Job title: Employee Accounting & Financial Reporting
Metier: Corporate & Institutional Banking – BNP Paribas Securities Services
Department: Accounting & Financial Reporting
Location:
Reporting to: Head of Reporting Services NL
Mifid code: 3
Job description
Number of Direct Reports: 0
Number of Indirect Reports:0
Position Summary:
· Timely, accurate and complete Accounting & Financial Reporting service to the BP2S clients.
· To maintain and develop systems and processes, ensuring the appropriate balance between control and efficiency.
Key relationships / Interaction
Internal:
· Liaises with employees at all levels both in Amsterdam as BNP Global
· Advises the Head of Reporting Services NL
External:
Liaises with external stakeholders including clients, auditors, system providers, supervisory authority.
Key Responsibility Areas:
· Timely, accurate and complete Accounting & Financial Reporting service to the BP2S clients
· The monthly and yearly closure of general ledger administrations and the control, reconciliation and analysis thereof;
· The preparation of periodic financial reports for the benefit of different clients (Dutch GAAP and IFRS) and supervisors (MER/MESRAP/FTK reporting);
· Implementation of changes in reporting as a result of changes in laws and regulations;
· Implementation of changes in processes as a result of changes in laws and regulations, client wishes or new clients;
· Assessing the consistency of the various internal and external financial reports;
· Solving ad hoc questions and giving advice
· Giving advice to Head of Reporting Services NL, clients and employees at all levels both in Amsterdam as BNP Global regarding Reporting Services
· Contributing to the management of operational risks and internal control;
· Participate in improvement projects, for example process optimizations and the description of administrative processes and procedures
· Participation in enterprise-wide projects
Role requirements & Qualifications
Minimum Education:
Secondary Education
MEAO
HBO
University
Master degree
Minimum years of experience:
Less than 2 years
2 - 4 years
5 - 7 years
8 – 10 years
More than 10 years
Type of education required:
· Bachelor/master degree or higher in Accounting/economics
Type of experience required:
· Strong accounting & financial reporting background/knowledge and understanding, including experience within a similar-sized organization in the financial industry
· Proven ability to work within an integrated asset management systems, preferably SimCorp Dimension
Key Technical Skills / knowledge; general competencies:
· Knowledge and understanding of financial reporting standards (Dutch GAAP; specifically RJ 610 and 615 and IFRS; specifically IAS32/39 and IFRS9)
· Knowledge and understanding of relevant laws and regulations such as fiscal regulations, MER/MESRAP, FTK, Solvency II and AIFMD
· Knowledge and understanding of relevant investment products
· To be proactive in keeping up to date with developments affecting the role
· Advanced MS Excel skills and good general IT skills
· In depth knowledge of the English language, both verbally and in writing
Job related competencies:
· Interpersonal and social communications skills
· Organizational skills and attention to detail
· Accurate and able to work with tight deadlines
· Strong analytical ability and numerically set.
· Customer oriented
· Proactive and initiative-rich
· Able to work on a project basis
· Hands-On mentality and focus on achieving goals
· Flexible and can switch between work as a result of changing priorities
· Application/IT savvy
· Lean minded, automate as much as possible to only monitor and manage exceptions
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
Impact
Operates at operational level. Works independently or for more complex work is being accompanied by more experienced colleagues and / or manager. Is told what to do, gets assignments.
Operates on operational/tactical level. Works independently, accompanies the less experienced colleagues and performs reviews.
Operates at a tactical level. Works independently. Is as a specialist point of contact for (less experienced) colleagues for questions in the functional area. Coordinates the Operational work and performs reviews.
Scope
Is starter within the functional area. Has no knowledge of related business processes. Deals with compiling of (parts of) reports.
Knowledge of the functional area (accounting or annual/statutory or regulatory reporting) and some surrounding processes. Deals with compiling and assessing of (parts of) reports.
Thorough knowledge of the functional area (accounting or annual/statutory or regulatory reporting) and some experience with surrounding processes. Advises management. Contributing to/taking part in projects. Conducts consultations with external parties.
Complexity
Signals improvement possibilities and makes suggestions for improvement. Analysis, reporting and advice on sub-areas or parts of reports. Signals errors, analysis of deviations.
Signals improvement possibilities and develops improvement proposals. Can cope with dynamic problems, were all alternative options are known. Can determine the complexity of problem/issue in the functional area.
Signals improvement possibilities and develops improvement proposals. Can cope with more dynamic problems. Can determine the complexity of problem/issue in the functional area and surrounding processes. Enhances/develops new processes. Implements small changes in existing processes.
for Junior/Intermediate/Senior classification.
Job title: Employee Analysts Investment Services
Métier: Corporate & Institutional Banking
Department: BNP Paribas Securities Services – Client Delivery Operations
Reporting to: Head of Investment Services
Mifid category: 3
Job description
Number of Direct Reports: 0
Number of Indirect Reports: 0
Position Summary:
· Supports the administration and handling of transactions, NAV calculations, corporate actions, collateral Management, portfolio compliance and other core processes within the department;
· Act autonomously in analysing and administrating on the basis of work procedures;
· Prepares standard reports for other departments/clients;
· Maintains internal/external working relations for data delivery and operational questions.
Key relationships / Interaction
Internal:
· Local Securities Services team
· Central Securities Services teams
External:
· Local clients, Custodians, Data Suppliers (Vendors) and Banks
Key Responsibility Areas:
1. Main functions and tasks:
- Responsible for the timely completeness and exactness of the client positions/transactions in SimCorp Dimension.
2. Individual Functions/tasks:
- Experience required of standardised processes and Dimension activities within Administration Investment Services;
- Identifies differences and solves these with the right prioritization;
- Continuous improvement of workflow and processes.
3. Objectives:
- Contribute to deliver operational excellence to clients;
- Recognition from clients for high quality service delivery;
- Assist in furthering the development of the business by analysing and helping to evaluate impact of market changes.
Role requirements & Qualifications
Type of education required:
· Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Audit, Technics.
Type of experience required:
· Able to signal bottlenecks in own activities and report more complex matters to Team Leader/Head of Department;
· Knowledge of reporting systems and internal procedures;
· Experience with Excel VBA.
Key Technical Skills / Knowledge; general competencies:
· Computer/IT skills (mainly Excel, Visual Basic);
· Preferably experience in SimCorp Dimension;
· Knowledge of equity and fixed income products as well as derivatives;
· Native Dutch speaker; fluent in English (spoken and written);
· Organized and ability to work autonomously.
Job related competencies:
· Knowledge of Dutch securities market practices and regulations;
· Helicopter view overseeing the complete process chain of an instrument;
· Flexible and must be able to switch between work as a result of changing priorities.
