Trade Support Analyst Lisboa

About The Job

EQFI trade support team is the first level of trading control, highly driven to mitigate operational risk. Within Global Market Operations and working with desks across the world – New-York, London, Tokyo, Hong-Kong, Paris and Lisbon, EQFI is the trade Support for London and Paris trading desks in which concerns the equity financing scope. Our mission is to maintain the operational risk at the lowest level taking in consideration a mindset oriented to the client’s satisfaction externally and internally. The main target is to guaranty to trading the accuracy of their position, their transactions and events on the products hold in their books and by the bank

• Manage the trade processing for Forward Trading activities
• Ensure that input and validation of trades in the
  - house booking systems is accurate
• Ensure the integrity of the data that makes up the traders positions
• Respond to internal and external client queries and ensure that all FO/sales trades are correctly booked in the system, and settled correctly in a timely manner
• Drive process improvement

EQFI is responsible to assist to solve any PNL / PCA / BO issue. All the requests must be considered from a critical angle, considering the fact that they will impact the position in place. Any modification or cancellation of a transaction beyond T + 2 - on the initiative of a trader or other teams - must be duly explained in writing and the trader's management must be informed. Trade Support should at all times exercise a critical sense of the explanations provided.

• Minimize operational risks and fraud risks by putting in place the regular and sufficient controls inherent to its position (reporting to relevant teams when needed)
• Escalate to management, Front Office and / or Permanent Control (OPC) team the problems identified
• Contribute to the BNP Paribas operational permanent control framework

Your Main Activities Are

• Manage the trade processing for Forward Trading activities
• Ensure / guarantee trading correct positions by comparing the booking of primary transactions in the Front office systems versus Term-sheets coming from several sources
• Detect and solve discrepancies between FO booking and the
  - sheets
• Enter and monitor secondary transactions initiated by Sales and Trading teams
• Monitor, follow up, track events on the transactions of London and Paris FO trades (impact of corporate actions, expiry, etc. )
• Perform the reconciliations in place in order to ensure correct and accurate information among systems
• Check for 871M eligibility in OTC derivatives
• Promote efficient dialogue / discussion between Front Office and Back Office in order to solve the existent breaks
• Ensure / guarantee trading correct positions working closely with P&L and PCA teams
• Respond to internal client queries and ensure that all sales trades are correctly booked in the system, and settled correctly in a timely manner
• Organise, run and improve processes for Forward Trading on all the products traded within those book

Profile And Skills To Success

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting or Business Management
• Up to 2 years of experience in Banking and Financial Operations
• Fluency in English
• Proficiency in Financial Software Power
• Knowledge in Operations and Processes, namely middle office operations and transaction processing and data capture
• Ability to collaborate with others and good communicational skills, both oral and written
• Critical thinking and ability to deliver

Why joining BNP Paribas?

Leading banking institution, leading player in banking and financial services in Europe, BNP Paribas operates in 64 countries and has nearly 178, 000 employees, including more than 144, 000 in Europe

• International reach: The Group holds key positions in several areas of banking and financial services that are structured around three operating divisions: Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS), Investment & Protection Services (IPS)
• Diversity and Inclusion commitment: BNP Paribas ´ambition Is To Cultivate An Open And Responsive Environment For All That Encourages Collaboration And Interaction
• Remote Working Conditions: At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration
• Commitment towards work/life balance: Supporting employees in a hybrid way of working while providing them with the means to maintain a
  - life balance is an essential dimension of our Smart Working program

Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered. In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process