Drafting & Matching Analyst

Overview

The Documentation Drafting and Matching Analyst is responsible for ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the risk undertaken by the business lines. A wide range of products are traded by the Trading desk including Options, Swaps, Forwards, within Oil, Metals, Softs, Energy, Power and Gas and Equities. The Documentation team’s primary function is to support the Trading and Sales desks through the drafting of OTC Physical confirmations for mainly all trades dealt with counterparties.

The team performs a critical control role in the timely reconciliation of bookings with the confirmation and term sheet. The team is also responsible for notifying all post trade events with clients. The team ensures that all issues are controlled, reported and fixed by working closely with traders, salespeople, strategists, IT and Legal, Credit and Compliance. The team is involved in process improvements with special focus on STP processing and management of risk and controls, new product initiatives and development of new business in all regions.

Your Main Activities Are

• Draft legal confirmations based on ISDA definitions for all products including Swaps, Forwards, Options and Hybrid Strategies
• Trade review of risk booking and term sheets to ensure that they are in line prior to sending the documentation to clients
• Monitor workflows to ensure the confirmations are prioritised accordingly and ensure the timely dispatch of confirmations
• Meet regulators timelines targets
• Issue post trade events notifications to clients such as exercises, restructures and partial or total terminations
• Direct point of escalation internally on documentation / template queries
• Daily liaison with customers on discrepancies and assist in redrafting confirmations to meet their needs
• Solve discrepancies on incoming confirmations and manage litigations or affirmations requests from clients
• Ensure the correct working of the matching electronic platforms
• Maintain effective working relationships with Front office Trading and Sales, Legal, Compliance, IT and other Operational areas in London, Paris, Montreal, Singapore and globally through daily interactions

Profile And Skills To Success

• Bachelors Degree in Economics, Finance and/or Accounting
• Proficiency in MS Office Pack Microsoft Excel
• Fluent in English, verbal and written
• Teamwork and ability to collaborate
• Attention to detail
• Good organisational skills
• Client focused
• Adaptability
• Critical thinking

Why joining BNP Paribas?

• Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183, 000 employees, including more than 146, 000 in Europe.

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8, 700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centres providing
- added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: Retail Banking; Investment & Protection Services; and Corporate & Institutional Banking. The Group is committed to diversity and inclusion and to providing equal employment opportunities to all job seekers. We are actively 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/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity.

We also support work/life balance and offer remote working options under our Smart Working framework where applicable.