Job Title: Financial Control & Performance Management Analyst
Business Unit: Finance
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Sandyford, Dublin (Hybrid)
About BNP Paribas
At BNP Paribas, we center our values on what drives the company forward. Our driving forces are Agility, Client Satisfaction, Compliance Culture and Openness.
- Agility: we want to behave more simply to embrace useful innovation and digital transformation.
- Client Satisfaction: we believe that our success lies in being the customers' and clients' preferred choice.
- Compliance Culture: we believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics
- Openness: we promote open-minded attitudes towards our stakeholders. We aim for everyone in Group to feel included, to have their say and be empowered
Our strengths are based off four key areas of Stability, Expertise, Responsibility and Good Place to Work
- Stability: we build upon our solid, long-term oriented management, our diversified and integrated business model and our international footprint.
- Expertise: we build upon our recognized and expanding knowledge of our teams.
- Responsibility: we build upon our culture of responsibility and integrity to ever better serve the interest of our customers
- Good Place to Work: we foster a stimulating workplace where people are treated fairly and with respect
Role
The role of Financial and Business Analysis is to act as an effective strategic partner in delivering quick, reliable transparent financial performance information and analysis to our stakeholders, while still maintaining our role of independent control.
Key Responsibilities
- Performance Management: Design and development of high-quality performance management reports to Management, transforming the accounting data into management accounting (profitability and cost allocation by Business Line) following the MARP (Management Accounting Rules and Principles, all of them at different split levels (entity, cost centre, business line, client, product, etc). Report production is advised and outsourced to Infinity while the value-added analysis and reconciliation to Business as Usual remains the responsibility of the F&BA team which facilitates business and analytical insights to be advised to Snr Management
- Budget Process: Participate in the delivery of the budget following BNP Paribas policies and procedures. Monitor the budgets for revenues and expenses as part of the upload process to the relevant financial systems. Liaise with budget holders on the budget versioning ensuring functions and business lines are aware of the process and receive insights on the information received
- Statutory Statements: Contribute to the preparation of all financial statements and disclosures for statutory statements purposes. Ensure the audit engagement team requests are collated ensuring the provision of accurate information necessary to complete the process in addition to timely delivery. Ensure planning of and delivery of audits are withing agreed timeframes.
- Information for Board of Directors and Committees: Prepare and provide analysis and insights supporting the financial information necessary for the various committees and boards of directors. Provide support to all Business Lines or functions in any review of their business / activity
- Risk & Control: Contribute periodical information (minimum monthly) of performance, risk and control indicators of the area under responsibility (KPI, KRI and KCI), following the standard defined for the Finance & Tax Department. Recommend and seek to implement procedures and processes that improve the overall performance of the Financial and Business Analysis function. Ensure appropriate documented files are maintained and filed for later review by Internal and/or External Auditors
- Connectivity with the Production Teams and MCE (Measure, Control and Explain) Missional Teams in Regional Platforms: Foster close interaction and implementation of efficient communication tools ensuring full connectivity with the Infinity EMEA services platform in a collaborative organizational set-up, for all processes under direct responsibility or accountability. Ensure that clear split of responsibilities exist in the process, fostering efficient working avoiding duplication
- Communication: Foster open communication promoting people care, staff engagement and fluent communication within the B&FA Area and other Finance & Tax Areas in the spirit of a Global Finance community collaborative approach.
Qualifications & Experience required for this role
- Educational Background in Finance and Accounting
- Previous experience in the financial services industry (banking, capital markets, custody, fund administration)
- Capacity to use several of the following office tools in a proficient manner (MS Office, Power BI experience an advantage)
- Teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, self-management and critical thinking
Why work with us?
- We are a bank for a changing world and aim to build positive change together with our employees.
- We are a team of passionate people who genuinely care about what we do and the impact our work delivers to our clients. We operate in a highly collaborative, open-minded environment that embraces innovation and creativity.
- Our remuneration and benefits packages are generous, with competitive salaries, a discretionary bonus scheme, company pension contribution, comprehensive private healthcare packages, and numerous other benefits.
- We have a genuine commitment to work-life balance throughout the whole organisation. We are also committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and actively promote equal opportunities.
- Development and mobility is actively encouraged. We are a learning company - there is real opportunity to grow, develop and expand your skills, experience and career path.
- We are a global company operating in over 60 countries with over 190,000 employees from over 150 nationalities. In Ireland we have approximately 500 employees across Dublin and Galway working in Corporate Institutional Banking (CIB) and BNP Paribas Security Services (BP2S) and Greenval.
Compliance Culture
We believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics. We would expect any incoming member of staff to respect all financial security related legislation, including: anti-money laundering (AML); countering the financing of terrorism (CFT); international financial sanctions and embargoes (IFS); anti-bribery and corruption (ABC); KYC; ongoing client related data screening; and transaction monitoring. BNP Paribas have clear policies on these topics which all staff are expected to familiarise themselves with upon successful entry to the Group.
Equality and Diversity
BNP Paribas is an equal opportunities employer and proudly cultivates a diverse workforce. We believe that diversity of experience enhances our service offering to clients and leads to a better working environment. We encourage applcations from the best candidates regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, parental and caring status, or religious belief.
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