BNP Paribas - Assistant Vice President - Performance Management - Revenues - Finance Shared Services

Assistant Vice President - Performance Management - Revenues

BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com), is a European leader in global banking and financial services and is one of the strongest banks in the world. Headquartered in France, BNP Paribas has one of the largest international networks with operations in around 73 countries and 200,000 employees. Its two core businesses are:

- Corporate and Institutional Banking

- Retail Banking & Services

BNP Paribas India Solutions Pvt Ltd.

BNP Paribas India Solutions (BNPPISPL) is a global delivery centre for BNP Paribas Group, BNPPISPL provides IT Solutions, BPO and Knowledge Services to the international Corporate and Investment Banking business of BNP Paribas Group.

Location : Mumbai , Malad - E

Department - Finance Shared Services - Performance Management (PM)

Shift Timings, if any: Regular (General shift and EMEA during closing periods)

Job Purpose:

The jobholder will be responsible for local reporting by ensuring that all reports are accurate and completed on a timely basis. He/She will work to ensure the accuracy of transactional level details, calculates and reports cost of capital charged to investment-banking activities, and reports profitability at the customer, transaction, and deal levels.

All local reporting is performed in accordance with relevant and applicable instructions and requirements and within the deadlines set forth, with complete audit trail to follow.

The Jobholder is responsible for the day to day supervision and review of timely and accurate management accounting and reporting for regional (non-apac) revenue teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Assistance to Regional Performance Management team

- Perform adhoc management requests related to Performance Management function

- Assist the team in providing commentary and analysis on monthly Exco/Territory packs

- Ensuring quality and timely production of all PM deliverables, and complying with HO rules and guidelines

- Maintain good working relationship with Regional PM teams

- Take initiative on proposing efficient and automated process on all performance management functions

- Direct contribution to BNPP operational permanent framework

Management Accounting & Control Functions

- Perform local reporting (e.g. flash reporting, profitability reports by client for UK, Paris & NAR branches and subsidiaries, etc.)

- Enforce controls and ensure timely distribution / submission of accurate reports

- Perform sanity checks / high-level reviews of monthly and quarterly reports, raising questions to the senior reporting analysts for further investigation

Develop understanding of and keep current on the following:

- Head-office management reporting tools

- Head-office management reporting requirements and instructions

- Structure of the general ledgers to satisfy the team's reporting requirements

- Relevant reporting rules and requirements related to the report / phase under his responsibility

- Help ensure the control and integrity of data within the tools / systems under the team's responsibility

- Document and keep procedures for the production of all reporting tasks up-to-date

- Update and maintain static data (i.e. tables) for which the team is responsible

- Support the team's tools / databases, as well as its reporting templates / models and macros

Projects, Systems Support, Operational Process Improvements

- Participate in the upgrades / version releases of respective reporting tools, as well as system amendments / enhancements required to facilitate new / modified reporting requirements. In connection with this effort, assist in user acceptance testing and trouble-shooting after deployment.

- Help formulate system enhancements and operational process improvements in production, control procedures, and workflow organization to increase the team's efficiency and effectiveness. Also assist in integrating and streamlining the reports under the team's responsibility.

Candidate Requirements for the role:

Education Background: Chartered Accountant (preferred) or MBA with Experience

# years of experience: - Minimum 8 years of experience in a global financial services company.

- Prior accounting/audit, management reporting, or capital markets experience desirable.

- People management experience is mandatory

Technical knowledge & Skills:

- Excellent PC skills; ability to learn new systems data quickly (Excel)

- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts, and graphs)

- Working knowledge and understanding of Smartview/Essbase and MS Access desirable

Preferred Industry/ Domain experience:

- Finance Services experience

Behavioural Skills/ Competencies:

- Strong organizational and communication skills (both written and verbal)

- Self-starter and team player, able to work independently and collaboratively with various teams in a deadline-focused environment

- English fluent

- Good communication skill

- High comfort with working with numbers: rigor, analytical mindset, ability to interpret numbers and synthesize

- Strong sense of organization, ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

- Manages pressure and priorities during the closing process

- Team spirit

- Drive to actively propose improvements and implement initiatives

- Curiosity and open to other cultures

- Ability to work in a changing and moving environment