Derivatives Backoffice Analyst

Job description

BNP Paribas is a leading European bank with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 192,000 employees – including more than 146,000 in Europe and over 4,000 in Portugal alone.

BNP Paribas is present in Portugal since 1985, having been one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, BNP Paribas has several entities operating directly in this territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.

Worldwide, the Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

The Derivatives Back Office Settlement department is operating on behalf of BNPP Paris for Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives & BNPP London.

The investigation team is in charge of the payment break resolutions with external, internal clients and works closely with the different Front Offices and Middle offices within the group.

ROLE AND RESPONSABILITIES

Mains tasks are :

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Nostro break account management, data recording and break allocation to the team members (Risk Management)

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Investigation files to be recorded in the management tool

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Break investigations with the Documentation, booking rules & coupon calculations

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Risk assessment

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Investigation tool enrichments

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Payment Accounting adjustments

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Sensitive accounts follow-up with Finance

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Generic email box management for incoming emails and allocation to the team members.

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Cashflows reconciliation before the Credit Roll payment process (quarterly)

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CLS / DTCC management: daily follow-up – pre-matching – Break resolution.

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System failures to be reported to the relevant IT development team

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Risk Reporting and daily KPIs

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Internal procedures set-up

IT environment:

In this position you will work mainly with:

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Murex Rates,

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PEGA PCM (investigations tool),

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Bankrec (reconciliation tool for BNPP SA)

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Intellimatch (reconciliation tool for BNPP London)

PROFILE

Soft skills required :

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Adaptability

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Organization

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Teamwork

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Effective communication

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Able to work under pressure

Hard skills required:

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Good knowledge of rates products

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Previous experience in settlement a plus

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Fluent English


BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.

Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.

In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.