Business Overview:
Global Prime Services technology is seeking Technology Team Lead for Cash PB and Synthetic PB Payments Approval application which supports Prime & Finance platform. The role requires strong functional expertise in Payments and payments processing (including Swift message)
BNPP has an industry-leading Prime Services platform with multi-asset structured financing solutions across the liquidity spectrum, providing stability and consistency as well as customized financing and margin strategies. BNPP has access to capital through BNP Paribas’ strong credit rating and balance sheet. BNPP Equity & Prime services business is going through significant growth with aspiration to be top Prime Broker for Europe and within top 4 globally. The long-term focus of the platform is on supporting activities growth targets set by the management, responding to the fast pace of client demand for new products and services, and compliance with new regulatory obligations. There are several strategic technology initiatives on the way to accelerate DevOps, Virtualization, and Cloud transformation, as well as adaptation of machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver client offering.
GPF WISE is critical Prime Services payment management system.
Aimed to:
- process customer driven cash transactions (Cash and Synthetics Prime Brokerage).
- track available cash balance.
- provide necessary operational transparency within the automated approval flows.
This offers PB Hedge funds clients full blown payments processing (both Cash and Synthetic PB) for both USPB and IPB clients.
Candidate SuccessFactors:
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:
- Lead a team of on-shore and off-shore developers and deliver results with superior quality maintaining highest standards of excellence and performance.
- Work in an agile and fast-paced environment interfacing with management, business (Product Development, Client Services, and Operations including regulatory teams) and senior technology members to understand the requirement, provide business process automation ideas and solutions relevant to the project
- Working with Prod Dev and dependent apps within payment flow chain
- Design and develop scalable and flexible application components, document technical specifications and functional flows
- Enforce technical architecture standards
- Hands-on with various software development including design, coding, UAT and deployment.
- Escalate blocking issues to the appropriate level of management.
- Perform Level 3 support when needed and supporting the teams, investigating any issues, determining root causes and obtaining resolution.
- Identifying ways to improve process, procedures to enhance quality and productivity
- Follow the SDLC process, including end-to-end development cycle from requirements analysis, coding, testing, maintenance and support production releases
- Work with external and internal audit teams
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors in Comp Science with 12+ year experience in software development or Masters in Comp Science with 10+ year experience
- 8-year experience as a senior developer
- Strong functional experience in financial industry and Payment’s processing and management systems
- Hands-on experience with major upgrades and implementations of various technologies (.Net, Java etc.)
- Expertise with Payments and Swift messages.
- Advanced ability (10+ years of experience) to leverage payments knowledge to write/update critical modules of Payments flow.
- Experience with managing migration efforts between different versions of Swift
- Experience in .Net, C# and Java.
- Expertise in SQL Server.
- Deep understanding of Payments Workflow and approval process.
- Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
- Experience in design and building high performance, high availability, scalable, distributed applications capable of supporting straight through processing of large amount of data
- Experience with web services development using SpringBoot / REST APIs
- Experience in the following technologies is required: J2EE / Spring / Hibernate / Multithreading / MQ/TIBCO
- Experience with SQL Server
- Project Delivery Skills:
- Strong various technology skills with ability to think logically to analyze problems and define efficient solutions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills to work effectively with representatives of a diverse range of departments globally
- Ability to:
- Work both independently and with a team in a dynamic environment.
- Prioritize, organize own work and manage time effectively.
- Work within an environment with high pressure on timeliness and quality of deliveries
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Investment Bank and functional domain knowledge of Prime Brokerage is a plus
- Hands-on experience with messaging platforms (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO, MQ, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux/Windows
- Agile development experience
- Cloud Application Design experience
FINRA Registrations Required:
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
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.
This application will remain open until a candidate has been selected for the role. There is no specific application timeline.
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 65countries, 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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