Business Overview:
The FINANCE & RISK Solutions IT team is responsible for the implementation of third party and in-house developed reporting solutions for the Liquidity, Finance, and Risk sponsors. Their scope of responsibilities includes the interaction with multiple stakeholders, project management, business analysis, technical support and development of IT solutions in line with best practices established by CIB and the BNP Paribas group.
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:
- Results and Impact
- Able to influence peers and team.
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
- Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
- Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
- Leadership and Collaboration:
- Creates trust with colleagues.
- Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
- Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
- Compliance Culture and Conduct:
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:
The Senior Business Analyst, Regulatory Reporting IT Solutions, is responsible for developing and leading functional and IT solutions of regulatory reporting processes. This role requires a deep understanding of banking regulations, regulatory reporting systems, and the ability to work effectively with various stakeholders.
- Lead regulatory reporting projects and manage project teams
- Find innovative and creative solutions to support Finance, Liquidity, and RISK sponsors
- Guide and train team members on regulatory reporting, accounting, and financial product topics
- Present dynamic and scalable solutions to fulfill business needs
- Ensure solutions are delivered on time, mitigate risks and can be maintained with minimal maintenance
- Liaise with various levels of stakeholders
- Understand and analyze the business line’s needs in one or more functional areas, with the aim of developing the appropriate and sustainable solutions that are consistent with the entity’s strategic plan and the associated portfolio of requests.
- Ensure that the solution meets the requirements set out to cover the business line’s needs.
- Act as the contact person within the project or maintenance teams and for the business line in relation to data and functional aspects.
- Contributes to preliminary studies in liaison with the business line.
- Clarifies, performs critical, and constructive analysis and, where appropriate, compares the business line’s needs against the entity’s strategic plan.
- Carries out or helps with the test activities within the functional scope.
- Supports the business line in carrying out user tests.
- Helps to identify business line impacts generated by the solution and with the development of action plans.
- Acts as the contact person within the project and/ or maintenance teams and for the business line in relation to data and functional aspects.
- Shares knowledge about the area of expertise and provides functional support.
- Build partnerships with assigned development and stakeholder teams.
- Write technical specifications, perform workload, and risk analysis related to these solutions.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Understanding of various industry solutions of preparing regulatory reports
- 7+ years’ experience in the financial industry (Bank/FBO/Broker Dealer)
- Proficiency in using regulatory reporting tools and IT system
- Expertise/Subject Matter Expert in financial products, accounting and regulatory reporting. Be able to advise and train on accounting topics
- 7+ years’ experience with regulatory reports in the US (IHC, US Branches, Broker Dealer) or Canada
- Experience with business analysis, data sourcing, business/ functional specification, and application testing
- Extensive experience with Adenza Controller View / Axiom
- Good collaborative, communication and management skills. Able to work with stakeholders on different levels
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the mindset to find innovative and creative solutions
- Proven experience as project manager and/or senior business analyst
- Experience leading teams
- Able to work under tight deadlines
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant master’s degree, business, accounting or information technology (or international equivalent)
- Work experience in the fields of accounting, audit and/or Information management and implementation in the financial services industry
- Experience with tools like HP ALM or Jira
- Experience working in geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams
- Leadership skills
- Knowledge and experience of the Software Development Life Cyle or Agile Methodology
- Understanding of innovations around Finance IT
- SQL knowledge
- Open-minded
FINRA Registrations Required:
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $115k to $200k annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.
In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose - to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
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