About the job
- The Securities Trade Support Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring the seamless processing and validation of securities transactions across multiple asset classes, including bonds, equities, repos, securities lending/borrowing, and loan trading. The role is responsible for trade capture, validation, reconciliation, documentation, and risk control across front-to-back workflows, supporting sales and trading desks while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
Your Main Activities Are
- Provide operational support for Sales and Trading desks across various asset classes, ensuring accurate trade booking and front-to-back process integrity
- Validate and allocate trades, ensuring bookings feed correctly into back office systems
- Manage trade matching and confirmation processes across various platforms, ensuring trades are allocated, validated and discrepancies are resolved quickly
- Perform reconciliations and exception management to mitigate operational risk and ensure trade accuracy
- Support client lifecycle management, including onboarding, reference data maintenance, and documentation validation
- Manage collateral workflows, including posting and withdrawing
- Handle high volumes of transactions, ensuring that all trades are processed accurately and within tight deadlines while minimizing risk and exposure
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including sales & trading desks, clients, legal counsel, and operations teams, to resolve trade-related issues and ensure smooth settlement
- Continuously enhance operational efficiency through automation and process improvement initiatives
- Actively participate in process reviews and contribute to building more effective and scalable operations
Profile and Skills to Success
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance or Accounting
- Fluency in English
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools, namely Excel
- Ability to collaborate
- Attention to detail
- Good organisational skills
- Critical thinking and and client focused
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Why joining BNP Paribas?
- Leading banking institution
Leading player in banking and financial services in Europe, BNP Paribas operates in 64 countries and has nearly 178,000 employees, including more than 144,000 in Europe
- International reach
The Group holds key positions in several areas of banking and financial services that are structured around three operating divisions:
- Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) connects companies needing financing and institutional clients looking for investment opportunities division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.
- Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS) brings together all our commercial banks and several specialised businesses
- Investment & Protection Services (IPS) combines a unique continuum of products and services across protection, saving, investment and real estate including specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services
- Our presence in Portugal
In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 9.220 employees, distributed across the Group’s 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 centres of expertise providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.
- Diversity and Inclusion commitment
BNP Paribas ´ambition is to cultivate an open and responsive environment for all that encourages collaboration and interaction. We demonstrate our commitment by actively contributing to the Group’s Diversity and Inclusion strategy and goals, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As part of our local Corporate and Social Responsibility – Diversity & Inclusion strategy, BNP Paribas Portugal is committed to:
- Promote a fair and unbiased recruitment process and offer professional development opportunities to all employees
- Celebrate diversity and advocate for inclusion, both externally and internally, encouraging employee’s participation, creating space for different voices to be heard.
To foster the effort of BNP Paribas Portugal, multiple initiatives and events take place throughout the year where our people can find out more on the importance of diversity inclusion at the workplace and in our society.
- 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 options adapted to our hybrid working environment. To ensure a comfortable and efficient working setup, eligible employees are provided with both office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional items at reduced prices.
- Commitment towards work/life balance
Supporting employees in a hybrid way of working while providing them with the means to maintain a work-life balance is an essential dimension of our Smart Working program. At BNP Paribas, we care about our employees’ wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and personal life.
To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas please read our Employee Value Proposition and our Career path page.
- 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
