Front Office Conduct Surveillance Data Analyst

About the job

Global Markets is BNP Paribas’ capital markets business within Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), delivering solutions across asset classes, and industry-leading services for clients including Institutional, corporate, private banks and retail distribution networks. Our Portugal Platform (Porto and Lisbon) is a major HUB in Europe and certainly unique in the country by its size and its scope of activity, with all Front Office roles present (Trading, Sales, Research, Structuring, Quant & Engineering, Business Dev and Support, Marketing & Client Support, Risk Management, Data Analytics and Machine Learning…). We are growing fast with the ambition to become even more relevant for the worldwide activity, which presents many short and long-term opportunities
Global Markets has set up a team surveillance within its first line of defence: the Front Office Conduct Surveillance (FOCS), in order to meet regulatory requirements, focusing particularly on detection and prevention of breaches related to market integrity, client interests and professional ethics
The Front Office Conduct Surveillance Data Analyst is a position with high exposure that allows development of skills in monitoring and risk management and progression in the Front Office surveillance positions within other BNP Paribas entities and specialization in a compliance function

Your Main Activities Are

Assist in the development of automated tools for monitoring Global Markets Staff and performing customized data analytics
Contribute to the design, implementation and visualizations of the monitoring procedures to more effectively identify actual or potential conduct risk scenarios
Build an end-to-end report by improving the data collection and manipulation as well as developing/improving visualizations to be presented in committees and presentations
Support FOCS Globally with ad-hoc requests (KPIs, reporting, regulatory, etc.)
Monitor the communications of the Front Officers of Global Markets, by processing alerts generated by the monitoring tools and escalating suspicious activities
Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements
Document and appropriately communicate the results of the monitoring and controls to parties involved; Proactively report to stakeholders behaviours or facts that could affect their control environment
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the surveillance system
Work to improve analyses and implementation of additional types of surveillance; even the drafting of new rules or procedures
Work with the 2nd line of defence, in order to communicate or obtain any additional information that could allow an in-depth study of potential violations of the rules of ethical behaviour
Provide business expertise and specialist advice when required by the 2nd line of defence for their investigations and analyses of real cases

Profile and Skills to Success

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics / Engineering / Mathematics / Banking / Finance or related
At least 2 years of experience in Project Management and Consulting / Banking and Financial Operations / Audit or similar
Advanced level of English, both written and oral
Knowledge in
Tableau
PowerBI
Python
VBA
MS Office
Ability to collaborate / teamwork
Ability to adapt quickly to new environments
Ability to synthetise / simplify
Ability to define relevant performance indicators and to develop and adapt processes
Communication skills, both written and oral

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Why joining BNP Paribas?

• Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183.000 employees, including more than 146.000 in Europe.

• Our presence in Portugal

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8.700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centres providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

• International reach

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients 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:

Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group’s retail activities and specialised business lines;
Investment & Protection Services that include specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services;
Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

• Diversity and Inclusion commitment

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/paternity, 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.

• Commitment towards work/life balance

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and rest. We believe our employees have rich personal lives outside of work, being fundamental to be disconnected from work to recharge both physically and mentally. Only through this balance we may all be at our best while working.

• Remote Working Conditions

At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working modalities adapted to our hybrid working environment. To guarantee a comfortable and efficient working set-up, eligible employees are provided with both the office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional equipment at reduced prices.

• 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.