Job Title: BA PM - APEX - GLOBAL MARKETS IT
Department: GLOBAL MARKETS IT
About Business line/Function:
The Global Markets business of BNP Paribas helps its corporate and institutional clients leverage capital markets across the globe for their financing, risk management and investment needs. This encompasses a wide range of financial products ranging from foreign exchange to complex Equity Derivatives that are traded in financial markets across the globe 24/7. IT systems are integral to the business and are a key part of the value proposition to clients. These IT systems range from industry standard products for standard process automation to internally developed, often, market leading IT applications. The IT teams owning these IT systems are made up of functions that include Technical and Application production support, Business Analysis & Project Management, Development & Maintenance and Quality Control. BNP Paribas India Solutions is an equal partner in these IT functions along with colleagues in other locations including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Hong Kong. This partnership ranges from sharing the IT workload, executing global strategy to owning global applications offshore. The technology and engineering landscape is wide, encompassing almost all techniques and platforms. It continues to evolve and transform with the market with the business continuing to invest in it.
APEX Team (GM IT Booking, PnL, Reg, Ref) currently consists of its Dev Team spread across Mumbai, Bengaluru, London, Lisbon and New York. We support a Repo booking system called Apex provided by FIS. User base of these applications is global, and we regularly interact with the business from many BNPP entities. In addition to the day-to-day support and enhancements to the system we are heavily involved in the group projects that span across the full front to back chain.
Position Purpose:
BA role in the APEX team who will work closely with the Business / end-users / IT development teams, to understand their requirements and processes to facilitate change of different projects related to Repos domain.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
· To work closely with the Business / end-users to understand their requirements and processes.
· To understand how the IT applications support the business and their workflow processes.
· To analyse business issues / requests and produce solution options for consideration by the business and IT Development.
· To produce detailed functional specifications which can be interpreted and used by IT Development.
· To prepare and execute functional testing of all new functionality implemented.
· To prepare and organise user acceptance testing and manage the UAT sign-off process to define and produce training material and end users’ procedure.
· To build good working relationships with Business / end-users / IT Development and to ensure regular two-way communication with these groups.
· To work closely with IT development teams to escalate risks / issues to IT Management, minimising operational failure, including but not exclusively, the risk of fraud, by helping to devise, and by implementing, sufficient regular controls.
· Ensuring appropriate escalation to management and/or Permanent Control (or Compliance as appropriate) as soon as an issue is identified
· In the lead up to a major release, you are expected to get involved fixing regression bugs, maintaining the automated regression tests and with the regression testing of an allocated area of the system.
· Maintenance – bug fixing, intra-day technical support and overnight 3rd line support.
· Manage the workload of high-level projects assigned to you.
· Monitor and ensure the quality of work of the team –JIRAs and Change Requests
· Track delivery dates of all work that you have committed to – Project planning, liaising with Developers, escalating issues/delays
· Take ownership of functionality delivered on a given project you have been allocated and take proactive measures when issues arise in production.
Contributing Responsibilities
· Team player.
· Ability to work under pressure.
· Ability to relate with other teams, including business units, on a regular basis.
· Strong sense of responsibility and commitment to deliver projects within time and budget.
· High level of accuracy and strong aptitude to adapt to change while being able to deliver on time.
· Pro-active personality: willingness to learn, suggest ideas and take initiatives.
· SQL on a relational database
· Extensive knowledge of the front to back workflow and Repo trade life cycle.
· Proven experience working on 3rd party application APEX provided by FIS (former Martini / Sungard).
· Strong analysis capacity and a comprehensive knowledge of products traded by BNPP with financial institutions globally (Bonds, Repos, MBS and Secondary Loans).
· They must demonstrate a solid sense of organisation and be able to deal with priorities in an autonomous way. The ideal candidate has been involved in projects demanding tight deadlines and different scopes.
· Proactive and able to cope with a demanding working environment. The ideal candidate has a high level of energy and dynamism and would have been involved in projects involving audiences at the highest level of the organization.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
· FIS APEX ver. 8+ (former Sungard Martini)
· Oracle 12c/19c, SQL and stored procedures
· Python and Robot for automated regression testing
· XML / FiML / JSON / MQ (Messaging)
Specific Qualifications:
· Minimum 10+ years’ work experience in BA/PM
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills:
o XML / FiML / JSON / MQ (Messaging)
Behavioral Skills:
- Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
- Decision Making
- Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
- Communication skills - oral & written
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Location: Bengaluru
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.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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.
