Equity Derivatives

Publicado 15-12-2020

BNP Paribas

Lisboa Lisboa (Contabilidade / Finanças)


BNP Paribas is a leader in the Eurozone, and a prominent international banking institution with strong roots in Europe's banking history. It has a presence in 71 countries, with 200 000 Employees ? including more than 150 000 in Europe and 6 000 in Portugal alone.

BNP Paribas is present in Portugal since 1985, having been one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, the Group has several entities operating directly in this territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its businesses, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients - individuals, entrepreneurs, SMEs, large corporates, institutional investors and community organisations - 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: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services for retail banking and specialised financial services, and Corporate & Institutional Banking for corporate and institutional clients.

Global Markets is BNP Paribas? capital markets business, delivering solutions across asset classes, and industry-leading services for clients. With solid roots in Europe and a strong global presence, Global Markets is a leader in derivatives, bringing efficient trading and execution, market-leading research and strategy, tailor-made products and a sustainable long-term business model.

Structured Equity and Flow & Financing offer a full range of innovative equity, index and fund-linked products. In addition, they offer a comprehensive range of research, sales, trading and execution services on equities and their derivatives. Commodity Derivatives offers a full range of price risk management solutions. Underlyings include energy, metals and soft commodities.

Within the Structured Equity and Flow & Financing department, the Index Exotics Team manages the risks on boarded by the bank through the market making of a variety of Index products. The Team is based in London and benefits from the support of a Lisbon Trader Analyst. We are looking for hungry graduates with a knack for quantitative subjects / IT proficiency, fast paced decision making as well as process improvement to join our growing team and help us expand our franchise and participate in the success of the business.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Contributing to various risk and profitability reports to the trading business
  • Engage in project management to improve the quality of our reporting using tools like Python and VBA
  • Develop new tools to centralize risk across Books
  • Liaise with Risk, Research, Structuring, MO, BO teams
  • Check inflows/outflows for consistency and reduce operational risk by dealing swiftly with any settlement/payment issues
  • Engage in pricing purposes, market parameter implicitation (broker quotes for instance) and/or internal trades
  • Lead projects to streamline workflows, automate tasks and reduce risk through industrialization via programming, project management with the IT and overall improvement of our processes

PROFILE

  • MSc in Engineering or Finance
  • Python proficiency (with relevant experiences ? either professional, academic or personal), VBA is a plus
  • Knowledge os version control tools, like BitBucket is a plus
  • Interest in Financial Markets and Derivative instruments
  • Likes to code on a daily basis
  • Fast learner and hard worker
  • Independent and proactive
  • Be able to work in a stressful environment
  • Team oriented with good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Excellent fluency in English

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.

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, 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.