Permanent Senior Associate

Job Description

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 specialised 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, corporates 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 Businessline / Function :

Product Control is part of COCE (Client Operating Centre of Excellence), performing multiple Middle Office functions. Product Control have 6 verticals - P&L and Valuation Controls, OTC Trade Validation, Securities Trade Validation & Documentation, OTC Documentation, Trading & Portfolio Control and Position Management. Team works very closely with Trading, Sales, Business Managers and various FtB teams like Back Office, Regional Finance and COO community

Job Title:

Seninor Associate . Assistant Manager

Date:

Dec 2024

Department:

COCE – Product Control

Location:

Mumbai / Bangalore

Business Line / Function:

COCE – Product Control

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade:

(if applicable)

NA

(Functional)

Head of the Team

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

· Provide a daily Economic, Step Reval and Risk Based PNL to each desk and to the Bank's management.

· Ensure that the PNL is calculated from the reference positions and that these positions are real and checked.

· Escalate any unusual P&L to the desk and management that may indicate a wrong position or transaction in the FO system.

· Run all the required controls on key elements of the PNL

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

· Document all exceptional PNL moves and adjustments for Management.

· Produce accurate daily analysis of P&Ls to Trading desks and bank's management. This includes the 3 different P&L analysis required by the internal Valuation Policy and Regulators:

· Economic P&L (cash PV) for Management and Accounting P&L reconciliation (performed by Finance)

· Step Reval P&L for VaR back-testing feeds and contribution to Regulatory ratios (used in the Dodd Franck and French Banking Law ratio calculations)

· Risk based P&L to validate the FO risk and models.

· Responsible for daily and monthly controls on key elements (positions, market data, adjustments, reserves) and liaise with internal departments in case of issues.

· Perform FO/MO reconciliations between Trading P&L estimations at T and Official MO P&L at T 1 and both explain and investigate P&L breaks to FO if any.

· Adjust the P&L if necessary to secure correct P&L reporting and document each

· Monitor daily Funding and fees.

· Interact daily with traders to explain the results of their P&Ls and seek their daily sign-off.

· Report, Comment and Validate the P&Ls into the Official Reporting tool

· Monitor and reconcile monthly R-IM and V&RC reserves during EOM process.

· Active follow up on updating documentation.

· Organize a monthly meeting with trading to go through all P&L issues during the last month.

· Escalate issues to management on the fly and via Orus.

· Confirm PV to dependent team/business.

Contributing Responsibilities

· Participate to global projects related to MO or P&L processes improvements.

· Participate to local projects related to systems migrations.

· Participate to the improvement of the productivity within the team by proposing initiatives

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

· Strong products knowledge including its models and valuations

· Competency with MS Suite, especially Excel

· Communication Skills

· Decision Making

· Adaptability & Change Management:

· Ability to develop and leverage networks

· Ability to develop and adapt a process

· Result oriented approach

· Collaborate with remote teams

Specific Qualifications (if required)

· Attention to detail: Ability to notice any abnormal processes as well as any unusual dividends or prices for instance when monitoring and reconciling the various market data.

· Adaptability & Change Management: Ability to easily adapt to new situations (new booking systems, new products, new activities to manage…) as this is a constant changing environment

· Strong Client Focus: Capacity to work with various clients, especially FO. Need to be sensitive about the rationale of their requests and be proactive when replying to them. Work as partnership while consistently keeping an independent mindset.

· Escalation & Reporting process: Internal rules of reporting and escalation to Ops and FO need to be known & applied. The team member also needs to report any sensitive information/issues and escalate immediately to their management to allow proper time resolution

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Critical thinking

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Resilience

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to set up relevant performance indicators

Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 2 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

CA/CFA, FRM or equivalent

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