Company purpose:
Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.
Our employer promise is built around three pillars:
• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people
Business area
Global Markets (GM) IT Risk and P&L development consists of approximately 400 people spread between London, Paris, New York, India and Asia, developing software to support systems for Risk, P&L and Financial Resources data for Global Markets.
Within GM IT Risk and P&L development, the Data Services team are responsible for key systems for storing, aggregating and reporting Global Markets Risk and P&L data.
Job purpose
As an SME, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the data quality and governance across Global Markets. This position focuses on vital operations including Front Office to RISK, and Front Office to Finance & Operations. You will lead efforts to establish stringent frameworks, refine issue management processes, and remediate issues to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with regulatory standards
Key responsibilities
- Monitor and analyse daily data accuracy and integrity across critical processes such as booking trade lifecycle, market data, fixing, pricing, and risk management of portfolios.
- Assign identified issues to the relevant team for remediation. Work closely with CCR, T2RS, RISK, GMQR, IT, and Ops teams. Manage escalation processes.
- Produce and maintain daily reporting of the above:
- Maintain an issue log.
- Track the progress of remediation, aiming to achieve resolution within the same day.
- Ensure re-runs are triggered and completed on time.
- Flag outstanding issues at the end of the day.
- Monitor and report on the effectiveness of implemented fixes, providing actionable insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Raise any potential refinements in issue management procedures to streamline the identification, analysis, and resolution of data quality issues.
- Escalate to relevant forums like DATA CORE, GBL CORE, and the Data Quality Oversight panel.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of financial markets, data management processes, and regulatory standards.
- In-depth knowledge of the production chain.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for interaction with a wide range of production teams and managers.
- Proficient data analysis skills to identify and classify issues from large sets of daily production data.
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Good knowledge of desk-specific products and risks.
- Ability to follow risk and market evolution.
The above skills are not necessarily expected at the start of the role, but a willingness and openness to train and develop into this role under the guidance of existing experts is crucial.
And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).
A bit more about why you should join us
1. We’re a great place to work
We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)
We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:
• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.
* Subject to relevant caps
2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.
For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.
But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.
3. We believe in our people
We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.
We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.
Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:
• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:
Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.
Equal opportunities
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Adjustments
We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.
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