GROUP BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 65 countries and has almost 190,000 employees. BNP Paribas organizes its businesses into three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS), Investment & Protection Services (IPS) and Corporate Institutional Banking (CIB). The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporate and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection.

Various bodies rank BNP Paribas, high in terms of attractiveness and being a “good place to work”. The Group has once again been named a “Top Employer Europe” for 2022. It was singled out in particular for its diversity, inclusion, career development possibilities and well-being.

About Business line/Function

The Finance & Strategy function (F&S) ensures, for the BNP Paribas Group, the production and publication of accounting and financial management statements necessary for the management of the Group, financial and tax optimization along with the external growth strategy. It also plays an alert role vis-à-vis of the General Management.

F&S count +1800 employees specialized in Accounting, Reporting, Performance Steering, Tax, Control, Regulatory and Project to mention few of them.  F&S is organized around 3 mutualized regional platform (America, Europe and Asia/Pacific), 1 Shared Finance Service center located in India, Central F&S teams located in Paris and decentralized Finance, Tax and Development departments located in each BNPP country presence.

Infinity Finance HUB

The Infinity EMEA Finance & Strategy Platform is the Regional EMEA Mutualized platform and Group platform delivering services that covers the whole financial dimension: Accounting production activities, reporting, control, transformation projects, IT and GDO. Our platform serves EMEA Countries and CFO´s, Group Head Office and also worldwide entities when it refers to projects (Transformations & IT). The Infinity EMEA Finance & Strategy Platform is located in a dual location Madrid and Lisbon

ABOUT THE JOB

Position Purpose

• The team member will be responsible of ensuring the quality of the reporting of Inter-company operations of BNP Paribas group entities towards the elaboration of the Group Consolidated Financial Statements.
• This implies his / her collaboration on supporting the Regional and Corporate Fronting teams for the preparation of the closings, implementing and monitoring transversal controls at global level, investigating complex transactions from financial / reporting perspective, analyzing the data reported by the sites through financial reports, and synthetizing the results of the controls and the performance through various indicators.

Responsibilities

• The main responsibilities are the ones listed below:

o   Internal reporting production, analysis and validation on reconciliation of Inter-company operations on Profit & Loss, Balance sheet and Off-Balance sheet,

o   coordination with different stakeholders as Regional Finances, Core Business teams, Norms, and Core Systems departments,

o   for audit purposes, substantiate and obtain the evidences on justifications of Inter-company reconciliation & consolidated adjustments,

o   report on quarterly basis the Hedging Efficiencies and semi-annual basis Related Parties transactions for Group consolidated financial statements,

o   gain deep knowledge, implement and provide trainings to different stakeholders on Banking products,

o   minimization of operational risks through continues process improvements by applying new controls and system adaptation and producing the key performance indicators of Regional teams,

o   coordination and contribution to ad hoc analysis and management reports,

o   promotion of efficiency through re-engineering and re-aligning process with automation,

o   be resilient to evolving environment of function and organization.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Essential specific requirements

o   In-depth knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, IFRS, banking regulation, tax and accounting rules.

o   Strong understanding of transactions from accounting and finance perspective.

o   Knowledge on IFRS9 about classification and measurement of the financial products, impairment and hedging.

o   High knowledge on MS Office.

o   Excellent Excel skills (including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF). Knowledge of Macros/ Tableau/ Alteryx / Power BI is a plus.

o   Ability to learn new systems quickly.

Skills and behaviours

o   Maturity, professional standing, strong interpersonal communication skills and presentation skills.

o   Solutions-oriented thinker who is able to generate creative ideas.

o   Ability to work under pressure, within tight deadlines and with complex requirements from Head office Management, Regulators and Auditors.

o   Ability to work collaboratively with relevant teams.

o   Strong planning and organizational skills

o   Ability to be autonomous.

o   Understanding of system requirements and capabilities to ensure appropriate controls and operational processes.

o   Ability to work with remote locations.

Specific Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, IFRS, banking regulation, Group instructions and accounting rules
• Strong knowledge on IFRS9 about classification and measurement of the financial products, impairment
• Strong understanding of transactions from finance / accounting perspective
• High knowledge on MS Office
• Excellent Excel skills (including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF)
• Adaptability : ability to learn new systems or processes quickly

Training and occupational experience

• Masters on Finance / Audit / Accounting in business school or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years of experience in at least one of the following business disciplines preferably within a banking company / audit firm: financial or regulatory reporting, audit (internal or external), internal control, financial planning and analysis, financial accounting
• Advanced level in English, French is a plus

Skills Referential

• Behavioural Skill
  • Communication skills - oral & written
  • Decision Making
  • Adaptability
  • Critical thinking 
• Transversal Skills
  • Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution
  • Ability to develop and adapt a process
  • Analytical Ability
  • Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training
  • Ability to understand, explain and support change

BENEFITS

• Training programs
• Career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries
• Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity)
• Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities
• Flexible compensation plan
• Hybrid telecommuting model (50%)
• 32 vacation days

Diversity and inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas Group in Spain 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.