Counterparty Risk Monitoring Officer

About The Job

• The Counterparty Risk Monitoring Officer’s mission is to monitor counterparty risk exposures on BNPP’s CIB clients, to ensure such risks stays within BNPP’s own risk appetite. It includes the monitoring of the positions and the analysis and reporting of exposures in excess of their limits, supporting the simulation of the impact of new trades on the counterparty risk exposure, the management of specific mis-representation of the exposure of the portfolio of clients. It involves a constant discussion with all counterparty risk management stakeholders
  
  

Your Main Activities Are

• Monitor counterparty risk exposure of Financial Institutions and Corporates
• Analyse the trigger of counterparty risk exposure limit excesses and share the root cause to the credit analysts, credit officers and the relevant business lines
• When relevant, highlight transactions that breached the bank’s counterparty risk appetite and prepare the relevant warning to the front office
• Support some pre-trade simulation alongside Front Office on exotic transactions
• For identified transactions, perform overrides of the counterparty risk pricer using the appropriate override pre-defined methodology
• Participate to the roll-out of counterparty risk management monitoring frameworks improvements
• Regularly collaborate with IT and Data Analyst teams to deliver monitoring functionalities improvements
  
  

Profile and Skills to Success

• Bachelor Degree in Economics / Finance / Accounting / Mathematics / Statistics or related
• Up to 2 years of relevant experience in Risk and Controls or similar
• Advanced level of English, both written and oral
• Knowledge in MS Office Excel
• Attention to detail / rigor
• Ability to collaborate / teamwork
• Ability to develop and adapt a process
• Analytical ability
• Organisational skills
  
  

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.

To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas visit https://bnpp.lk/why-BNP-Paribas-Portugal

• 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.