BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and a key player in international banking. We operate in 65 countries and employ 190,000 people, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. Our Group holds key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; Investment & Protection Services; and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) for corporate and institutional clients.
Our Securities Services business, which forms part of CIB, is a leading global custodian providing specialist post-trade and asset servicing solutions to buy and sell-side market participants, corporates and issuers. Based in 35 locations around the world, our award-winning Securities Services teams have built one of the most extensive custody network in the industry, giving clients the connectivity and local knowledge they need to navigate change in a fast-changing world.
Company purpose:
Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.
Our employer promise is built around three pillars:
• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people
Business area
Securities Services is a leading global custodian and securities services specialist that provides multi-asset post-trade and asset servicing solutions for buy and sell-side market participants, corporates and issuers.
CIB 2S UK IT & Engineering department provides IT services for CIB2S business lines in the UK, and CIB2S Fund services locations globally where UK managed applications are deployed.
This role sits within the Loan Solutions team, which is part of our Client Delivery UK IT & Engineering department. The team covers the design and implementation of solutions across all local products and services bought or booked in the UK and ME regions.
The objective of the department is to create an environment that thrives to transform our business, excelling in high class solution design capabilities, with strong professional framework to support change in coordination with our product, operational stakeholders, and clients.
The objective of the team include:
• Support loan solutions by developing and maintaining analytical tools and reporting for structured finance transactions and loan fund portfolios.
• Ensuring business objectives for loan Solutions are achieved through the development of operating model and technologies.
Representing both the business and the technology capability for loan solutions globally facing off internal stakeholders local and offshore) and external stakeholders (clients, prospects, vendors/suppliers, industry groups, media).
Job purpose
The main purpose of the Loan Solutions Business Analyst role is to:
• Support Loan Solutions globally by assisting in developing and maintaining analytical tools and reporting for structured finance transactions and loan fund portfolios.
• Carries out a variety entry-level data analysis to support decision-making/ projects/ RFPs/ market analysis as requested per senior members of the team.
Key responsibilities
Product Development
• Participates in regression testing for Sentry upgrades.
Reporting
• Configures simple Sentry datacubes, including basic SQL scripts, for efficient data extraction.
• Assists in designing efficient Power BI dashboards and SAP Crystal Reports templates that accurately meet the business requirements.
• Parametrises workflows meticulously to deliver reports.
Junior System Analyst
• Carries insightful analysis of Sentry data for generic topics.
• Uses most common Sentry menus to carry out data-related investigations.
• Develops an actionable knowledge of one Sentry feed and its associated business rules.
• Develops an actionable knowledge of most common loan asset types and loan portfolio metrics.
Requirements
Essential
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in quantitative field such as data science.
• Excellent data analysis skills including advanced level with Excel formulas.
• Some knowledge or understanding of fixed income products, especially loans.
• Shows structured approach to analysing complex documentation.
Preferred
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI (non-professional accepted).
• Experience with a programming language such as Python (non-professional accepted).
• Experience with a database query language such as MySQL (non-professional accepted).
And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).
A bit more about why you should join us
1. We’re a great place to work
We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)
We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:
• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.
* Subject to relevant caps
2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.
For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.
But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.
3. We believe in our people
We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.
We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.
Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:
• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:
Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.
Equal opportunities
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Adjustments
We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.
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