BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions.

Job Purpose & Scope

As a Business Analyst your responsibilities will include:
• Understand and analyse the business line’s needs in one or more functional areas, with the aim of developing the IS with appropriate and sustainable solutions that are consistent with the entity’s strategic plan and the associated portfolio of requests.
• Ensure that the solution meets the requirements set out to cover the business line’s needs
• Act as the contact person within the initiative or maintenance teams and for the business line in relation to data and functional aspects.
The Business Analyst will be involved in some or all of the following activities:
Understands and analyses the business line’s needs in one or more functional areas, with the aim of developing the Information System with appropriate and sustainable solutions that are consistent with the entity’s strategic plan and the associated portfolio of requests.
• Contributes to preliminary studies in liaison with the business line
• Helps, where appropriate, to monitor the portfolio and prioritise requests within his/her scope of activity
• Clarifies, performs critical and constructive analysis and, where appropriate, compares the business line’s needs against the entity’s strategic plan
Ensures that the solution meets the requirements set out to cover the business line’s needs
• Formalises the expression of need and ensures it is approved by the business line
• Defines, formalises and obtains approval of the requirements set out to cover the expression of need in collaboration with the contributors involved, in accordance with the entity’s practices
• Carries out or helps with the test activities within his/her functional scope
• Supports the business line in carrying out user tests
• Contributes, in conjunction with the business line, to change management and roll out for the end customer
• Helps to identify business line impacts generated by the solution and with the development of action plans
Acts as the contact person within the project and/ or maintenance teams and for the business line in relation to data and functional aspects
• Shares knowledge about his/her area of expertise and provides functional support
• Carries out reporting in accordance with the operating rules and practices defined for the scope
• Helps with the coordination of user communities

Key Responsibilities

Advanced level professional accountable for providing excellence within their relevant specialism and providing professional input to complex assignments / projects. Contributes to team strategy through subject matter knowledge.
Drives innovation, bringing market insights, leading market knowledge and best practices to their department. Defines and evolves new practises to improve the functional area and better operational efficiency. Provides expert advice to enhance the design and utilisation of new solutions.
Influences and supports members of the team by leading in decision making and approach where problems are more complex and require sophisticated analysis or experience. Acts as a focal point between IT and the business for their team. Acts as a point of escalation for more junior staff.
Manages medium sized projects or acts as a key resource in large-scale projects. Delivers projects within quality, time and budget constraints.
Manages relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to ensure that a high-quality integrated service is provided on time and to budget. Liaise with team members to capture business requirements.

The Requirements

Good working knowledge of a wide range of Risk/IT and companywide policies, procedures, regulations and legislation; knowledge of best practices in risk management processes.
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate technical concepts and provide specialist guidance and advice to others.
Strong people management skills and an ability to work with individuals to set individual objectives and manage performance to ensure their delivery.
Proven commercial and communication / relationship management skills. Ability to liaise with junior and senior stakeholders to act as bridging point.
Strong prior experience of using complex and diverse IT systems. Results orientated with a clear understanding of how the results impact the business counterparts.
BUSINESS SKILLS
- IT Architecture
- IT Development
- IT Tests
- IT Risk and Cybersecurity
- Business/ IT relationship
- Market Watch & Research
- Digital Knowledge & Culture
- Data Quality & Security
- Customer Relationship, Management and Strategic Commercial Coverage
- UX and customer journey approach
- Financial Risk Management and Quantitative Modelling Approaches
BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS
- Creativity & Innovation / Problem Solving
- Adaptability
- Ability to Deliver / Results Driven
- Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS
- Analytical Ability
- Ability to develop and leverage networks
- Ability to understand explain and support change
- Ability to develop others & improve their skills
- Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution
- Ability to manage a project
- Ability to develop and adapt a process
- Ability to conduct a negotiation
Tools
- Backlog Management, Facilitation and Collaboration Tools: Jira, JiraAlign, Excel, Confluence, Teams, Sharepoint, Clarity
- SQL and Python beneficial
Beneficial Methodologies
- Lean, Agile@scale, Agile Scrum, project/programme management

Equal Opportunities

BNP Paribas promotes equality of opportunity and is 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.
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