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.

Since 2015, BNP Paribas Wealth Management has a competence center in Lisbon named the Portugal International Markets Hub (?PIMH?). This center manages activities for the International Markets (?IM?) sites of BNPP WM namely Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and, Monaco).

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The main mission of the Head of Investment Risk Team is to contribute, set-up and develop the investment risk framework of the IM Products & Services platform. The IM Products & Services platform is providing high-end expertise, investment services and financial products to wealthy, sophisticated and demanding private clients. It has a wide range of offering and is positioned as a hub for the International Markets sites of Wealth Management.

• The Head of Investment Risk Team is responsible of the Investment Risk Framework and the Modelling Framework.


• The Head of Investment Risk Team has an excellent knowledge and understanding of the financial markets and products, as well as investment processes and services offered by the wealth management industry. He is also mastering the main concepts of investment risk.


• The Head of Investment Risk Team will be supervising a team of four Investment Risk Analysts in charge of contributing to the overall Investment Risk setup.


• Investment Risk Framework:

• To lead the Discretionary Portfolio Management and Advisory investment risk reporting processes (breaches and committees).


• To use risk tools to produce various risk metrics of portfolios (VaR, stress tests, scenarios).


• To provide support on an ad-hoc basis to the TAC/NAC processes in terms of risks associated with new products / new activities.


• To ensure that risks are effectively managed and that the business is compliant with internal and external guidelines.


• To monitor processes and KPIs.


• To suggest improvements to enhance the investment risk framework.

• Modelling Framework:

• To lead the modelling of financial products.


• To monitor and/or be involved on processes or KPIs on a dedicated perimeter to ensure the overall platform is robust. This can include suitability risk scorings, execution errors, etc.


• To carry out on an ad-hoc basis other tasks (e.g. review of procedures, internal controls and audit, etc.).

• Management:

• To lead and supervise a small teams of Investment Risk analysts
  
• Manage training and onboarding of analysts in collaboration with the Head of the Team based in Switzerland

PROFILE

• +10 years of experience in a similar position in a Bank or in a Financial Institution


• Bachelor or Master?s degree in Finance or equivalent


• Excellent knowledge of financial markets and products (equities, bonds, funds, derivatives, private equity etc.)


• Understanding of investment services (Discretionary Portfolio Management, Advisory)


• Strong ??end user?? computer programming skills such as Excel VBA macros, Access etc.


• Notion of SAS®


• Project management skills


• Good understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that governs the global wealth management business


• Excellent knowledge in Microsoft office tools (Business Object / BI4) a plus


• Ability to work under pressure and independently
  
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills


• Strong analysis capacity, rigor and accuracy, dynamism, organization and responsibility


• Ability to synthetize / simplify and challenge the status-quo


• Able to adapt to a fast pace and multi-cultural environment.


• Passion, tenacity and resilience in an ever-changing context


• Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and listening in English. French is a plus

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.