Proposal & Content Junior/Specialist

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM) is the investment arm of BNP Paribas, a leading banking group in Europe with international reach. At BNPP AM, we aim to generate long-term sustainable investment returns for our clients, based on a unique sustainability-driven philosophy. This philosophy has shaped our firm and directs all we do: our strategy, our culture, our structure, our products and our processes; the way we engage with our clients and our role in influencing the companies and the markets we invest in.

Proposal & Content Analyst

Requirements

• RFP experience in a similar position in financial services, ideally asset management. 
• Broad knowledge of financial markets and demonstrated RFP experience, ideally across a range of asset classes.
• Degree-qualified, or similar knowledge and experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, proven ability to work efficiently and effectively with colleagues based in other locations. 
• First-rate writing and editing skills, including experience in tailoring technical investment content to directly answer individual client needs and questions.
• High level of numeracy; familiarity in working with investment product data. 
• Fluent spoken and written English; additional European languages an advantage (especially French or German).  
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Team-player; shares own expertise with colleagues and welcomes feedback and input from peers/manager. 
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teams/functions and in a multi-cultural environment.
• Autonomous and takes responsibility for delivering on deadlines. 
• Strong time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise multiple simultaneous projects. 
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Sharepoint, Word and Excel skills. 
• Able to respond to situations using rational decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills. 
• Reflects on and learns from mistakes and setbacks.
• Inclusive, demonstrates strong relationship-building skills. 
• Able to influence key stakeholders.
• Articulate with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Proposal team colleagues and subject matter experts throughout the business to produce high quality, client-focussed RFPs, DDQs and other questionnaires within challenging timeframes.  
• Ensure all documents are high-quality, accurate, timely and adhere to relevant rules and guidelines. 
• Collaborate with Proposal team colleagues globally to continuously improve the RFP production process and the quality of documents and their content, in order to improve hit ratios and efficiency and thereby support the achievement of BNPP AM’s commercial targets.
• Create and maintain (semi) automation templates for recurring due diligence requests.
• Together with the Head of the Content team, help conduct Qvidian database management and administration processes, including adding new responses, making updates including through the use of SME review jobs, archiving old material, as well as managing record metadata, review cycles, templates and document types.
• Project participation as assigned, as well as any other ad hoc duties or responsibilities.

We offer

• Dynamic career opportunities across the globe
• Volunteering initiatives to support our local communities and connect with our colleagues
• The opportunity to contribute to our award-winning Sustainability efforts and join our community of Future Makers
• Access to a robust wellbeing programme including mental health support and resources
• An award-winning online learning and development platform 
• Hybrid working
• A diverse and inclusive working environment where you can be your authentic self