Junior Analyst

Junior Analyst

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Job Description - Junior Analyst

Junior Analyst

Our client is looking for a client facing Analyst to join their growing team! This position is for someone that wants to grow within an organization and eventually lead client meetings! You will be given ample training, we are looking for someone that has an interest in Finance and is competent with Excel.

You will be working out of the Houston office in Downtown. You will primarily work with clients in France. In order to be successful in this role, you MUST be fluent in French and English.

You will analyze credit card data and bank fees to help create presentations for clients with the Project Manager.

The analyst will be involved in every aspect of the advisory business: the review, analysis, and implementation of recommended strategies across all our expertise in addition to helping provide ongoing active advice.

You will be based in Houston, Texas and report to the Head of Analyst Americas.

As a junior analyst, you will be part of multiple project teams managed by an associate. You will on average get to work on 3-4 engagements for both domestic and international clients, across diverse sectors and several areas of expertise.

Main expertise: Payments and Collections, Merchant Cards, Cash Pooling, the analyst will also work on Treasury organization and systems, liquidity and Debt advisory projects.

Projects include:

• Analysis of the banking and provider relationships and architecture
• Negotiation with banks and providers
• Optimization and recommendation of cash management relationships, structure and services
• Innovation and acceptance strategy for means of payment
• Implementation of value-added services and innovative solutions

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the critical audit and analysis of our clients' current organization, process flows, bank, acquirers and other providers relationships related to cash management
• Support multiple project managers throughout various engagements involving a full tender process
• Conduct interviews with key personnel at the client's site to gain an in-depth understanding of its internal organization
• Perform the necessary numerical analyses to assess the stakes and challenges of engagements
• Construct engagement deliverables, research reports and other materials needed for projects
• Relationship management with our clients, banks and various service providers
• Participate in all phases of the project and in meetings with the client
• Participate in conducting studies and marketing materials
• Research emerging banking trends and best practices in all of our fields of expertise.

The successful analyst will gain tremendous exposure to Group Treasurers and gain firsthand experience of how the world's largest corporations manage banking relationships and day-to-day responsibilities.

Competencies

Business

• Master the process and methodology of a RFP and a Bilateral negotiation;
• Be able to deliver a domestic card deal
• Be able to deliver a domestic BRM deal
• Participate in the delivery an international deal
• Dedicate necessary time and efforts to ensure reports and analyses are 100% accurate
• Be able to present a report to clients
• Be able to manage client's call by yourself

Skills

• High level of organization: excellent prioritization of to-dos, perfect meeting of deadlines (internal and with clients), be able to manage easily various projects at the same time.
• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrate expertise.
• Productive & Pro-Active: Able and willing to work swiftly, to respond positively to additional pieces of work required by clients, Senior Associates or by the management.
• Innovative: Proposes tools, changes in the process, to improve the way we manage "standard" deals and help the team do things better and faster.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for writing reports, client presentations, client relationship management.
• Tenacious problem-solving skills and resourcefulness.
• Motivated, mature, able to demonstrate interpersonal and team skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Clear thinker.

Computing

• Significant Microsoft Office capabilities: Excel, PowerPoint, Word;
• Analytics tools is a plus.

Languages

• French Language is Required
• English Language is Required
• Spanish Language is a plus