Investment20/20 Programme
We are proud to be one of the founding partners of Investment 20/20, a company that helps drive a forward thinking, responsible and inclusive industry by partnering with investment companies across the UK to deliver their trainee programme. Their programme supports over 250 new trainee and apprentices each year, and offer them the opportunity to attend networking events and technical training sessions throughout the year whilst completing their internship. For more information please visit: Trainee Programme - Investment20/20
Company Overview
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.
We are proud to be part of the Investment20/20 Trainee Scheme. Joining us as a trainee means you will become part of one of the strongest banks in the world with one of the largest international networks. We strive to recruit and develop the best people at all levels, and are offering a one year placement within our Securities Services business to those seeking to enter the financial services sector.
The programme offers an excellent opportunity to gain hand's on experience and will give you the chance to experience a full-time role in one of our business lines or functional areas. From the outset, you will be contributing to the output of your team, taking responsibility and working with leading professionals.
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.
Reporting to the Head of Custody Product – UK & Middle East, the role will provide support for pricing new deals, as well as supporting the team developing and maintaining product documentation. In addition, the candidate will spend a portion of their time supporting the Global Head of Pricing, working on global deals and providing the opportunity to share learnings and best practices between the teams.
The team is part of the Financial Intermediaries & Corporate Client Line of the Securities Services Business Line. The Client Line’s responsibilities span from product initiatives, to Profit & Loss management and strategy. Key target clients are banks, brokers and corporates.
Job Purpose
The first objective of the role is to learn, understand and develop key skills required to support key team’s activities. Once training has been provided and key skills have been learned, there will be potential for the Trainee to provide practical support and assistance across many of the teams tasks including:
- Pricing new client deals and reprices, including preparation of client fee schedules
- Support the preparation of product documentation, including Service Level Description/ Agreement updates
- Support the preparation of internal communications and training materials
- Coordinate meetings and support in the team’s organization
Core accountabilities of role
The core accountabilities of the role will evolve as experience grows. Training will be provided for all tasks and it is anticipated that the trainee will take responsibility for part of the task, with full support from the team. Gradually the trainee will begin to take full ownership of some tasks.
- Perform product pricing, preparing costs and revenue forecasts
- Create the fee proposal documentation.
- Preparation of internal communication and training material on the products supported.
- Meeting coordination and support in the team’s organisation:
- Organising meetings with the relevant stakeholders, taking minutes from the respective meetings, organising the agenda for the meetings and facilitating the meeting where applicable.
Knowledge, Skill and Experience
- Effective Communicator with internal stakeholders
- Driven and self-motivated
- Adaptability to changing priorities
- Versatility to work across a number of topics & to work with different stakeholders across the bank
- Structured approach to achieve results within expected timeframe
- Good knowledge of MS Office, in particular Excel and Powerpoint. Should be comfortable with excel capabilities such as pivot tables, formulas etc.
- The ability to work as part of a team to fulfil the collective purpose of the team and the specific responsibilities of this role as listed above
Join us for one of our informative virtual calls where you will gain a greater understanding of the Bank and the roles available in this year’s programme. You will meet our recruiters who will share with you details about the recruitment process, CV and application tips, as well as having the opportunity to hear from some of our current I2020 participants regarding their own journey on our programme.
Meet the Recruiter Virtual Call
- 4.30 – 5.15pm Tuesday 25th February
- 4.30 – 5.15pm Tuesday 4th March
If you would like to register for one of these calls, please click here.
