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.

Global Markets is BNP Paribas? capital markets business within the Corporate & Institutional Bank (CIB), delivering solutions across asset classes, and industry-leading services for clients including Institutionals, corporates, private banks and retail distribution networks.

Global Markets encompasses multiple global business lines: G10 Rates, Equity Derivatives, Forex & Local Markets, Commodity Derivatives, Credit, Prime Solutions & Financing and Primary Markets, helping their franchise of clients find effective ways to raise and invest capital as well as manage their exposure to risk.

In the context of Global Markets organization, and of BNPP?s Client-centric strategy, the Trader and Sales Assistant team aims to accompany the continuous enhancement of the quality of service provided to our clients, notably post-trade services. Its role is to support traders and sales in their daily tasks (pre-trade to post-trade processes), in the most timely and efficient manner. The trading and Sales assistant team is the key contact for external clients but also for other BNPP functions.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Front Office is responsible for executing new trades and the Sales Support team ensures that trades are booked correctly and completes the bookings of step-ins, unwinds and block allocations.
  
  • Involves receiving the booking details from the Marketer or directly from the Client's middle office.
  
  
  • Ensure all trades are split as per client allocations in deal capture systems.
  
  
• Ensure that MarkitWire (MW) is monitored to ensure all new trades, amendments, unwinds and novations alleged to us are picked up and affirmed within the regulatory deadlines.
  
  • Certifying all Trading and KYC flags are in place, Credit Lines are checked in Risk Navigator before consenting novations in MW and bookings are updated in relevant Deal Capture platform.
  
  
  • Monitoring CSA related collateral impacts on Trading P&L for novations where the collateral agreement between the Step In and Step Out counterparty changes currency. Raising any breaches to relevant the relevant FO representative (Trading/Sales).
  
  
  • Monitoring the novation queue in MW ensuring all novations are processed within the agreed market and regulatory deadlines.
  
  
  • Check all ?dummy? trades against external MW bookings, reconcile and package for Trading/TAs so that they can process the rebookings quickly and efficiently.
  
  
• Ensure that all Mandatory Clearing deals are booked, released and cleared on trade date and within regulatory reporting timeframes.
  
  • Liaise with all teams involved in the process to ensure trade date processing.
  
  
• Ensure all novated trades clear as agreed at the time of novation by chasing the counterparties where necessary.


• Process any amendments on behalf of Sales in MW and obtain the necessary agreements for any economic amends before they are processed.


• Ensure that the Missing IM report is checked and liaise with the Front Office Representative and Credit Officers to obtain the relevant IM information before updating this onto the trade and clearing the item from the report.


• Monitor, investigate and clear the daily Unprocessed Trades report.
  
  • Liaise with all teams involved in the process to ensure all trades are processed in a timely manner.
  
  
• Complete any requested backloading, ensuring all relevant checks are completed
  
  • Responsible for moving Paper confirmed trades into MarkitWire
  
  
  • Responsible for moving bilateral trades into LCH
  
  
• Provide support, system and co-ordination expertise on all Bulk Package processing


• Marketers are responsible for the booking of any new trades and the Sales Support team will enrich the bookings as necessary to reflect step-ins, unwinds and block allocations;
  
  • Involves receiving the booking details from the Marketer or directly from the Client's middle office;
  
  
  • Certifying all trades are split as per client allocations in deal capture systems;
  
  
• Ensure that all Mandatory Clearing deals are booked, released and cleared on trade date and within regulatory reporting timeframes;
  
  • Liaise with all teams involved in the process to ensure trade date processing;
  
  
• Process any amendments on behalf of Sales in our deal capture systems and obtain the necessary agreements for any economic amends before they are processed;


• Ensure that the Missing IM report is checked and liaise with the Front Office Representative and Credit Officers to obtain the relevant IM information before updating this onto the trade and clearing the item from the report;


• Monitor, investigate and clear the daily Unprocessed Trades report;
  
  • Liaise with all teams involved in the process to ensure all trades are processed in a timely manner.
  
  

PROFILE

• Bachelor Degree in Management, Finance or Economics;


• Knowledge of Financial Markets and Derivatives;


• Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and listening in English;


• A structured, methodical and organized approach to work;


• Entrepreneurial, energetic, positive attitude and commercial mindset;


• Ability to solve a number of problems simultaneously is essential, as well as the capacity to work under considerable pressure;


• Lateral thinker identifying useful information and navigating obstacles and barriers;


• Passion, tenacity and resilience in an ever-changing environment.

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.