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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 24×7 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:

Quality & Efficiency – Accounts Payable Operating Platform:

Strong presence across the globe with a proven track record of delivering quality service, within the expected Turn Around Time (TAT) and with ability to challenge Status Quo and share Best Practices. Core activities include processing of Vendor invoices, Employee claims, Intercompany Invoicing, Procurements, Vendor/Employee set-up, Accrual Management & Application support.

Job Title:

Associate Level 1/SA – Accounts Payable

Date:

Department:

Accounts Payable

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

CIB ITO

Reports to:

(Direct)

Manager

Grade:

(if applicable)

Associate L1

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

Manage the company’s Accounts Payable invoice and employee claims approval workflow to ensure invoices and employee claims are properly coded, routed to approvers, and timely paid.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

1. Able to process expense claims or invoices as per given process with high accuracy & TAT.

2. Identify process risk & provide desire solutions to mitigate the risk.

3. Manage client’s query & provide them solutions to their issues

4. Ability to think creatively on process improvements.

5. Knowledge of accounting & SAP will be an added advantage

6. Good analytical skills, Tax booking, GL Processing & reconciliation, Month end closing.

7. Knowledge of Employee claims processing.

Contributing Responsibilities

· Willingness to take initiatives and take ownership of work

· Ability to think creatively on process improvements

· Flexible to work in shift

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Good knowledge of excel
Strong accounting skill
Prior experience in SAP, Concur or any other ERP systems
Comfortable with basic office tools (MS Word, Outlook)

Specific Qualifications (if required)

– B.Com

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Communication skills – oral & written

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Adaptability

Choose an item.

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to manage a project

Choose an item.

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 3 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

FSS – Accounting Control – Data Trace and Control

Location: India (APAC)

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

About Business line/Function:

The Intermediate Holding Company (“IHC”) program, structured at the U.S. level across poles of activities of BNP Paribas provides guidance, supports the analysis, impact assessment and drives adjustments of the U.S. platform’s operating model due to the drastic changes introduced by the Enhanced Prudential Standards (“EPS”) for Foreign Banking Organizations (“FBOs”) finalized by the Federal Reserve in February 2014, implementing Section 165 of U.S. Dodd-Frank Act.

The Accounting Control Department is a transversal function within CIB Finance whose primary roles are:

· to develop and implement a strong accounting control framework for CIB Banking and non-Banking entities

· to perform 2nd level of controls for controls primary run by other Finance and non-Finance teams

· to report on main controls areas, for both local and central needs and requirements.

· to perform risk-based control over the data driven regulatory compliance efforts, aiming at ensuring that initial and continued compliance is reached

· to test Information Technology (IT) based general and automated controls, implemented across multiple banking applications.

· to collaborate with external auditors for validation of IT controls

The Department is responsible for ensuring compliance with Group and CIB Head Office controls guidelines and expanding to adapt with an ever-changing Control environment. In this perspective, the Group is taking additional responsibilities to look after control for local regulatory reporting (FED/FINRA/SEC) under US GAAP.

The Group works closely with not only Finance and Tax department but with other functions of CIB NA to provide value added analysis and advisory services to its clients in the areas of accounting and data control.

Job Title:

Data Trace and Control – Associate

Date:

15/01/2025

Department:

Financial Shared Services

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

Accounting Control

Reports to:

(Direct)

AVP – Data Trace and Control

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

The person will be responsible for supporting the Data Trace (DT) and Data Control (DC) processes. The DT process is a risk-based control over the data driven regulatory compliance efforts, aiming at ensuring that initial and continued compliance is reached. DC process requires analyzing results and findings from the various processes, to be reported to the CDO and other key member of executive management. Both these processes involve coordination with other teams such as Regulatory reporting, Finance, Client management and other IT departments. Coordination with Data Stewards is also required. Testing done is submitted to external auditor/ Regulator / Internal audit function for validation.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Data Trace

