Business Overview:
DEC provides clients from a diverse spectrum of industries access to the global futures, and OTC cleared markets. We offer clients voice and electronic trade execution services, a robust clearing platform, and collateral financing solutions. DEC is a globally integrated business with a long-standing history of servicing corporate and institutional clients in the Americas. The role will also help support the FX Prime Brokerage (FXPB) business within Global Markets.
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:
- Results and Impact
- Able to influence peers and team.
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
- Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
- Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
- Leadership and Collaboration:
- Creates trust with colleagues.
- Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
- Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
- Compliance Culture and Conduct:
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:
Within DEC & FXPB, the DEC/FXPB Risk team plays an integral part in the management and monitoring of BNP exposure to its clients. Key functions of the risk team include:
- Risk Monitoring – Monitor and manage exposure of BNP counterparty risk
- Oversight of intraday monitoring of client activity
- Point of escalation for remediation and approval of activity in relation to business risk limits
- Daily review of client margin calls
- Portfolio Analysis – Analysis on both prospective and existing clients’ portfolios
- Conduct analysis for prospective portfolios in terms of required margin, product composition, PFE/VaR exposure, and portfolio stress test exposure
- Analyze historical worst-case movements in underlying portfolio products to determine appropriate stress levels for various clearing products
- Work with Sales to discuss with clients and understand trading strategy/key client information to assess client opportunities
- Conduct and review client profitability analysis as it pertains to regulatory requirements/costs (LE, RoLE, RWA)
- Margin Call Disputes – Help resolve client margin call disputes
- Assist in booking trades when manual intervention is required for proper booking
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a large bank or similar organization, of which min. 2-3 years in a Front Office Risk capacity.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA or Advanced Degree Preferred
FINRA Registrations Required:
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $150,000 to $200,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.
In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.
This application will remain open until a candidate has been selected for the role. There is no specific application timeline.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose - to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
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