BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and a key player in international banking. We operate in 65 countries and employ 190,000 people, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. Our Group holds key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; Investment & Protection Services; and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) for corporate and institutional clients.

Company purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work

• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact

• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business area

Global Markets (GM) IT DEC ETD Clearing Risk & Margin Development consists of approximately 15 people spread between multiple regions, developing software to support systems for Clearing Risk and Margin Teams for Global Markets. Within the GM IT Clearing Risk & Margin Development, we operate a hybrid platform of Vendor and BNP suite of applications.

Job purpose 

Purpose:  Lead a Global Markets (GM) IT Clearing Risk & Margin Development Team

Scope:  The role is to manage a Global Markets (GM) IT Clearing, Risk & Margin Development Team. 

The remit of the team is to optimize processes and technology solutions in order to enable the business target operating model.

Key responsibilities

Business and functional area:

• Manage a Global Markets (GM) IT Clearing Risk & Margin Development Team, where resources will be located globally.
• Establish strong partnership across central and region, and with various stakeholders (Business, Operations, etc).
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize processes and technology solutions, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Develop and implement a technology strategy aligned with business objectives to enhance Clearing Risk & Margin capabilities and drive efficiency.
• Understand the business vision and contribute to the business target operating model.
• Globally align IT Priorities with Business & Operations stakeholders.
• Contribute to the prioritization of business requirements.
• Communicate and translate expectations to the team.
• Evaluate and manage relationships with technology vendors to ensure the successful implementation and integration of third-party solutions.

Leading with Technology

• Promoter of practical-based approach to Design for Testability, Design for low touch support, Automated Testing, CI/CD and Automated Deployments.
• Responsible for appropriate governance providing up-to-date visibility to sponsors and team.
• Ensure appropriate levels of ownership within the team by aligning with global stream leads.
• Ensure that staffing is aligned with capability and capacity needs in-line with tech strategy.
• Manage delivery risks proactively and ensure there is appropriate distribution of activities between the locations.
• Lead end-to-end development of features, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Ensure appropriate collaboration and facilitate relevant support efficiently with relevant IT teams specifically Production Support (APS)
• Contribute to organization wide activities and work with all stakeholders wider GM IT 

Team management

• Steer, supervise and delegate the teams' everyday work across regions ensuring maximum team utilization & productivity.
• Mentor and guide engineers, driving technical excellence and ensuring best practices across the team.
• Maintain an effective workforce and manage attrition risks.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and build in culture of continuous improvement in the team.
• People Development: career progression, talent development, upskilling, follow mobility and training process guidelines, support and coach team leads, succession planning.

Requirements

Essential

• Strong experience in technology roles across the Financial Services industry.
• Strong technical expertise in software development, database management, and enterprise systems architecture, with proficiency in object oriented programming languages such as Java.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and drive innovation in technology solutions for Clearing Risk & Margin.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, with a proven track-record of liaising between Business / Operations teams and IT developers to solve complex business problems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written with experience in leading cross-functional workshops.
• Experience of working under a formal project process methodology and co-ordinating activities within an enterprise environment.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Naturally results orientated, self-starter that can operate independently as required.
• Business oriented, positive, resilient, full of stamina with a clear focus on delivery.
• Experience working with distributed teams including in-house and offshore development teams.
• Ability to build long-term relationships with developers, business, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrable understanding of having supported requirements definition in Agile / DevOps environments (or similar).
• Project leadership skills and experience in validating complex flows distributed across the full value chain.

Preferred

• Experience with Risk & Margin processes, systems and tools
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry best practices related to Clearing Risk & Margin processing.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.

• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.

• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.

• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.

• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.  

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally. 

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.

• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal opportunities 

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

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