Maintain knowledge on the assigned regulatory report(s) with regards to changes in requirements, instructions, frequently asked questions, industry approaches and other sources of information on how to practically conduct analysis of reports in adherence to regulatory expectations
Analyze source documents for correctness, provide reporting (throughout the process) and ending with a final assessment.
Carry out tasks necessary to deliver data trace on agreed upon scope of work by coordinating with the relevant IT and non-IT stakeholders either autonomously or as part of an assignment team. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating data extractions, coordinating process reviews, coordinating requirements reviews with subject matter experts, comparing with sources of authority and other available internal and external baselines
Perform criticality assessment of findings in view of enabling prioritization of their review and possible remediation actions launch by the relevant team(s)
Log findings and document assignment report and associated delivery materials
Monitor resolution of findings for performed reviews
Maintain knowledge on the assigned regulatory report(s) with regards to changes in requirements, instructions, frequently asked questions, industry approaches and other sources of information on how to practically deliver reports in adherence to regulatory expectations
Understand the instruction sheet published by US Fed
Audit regulatory reports to source documents, evaluating data transformations to various source systems and sub-systems
Have a clear understanding about the type of product he/she is working on.

Data Control

Collaborate with key stakeholders (data stewards, business owners, data owners & process owners) in each line of business to get detailed documentation that will assist in reviewing the report.
Support the deployment of the Data Controls framework across reporting, platforms and geographies in scope
Propose enhancements to the framework and prepare business case for sponsoring these improvements
Perform risk assessment of data flows, identify gaps in controls and establish a process for the stakeholders to address the gaps
Carry out tasks necessary to deliver the Data Quality Improvement by coordinating with the relevant IT and non-IT stakeholders either autonomously or as part of an assignment team. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating process reviews and coordinating requirements reviews with subject matter experts.
Liaise with Business, IT and other stakeholders to maintain/expand risk and control matrix as well as the control inventory

Contributing Responsibilities

Coordinate with onshore team for maintaining key tools used in BAU, metrics, and dashboards.
Ensure the production of the set of Key Performance Indicators for the team defined by management

· Develop and maintain knowledge on the BCBS239 guidance so as to constantly adjust, as relevant, your activities to the approach promoted by the Group

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Good organizational and interpersonal skills
Attention to detail and the ability to work with a distributed multinational and multicultural team
A self-starter who can take the process a level ahead and have the ability to think out of the box, suggest changes and challenge status quo.
Ask questions and understand the larger picture for the tasks assigned.
Display a sense of curiosity, enthusiasm and eagerness to understand business constraints, environment and impact on regulation for the financial industry.
Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
Excellent organization, analytical and time management skills.
Initiative, autonomy, self-motivated, self-starter
Extremely well organized and able to ensure adherence to a strict process
Flexible in a dynamic and evolving environment
Develops open, considerate and effective relationships with stakeholders
Experience working successfully in a multicultural environment
Ability to work under pressure and creatively address various topics on-hand

· Effectively conveys the message in both written and verbal business development discussions

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Accounting degree with exposure of System audit

– MBA/CA or other professional degree in Finance & Banking.

· Minimum 3 years of experience in the Financial Services sector

Experience in Internal audit will be useful
Big4 Audit firm experience will be preferred
Experience of working in end-to-end US Fed regulatory reports like, 5G Liquidity, LCR, NSFR, RWA, Risk, CCAR, IHC FRY9C, FFIEC002 reports etc.
Have conceptual understanding of all or any of the domains like Risk, Finance, Global Markets, Securities Referential, Counterparty Referential, Corporate Banking, etc.
Good understanding of financial products like capital markets, derivatives, loans, equities, bonds, deposits, CD’s, various other securities etc.
Able to summarize critical issues in commentary format along with charts, bar or pie diagrams and able to generate status report for senior and executive management group.
Identify risk in process and propose / implement controls.

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Communication skills – oral & written

Client focused

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Choose an item.

