Market Finance Analyst

Markets: Monitoring of the stock markets, debt capital market and forex. Draft daily market update for senior management. Management of the Group’s stakes portfolio. Drafting of memos for senior management on balance sheet topics such as dividends and shareholder returns. Preparation of sections for the Group’s annual report.

Equity: in charge of employee share plans, ADR program, various reporting. Participation in capital increase program dedicated for employees. Ensure filing of mandatory disclosures and compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks.

• Stock market monitoring: Supervision, along with the team, of a daily market update. Monitoring of equity capital markets, the debt capital markets and the key macroeconomic indicators. Reviewing broker notes on the industry and peers. Monitoring the Group’s and peers’ market performance.
•  Market Operations: Supervision of share purchase and sale programs from other listed companies across several stock markets. Supervision of the Group’s share buy-back program. Reporting of operations to senior management. Monitoring of regulations applicable to these operations to ensure compliance with declaration obligations (AMF, European Rules, etc.).
•  Annual General Meeting: Preparation of briefing memos on corporate finance topics for the CEO and CFO.
•  Annual report: Drafting of the corporate finance-related sections of the Group’s annual report and 20-F. Participate to the core working group for the annual report preparation.
•  Employee share ownership program: prepare the quarterly reporting for the program, contribute to the definition of performance criteria related to this program and draft the annual informative booklet for the beneficiaries of the performance share plans and stock options plans. Includes a forecast of the accounting charge related to the plan. Monitor relevant regulatory updates and action as required.
•  Dividend review and benchmarks: analyze dividend policy among peers and monitor quarterly dividend payments.
• Maintain relationships with share and ADR depositary banks, brokers, clearing entities
• Maintain relationships with other Treasury departments (Front Office, Back and Middle Office, Cash Management), lnvestor Relations Department and the Legal Department.
• Preparation and monitoring of the Corporate Finance budget
• Diversity of tasks: Flexibility and adaptability necessary
• Good level of understanding of corporate and market finance required
• Challenging work environment: diversity of topics, fast pace and interaction with senior management
• Constant communication with both internal departments (legal and accounting, tax and investor relations) and external partners: banks, brokers, auditors, law firms.

Qualifications:

The role holder must be able to demonstrate :

• Exceptional attention to detail, flexibility, autonomy, strong interpersonal skills, integrity, analytical and synthetic reporting skills, excellent drafting/writing skills,
• A high degree of confidentiality
• Knowledge of Corporate Finance and capital markets
• Interest in law and regulation, macroeconomics and current affairs
• Interest in the oil and gas industry
• Languages: fluent in English and French

Other requirements:

Bachelors and/or Master Degree graduate from a high quality university.

Minimum of 3 years experience in corporate finance and/or finance functions.