Instrument Referential department is responsible for Equity and Fixed Income products set up in Global Market systems, lifecycle update, closing price feed and Data Quality. Our main sources are Bloomberg for static data and Reuters for market data. Clients of the team are internal (Trading, Sales, Structuring, Trade Support, P&L, Risk, Settlement, Accounting, IT, ...).
Direct Responsibilities
• Configuration of Instruments; indices, stocks, ETFs, Rates, futures and options contracts, Convertible Bonds and Warrants in EQD systems, Fixed income securities, Convertible Bonds, Warrants in FI systems (FO to Accounting) requested for the needs of Trading teams
• Control Static data and life cycle of Instruments. Process Daily code changes following Corporate Actions
• Control Market data daily feed (quality and consistency). This data is used to generate the P&L and to price products.
• Financial Calendars administration (creation and update)
• Correlation Matrix perimeter maintenance on Instrument Time series
• Listed and Exotic warrants and certificates STP BO feed.
• Issuers (linked to Equities) creation request in BNP system.
• Reporting accounting and regulatory participation
Contributing Responsibilities
• Apply control and escalation procedures on breaks between different systems
• Respect any timeline and deadline cutoffs
• Facilitate the integration of new activities and migrations of IT systems
• Ensure the consistency of the Referential between all the sites
• Participate in the industrialization of feed (Static and Market Data)
• Contribute to the improvement and completeness of daily and monthly checks
• Keep on documenting all procedures in place to stick market and process evolutions.
• Contribute in all control plan protocols according local operational risk policies.
• Contribute in precision and accuracy of activity metrics and escalate any relevant problems or success to management on a continuous basis.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
- Teamwork‐ Knows how to work in a team and/or across teams, regardless of the type of collaboration ﴾ face‐ to face in a group, remote, real‐ time, etc.﴿, acts bearing common interests and respect for fellow team members in mind.
- Analytical Skills ‐ Identifies all aspects of a subject and examines them in a critical way to construct a broad point of view. Is driven by the desire to know more about things, people or events.
- Organizational Skills‐ Sets priorities, plans actions and methodically monitors their progress by coordinating activities and resources in the best way possible.
- Communication skills ‐ Expresses messages, both orally and in writing, in an effective, organized way, which is appropriate to the audience being addressed.
- Act with Integrity ‐ Acts ethically, in compliance with what is said and while respecting the company’s values and rules.
- Building effective relationship ‐ Seeks and maintains contacts and good relations inside and/or outside the company, face‐ to‐ face and remotely, which can be useful both in the short and long term
- Strong Preference to have Bachelor or Master Degree on Economics, Mathematics or Finance.
- Strong Treasury (Rate / Bonds) & Equity derivatives products & operations process knowledge.
- Strong Preference to have MS skills (VBA, Excel, and Access) would be a significant plus.
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years working experience in relevant areas (Operations)
- Bachelor or Master Degree on Banking & Finance / Economics / Mathematics
- Knowledge in Financial Products, Knowledge in Front to Back workflow and the product event management would be a significant plus.