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 3 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

About Business line/Function:

Performance Steering within Finance Shared Services is responsible for internal management reporting, providing financial insights to CIB management, Business Lines and Functions. The team provides services such as:

Management Accounting for Revenue and Expenses
Management Reporting
Budget and Forecast Support
Management Accounting System Administration
Reconciliation of Management and Financial Accounting

Job Title:

Manager

Date:

Department:

FS P&L SMR

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

CIB Finance

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

The jobholder will be a part of the Strategic Monitoring & Reporting team (SMR) with global mission to monitor and foster performance at group & division level for CIB. The role will require the candidate to act as business partner for business divisions and business lines and support the business strategic steering. The candidate will produce performance management reports with various indicators to support analysis and steering business performance. The candidate will also work on the closing process supporting business finance teams in respect of group instructions/processes.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Monitoring & Fostering Performance by

· Continuous monitoring of financials (results, costs, capital, balance sheet & liquidity) of the business lines

· Extensive analysis of Costs, intercompany transactions by business line, nature, & country for understanding the key drives by closely coordinating with the management accounting, business and other performance steering teams.

· Contributing to timely and accurate financial communications which will require preparation of standard and ad hoc Management reports for Costs, Headcount and Inter company details by business lines.

· Business partnering with key stakeholders on a regular basis & monthly review with senior management to discuss business performance

· Managing ad hoc reporting needs, will be a key part of the profile along with standard deliverables for senior management reports for Flash & Actuals (monthly), Forecasting (quarterly) and Budgeting (annual)

· Alerting the CFOs in case of any issues/challenges

· Setting financial goals which will involve participation in defining the divisions’ strategic goals and priorities

· Performing and reviewing the Budget and Planning exercises with business/CFOs

· Promoting and implementation of Finance projects (new systems, procedures, standards/regulations)

Contributing Responsibilities

· Performing and ensuring robust operational controls are applied in line with the Group requirement

· Continuously striving to identify improvement opportunities to improve efficiency & effectiveness

· Drive to value-add with enhanced analysis and commentaries for steering performance

· Participating and leading projects, initiatives, projects, system changes/upgrades

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

· Relevant experience in a similar role, preferably in banking or global financial services company

· Sound knowledge of Banking and Corporate Banking business & products

· Knowledge of management accounting concepts

· Understanding of NPL, RWA, Liquidity topics will be good to have

· Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel

(Formulae, pivot tables, charts, graphs, power query, etc.)

· Good working knowledge of MS Power Point

· Excellent PC skills, ability to learn new systems quickly

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Qualified CA with between 8-10 years of experience

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Communication skills – oral & written

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Critical thinking

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process

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

Education Level:

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

Beginner

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

About Business line/Function:

The Subject Matter Stream is primarily responsible for month end closing along with providing oversight and control over day-to-day transactions, operations and activities, including variation analysis from transactions from various activities including Global Market, Global banking activities and Financing activities.

Job Title:

Assistant Manager, Lead – Interco

Date:

2025

Department:

Subject Matter Streams

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

Finance Shared Services

Reports to:

(Direct)

VP – SMS – Interco

Grade:

(if applicable)

–

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

The main responsibility of the Subject Matter Stream (SMS) Intragroup is to ensure the accuracy of the financial and management accounting ledgers in line with the Group accounting policies and norms across various entities

•Support the Intercompany Regional competence center stream lead.

•Be an expert on products, tools and accounting schema, Intercompany processes as per Subject Matter Stream Target Operating Model and ensure these processes are followed and documented

Drive timely and accurate closing of financial and management accounting in line with Group standards and guidelines

Direct Responsibilities

• Perform the Regional competence center Intercompany Processes along with supporting the head

• Drive the production of the Financial and Management accounting for a business unit (entity or business line)

• Build the coordination and governance between Platforms and Regional Finance teams for efficient delivery and optimal set up

• Engage with the Finance Controllers to discuss financial and management accounting results, trend and variances

• Promote the OFS processes and usages from the financial and management accounting, controls and reporting perspective, in close coherence with the F&S practice

• Prepare the Standard Operating Processes (SOP’s) for productions teams to follow in the target operating model

• Perform account activity/ ledgers for accuracy of financial data and drive timely and accurate inter-company reconciliations

• Build a strong control environment as defined by the BNP Paribas Standard Accounting Control Plan and ensure a strong level 1 control framework

• Engage with External Audit, Regulators and internal control teams and drive the resolution of their queries

•Execute the BCM responsibilities for respective team/business:

•Define and implement proper permanent controls on BCP activities on their scope.

