About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group:

 BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business line/Function:

The Finance Solutions Office (FSO) in ISPL is in charge of providing the below services worldwide:

·       Steer the end-to-end implementation of Finance projects by responding to Business Line and F&S requirements in a timely manner

·       Implement and maintain a harmonized Finance operating model across the Group with a particular focus on the roll-out of One Financial System(OFS),cornerstone of the F&S strategy

Within the Finance Solutions Office, the Rollouts team is in charge of the following activities:

·       Drive the migration strategy globally to deploy One Financial System (OFS), along with the Finance Target Operating Model implementation worldwide, in full collaboration with ITG FRESH

·       Execute migration projects relying on a global Migration Competence Centre (MCC) and the regional set up in EMEA, APAC and Americas

·       Ensure Target Operating Model principles are applied and adapted when needed in the regions, in close collaboration with the Finance Academy

Job Title:

Business Analyst – FSO Rollouts

Date:

Department:

FSS – Finance solutions office

Location:

Business Line / Function:

Finance & Strategy - FSS

Reports to:

(Direct)

Team Lead – FSO FIP

Grade: 

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Within Finance Solutions Office (FSO), Oversight, Layer Expertise, Dedicated solutions team within rollouts is incharge of building various dedicated solutions to interface the Sub General Ledgers to the Target General Ledger (OFS) of the Bank.

This team is skilled in building solutions keeping both Financial accounting and Management accounting needs in mind to ensure the reporting needs are met through these dedicated solutions.

Responsibilities

•        The Business analyst will be in charge of building mappings and controls between the Sub GL accounts and the Target GL accounts through end to end analysis by responding to the various businesses and reporting requirements (Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Credit Risk, Liquidity etc.) 

•        Source and transform raw data and enable a good quality of reporting through these solutions.

•        Ensure a consistent approach for building respective Finance solutions across the regions and align to Group standard.

•        Understand the project and program objective and ensure all user requirements are properly captured

•        Carry out feasibility study, assess potential impact and define target solution

•        Explain the user requirements to FRESH/FIP and other teams for implementation

•        Define the appropriate testing strategy according to the nature of the project

•        Design test cases and ensure adequate testing is performed

•        Validate testing result by performing detailed checking of accounting entries and/ or reports and provide UAT sign-off on behalf of finance users

•        Drive and manage all stages in project life cycle, from project initialization to project closure

•        Develop project scope documentation, project plans and project schedules 

•        Continuously coordinate with IT and other finance users

•        Undertake risk analysis and proactively identify mitigating solutions

•        Timely track the progress of projects against agreed timeline and budget 

•        Arrange smooth go-live implementation and provide post go-live support

•        Present project status regularly to senior management

•        Build and maintain a trusted relationship with all project stakeholders across different functions (PMO, IT, finance users, operation teams)

•        Provide support in case of production incidents, including root cause identification and proposing solutions to resolve the issue in a timely manner

•        Be a centre of excellence and expertise for parameterization topics surrounding the General ledger setup for the dedicated solutions

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

At least 5 years of experience in Business Analysis and project management involving coordination in a complex organisational and multicultural environment with below skill sets:

·       Strong listening skills, strong interpersonal skills and a strong cross-functional cooperation between teams 

·       Rigorous and dynamic, you like human contact, work as a team and have an excellent organization ability

·       Knowledge of Banking and Financial services 

·       Good accounting knowledge of banking products/activity

·       Good communication (oral and written), organisation and documentation skills

·       Ability to adapt to change and proficient in problem solving.

·       Capability to work and interact with various people of different expertise and level.

·       Client oriented

·       Collaborative worker & team player

Specific Qualifications (if required)

n  5+ years of experience in Financial domain within Banking sector

n  Experience of working in Global work environment across cultures appreciated

n  Desktop office tools (Excel, Power Point, Teams, Word, Outlook) expertise

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Communication skills - oral & written

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to set up relevant performance indicators

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process 

Ability to develop and leverage networks

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

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Language: Fluent English, French is a plus