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
In the UK, Global Banking focuses on 4 main business areas: Corporate Clients Group, Capital Markets, Low Carbon Transition Group and Transaction Banking.
This role sits within the Corporate Clients Group (CCG), which is responsible for managing the relationship worldwide between BNP Paribas and its corporate clients, facilitating access to the Bank’s complete and integrated product offering across the UK platform and worldwide. The CCG also includes the Advisory team, responsible for the origination and execution of corporate finance and M&A advisory services.
The Advisory, Industry Groups and Private Placement teams support their clients all along their external growth projects or asset disposal processes, from the early identification of opportunities and definition of the most suited solution, to the negotiation and full implementation of the transactions.
The EMEA Advisory Group (EAG) provides support to Advisory, Industry Groups and Private Placement teams as well as LCTG in the course of origination and execution of transactions for the account of BNP Paribas clients. The team has its hub based in Paris with over 70 Analysts, Associates and VPs, and has geographic offices based in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UAE and the UK.
The Advisory, Industry Groups and Private Placement teams are responsible for bringing strategic solutions on mergers and acquisitions as well as equity private placements to clients. This advice is supported by the expertise across 6 key sectors: (i) Consumer, Retail, Healthcare (CRH), (ii) Industrials, (iii) Infrastructure, Transport & Environment (ITE), (iv) Low Carbon Transition Group (LCTG), (v) TMT and (vi) Real Estate. The team works on domestic, cross-border, international buy-side, sell-side transactions for corporate, private equity and government clients as well as and equity private placements for fast growing innovative clients.
Job purpose
As a Vice President, the role holder will be accountable for ensuring excellence on all deliverables related to marketing, executing and regulation within Private Placement Teams , with a focus on transactions covered by their relevant sector (Low carbon, Fintech, Technology).
Co-ordinates junior colleagues and handles complex analyses with autonomy, whilst exercising sound judgment on when to escalate issues to more senior colleagues.
Key responsibilities
• Accountable for providing excellence in relation to key activities within the EAG team as a senior team member with substantial experience in the relevant area and Global Banking as a whole. This will include delivering, with appropriate supervision where required, tasks such as:
o Manage day-to-day execution of deal activity across the Private Placement (equity raising) process, ensuring timeliness and quality of work produced for deal preparation by Analysts and Associates;
o Lead pitch process from start to finish;
o Maintains a high degree of market awareness, and helps to identify new business opportunities by thinking commercially about client’s business;
o Participate in, and where appropriate leads client meetings either jointly or on a sole basis. Interacts directly with clients and with other advisors (lawyers, co-advisors, etc) at an appropriate level;
o Liaising with portfolio management and other internal teams to effectively hand over responsibility for new deals following closing.
• Applies knowledge to perform complex task sand solve complex issues in creative and effective ways as well as to assist with the management of workstreams where required. Utilises expertise to make independent judgments to deal with a variety of situations, but refers atypical and particularly complex matters to more senior colleagues for input where appropriate.
• Manages workstreams and ensures the quality of deliverables. Co-ordinates the planning of work of junior colleagues, and often supervises their day to day activities and trains them to support their development.
• Influences and supports members of the Industry Groups teams by leading in decision making and approach where problems are more complex and require sophisticated analysis or experience. Acts as a point of escalation for more junior staff. Challenges senior officers on both commercial and technical aspects of transactions.
• Manages relationships with internal stakeholders and clients independently. Leads commercial conversations with clients under strategic guidance from senior colleagues.
Requirements
• Professional qualification required with expert understanding of M&A or ECM typically gained at BNP Paribas or within another top tier investment bank.
• In depth knowledge of processes within the EAG team with advanced understanding of their relevant sector, and strong knowledge of process within Global Banking. Good working knowledge of a wide range of company-wide policies, procedures regulations and legislation. Able to utilise knowledge and experience to implement effective operating practices in the team.
• [Strong ability and willingness to increase autonomy, client facing and get further exposure to FIC investors]
• In depth knowledge of Investment Banking products and services including transaction structuring and analysis, valuation, fairness opinions, capital increases, IPOs, privatisations, etc. Ability to analyse and prepare transaction structures, with a solid understanding of the transaction process from end-to-end.
• Strong analytical and valuation skills (including knowledge of integrated financial statements models, comparable companies, comparable transactions, DCF, LBO models), with the ability to translate technical concepts and provide specialist guidance and advice to others. Able to construct a broad point of view and market convictions.
• Strong stakeholder and good people management skills to ensure the delivery of timely and commercial solutions for clients.
• Adept at receiving and synthesizing information, with a strong understanding of financial markets.
• Excellent written and oral English skills in order to articulate technical issues and to be able to take the complex and make simple to enable effective communication with individuals across the business.
• Strong personal focus on accuracy and attention to detail and able to review and improve work of more junior colleagues.
• Strong computer skills and a good knowledge of a range of standard computer software, e.g., Microsoft Office, email. Experience in using investment banking databases (e.g. FactSet, Capital IQ, Dealogic, Bloomberg).
• Good citizen behaviour, embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethics, integrity, Code of Conduct).
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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