Quarter Ends:

-Perform Intercompany reconciliation and analyze Gaps to maintain within Threshold

– Analyze BC150 posting to see if the same is relevant and make necessary amendments

-Timely communication with all the stakeholders

-Ensure deadlines are followed

– Monitor Team deliverables

– Manage audit requests from External Audit, Regulators and internal control teams.

Interclosing:

-To solve open breaks during closing

-To perform interclosing for month ends

– To look for permanent solution for interco breaks

– To analyze and delete BC150

Generic:

-Support and manage the Interco team in day-to-day activities

-Serve as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders on operational matters

-Ensure compliance with best practices and company policies

-Driving force to contribute to the continuous improvement of CIB Interco processes

-To have end to end knowledge of various Banking products

-Conduct Internal Trainings on product and Interco process for knowledge Sharing

Controls : Review and implement robust controls framework regularly for consistent high quality delivery : – Identify and mitigate risks in process delivery, focus on process enhancements/harmonization and ensure a proficient setup to increase the team’s efficiency and effectiveness § Direct contribution to BNP Paribas operational permanent control framework, adhere to compliance requirements, SLA preparation / review and review of operational procedures

Contributing Responsibilities Change Management ·

1.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 troubleshooting after deployment.

2.Assist in identifying 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

3.Observe the bank’s policies and procedures

4.Assist in any special project or request as directed by management g

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Excellent financial planning, budgeting and forecasting skills, attention to detail

Excellent communication and presentation skills –

Strong business and financial acumen to see and model the current and future state of FP&A –

Strong leadership & organizational skills, ability to prioritize

Building high performance teams by displaying strong mentoring skills

Solutions-oriented thinker who is able to generate ideas and drive efficiency

Strong achievement drive with ability to work independently and collaboratively with various local, regional and global teams

Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with fluctuating priorities and deadlines

1.Knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP reporting and analysis experience in a medium to large organization. Experience in financial reporting and analysis includes preparation of US GAAP and IFRS financial statements and financial reports for senior management.

2.Basic Corporate Banking product knowledge

3.Ability to obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the general ledger structure and financial reporting

4.Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close

5.Work with the Controller to ensure a clean and timely year end audit

6.Support Controller with special projects and workflow process improvements

7.Ability to learn new systems and products quickly

8.Knowledge of business desktop applications (MS Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint)

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

10.Effective analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Specific Qualifications (if required)

· 8+ years’ experience of financial and/or management accounting experience

· 8+ Chartered Accountant or 10+ experienced MBA or Semi Qualified CA

· IFRS or US GAAP experience preferred

· Ability to deliver excellent results within the established timeframes while managing multiple priorities

· Strong attention to detail

· Excellent analytical and self-motivational skills

· Strong 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

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Attention to detail / rigor

Communication skills – oral & written

Client focused

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Choose an item.

Education Level:

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

Indifferent

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

· Ability to deliver excellent results within the established timeframes while managing multiple priorities

· Strong attention to detail

· Excellent analytical and self-motivational skills

· Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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:

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

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

About Business line/Function:

ISPL provides centralised services to BNP Paribas globally for management of resource level information in systems and ensuring smooth transitioning of employee lifecyle.

Job Title:

Assistant Manager / Manager – ISPL Project Office

Date:

04-Apr-25

Department:

ISPL Project Office

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

CAO Functions

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

To generate multiple MIS reports for Senior Management, Business Heads and other local stake holders
Timely and accurate MIS will help achieve the team goals and senior management information / decision making requirements

Responsibilities

Perform analysis & other PMO related activities:

Generate monthly reports and distribute the same to the internal stakeholders
Based on management need from time to time, collect data, create template and perform meaningful analysis of data to arrive at key metrics
Design and develop databases for collecting and maintenance of data
Attend stakeholder meetings, record minutes & follow-up action items to ensure closure of pending action items
Create, update and maintain a repository of documentations to standardize process and procedures
Perform complex data analysis and create power point presentations to present the data in the form of charts, graphs etc
Establish, organize & co-ordinate implementation of PMO processes & policies
Work on critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach, including communication/follow-up with key stakeholders to ensure timely deliverables
Support the team in other PMO activities
Perform reviews and ensure team members are well versed with all terminology, reporting methodology

