Junior Financial Control Officer

Natixis in Portugal is a Centre of Expertise whose mission is to transform traditional banking by developing innovative solutions for the business, operations and work culture of Groupe BPCE worldwide.

Natixis in Portugal is part of the Global Financial Services division, where it applies technology for the development of financial expertise in its two global business lines – Corporate & Investment Banking and Asset & Wealth Management – and, transversally, for the entities of Groupe BPCE.

The Centre of Expertise, based in Porto, currently has more than 2,400 employees from over 30 nationalities, organised in three main departments: Information Technology, Banking Support Activities and Compliance. These teams work in an integrated, inclusive and transversal way, supporting and creating value for all the business lines and platforms of the group. The project in Porto is one of the biggest investments in Human Resources ever made by Groupe BPCE worldwide.

A disruptive mindset and a culture of proximity and agility identify Natixis in Portugal Team and reflect the company's mission to transform traditional banking at a global scale: a perfect match in the Portuguese dynamics and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

In 2024, Top Employers Institute has awarded Natixis in Portugal the Top Employer Portugal accreditation for the second time. This certification recognizes excellence in people practices, following the example of our head office, in France, who was certified Top Employer France for the eight year in a row.

Team presentation and main goal:

Financial Permanent Control (FPC) acts as a second line of defence (LOD2) covering Finance activities, directly attached to Natixis CFO.

Our mission is to ensure the consistency and the reliability of the financial information and data quality control (BCBS 239) by deploying a relevant and robust control framework. 

FPC performs controls on the financial data produced by the remaining teams of the Finance Department.

FPC is composed by four teams:

• Accounting and Tax;
• Regulatory and Prudential;
• Supervision and Control Framework;
• EMEA. 

As a Junior of the Supervision and Control Framework team, the candidate will be part of an extended team based in Porto which is fully integrated into the Head Office team.

Our main activities consist in helping to ensure that the FPC audit plan which cover the scope of accounting, tax and financial information as well as regulatory and prudential information are completed, in terms of the closing controls and ad-hoc missions.

Main tasks and goals:

As part of the Finance Department the candidate will work with the 1st and 2nd level control teams with Paris and/or Porto to ensure that Natixis Control framework is correctly applied and complete:

• Reconciliation on B/S and Off Balance Sheet between inventory and accounting;
• Reconciliation economic PNL with accounting PNL;
• Bank account reconciliation;
• Review Financing operations PNL control;
• Custodian reconciliation (Equity, Bond and Tofu);
• Treatment of accounting netting;
• Treatment of internal operations;
• Employee expenses; 
• Reconciliation between IFRS and French GAAP;
• Prudential reporting.

As a Junior member of the team, the candidate is expected to ensure the completeness of the control framework applied by the teams. It is also expected that the candidate could give his/her contribution to the improvement of the control framework, mainly via developing automatizations in the processes performed and contribute to the execution of these same controls.

Finally, the candidate should be aware of the status of the work performed by the whole team and communicate to the team leader any potential issues.

Frequent interactions will be necessary with Paris colleagues.

Additional information:

The position may involve travelling to Paris to facilitate the training and meet with the other colleagues.

The achievement of the role will require to work tightly with the other teams of the department.

• Master's Degree in Accounting, Audit or equivalent with bank accounting knowledge;
• Audit;
• Accounting (notions); 
• Control environment (notions); 
• Data management (notions); 
• IFRS9 (notions); 
• Power BI;
• MS Office; 
• Fluency in English and French as a plus.

Soft Skills: 

• Result oriented;
• Team spirit & communication skills;
• Proactivity & critical thinking;
• Analytical & organizational skills. 

Only CV´s in English will be considered.

#MuchMoreThanJustAJob

Early morning. Campo 24 de Agosto. In 4 minutes, you are clocking in at the office. After grabbing a cup of coffee and fresh fruit, pick up your laptop and choose your spot for the day. It's going to be a busy one: French class before lunch and, just after, quick medical appointment at Natixis doctor's office.

Lunch break. Outside in the big terrace (look at your crops at the Urban Garden; ready to harvest!) or, if you feel like stretching your legs, walk downtown to grab lunch.

Back inside. Quick sprint review (working together anywhere means virtual happy birthday to that colleague in Paris that just turned 35). The afternoon went flying (tasks, reports, calls, some jokes with your teammates). End it on a high note: just one PlayStation game or the final match for that ping-pong tournament.

Tomorrow, you complete that certified technical training and the day after, you will work from home, taking advantage to finally do that online course on Udemy. Once you are done with your tasks for the day, you can visit the office for a board games session or show up at the rehearsal of one of Natixis bands. If that is too steady for you, meet your colleagues to surf some waves or join them in a football match.