BNP Paribas is a leader in the Eurozone, and a prominent international banking institution with strong roots in Europe's banking history. It has a presence in 71 countries, with 200 000 Employees ? including more than 150 000 in Europe and 6 000 in Portugal alone.

BNP Paribas is present in Portugal since 1985, having been one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, the Group has several entities operating directly in this territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its businesses, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients - individuals, entrepreneurs, SMEs, large corporates, institutional investors and community organisations - 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: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services for retail banking and specialised financial services, and Corporate & Institutional Banking for corporate and institutional clients.

The Accounting control team is in charge of ensuring that all operations booked in the back office operations systems are correctly reflected in the accounting ledger of BNPP SA. In addition the team perform a limited number of tasks for BNPP London and Fortis.

Controls are split by products/systems:

• FXO for Forex money Markets products

  
  

• Murex Rates for interests rates and credit derivatives

  
  

• Ubix (soon to be Citadel) for Fixed Income Listed derivatives

  
  

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Internal reconciliations on daily basis :
  

  • Reconciliation between accounting balances and trade positions from back office systems in CONCORDE

    
    

    • Break analysis

      
      

    • Break justification in the tool CONCORDE

      
      

    • Manual accounting entries if necessary

      
      

  • Flows monitoring and reconciliation in AMBRE

    
    

    • Reconciliation of the daily flows

      
      

    • Suspense, netting and liaisons accounts analysis

      
      

    • Manual accounting entries if necessary

      
      

    • Communication of the breaks to the Investigations team when necessary

      
      

• Manual entries in the Paris ledger and London ledger on several BO teams? request

  
  

• Nostri reconciliation on FI Listed Derivatives scope
  

• Through the reconciliations described above, challenge middle offices on incorrect bookings

  
  

• Perform specific tasks during closing period :

  
  

  • Manual entries in LAP Console

    
    

  • Accounts in anomaly analysis

    
    

  • Accounts certification (Paris, London & Fortis)

    
    

  • Accounts justification not covered by the two reconciliations described above

    
    

  • Processing of manual entries on Finance?s request

    
    

• Generic email box management for incoming emails

  
  

• System failures to be reported to the relevant IT development team

  
  

• Internal procedures set-up
  

Depending on the scope you have in charge, you will work mainly with

• Murex Rates

  
  

• FXO
  

• Ubix (soon to be Citadel)

  
  

• Finance?s OFS tools (OPALE, TOPAZE, AMBRE, CONCORDE, ONYX),
  

• Accounts certification tools (FACT for Paris & Fortis, BEACON for London),
  

• PEGA PCM (for AMBRE breaks >30d),
  

• Bankrec (reconciliation tool for BNPP SA) ,
  

• LAP Console (manual entries for BNPP London),
  

• WRQ

  
  

PROFILE

• Adaptability

  
  

• Organization

  
  

• Teamwork

  
  

• Effective communication

  
  

• Able to work under pressure

  
  

• Deadline aware

  
  

• Good knowledge of Global Markets Operations

  
  

• Good accounting skills

  
  

• Fluent English

  
  

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

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, 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.