Position Purpose

BNP Paribas Asset Management is the investment management arm of BNP Paribas, one of the world’s major financial institutions. Managing and advising EUR 580 billion in assets as at 31 March 2017, BNP Paribas Asset Management offers a comprehensive range of active, passive and quantitative investment solutions covering a broad spectrum of asset classes and regions. With close to 700 investment professionals and 600 client servicing specialists, BNP Paribas Asset Management serves individual, corporate and institutional investors in 75 countries around the world. Since 2002, BNP Paribas Asset Management has been a major player in sustainable and responsible investing.

Staff would be assigned a set of clients /per investment team to each team member. Each team member will be owner of the production end to end of all types and frequency of reports. To ensure the reliability and consistency of the final reports, you will take part to daily calls coordinating the data readiness, involving all key contributors. You will perform the defined set of controls during the production process, collect required contributions (comments, risk data,…) and track the workflow process to deliver the reports within deadline.

You will be in charge of documenting issues encountered during the production to ensure upstream controls are reinforced over time by the data.

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act to guarantee global quality and level of client service,
• Responsible & Oversee the processing of Reporting Activities within the department
• Participate in regular conference calls with Counterparts within locally & globally
• Establishing communication links with the global stakeholders.
• Responsible of Recruitment, training and appraisal,
• Responsible to manage HR issues and mobility management of the team.
• Responsible for the implementation of procedures.
• Responsible for Change Request prioritization.
• Act in clients’ visits.
• To assist Head of AM Operations in undertaking various administrative activities.
• Other ad-hoc duties as may be required from time-to time
• To be based in Chennai and prepared to travel as required.
• Must be prepared to work in any shift supporting Asia/Americas/European business hours.
• Production of performance attribution reports – explaining the relative out- or underperformance of a portfolio versus its benchmark
• Production of the client investment reports
• Collection of different contribution needed for final reporting and co-ordinate with the different teams involved
• To monitor the client deadlines of the reports
• To control and ensure the quality of the produced reports
• To highlight issues and act accordingly to have them resolved
• To document issues encountered during the production process
• To work together with Reporting Solutions teams to implement new reports and processes in the production

KEY INTERNAL / EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reporting Solutions team
• Reporting Data team
• Different Investment Operations teams (Mandate Accounting, Portfolio Events Co-ordination, Pricing Team …)

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• High quality (university) degree level of education (finance-oriented discipline).
• Good knowledge of asset management processes and financial products
• Notions of Performance Measurement are a very strong plus
• Past experience in reporting will be highly appreciated
• Operational background

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES (TECHNICAL / BEHAVIOURAL / LEADERSHIP):

• Fast learner with an analytical mindset
• Results Driven
• Collaboration, communication & interpersonal relations
• Client and results driven
• Good IT skills (proficiency in Excel, VBA is a plus).
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills.
• Working Collaboratively
• Accurate, precise and flexible according to production schedule
• Ability to work under pressure, peak period of production
• Technical affinities to work with IT software

Specific Qualifications (if required)

• Graduates (Finance preferred)
• Candidates should be willing and flexible to work in any shifts

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Communication skills – oral & written

Critical thinking

Ability to share / pass on knowledge

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Ability to manage a project

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 7 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

NA