Job Description: Manager – Product Control – Position Control Analysis
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas Group is a leading European bank with a strong global footprint across 72 markets and more than 202,000 employees. The Group provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Group, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Mumbai and Chennai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. We partner various business lines of BNP Paribas such as Corporate and Institutional Banking, Wealth Management, Retail Banking through three verticals - Information Technology, Operations and Finance Shared Services.
About Business line/Function :
Global Market Product Control team provides support for internal reconciliations, trade validation, P&L, Valuation control, documentation services and Regulatory reporting for varied product classes for the global business.
Job Title:
Manager
Date:
DD MM YYYY
Department:
Global market Operations- Product Control
Location:
Bangalore/Mumbai
Business Line / Function:
Product Control
Reports to:
(Direct)
Grade:
(if applicable)
Manager / AVP
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
NA
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
We are looking for dedicated individual to join our team as a Manager/AVP within the Product Control space. Below are few responsibilities which are to be complied by individual.
The group has multiple teams within the Product Control umbrella of which Position Management is a stream which also involves reconciliations. The incumbent will join the current team and will help create stability and allow for the growth of the teams in India.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the role include
1. To perform and oversee day-to-day trade & position reconciliation and analyze all the breaks arisen from the related reconciliation reports to ensure proper control and measure the associated risks on all outstanding breaks.
2. Lead and manage a team of reconcilers and ensure completeness and timeliness of all deliverables.
3. Manage the performance of the process and people. Lead and motivate the team to achieve team goals and organizational strategy.
4. Act as a risk champion and stay close to the process to assess, manage and mitigate risk on a day to day basis.
- Perform Control reports & published to stakeholders
- Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional teams and management.
- Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful results/reports.
- Working closely with SMEs, change and governance, technology and operational leads to drive the changes.
- Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
- Conduct Governance calls covering Aged/high value exceptions & get appropriate timelines for resolution
- Identify any potential items which could expose team to Audit findings & proactively remediate
The team works closely with other Trade Support teams and Trading to ensure timely communication for any breaks identified.
Main drivers are client service quality, independent control, operational risk safety and cost efficiency.
Direct Responsibilities
Position guarantee –
The Manager/AVP has the responsibility to make sure positions are in line & guarantee that positions in booking systems are correct.
Team is in charge of position controls & uses all the reconciliations tools available.
The reconciliation is exhaustive & is done on a daily basis.
All the reports performed by the team must be checked & analyzed every day & all exceptions to be reported escalated as appropriate
Break Analysis –
Liaise and follow-up on exceptions/breaks as soon as possible to the related teams (trade support, FO, BO) for action/correction.
Providing a complete, detailed & pertinent analysis to let the trade support, Settlements, CA & other teams involved immediately do the appropriate action/correction.
Review the breaks on a regular basis with the team and ensure diligent focus on risk management and escalation of breaks based on a risk based approach.
Tasks embedded to fulfill those objectives
There are different level of reconciliation performed by the team at Trade, Position & Cashflow level.
Make sure all the exceptions are investigated same day & reported to respective teams involved in the chain to make required correction in tool.
The adequate level of oversight and supervision needs to be provided to ensure the reconciliations are completed accurately and timely and appropriate escalation protocol is followed.
Reconciliations Improvements
Manager/AVP is constantly concerned by ensuring that reconciliation tools run correctly & provide reliable results.
Making the reconciliation tools evolve to fulfill with production needs --> new systems, new products, and specific request from trade support.
Extending the global area of reconciliations in order to reduce operational risk where applicable.
Implementing/enhancing reconciliation tools to fit with trade support, Settlements, CA & other team needs.
The lead will ensure the reconciliation improvements are identified, plans drafted and executed within agreed timelines to meet the risk mitigation and efficiency targets for the group.
Transversal involvement
Is in charge of all reconciliation assigned & is indeed involved in the process
Ensure all the Reconciliation process in place are performed efficiently & effectively in a timely manner.
Take Initiatives, communicate with BO & other PCA sites on the enhancement & development of new Reconciliation processes
Completion of ORUS on Daily basis and review any exceptions accordingly
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Technical Knowledge
- MBA from a reputed business school will be an added advantage
- Strong Preference to have MS and programming skills (VBA, Alteryx, Python) would be a significant plus.
- Good understanding of trade life cycle with experience into reconciliations, trade capture/settlements will be preferred
Skills and competencies
- Analytical mindset: Aptitude to understand the F2B workflows and handle exceptional issues with logical mindsets to communicate with Front Office
- Ability to influence: Influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
- Time management : Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills
- Attention to detail: Escalate in timely manner, highlight any abnormalities
- Innovation and initiatives (Think “outside the box”): Demonstrate willingness to constantly improve the status quo. Understand well the processes & suggest innovative ideas.
- Self-discipline & autonomy: Have a constant “delivery on time” mindset, on the daily production.
- Adaptability & Change Management: Ability to easily adapt to new situations (new booking systems, new products, new activities to manage…) as this is a constant changing environment
Specific Qualifications (if required)
- Strong Preference to have Bachelor or Master Degree on Economics, Mathematics or Finance.
- Technical knowledge would be an added advantage within Automation tools such as Alteryx, UI Path, Python, etc
- 6-15 years’ of relevant experience with exposure to leading teams along with the required technical expertise
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills:
Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
Attention to detail / rigor
Solution focused / can do attitude
Ability to collaborate
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5
skills)
Analytical Ability
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Ability to develop and leverage networks
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Ability to manage a project
Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level 6 to 15 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
