Business Analyst

Job Title: Sr./Jr. Business Analyst

Department: ITG FRS

About Business line/Function: Under BNP Paribas IT Group, ITTF FRS is the IT framework encompassing Projects & Systems of Finance and RISK functions, with a strong focus on efficiency, proximity, agility and time-to-market.

FRS is a worldwide organizational model that will contribute to tackle major challenges of the Group’s transformation of today and tomorrow, building the best offering to the Finance and Risk Community through a progressive rotation to new technologies and best practices. The FRS organization is the outcome of several convergences: between the Project & Systems teams of Group Finance, CIB Finance and RISK and their related IT teams.

FRS is part of the IT Group organization (ITG in Europe and ITO overseas) with a threefold sponsorship by ITG, Finance and RISK (CIB-ITO; RISK Solutions and ITG-FIT).

Position Purpose: 

The beneficiary wishes to receive a service agreement to participate in a new project of a tool replacement.

Due to the increased need for control by all regulators, BNP Paribas has been faced in recent years with a multiplication of reports to be produced on a recurring basis with increasingly short deadlines for submission. Moreover, the quality and safety recommendations of regulators are becoming more stringent, and the team is faced with many regulatory changes required by the banking supervisory and regulatory authorities. The implementation of a more robust and performant tool is required.

XGEN is a team that will oversee the execution of controls and the transformation of reports into XBRL format expected by the regulator with this new tool.

The team will evolve in a dynamic, international working environment that listens to "new ways of working".

The service offers rich and varied missions in a dynamic regulatory environment, in close liaison with technical teams and business lines.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

As a Business Analyst on this project, you will participate in the migration by writing the documentation, setting up the new processes, performing tests and monitoring the migration of all the reporting from the old tool to the new tool.

1. Implementation of the new tool on our environment:

·         Follow up the IT Team the integration of the new tool in our environment

·         Providing our IT Team assistance by testing as per their needs

2. Participate to functional tests:

·         Participate to the test of the full application

·         Defining a full test strategy

·         Writing and updating user guides and all the necessary documentation

3. Participate to the implementation of the application settings:

·         Defining the User access management process

·         Writing and updating official procedure for permanent control

4. Participate to the progressive migration of the Reporting:

·          Follow up this the migration of all the reporting

·         Test the correct behavior of the new application

·         Follow up and validation meetings with the business

5. Change management for our end users:

·         Contribution to a change management plan (impact assessment, communication, writing of documentation, training plan) to ensure ownership and success of the project

·         Definition of the procedures for processing the change requests 

·         Writing a support and training session for the users

After the project phase, the production phase will start, which will require:

-          Production setups

-          User assistance

-          Production follow up and investigation in case of incident

Depending on the major milestones in the production of regulatory reports, periodic on-calls will be expected on certain evenings and weekends.

Working knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and SharePoint.

Good to have skills

·         SQL

Experience in Finance/ Accounting domain as a Business Analyst

Contributing Responsibilities

Contribute to overall FRS as directed by Team and Department Management.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

·         Technical and functional skills:

You graduated with specialization in one of these domains: Finance, Project management, IT, engineer school or Business school.

You justify your first successful experience in the field of project management, Business Analyst, IT and/or finance, Risk or Regulatory reporting.

You have a strong appetite for new technologies; you easily understand the architecture and challenges of a financial information system.

·         Behavioural competences:

You're rigorous, you know how to adapt. You can take initiatives and work as a team and collaborate across the board.

You are capable of analysis as well as synthesis and are organized. You have the ability to work in English and produce high quality deliverables.

If, by the way, you are customer-oriented and have an impact, then this job is done for you!

·         Job main assets / Evolutions:

This position will enable you to interact with a large number of IT Group stakeholders, as well as with all the Group’s businesses, entities and reporting channels.

You will strengthen your project management skills by being a major project player, multi-actor and multi-stream, but also develop your financial management knowledge.

Other competencies

·         Computer knowledge

·         IT / Business relations

·         Steering of production operations

·         IT Tests

·         Financial/fiscal knowledge

·         Knowledge of risks and awareness of risks.

Specific Qualifications:

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Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

• • Requirement gathering techniques
  • Documentation – Functional specs
  • Building test cases
  • Validations of results 

Behavioral Skills: 

• • Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
  • Attention to detail / rigor
  • Communication skills - oral & written
  • Client focused 

Education Level:  Bachelors Degree or equivalent

Location: Mumbai / Chennai 

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, 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.

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.

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. 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.