Leveraged, Acquisition & TMT Finance Americas - Portfolio Management - Analyst

Team and Position Credit Agricole is among world top 10 banking groups. Our NY based Leveraged Finance team is directly responsible for origination and execution of LBOs with leading Private Equity Funds in North America, as well as financings for leveraged (non-investment grade) corporates, across loans and HY bonds. In addition, the team is also in charge of event driven financings (M&A and IPO related) for Investment Grade clients, and of leveraged / structured financing transactions in the TMT sector, including the current wave of infrastructure flavoured deals (towercos, data centers, fibercos, GPU Financings) with Infrastructure Funds, across North America and Latam. It is referred to internally as the “LATFG” team (Leveraged, Acquisition & TMT Finance). Building on its recent successes, the team is expanding to support its strong growth ambitions. In order to address the increasing volumes of credit and reporting management work generated by our expanding loan portfolio, we are setting up a portfolio management (PFM) team. We are opening a Portfolio Management analyst position. The analyst will report to the Director in charge of Portfolio Management, with regular interaction with the origination part of LATFG team. Key Responsibilities: Credit monitoring of our loan portfolio: Contribute to the ongoing credit monitoring work for part of the leveraged finance and TMT loan portfolio (current volume of about 70 deals): write up of annual reviews, credit papers in relation to waivers and amendments, quarterly write ups for loans under watch. Proactively flag to LATFG manager and Portfolio Management Director and respective LATFG client teams any early warning signals of credit deterioration, concerns, or ideas for commercial opportunities Ensure timely propagation of internal rating decisions within the internal IT systems. Occasionally represent the team in the various credit committees (NY credit committee, CLF credit committee, CRC) and monitoring committees (Quarterly committees for underperforming loans or loans under watch “SARs” and “SACs”), underperforming or under watch loans Coordinate with CLF LOSA team to monitor evolution of the portfolio (increases or reductions via amortization, prepayments, secondary trades etc) Coordinate with CLF LOSA and respective deal/client teams to ensure authorizations recorded in internal systems are accurate and up to date. Maintain close coordination on all of the above tasks with respective LATFG client teams. Interact with clients whenever necessary to clarify credit related questions, in coordination with the LATFG client team. Review quarterly or annual information provided by client, connect to lender or investor calls organized by clients and relay summaries of meaningful information to LATFG team manager and respective LATFG client team. Depending on deal flow, there will also be occasional opportunities to get involved in live, new deals as part of origination team Experience Desirable: Ideally 1-2 year experience in either a leveraged finance environment (portfolio management or origination and execution), or a credit risk / credit underwriting and monitoring function. Education Essential: Relevant academic background (BA/BS degree with economics/finance major coursework) Education Desirable: Master's degree - Msc Finance or MBA