Sustainable Capital Markets Vice President

About The Job

• Within BNP Paribas CIB (Corporate Institutional Banking) FICC is a leading global franchise, servicing Institutional and Corporate clients, from credit origination and syndication to secondary market trading on credit, FX, rates and commodities in both developed and emerging markets. The Sustainable Capital Markets Execution team, a unified and integral part of FICC (Fixed Income, Credit, Commodities), specializes in execution of sustainable financing instruments (including sustainable bonds and loans).
• In addition, this team acts as a strategic expertise for sustainable finance. Their overarching goal is to foster sustainable financing, support the transition to a greener economy, and influence market evolution through thought leadership and active market engagement.

Your Main Activities Are

• Execution support – advanced level of expertise and execution excellence
  • Advise on and oversee transaction execution, by autonomously framing, designing and leading (as appropriate and supported by senior management) the delivery of sustainable finance mandates.
  • Perform analysis of the ESG profile and strategy of issuers/borrowers and key industry trends, and provide structuring recommendations based on findings.
  • Prepare high‑quality presentations to clients and proactively manage client ad‑hoc requests.
  • Keep abreast, analyse and summarise key sustainable finance market developments (e. g. best market practices, green taxonomies, sustainable finance regulatory environment, etc. ).
  • Continuously identify, propose, and implement innovative or alternative ideas and solutions to improve the team’s offering, to solve issues, and to develop new business.
• Knowledge & Data – ability to direct projects and provide supervision, as well as to share strategic insights from market data
  • Deepen knowledge on sustainable financing, compliance requirements and processes.
  • Collect, treat and analyse data for internal reporting (including growing / learning skills related to Dealogic and Bloomberg data sources).
  • Participate in writing of regular market knowledge / update pieces (including weekly newsletters).
• Internal Relationships – experience at managing internal relationships across different levels
  • Maintain open communication with all team members, including origination teams, as well as with direct line management, to resolve complex issues and ensure completion of all deliverables.
  • Support junior members of the team by leading in decision making and in problems solving requiring sophisticated analysis or experience. Act as a point of escalation for more junior staff.
  • Recognised as a thought leader with strong commercial awareness.
  • Be able to manage efficiently internal clients showing critical thinking and emotional intelligence, with active interactions with Capital Markets teams.
  • Raise awareness on sustainable finance with our business partners (notably Capital markets).
  • Oversee systematic follow‑ups on all action points within assigned task.
  • Assist strengthening the Portugal platform to ensure optimised set‑up and added value of the Sustainable Capital Markets Solutions team, and participate in local initiatives in alignment with reporting line.

Profile And Skills To Success

• Master degree in Economics, Finance and Accounting or Agriculture and Environmental Science.
• Between 5 and 7 years of professional experience in Financial Analysis and Advisory.
• Fluency in English both oral and written (mandatory).
• Expert knowledge in:
  • Financial markets – Structuring.
  • Sustainable Finance & Corporate Social Responsibility – Integration of ESG challenges.
  • Sustainable Finance & Corporate Social Responsibility – Transition towards Low Carbon Economy.
  • Data – Business Analytics.
  • Sustainable Finance & Corporate Social Responsibility – Sustainable Savings, investment and Financing.
  • Investment & Wholesale Banking – Debt Capital Market – Bonds.
  • Investment & Wholesale Banking – Debt Capital Market – Loans.
• Proficient in Office (Excel, Power
  Point).

About The Team

• Within BNP Paribas CIB (Corporate Institutional Banking) FICC, the Sustainable Capital Markets Execution team specializes in execution of sustainable financing instruments (including sustainable bonds and loans).

Equal Employment Opportunity

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity 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 strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.