ISPL Budget Preparation

Provide training to the budget managers.
Provide historic data and partner with Budget managers on the budgeting requirements.
Liaise with business and get the onshore/sponsor view of the budget.
Have ISPL view of Head Count for Budget and Forecast.
Prepare team wise financial forecast and budget.
Responsible for Budget Module Implementation for ISPL Mumbai.
Become a one point contact for Budgeting activity for PO scope

Reporting

Ensure the adherence to the report map and timelines for Project Office
Ensure data sanctity
Ensure controls (level1) in place for all Project Office processes
Ensure the error/incident are analyzed and controls are improved or introduced

Process improvement

Contribute to process improvements via process reengineering
Using available tools to implement automations and ensuring smooth migration without any impact into the tool
Encourage team to present ideas, contribute towards process improvement and perform on set goals
Help migrate reports to Power BI / Sharepoint

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Technical Competencies:

MS Office (Excel & PowerPoint) – Advance

Power BI – Working knowledge

Behavioral Competencies:

Ability to share / pass on knowledge, Proactivity, Attention to detail / rigor, Adaptability, Ability to collaborate / Teamwork, Critical thinking, Personal Impact / Ability to influence, Organizational skills, Active listening, Communication skills – oral & written, Client focused, Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving, Resilience, Ability to deliver / Results driven, Ability to synthetize / simplify, Decision Making

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to share / pass on knowledge

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to inspire others & generate people’s commitment

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Analytical Ability

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

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

5 years and above

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

About Business line/Function:

FINANCE & STRATEGY

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 & advisory role vis-a-vis the General Management.

FINANCE SOLUTIONS OFFICE

Within the Chief Operating Office (COO) of Finance & Strategy, the Finance Solutions Office (FSO) has three main missions:

(1) Steer the end-to-end implementation of projects related to Finance tools by responding to Business Line and F&S requirements in a timely manner;

(2) 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;

(3) Steer the implementation of Artificial Intelligence within F&S in close collaboration with Finance & RISK Solutions (FRS).

Job Title:

Data Scientist

Date:

Department:

FSS – Finance solutions office

Location:

Business Line / Function:

Finance & Strategy – FSS

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

The main mission of this position will be to leverage data analytics and machine learning techniques to enhance financial decision-making, optimise processes, and mitigate risks. This involves analysing large datasets to uncover insights, developing predictive models to forecast financial trends, and creating data-driven strategies to improve efficiency and profitability. This also includes a capacity to proactively propose axes of improvement of F&S processes through data-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

· Analysing large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can inform business decisions

· Designing and developing Predictive (Machine Learning) models

· Finding, managing and using the most appropriate data sources for modelling purposes

· Working with expert colleagues and business representatives to examine the results and keep models grounded in reality

Documenting each step of the development and informing decision makers by presenting them options and results
Ensuring correct implementation of the tools (together with the IT department – FRS)
Continuously assessing models by means of back-testing
Timely tracking of the deliverables 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 F&S stakeholders across different functions (PMO, IT, finance users, operation teams)

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

At least 5 years of experience in Machine learning algorithms, Frameworks and industrialisation:

· Master Degree or higher in Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer science, Data Science or similar background where analytics and figures prevail

· Degree in Accounting / Finance is a plus

· Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and R

· Proficiency in data science tools and environments, such as Jupyter Notebooks and Git

· Good knowledge of SQL

· Knowledge of Data Visualisation solution(s)

· Strong understanding of statistical methods and concepts

· Having at least sound knowledge of Finance processes and/or systems is a plus

· Experience of working in Global work environment across cultures appreciated

· Experience with database management systems

· Experience with machine learning algorithms and frameworks (professional/academic)

