BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It
has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including
around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities:
Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking
networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services)
and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises:
corporate clients and institutional investors.
BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised
leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and
advisory solutions.
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an
international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000
employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in
its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services
(whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail
Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves
two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.
BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a
globally recognized leader offering capital markets, securities services,
financing, treasury and advisory solutions.
RISK Global Services is
a stream within RISK which aims at being a single place for issues related to
risk data/analysis, models/methodologies, stress-testing, market &
counterparty risk systems. Within Global Services, RISK Systems is in charge of
providing the bank with a comprehensive capital markets risk system used to
calculate market and counterparty risk capital figures using advanced method
internal models validated by the regulator and to support the needs of users
for risk analysis, risk reporting and the credit process. Inside RISK Systems,
the IT Development department is in charge of delivering and supporting world
class software using agile methodology.
Job Purpose & Scope
RISK Systems Operations
is part of RISK Systems and provides to its clients a range of services and
products related to Market and Counterparty risk.
RCA analyst - User
Services will provide support and client facing role to business users in
relation to production and application services for Counterparty Market Risk.
Ensures that issues, risks and deviations are identified and reported to the
appropriate stakeholders/decision makers promptly. The analyst ensures that all
parties adopt the common framework of standard re-usable processes and
supporting systems in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the
integrated planning and coordination activities.
RISK ERA Systems Operations, plans and coordinates the
resources to establish successfully a new or changed service into production
within the predicted cost, quality and time estimates. It ensures that all
parties adopt the common framework of standard re-usable processes and
supporting systems in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the
integrated planning and coordination activities. It also provides clear and
comprehensive plans that enable the customer and business change projects to
align their activities.
Key Responsibilities
The role requires a fully competent, subject matter expert
and experienced IT and Risk professional with Risk production and business
analysis skills, accountable for coordinating and overseeing a range of activities
in their area of expertise.
Establish a relationship with the business and
also close collaboration between project team, service transition and
implementation of the controls required on the production framework to provide
sustainable support and also ability to present in the steerco committee across
transversal topics.
Data & functional Analysis:
- Resolution of data quality/system issues and adequate remediation actions.
- Perform
data analysis and investigation to identify and define issues and define the
cause of the problems.
- Appropriate
reporting and monitoring of tools for communication.
- Escalate
operational issues and follow service model.
- Understand
the impact on the services and keep the stakeholders updated.
- Identify
and implement efficiency by automating & streamlining controls.
- Risk
controls and certification: Provide framework on the tooling to enable sign-off.
- Analysis
of Maintenance and Enhancement tasks.
- Analyse
changes and their impacts on operations services.
- Analysis
of SLE performance and identify area of improvement.
Risk Analysis
- Deliver
risk analysis on Market risk or counterparty risk domain from RCA perspective.
- Ability
to explain the implications and measures for the impact to be in control.
- Provide
business support, act as second and third line of support.
- Identify
operational risk in running the service and related impact.
- Contribute
to build tools used for controls, monitoring and reporting.
- Ensure
reactivity for ad-hoc request or tailor-made stress tests linked to new client
onboarding, stressed market behaviour, specific portfolios or change in client
relationship.
- Ensure
consistency in operational approach and communication with stakeholders.
- Able
to work in agile delivery mode.
- Understanding
of clients and associated business.
Production and process improvements:
- Use best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve operations processes, services, and practices.
- Identify
the most appropriate option or adapt existing approaches to resolve issues by
evaluating, interpretating and making judgement to select the right course of
action independently.
- Execute
Service Validation and Testing criteria for all changes in conjunction with
Service Operations & business teams (platform, production and application
support teams)
- Contribute
to the continuous Improvement of the operations.
- Work
with Service Transition to provide expertise and ensure operations requirements
are well captured before releasing.
Knowledge management & documentation:
- Ensure adequate documentation and handover is provided to the operations team.
- Mentor,
coach and train more junior team members within business area and expertise in
all locations
- Understanding of Agile working model
The Requirements
Detailed knowledge of IT and
Risk management and processes and able to translate knowledge and experience
into recommendations to improve team operating practices.
Good IT skills and a good understanding of the
IT technologies, systems and architecture for RISK IT.
Business Skills
- Subject
Matter Expert in one of areas (Market Risk, Counterparty Risk).
- IT
Infrastructure: Understanding of IT infrastructure relevant to RISK IT.
- Production
Operation Steering: Ability in managing production operations.
- IT
Risk and Cybersecurity: Knowledge of IT risk management and cybersecurity
principles.
Behavioural Skills
- Results-Driven:
Ability to deliver outcomes effectively.
- Client
focus: Understanding of customer service and provide client with appropriate
solution.
- Teamwork:
Know how to work in a team and across teams.
- Accuracy:
Attention to details and quality of deliverables.
Transversal Skills
- Communication:
Strong communication, both verbal and written.
- Organisation:
Good organisation and time management abilities. Task management based on
priority, value and urgency.
- Process
Development and Adaptation: Competence in developing and adapting processes.
- Analytical
Ability: Good analytical skills.
Technical Skills
- Risk
management: Good finance background with sound experience in risk management
- Development
Languages and Best Practices: Knowledge of IT development languages, skills,
and best practices in accordance with ITO guidelines.
Experience
- Previous experience in the banking industry with a focus on Front office or Risk within a change function.
- Experience in the transition of IT deliveries from development into operations.
- Subject
matter expert in financial domain in support area.
Tools and
Methodologies
- Tools:
Proficiency in using Jira, JiraAlign, Excel, Confluence, Teams, SharePoint, Clarity
for backlog management, collaboration, and facilitation.
- Methodologies:
Familiarity with Lean, Agile@scale, Agile Scrum, DevOps, Site Reliability
Engineering, and Design Thinking principles.
Conduct:
- Be
a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.
- Demonstrate
proactivity, transparency and accountability for identifying and managing
conduct risks.
Equal Opportunities
BNP Paribas promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to
ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age,
disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status,
pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
As an employee with BNP Paribas London Branch, we want to make sure that you are rewarded for your commitment. As such, you will be entitled to our award winning benefits package which includes a generous holiday allowance of at least 34 days (including bank holidays), a non-contributory pension of 12%, private healthcare, GP service and dental cover all as standard, along with a number of personal insurances such as income protection, life assurance and personal accident insurance. We believe in ensuring all our employees have a positive work life balance so in addition you will also have access to a variety of flexible lifestyle benefits such as cycle to work and green car leasing schemes, season ticket loans and reduced cinema and gym membership to name a few.
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