What is this position about?

To support the growth of the Private Capital Business in Asia Pacific and meet the region’s evolving GP/LP client needs both effectively and efficiently, we are adding a Business Solution Design (BSD) Officer to the Business Change Management (BCM) team dedicated to Private Capital in Asia Pacific (APAC). 

You will be instrumental in shaping and delivering Private‑Capital business solutions, whether you lead the end‑to‑end implementation, oversee projects in close partnership with the central team, or co‑design them alongside subject‑matter experts.

Our mission is to make meaningful business changes and transformations, for implementing a more competitive, sustainable and scalable service offering for Private Capital in APAC region aligned with the constant evolution of the asset class and expectations of both GPs & LPs.

At high-level, the BSD Officer’s mandate is three-fold:

-    Design, prototype and deploy business-driven tools that address day-to-day operation needs with a scalable & sustainable business model 

-    contribute to the development and the maintenance of our tools, in particular our in-house Python library which is aiming at fostering innovative Clients solutions and relieving our operational teams from manual tasks

-    Serve as the liaison between the franchise and the bank’s central technology hubs for any Intelligent Automation (AI, LLM & RPA) capabilities as well as low-code workflow platforms to be leveraged/enhanced for the regional business needs

The position sits at the intersection of business, technology and product strategy, working side‑by‑side with a diverse BCM team whose other team members specialize in System Expertise & Support for the Business, Business Change Roadmap Delivery and Digital Portal Client Onboarding Correspondence. Together, this multidisciplinary team drives the franchise’s transformation with the BSD Officer concentrates on the technical solution‑design, automation and scalability.

What would be your typical day at BNPP Paribas look like? 

You will need to work closely with the Private Capital business teams in various locations in APAC, including operation teams and product solution teams. You will need to understand the business, including: Fund Administration, Loan Administration, Investor Services, encompassing all Private Capital strategies including: Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure and Real Estate.

CORE BCM RESPONSIBILITIES 

•    Manage daily progress and ensure proper project management, priortisation & status update being understandable at regional management level

•    Cultivate relationship between Operations, Products, Central Hubs

•    Update and maintain clear tool register, and user guides & other referential and to implement and embed the changes cross APAC locations

•    Organise and facilitate workshops cross APAC locations when needed

BUSINESS SOLUTION DESIGN & DELIVERY 

•    Work closely with APAC Locations business team to manage business solution from analysis to deployment and support their operational readiness journey

•    Collaborate with other locations’ Solution Design equivalent teams for PC global framework and consistency of the Global Operating Model capacity worldwide

•    Support the development and maintenance of in-house Python Library 

CO-DESIGN LLM-POWERED SOLUTIONS WITH OPERATIONS

•    Act as a catalyst to embed such solutions in operation

•    Contribute and Maintain PC Prompt Library 

What is required for you to succeed?

EXPERIENCE

•    Relevant experience in the Private Capital Funds industry is a strong plus

•    Experience in Business Change or Project Management is a plus

EDUCATION 

•    Bachelor Degree in software engineering or equivalent

TECHNICAL SKILLS

•    Object-Oriented Programming

•    Good knowledge of Python (including popular libraries such as Panda, Numpy…) and willingness to develop your programming skills in that language

•    Python releases and versioning management is a strong plus 

•    Excel, including complex formulas and/or VBA

•    Gitlab, Django or similar a plus

•    Powerpoint, Power BI, Html, Javascript, CSS and relational-databases (inc. SQL) are a plus

•    Knowledge of eFront Invest software is a plus

TRANSVERSAL SKILLS

•    You are detail oriented, analytical, and inquisitive

•    You have strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach

•    You are able to work well both as an individual and part of a team

•    You are able to multi-tasking

•    You are able to understand, explain and support change

•    You manage / facilitate a meeting, a demo or a training for internal and external audience

BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS

•    Ability to collaborate/Teamwork

•    Personal Impact/Ability to influence

•    Attention to detail/rigor

•    Organisational skills

•    Ability to deliver/Results driven

•    Communication skills - oral & written

•    Client focused

•    Ability to share/pass on knowledge

•    Ability to synthetize/simplify

•    Critical thinking

•    Creativity & Innovation/Problem solving

LANGUAGE SKILLS

•    You are fluent in English

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

•    BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

•    BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

•    Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

•    BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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