Job Description - Risk Analyst in Asset Management

Note to Hiring Manager: 

 In support of BNP Paribas APAC's Diversity Commitment, Hiring Managers are to consider at least 1 Asia Pacific national, 1 male and 1 female candidate for the position to be filled.

 Job Title:

 Assistant Manager 

 Date:

 20/05/2026

 Department:

 Investment Risk & Risk Investment Monitoring Control

 Location:

 Chennai

 Business Line / Function:

 BNPP AM - Investment Risk & Risk Investment Monitoring Control

 Reports to:

 (Direct)

 VP

 Grade: 

 (if applicable)

 Assistant Manager

 (Functional)

 Number of Direct Reports:

 NIL

 Directorship / Registration:

 Position Purpose

 Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the team's goal.

 The Manager, Investment Risk will report locally to ISPL Management and functionally on the deliverables to Beneficiary location Managers.  The Investment Risk team is in charge of the definition of a risks monitoring policy relevant with the investment constraints defined for each fund, in respect with the local regulatory requirements and the retained risk profile, in accordance with the BNPP AM Risk Management policy, and notable:

 * During the fund's management period: 

 * Regularly verify ex-post the evolution of portfolios and be attentive to any poor performances with regards to the fund management guidelines and to the market fluctuations.
 * Apply ex-ante simulations, such as VaR & TE, stress tests calculations, while ensuring that they respect the set of fund's guidelines, which they are subject to. Be reactive and liaise with portfolio manager to take possible corrective actions, escalating breaches as required.
 * Pay particular attention to liquidity constraints by analysing current market and environmental conditions on this matter.

 * Globally, each market RISK manager has to participate to the production of an independent and exhaustive reporting of investment risk indicators, specifically:

 * Develop and coordinate the building of a RISK dashboard enabling to collect all risk measures, including risk indicators required by regulators (UCITS and AIFM statements).
 * Where necessary, inform and escalate sensitive breaches or concerns to the Fund Management and RISK hierarchy.
 * Follow-up corrective actions plan.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

 Position with the BNPP Asset Management Risks teams, independent teams from the asset management teams, reporting to the Manager in charge of monitoring investment risks for Europe and the USA.

 The Risk analyst's main mission is to prepare and make available the internal and regulatory reporting for the Risk Managers on the whole scope of investment activities for BNPP AM

Contributing Responsibilities

 His / Her main activities can be described as follows : 

 * Prepare and make available internal and regulatory reporting for the Risk Managers : Data feeding and formatting, including management of technical tools and data

 His / Her main tasks can be described as follows : 

 * Breach monitoring and management (daily)
 * Receive the automated breach report.
 * Analysis of the report (real, technical,) and preparation of a breach dashboard for the RMs per investment team
 * Write initial comments on the dashboard
 * Send the dashboard with comments to the RMs for action

 * Ensure risk profile alignment :
 * Receive the daily internal alerts monitoring report
 * Analysis of the report (real, technical,) and preparation of an internal alerts monitoring report for the RMs per investment team
 * Write initial comments on the dashboard
 * Send the dashboard with comments to the RMs for their activity and potential interaction with PMs

 * Run report per team (include managing the tools and controlling)
 * Twice a month preparing a dashboard with CRGE/Aladdin as basis with the relevant risk indicators per investment team
 * Write initial comments on the dashboard
 * Provide it to the RMs

* Participation to reporting on breaches/others for regulators
 * Preparing and putting together the required information for reports on breaches for regulators and/or dashboard for senior management

 * Solving technical issues / data issues : 
 * Analysing and participating to solve all technical issues arising in CRGE/Aladdin during the processes described above

 * Coordination of the European regulatory reporting (AIFM/UCITS)
 * Preparing the required information for the AIFM and UCITS reporting based on CRGE/Aladdin data
 * Analysing the quality of information downloaded
 * Submitting the pre-report to the RMs for control
 * Taking the RMs' comments into account
 * Sending the initial report to Reporting Team
 * Taking the Reporting Team's comments into account
 * Final version of the reporting

 * Risk Investment Constraint Analyst

 * Perform Investment guidelines monitoring activities, ensuring that portfolios under scope compliant with the applicable restrictions at all times
* Analyze potential post-trade breaches alerts, qualify them (active/passive) and liaise with Investment Risk to get clarifications/confirmation in case of doubt
 * To achieve the post-trade controls, complementary steps are necessary to be executed on top of rule & constraints implementation in Aladdin:

 1.       Execute Manual Control

 2.       Implement Exclusion lists: Client exclusion lists,  liaise with Client service

3. Reconciliation of rule/constraints implemented in Aladdin with RUBIC tool (AM rule /constraints repository)

 4.       Prepare Client reporting

People Responsibilities ( as team player)

   Ensure along with the team and managers, a conducive work environment for a healthy working atmosphere in a competitive environment.

   Together with their managers, contribute towards Upskilling team member's basis the skill matrix and PDP follow through.

   Fair dealing with staff members, stakeholders and managers, on day to day business deliverables and ensure administrative aspects are totally intact as a valuable team player. 

 Technical & Behavioral Competencies

 * Business and/or Technical skills
 * Knowledge of market risks (including liquidity & credit risks), in a technical and quantitative environment
 * Knowledge of financial instruments (cash & derivatives)
 * Data management, including analysis and data quality management
 * Reporting and dashboard (feeding, formatting, etc.)

 * Soft and/or Transversal skills
 * Strong ability to collaborate
 * Strong analytical skills
 * Ability to manager risks
 * Rigour and synthesis ability
 * Good communication (written and oral)
 * Ability to notify alerts to management when needed

 Specific Qualifications (if required)

 Skills Referential                                                                  

 Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

 Decision Making

 Ability to deliver / Results driven

 Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

 Critical thinking

 Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

 Ability to understand, explain and support change

 Ability to develop and adapt a process 

 Ability to set up relevant performance indicators

 Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training

 Analytical Ability

 Education Level: 

  Master Degree or equivalent

 Experience Level

 At least 5 years

 Other/Specific Qualifications (if required).

 Audit background will be an added advantage. CA/CWA inter / is an added advantage