Assistant Vice President – Business Analyst - Finance

Job description

About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and 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. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the leader in consumer lending. BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

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Business Overview:
The Intermediate Holding Company (“IHC”) program structured at the U.S. level across poles of activities of BNP Paribas provides guidance, supports the analysis, impact assessment and drives adjustments of the U.S. platform's operating model due to the drastic changes introduced by the Enhanced Prudential Standards (“EPS”) for Foreign Banking Organizations (“FBOs”) finalized by the Federal Reserve in February 2014, implementing Section 165 of U.S. Dodd-Frank Act.

The Finance COO team ensures that appropriate solutions are put in place for the Finance (accounting) and Tax organization to meet their business objectives. The team acts as the bridge for the Finance and Tax organization to various departments within the BNP Paribas group, mainly the Business, PMO and Technology organizations in New York, New Jersey, California, Montreal, Mumbai, London and Paris.

The team works simultaneously on a wide range of projects arising from business and regulatory changes and strategic initiatives. The team is also responsible for the reengineering of existing applications to improve functionality and efficiency. The team also provides first line user support through training, research and responding to general queries.

Responsibilities:
The Business Analyst has broad-based responsibilities for the functional design, specification and deployment of Finance Systems initiatives at both a Legal Entity and IHC level. This includes:
· Elicit, analyze, and document user requirements and business processes.
· Undertake data assessment, data gap analysis and remediation.
· Develop functional specification requirements for IT development and to ensure user requirements are met.
· Perform System Testing to ensure development is in line with functional specification.
· Plan and manage User Acceptance Testing and migration testing up to successful delivery of end product.
· Manage issues and escalate effectively.
· Participate in project planning and cost estimates.
· Ensure on-time quality delivery of projects and activities assigned.
· Report on and monitor status of Finance COO Team projects on a regular basis (weekly) as to inform all stakeholders of ongoing program status.
· Liaise with cross-functional teams (business groups, IT and PMO organizations) in New York, New Jersey, California, Montreal, Mumbai, London and Paris.
· Rotate on the functional production support of key finance systems.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Minimum Required Qualifications
·  University Degree in a Finance related subject
·  At least 3 years of work experience in the field of accounting and / or accounting system and implementation in the financial services industry
·  At least 1 year of experience in business analysis, data sourcing, functional specification, and application testing or
·  At least 1 year of experience with Banking and/or Capital Markets products or
·  At least 1 year of exposure to complex financial products and system architectures (including accounting business processes including financial and management reporting, month-end closing process, regulatory reporting, entity consolidations and multi-currency accounting)
·  Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and concisely to audiences of varying technical or accounting levels.
·  Proficient in using Microsoft software Office skills (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, Project).
Preferred Qualifications:
·  CPA or equivalent
·  Exposure to Regulatory Reporting within the Banking industry is an advantage
·  Exposure to Market and/or Client Risk, and the ALM Treasury function is advantageous.
·  Exposure working effectively in geographically dispersed cross-functional teams.
·  Project management skills.
FINRA Registrations Required:
·  Not Applicable

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

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