Job Description – Risk Analyst in Asset Management
Job Title: Assistant Manager
Department: Investment Risk & Risk Investment Monitoring Control
About Business line/Function: BNPP AM – Investment Risk & Risk Investment Monitoring Control
Position Purpose:
The Manager, Investment Risk will report locally to ISPL Management and functionally on the deliverables to Beneficiary location Managers. The Investment Risk team is in charge of the definition of a risks monitoring policy relevant with the investment constraints defined for each fund, in respect with the local regulatory requirements and the retained risk profile, in accordance with the BNPP AM Risk Management policy, and notable:
- During the fund’s management period:
- Monitor the respect of investment constraints as mentioned in prospectuses or IMA (Investment Management Agreement)
- Regularly verify ex-post the evolution of portfolios and be attentive to any poor performances with regards to the fund management guidelines and to the market fluctuations.
- Apply ex-ante simulations, such as VaR & TE, stress tests calculations, while ensuring that they respect the set of fund’s guidelines, which they are subject to. Be reactive and liaise with portfolio manager to take possible corrective actions, escalating breaches as required.
- Pay particular attention to liquidity constraints by analysing current market and environmental conditions on this matter.
- Globally, each market RISK manager has to participate to the production of an independent and exhaustive reporting of investment risk indicators, specifically:
- Develop and coordinate the building of a RISK dashboard enabling to collect all risk measures, including risk indicators required by regulators (UCITS and AIFM statements…).
- Where necessary, inform and escalate sensitive breaches or concerns to the Fund Management and RISK hierarchy.
- Follow-up corrective actions plan.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
Position with the BNPP Asset Management Risks teams, independent teams from the asset management teams, reporting to the Manager in charge of monitoring investment risks for Europe and the USA.
The Risk analyst’s main mission is to prepare and make available the internal and regulatory reporting for the Risk Managers on the whole scope of investment activities for BNPP AM.
Contributing Responsibilities
His / Her main activities can be described as follows :
- Prepare and make available internal and regulatory reporting for the Risk Managers : Data feeding and formatting, including management of technical tools and data
His / Her main tasks can be described as follows :
- Breach monitoring and management (daily)
- Receive the automated breach report.
- Analysis of the report (real, technical,…) and preparation of a breach dashboard for the RMs per investment team
- Write initial comments on the dashboard
- Send the dashboard with comments to the RMs for action
- Ensure risk profile alignment :
- Receive the daily internal alerts monitoring report
- Analysis of the report (real, technical,…) and preparation of an internal alerts monitoring report for the RMs per investment team
- Write initial comments on the dashboard
- Send the dashboard with comments to the RMs for their activity and potential interaction with PMs
- Run report per team (include managing the tools and controlling)
- Twice a month preparing a dashboard with CRGE/Aladdin as basis with the relevant risk indicators per investment team
- Write initial comments on the dashboard
- Provide it to the RMs
- Participation to reporting on breaches/others for regulators
- Preparing and putting together the required information for reports on breaches for regulators and/or dashboard for senior management
- Solving technical issues / data issues :
- Analysing and participating to solve all technical issues arising in RCCM/PowerBI/Aladdin during the processes described above
• Coordination of the European regulatory reporting (AIFM/UCITS)
- Preparing the required information for the AIFM and UCITS reporting based on RCCM/PowerBI/Aladdin data
- Analysing the quality of information downloaded
- Submitting the pre-report to the RMs for control
- Taking the RMs’ comments into account
- Sending the initial report to Reporting Team
- Taking the Reporting Team’s comments into account
- Final version of the reporting
• Risk Investment Constraint Analyst
- Perform Investment guidelines monitoring activities, ensuring that portfolios under scope compliant with the applicable restrictions at all times
- Analyze potential post-trade breaches alerts, qualify them (active/passive) and liaise with Investment Risk to get clarifications/confirmation in case of doubt
- To achieve the post-trade controls, complementary steps are necessary to be executed on top of rule & constraints implementation in Aladdin:
- Execute Manual Control
- Implement Exclusion lists: Client exclusion lists, liaise with Client service
- Reconciliation of rule/constraints implemented in Aladdin with RUBIC tool (AM rule /constraints repository)
- Prepare Client reporting
People Responsibilities ( as team player)
- Ensure along with the team and managers, a conducive work environment for a healthy working atmosphere in a competitive environment.
- Together with their managers, contribute towards Upskilling team member’s basis the skill matrix and PDP follow through.
- Fair dealing with staff members, stakeholders and managers, on day to day business deliverables and ensure administrative aspects are totally intact as a valuable team player.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
- Business and/or Technical skills
- Knowledge of European Funds regulations (UCITS and AIF)
- Ability to read and interpret Fund’s prospectuses and/or IMA
- Ability to analyse compliance between fund management and prospectuses or IMA and investment guidelines breaches
- Knowledge of market risks (including liquidity & credit risks), in a technical and quantitative environment
- Knowledge of financial instruments (cash & derivatives)
- Data management, including analysis and data quality management
- Reporting and dashboard (feeding, formatting, etc.)
- Soft and/or Transversal skills
- Strong ability to collaborate
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to manager risks
- Rigour and synthesis ability
- Good communication (written and oral)
- Ability to notify alerts to management when needed
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills:
- Ability to understand, explain and support change
- Ability to develop and adapt a process
- Ability to set up relevant performance indicators
- Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…
- Analytical Ability
Behavioral Skills:
- Decision Making
- Ability to deliver / Results driven
- Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
- Critical thinking
Education Level: Master’s degree or equivalent
Experience Level: At least 5 years
Location: Chennai
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
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At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
