Trade Finance Operations

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Business line/Function :

Global Trade Finance Operations (GTFO), an entity within BNP Paribas India Solutions, is a back office operations platform, which caters to processing of Traditional Trade Finance Transactions for various entities of the BNP Paribas group worldwide.

Job Title:

Manager

Date:

2025

Department:

GTFO IT project team

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

CIB/ Global Trade Finance Operations Line

Reports to:

(Direct)

Pinto Sonia

Head - GTFO - Production Support & Continuous Improvement & IT Project

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Nill

Directorship / Registration:

NA

To lead/support technical transformation in the most efficient and stabilized manner for Global Trade Finance operations.

Responsibilities

Leading/Support change management around IT deployments.

Responsibilities include

• Be functional SPOC for global stakeholders for all IT change management i.e. 21 onshore Middle office teams and Global IT teams.
• Be Trade Finance, BNPP Trade application, end to end Trade operations and setup SME.
• Analyzing production issues (RTB) and business requirements (CTB) to derive target solution in collaboration with Trade IT teams.
• Collaborate with Global Sponsors and Trade IT teams for JIRA prioritization, Bugs corrections and enhancements.
• Supporting Technical change management for Trade applications by:

m Building of comprehensive Test Case Book.

m Overseeing UAT execution for timeliness and quality.

m Taking lead in corrections/fixes for bugs/regression identified in UAT.

m Knowledge Transfer and training to operations for in scope changes.

m Sign off operational readiness.

m Stabilization support.

m Support global automation initiatives.

m Support global IT governance.

m Act as advisory to Internal Teams on existing Application functionalities to support business imperatives.

The previous position of the candidate should have enabled him/her to develop the following technical skills:

r Minimum 10 years of International trade finance operations experience.

r Experience of supporting technical change management preferred.

r Strong communication skills with good level of written/Spoken English.

r Strong organisation skills.

r Good knowledge of MS office tools (Excel, Word, PPT and Visio)

r Excellent interpersonal skills

r Capacity to work in a multicultural environment and in a team;

r Pro-activity

r Good Synthesis capabilities

r Professionalism: resolution of problems, quality oriented, respect of the commitments;

r Attention to detail/ Good analytical skills

r Innovative thinking