BNP Paribas
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Job details:
Job Title: Assistant Manager
Department: Data- Analytics Integrity
About Business line/Function: The Data & Analytics Management team oversees the collection, administration, and control of critical data supporting various business lines at BNP Paribas Asset Management. As part of this department, the Analytics Integrity team ensures the quality and support of position, transaction, and computed data across major systems like Aladdin and Adjuto. The team operates globally, working closely with the Data Referential and Governance divisions to provide seamless data integrity for liquid, derivative, and alternative investment assets. This role is essential to strengthening our European support capabilities and enabling a robust ‘follow-the-sun’ support model across multiple time zones.
Position Purpose: The successful candidate will be an experienced manager driving process improvements with a collaborative management style and ability to create a positive team environment.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure the accurate integration of data from various referential and external sources into downstream systems while guaranteeing high levels of data quality and consistency.
- Develop a deep understanding of the complex transformations and computations applied to generate all computed data within the firm's systems.
- Implement and perform first-level database controls, proactively initiating or amending processes to optimize data accuracy and operational efficiency.
- Provide high-quality, proactive support to end-users across multiple time zones, including participation in various shift rotations (including night shifts).
- Work closely with Data Referential, IT, and Data Governance teams to resolve transversal data issues and ensure end-to-end data consistency.
- Identify data issues, analyze their potential impacts and risks, and propose effective solutions to the local manager and business users.
- Contribute subject matter expertise in operational processes and data modeling to support various IT and Business project teams.
- Collaborate with major service providers (e.g., Blackrock, State Street, ADJUTO) and participate in governance meetings to track and resolve critical data topics.
- Carry out or set-up processes for a first-level controls on all in scope databases
- Collaborate with team-members from Data Referential and IT Teams when solving transversal data issues
- Initiate new controls or amend existing ones, when required, with an objective to always optimize processes and data quality
- Respond to requests from data users and project teams
- Identify potential solutions to data issues, along with impacts, risks and benefit related to each
- Collaborate with the local manager in keeping up-to-date with any issues from regular ad hoc meetings and governance with critical users, service providers and other internal partners (Data Referential Team, Data Governance Team, various project teams)
- Ensure overall consistency of the implemented solution, for the end user.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Ensure any deviation from our standard operating models are formally agreed internally and documented with the onshore oversight location
Key Role Responsibilities
- Carry out or set-up processes for a first-level controls on all in scope databases
- Collaborate with team-members from Data Referential and IT Teams when solving transversal data issues
- Initiate new controls or amend existing ones, when required, with an objective to always optimize processes and data quality
- Respond to requests from data users and project teams
- Identify potential solutions to data issues, along with impacts, risks and benefit related to each
- Collaborate with the local manager in keeping up-to-date with any issues from regular ad hoc meetings and governance with critical users, service providers and other internal partners (Data Referential Team, Data Governance Team, various project teams)
- Ensure overall consistency of the implemented solution, for the end user.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Ensure any deviation from our standard operating models are formally agreed internally and documented with the onshore oversight location
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
- At least five-year experience in Finance (ideally asset management), including significant experience in operational roles (Data or IT, front, middle or back office)
- Thorough understanding of operational processes and usage of major data users (portfolio management, middle office, risk, quant, compliance, financial controllers)
- Application experience in Aladdin, Adjuto
Specific Qualifications
- Be autonomous in analysing and solving complex requests from end-users (no Standard Operating Procedure)
- Understand the data in-flows and out-flows, the technical architecture around these data flows and technical / business transformations applied to data
- Proactivity when identifying operational risks, taking necessary initiatives for risk mitigation
- Analytical mindset with the ability to perform control checks, investigate discrepancies and escalate appropriately.
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English; ability to liaise with multiple internal and external parties
- Very rigorous and strong organizational competencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills, good listening skills
- Determined to facilitate situations in-order-to achieve results
- Must be open to work on APAC, EMEA or US shifts
Technical Skills
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
- At least five-year experience in Finance (ideally asset management), including significant experience in operational roles (Data or IT, front, middle or back office)
- Thorough understanding of operational processes and usage of major data users (portfolio management, middle office, risk, quant, compliance, financial controllers)
- Application experience in Aladdin, Adjuto
Behavioral Skills
- Very rigorous and strong organizational competencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills and good listening skills
- Ability to liaise with multiple internal and external parties
Education Level
Degree qualified in Business, Finance, Accounting or related discipline is preferable
Location: Chennai/ Mumbai
About BNP Paribas Group
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, 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, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
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