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About The Job

The Lisbon-based Structured Products Trainee is part of a global sales workforce in charge of selling Structured Products and Derivatives Products in particular to clients used to trade standardized products on a reverse inquiry mode. The mission is diverse from assisting and supporting the other front office members in their day-to-day activity to focusing on automation and transformation projects.

Your Main Activities Are

Pre-Trade Tasks

• Interact with Sales to finalize Clients’ on-boarding
• Prepare marketing documents/pitches/emails in coordination with the Sales
• Complete trade approval process with necessary channels prior to initiating trade

Post-Trade Tasks

Finalize booking of Traded deals 

Interact with all of the internal stakeholders and clients regarding any traded deal

Manage a database of trades in inventory

Digitalization / Transformation

• Continuously escalate feedback and improvement ideas to increase streamlining of the workflow
• Active contribution to the development of the Bank's tools to enhance pre-trade as well as post-trade processes and systems
•  Responsible for suggesting and driving digitalization projects and implementing them in the day to day
• Help Sales Processing Client’s requests about Structured Products and Derivatives
• Price (or liaise with Structuring to price) requested products

Profile and Skills to Success

• Engineering, Finance or Economics Bachelor Degree mandatory
• Interest in Financial Markets (with focus in Derivatives and Structured Products)
• Multi-tasking and methodological skills alongside high level of attention to detail
• Adaptability and Resilience
• Ability to develop and leverage internal networks
• Innovative mind-set, good communication skills, proactive attitude
• Excellent fluency in English 
• Computer skills: Office Suite / Coding skills like VBA & Python 

About the Team 

The team in Lisbon is organized in sub-scopes, each servicing different EQD Sales desks across the different geographies of the global EQD franchise. For this specific position, we are looking for someone that will work within the EMEA EQD Distribution Team covering primarily the UK Markets.

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Why joining BNP Paribas? 

· Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183.000 employees, including more than 146.000 in Europe.

· Our presence in Portugal

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8.700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centers providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

· International reach

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: 

• Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group’s retail activities and specialised business lines; 
• Investment & Protection Services that include specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services; 
• Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

· Diversity and Inclusion commitment

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.

· Commitment towards work/life balance

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and rest. We believe our employees have rich personal lives outside of work, being fundamental to be disconnected from work to recharge both physically and mentally. Only through this balance we may all be at our best while working.

· Remote Working Conditions

At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working modalities adapted to our hybrid working environment. To guarantee a comfortable and efficient working set-up, eligible employees are provided with both the office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional equipment at reduced prices. 

To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas visit https://bnpp.lk/why-BNP-Paribas-Portugal

* 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.