· Experience in machine-learning models industrialisation

· 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 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 Master Degree or higher in Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer science, Data Science or similar background where analytics and figures prevail

n Degree in Accounting / Finance is a plus

n Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and R

n Proficiency in data science tools and environments, such as Jupyter Notebooks and Git

n Good knowledge of SQL

n Knowledge of Data Visualisation solution(s)

n Strong understanding of statistical methods and concepts

n Having at least sound knowledge of Finance processes and/or systems is a plus

n Experience of working in Global work environment across cultures appreciated

n Experience with database management systems

n Experience with machine learning algorithms and frameworks (professional/academic)

n Experience in machine-learning models industrialisation

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

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24×7 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 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Business line/Function :

– Ensure that financial reporting to the Head Office and Management is complete, accurate and compliant with Group accounting policies

– Contribute to the pre-closing process

– Perform and document accounting controls and analysis

– Contribute to the automation of certain accounting processes and the standardisation of booking schemes among entities.

– Manage team and appraisals

– Manage Projects and provide strategic solutions

Job Title:

Financial Accounting and Reporting Analyst

Ass Vice President /Manager

Date:

Department:

Finance Shared Services

Location:

Mumbai/Chennai

Business Line / Function:

Finance Shared Services

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Head of Department

Number of Direct Reports:

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.

– Support to oversee the smooth functioning of the department and ensuring consistent provision

– Support To manage and motivate all departmental staff

– Ensure the financial reporting to Head Office

– Accounting production and statutory accounts

Responsibilities

– Oversee –Preparation of the financial reporting sent on a monthly basis to the Head Office: P&L, balance sheet, off balance sheet, annexes, tax book, regulatory reporting schedules

– Manage Prepare ad hoc Financial Reportings for Head office upon request

– Contribute to accounting controls and analysis as defined by the BNP Paribas Standard Accounting Control Plan.

– Manage inter-company transactions reconciliation process managed well

– Ensure the good coordination with the Regional Financial Reporting team, in particular during the pre-closing process and whenever an accounting issue needs to be addressed

– Participate to Finance Projects linked to Head Office Financial Reporting

– Contribute to BNP Paribas operational permanent control framework.

– Monitor Financial Reporting through key performance and key risk indicators. In particular contribute to the elimination of manual reclassifications and warnings/missing items.

– Work closely with regional Meter FR team / Country and Head Office Finance in analyzing business performance

– Provide analysis and response to questions raised by HO Finance / Regional Finance / internal management

– On a timely basis, provide complete and accurate financial data to the Reporting Team for report production

– Support-The Head of Department is required to lead, manage and develop the department to ensure it achieves the highest possible standards of excellence in all its activities.

– Support HOD -To oversee the smooth functioning of the department and ensuring consistent provision · To manage and motivate all departmental staff

– Support HOD in

– Forecasting financial results.

– Overseeing the budgets.

– Conducting risk management.

– Evaluating and initiating investments.

– Allocating resources and managing finances.

– Recommending cost reduction strategies

–

Report incidents and accounting issues

Education Background:

– Chartered Accountant, CPA or equivalent

MBA Finance

#years of experience:

– SVP/Senior Manager – more than 12 years’ experience

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

– Strong knowledge of Financial Products

– Practical IFRS knowledge

– Strong PC skill: advance Excel, Word

– Knowledge of data extraction (e.g. Business Objects) would be an advantage

– Good communication skill

– Fluent English (mandatory)

– Strong analytical mind

– Team spirit

– Hard working

Manages pressure and priorities during the closing process

–

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Adaptability

Attention to detail / rigor

Client focused

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Ability to manage a project

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level:

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 10 years

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

About Business line/Function:

The Subject Matter Stream is primarily responsible for month end closing along with providing oversight and control over day-to-day transactions, operations and activities, including the recording of revenue arising from transactions from various activities including Global Market, Global banking activities and Financing activities.

Job Title:

Asst Manager

Date:

2024

Department:

Subject Matter Streams

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

FSS

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade:

(if applicable)

–

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

Financial Accountants are involved in the day-to-day maintenance and control of the general ledgers for the entities under their responsibility associated to the assigned products or transversal scope. When applicable, they coordinate review and potential adjustments with other teams. Additionally, they will have to ensure quality of data for all Reporting streams and be in charge of performing adjustments when needed in the General ledger.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Accounting & Control Functions

Banking Products is in charge of all financials topics linked to customers’ banking products .

