Senior Associate

About BNP Paribas India Solutions
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union's leading bank 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 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group
BNP Paribas is the European Union's leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group's commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind, and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business Line/Function
COCE (Client Operating Centre of Excellence) Operations is further divided into 4 departments i.e. Trade Processing & Support, Product Control, Client Management & Change Management. It provides services to global clients across Asia, Europe & US region coverage offering a wide range of services, which include custody operations, fund accounting, middle-office operations, static data management, client referential, KYC operations, client services, clearing and settlement operations, securities lending, corporate action, and other transversal services.

Job Title
Senior Associate - KYC

Date
2025

Department
COCE

Location:

Bangalore/Mumbai/Chennai

Business Line / Function
Multiple

Reports To
(Direct)

Manager

Grade
(if applicable)

NA

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports
NA

Directorship / Registration
NA

Position Purpose

Responsible to manage the daily operations/ workflow relating to various client/Trading portfolios across CIB business, ensuring high-quality service to internal and external clients of BNP Paribas in the three departments of CEP, Global Markets and ALMT Operations.

Understanding of Investment Banking operations.

Collaborate with the team to achieve common goals and devise innovative problem-solving strategies. Plan and prioritize work efficiently.

Responsibilities
Responsibilities can be in any of the following departments managing daily Transaction Processing Operations.

CEP
– KYC Operations, Client Referential, Client Services, OCRM and AML transaction monitoring.

Processing & Support:
Trade Processing, DEC Operations, Clearing and Settlement Operations, Instrument Data Ops Referential, External Reconciliations, Asset Servicing & Tax, Inventory Management, Payments, Client Services, Post settlement reconciliation, Regulatory Reporting, and other transversal services.

Product Control
: PNL and Valuations Control, Reconciliation & Control, Compression, OTC- Documentation, Trading and Portfolio Controls, OTC, LD Trade Validation and Securities Trade Validation & Docs.

• 1. Maintain effective communication channels with peer groups.
• 1. Collaborate with internal teams and escalate unresolved issues promptly.
• 1. Participate in brainstorming sessions and cross training to share best practices and ideas.
• 1. Responding to client queries & Front office queries.
• 1. Liaison with trading desk and related stakeholders to escalate any trade or booking issues.
• 1. To perform day-to-day trade & position reconciliation and analyze all the breaks arisen from the related reconciliation reports to ensure proper control and measure the associated risks on all outstanding breaks.
• 1. Validate the trades in the booking systems.
• 1. Perform standardized and specific controls as per control plan and upon agreed schedule.
• 1. Provide standardized and specific reports as per requirement and upon agreed schedule.
• 1. Contribute to transversal projects coordinated by Projects teams.
• 1. Contribute to Risk Control framework: End-of-day Risk Limits, Intraday Risk Limits and Trader Mandates.
• 1. Ensure that daily end-of-day/intraday limits and mandate breaches are investigated, understood, promptly escalated according to the global policy and all the comments are well documented in the daily/weekly/monthly summary reports and Dashboard.
• 1. Summarize and report outstanding issues to global V&RC management, coordinate to resolve the issue.
• 1. Validate the official Economical P&L figures and the related P&L explains and investigate the discrepancies with the Front Office Predict.
• 1. Participate to global projects, local projects and improvement of the productivity within the team by proposing initiatives.
• 1. Accountable for end-to-end transaction management lifecycle for their respective client coverage.
• 1. Collaborate with technology/support team to help identify internal and external facing technology improvement opportunities.
• 1. Perform due diligence on Institutional clients across all risks for SDD, CDD & EDD files.
• 1. Perform required KYC screenings on customers documenting the information obtained on the clients as required by global KYC procedure.
• 1. Process the reconciliation vis-à-vis the clearing house (trades, position, premium, Initial margin, variation margin, fees etc.) for various Asian markets.
• Contributing ideas to improve the process by identifying appropriate control measures.

Technical & Behavioural competencies

• University Graduate in Finance or Operations
• Knowledge of Capital Markets, Financial Instruments, and Investment Banking.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative mind-set
• Ability to handle high workloads, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Team player, flexible to work in shifts.
• Results-oriented & client focus