- Participate in and support the delivery of performance, risk and attribution reporting services to BNP Paribas Australian clients.
- Oversight responsibilities for core performance production activity based in our global operations hub in Chennai.
- Act as a contact point in the event of urgent or unresolved performance or reporting queries received from the hub location or the client, and act as the link between the two.
- Ensure the quality and accuracy produced by our operations hubs for the activity assigned to you for oversight
- Meet with clients as required to ensure the service delivery is of a high standard, maintaining a strong focus on timeliness and accuracy as measured by service KPIs and MI
- Assist with client change control aimed at developing, extending, or improving the existing service received by the client
- Assist with new activity set up and onboarding activities
- Assist with business requirements documents, UAT & implementation plans, support and maintain project governance documents
- Assist in the optimisation of end production under your oversight, working transversally across the business as required.
- Working to deliver service to our clients accurately and on time, thus reinforcing and building client relationship, leading to new business opportunities
- Working to ensure operational risk is captured and addressed, securing our functional capabilities
- At least 2-3 years of experience in a performance analysis role. Within this the following balance of experiences would be ideal: -
- experience working on performance related project work (e.g. system implementation or process optimisation) outside of the normal performance reporting production cycle * Practical experience liaising with clients (discussing performance and attribution issues, participating in client meetings, taking minutes, giving demonstrations)
- Practical understanding of core performance methodologies (e.g. daily time weighted returns, modified dietz, IRR, unit price) & attribution methodologies (e.g. Brinson, arithmetic v geometric , and Fixed Income models)
- Practical understanding on market data indices (S&P/ASX, MSCI, etc), characteristics (dividend yield, PE ratio, duration, etc), and classification schemes (GICS, BICS, etc.)
- Practical understanding of ex-post risk statistics such as tracking error, sharpe ratio, alpha, beta, volatility etc. Ability to be able to calculate from first principles
- Practical experience using the IRP performance systems plus sound knowledge of the client delivery platform (DNA)
- Practical understanding of multiple instrument types, including derivatives and how they should be treated within performance measurement
- Strong Microsoft excel skills
- Appreciation of GIPS and its application within the investment industry
- Practical experience of calculating composite benchmarks, hedge benchmarks, drifting and rebasing weights
- Excel VBA skills and or Access database experience
- Excel, Powerpoint, Word
- Desirable but not essential: VBA, SQL, Datastream, Bloomberg, Statpro, B-One, User level knowledge of all BNP Paribas IRP production applications
- Practical experience on boarding new activity into a production process
- Practical experience writing business requirements documents, test plans, implementation plans and governance documents
- Strong deadline orientated approach to project delivery
- Sound written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to exercise good judgment in commitments made in response to client needs whilst balancing with the commercial and operational needs of the bank
- Tertiary qualification and industry specific qualification such as CIPM, CFA, etc.
- Attention to detail – ensure accuracy and quality in work
- Accountability – takes personal responsibility, delivers against personal and team goals
- Flexibility – positive and flexible approach to identify preferred solutions to issues and problems
- Results focused – understand the strategic objectives of the business as well as the team; work to ensure their achievement with a quality focus.
- Client focus – delivers consistently a high standard of client service , aiming to achieve all client deliverables within KPI, and operating in line with the departmental code of conduct
- Innovation – strive to improve product and process
- Teamwork – work cohesively with a team of senior professionals to define and deliver against strategy, demonstrates sound intuition and political awareness
- Innovation – maintain a constant focus on process efficiency with the aim of increasing scalability and client experience
- Communication – effective verbal and written communication & effective interpersonal ability
- Maturity & Judgment - Demonstrates the ability to deal effectively with complex issues, learns from experience, assesses issues using relevant information and applying intuition. Makes informed and considered decisions
- Time Management – Prioritise tasks and manage workflow effectively
- BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community
- BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization
- Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness
- BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds