptly.
• Investigate, analyse, and resolve trade breaks.
• Process funding and repos as required for Trading & Sales.
• Manage & monitor post‑trade life‑cycle events.
• Manage trade amendments in Front Office systems, confirming impacts are accurate.
• Maintain high level of client service for external & internal stakeholders.
• Assist in identifying, specifying & user‑testing system enhancements.
• Ensure coverage & support to Front Office/team for day‑to‑day tasks, temporary needs, holidays or illnesses.
• Main point of contact for Front Office, acting as liaison with other teams.
• Act as point of contact for introduction of new products, ensuring procedures manage transactions.
• Ensure functional link with Treasury Middle Office (Paris).

Additional Responsibilities

• Service Quality & Process improvement – propose & formalise improvements on controls and procedures, develop efficiency initiatives.
• Compliance & Governance – ensure compliance with Credit Agricole CIB Capital Markets Operations & New York governance, promote operational controls & segregation of duties.
• Control & Awareness – exert vigilance to unusual trading practices, alert management & position control team on suspicious operations.
• Legal & Regulatory Responsibilities – comply with all applicable legal, regulatory & internal compliance requirements, report obligations, maintain knowledge & complete mandatory training.

Professional Requirements

• 3‑5 years of experience in Middle Office with knowledge/exposure to Treasury & Repo products.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Preferred knowledge of Collateral Management, experience in Back Office/Settlements.
• Strong technical & analytical skills, comfortable with learning new applications, strong Excel, knowledge of VBA/Macros.
• French is a plus.

Required Skills

• Management & Reporting: reports to Head of Treasury & Repo Trading Support MO.
• Key Internal Contacts: Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Settlements, IT Support, Referential Data, Risk & Market Activity Monitoring.
• Key External Contacts: External Clients, Interbank, Broker/Dealers, SPV, Trustee.
• Special Role Requirements: Participation in BCP planning & testing, autonomy, teamwork, sensitivity to operational risk, ability to work under pressure, proactive, dynamic.

General Information: Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB) is a leading banking group.

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