ü Prepare and book daily/monthly entries (Accrual, MTM booking, etc.)

ü Enforce controls and ensure that balance sheets are in balance; prepare balance sheet reconciliation schedules.

ü Prepare reconciliation between source and general ledger and identify gaps.

ü Review daily transactional account activity/daily ledgers for posting errors and back-value transactions.

ü Review ledgers and perform account and transaction analysis for a set of entities

ü Analyze, reconcile, and review all accounts under their responsibility by performing a variance analysis of corresponding revenue/balance sheet items, highlighting trends, and following up on questions/ concerns

ü Prepares month-end substantiation packages for multiple legal entities.

ü Ad-Hoc Requests (profit center creation) / Intra day.

ü Assists with audit requests from External Audit, Regulators and internal control teams.

ü Update and review mapping tables

Reporting and Analysis

ü Performs financial reporting, analysis, and related activities for multiple legal entities from various activities including Global Market activities, financing activities.

ü Assist in preparing financial statements (US GAAP and IFRS).

Contributing Responsibilities

Projects, Systems Support, Operational Process Improvements

ü Participate in the upgrades/version releases of respective reporting tools as well as system amendments/enhancements required to facilitate new/modified reporting requirements.

ü Assist in identifying 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

Other functions

ü Observe the bank’s policies and procedures.

ü Assist in any special project or request as directed by management.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Training and occupational experience

· Knowledge of Banking products is desirable

· Working knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, both in IFRS and French GAAP (an asset)

· High proficiency in computer skills and data analytics

· Up to 5 years’ experience in Finance within the Banking sector (Financial Accounting, Reporting, Business/financial analysis), including audit and consultancy firms

· Experience of working in an international environment appreciated

Methodologies, Tools & Technologies

· Business Objects

· Advance Excel

· Programming knowledge a plus

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Attention to detail / rigor

Communication skills – oral & written

Active listening

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Ability to set up relevant performance indicators

Ability to manage a project

Ability to inspire others & generate people’s commitment

Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level: At least 3 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

· Chartered Accountant

· Financial Service Accounting experience

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

About BNP Paribas Group:

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

About Business Line/Function :

Financial Operating Platform :

Strong presence in 27 countries across the globe with a proven track record of delivering quality service, within the expected Turn Around Time (TAT) and with ability to challenge Status Quo and share Best Practices. Core activities includes processing of Vendor invoices, Employee claims, Intercompany Invoicing and Procurements.

Project team within Finance Operating Platform is responsible for –

1. End to end project management for offshoring initiatives

Job Title:

Associate

Date:

Department:

FOP

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function:

CIB

Reports to:

(Direct)

Manager

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Nil

Directorship / Registration:

Position Purpose

The Jobholder is responsible for Project management activities for offshoring initiatives. Coordination for application deployment project.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Project Management

1. To work as a project SPOCs for ISPL FOP platform’s offshoring related initiatives

2. Conducting project governance meetings (OPCO)

3. Provide inputs to SteerCo meetings

4. Perform operational assessment of activity transfer by coordinating with onshore and FOP team SME

5. Coordinating with onshore teams, FOP and other contributing teams to achieve successful project execution

6. Planning, managing project timelines within agreed Budgets

7. Track & Manage project risk & issues

8. Highlight the blocking points & escalate to management / stakeholders whenever necessary

9. To participate in risk assessment, SLA setup and other offshoring related tasks which are prerequisites for activity transfer

10. To provide functional know-how whenever required

11. Monitor new SLA execution and existing SLA Amendments within FOP.

Contributing Responsibilities

1. Recruitment process

2. Monitor new SLA execution and existing SLA Amendments within FOP.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Project Management
Knowledge of MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables)
Good analytical skills
Accounting Processes (Desired)

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Degree / Graduation / MBA

Skills Referential

Behavioral Skills:

Communication skills – oral & written

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Ability to deliver / Results driven

People Management

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Transversal Skills:

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to implement relevant and timely controls

Education Level:

Bachelor’s Degree with relevant experience

Experience Level:

0-3 years’ experience

Other Qualifications: