Business Overview:
The Group Legal N.A., Global Markets team provides transactional, structural, advisory and documentation support for BNPP’s Global Market businesses in North and Latin America and Canada, including with respect to Equity Derivative, Strategic Equity/Corporate Derivatives, Fund Financing, QIS, ISDA master agreements and other derivative products and trading documentation.
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:
- Results and Impact
- Able to influence peers and team.
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
- Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
- Responsible for driving outcomes, which have a meaningful effect on the team or department.
- Leadership and Collaboration:
- Creates trust with colleagues.
- Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
- Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
- Compliance Culture and Conduct:
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:
- Advise on, analyze and review complex flow/exotic and corporate and strategic equity derivative transactions including, but not limited to, affiliate/issuer hedging and monetization transactions, capped call and call spreads, structured forward and option transactions, 10b5-1/10b-18 plans, ASRs, structured buybacks, fund of fund financing and margin loans.
- Review and negotiate exotic and flow equity derivatives transaction documentation, draft custom derivative and QIS templates, provide legal advice to front office personnel in relation to standard and bespoke derivatives transactions.
- Review and negotiate custom index documentation including, but not limited to, index license agreements, dealer agreements, marketing materials, and rulebooks, draft new custom index disclosures, address various equity derivatives/custom index documentation related inquiries from internal stakeholders and clients.
- Draft, review and negotiate master agreements including ISDAs, CSAs, MRAs, GMRAs, MSFTAs, Account Control Agreements and related derivatives documentation, as well as other financing and trading products documentation, with outside clients.
- Escalate various negotiation points to business, risk, collateral, treasury and other internal functions for review and approval in connection with derivative transactions.
- Review clients’ formation documents to determine capacity and authority to engage in derivatives trading and review loan and security documentation to determine scope of security interests for hedging counterparties.
- Analyze derivatives trading-related legal and regulatory issues, including close-out netting, ERISA, Investment Company Act requirements, applicability of various U.S. and cross-border regulations including Dodd-Frank and Margin Rules, trading venue agreements, and discuss issues with internal stakeholders and clients.
- Maintain and update internal legal documentation databases and pipelines and attend status meetings and conference calls.
- Manage ad hoc projects as required.
- Work closely with GM Legal teams in NY, including, but not limited to, coordinating workload and training.
- Assist in creating effective advisory, control and governance frameworks to design, implement and support automated and streamlined transaction execution.
- Participate in industry working group calls (including ISDA) and update GM Legal teams and business management as appropriate.
- Work with and manage external counsel.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Law Degree from an accredited law school and admission to (or eligible for admission to) the New York bar.
- Preferred 2-4 + years of direct law firm or in-house experience.
- Familiarity with US and cross-border derivatives regulatory framework (including Dodd-Frank and EMIR requirements for financial institutions and corporates), US securities laws (including the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and Investment Company and Advisors Act as they pertain to derivatives and product disclosures.
- Preferred experience in corporate and strategic equity transactions and negotiating and structuring equity derivative and finance documentation. Willing to train candidates with less direct subject matter expertise.
- Preferred experience in:
- Negotiating with external clients
- Advising global markets trading businesses
- Excellent:
- Negotiation skills
- Oral and written communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Organization skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Experience handling multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to prioritize workload, manage time efficiently while retaining attention to detail.
- Work well in a fast-paced environment.
- Work across the organization as required and maintain high standards of professionalism in all dealings with team members and internal/external clients.
- Technical:
- Microsoft Office
- Proficient in Excel
- Artificial Intelligence
Preferred Qualifications:
- Not Applicable
FINRA Registrations Required:
- Not Applicable
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
- Not Applicable
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
- Not Applicable
While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $190,000 to $245,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.
In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose – to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World – https://usa.bnpparibas/en/homepage/join-us/our-opportunities/
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings. Emails about jobs at BNP Paribas will always come from addresses ending @bnpparibas.com @us.bnpparibas.com, @ca.bnpparibas.com, or @br.bnpparibas.com. You should be suspicious of emails regarding employment with BNP Paribas coming from any other domains and should not respond. BNP Paribas will never send payments to or request payments from candidates for positions posted by BNP Paribas.
2027 – Summer Analyst Internship – Corporate Functions, Technology
Information Technology
Location: Jersey City, NJ
BUSINESS OVERVIEW:
Interns will be placed on one team for the duration of the summer program, where placements could include but are not limited to:
IT Production: is responsible to build, operate and support the IT Platform and all the technology used by our businesses in the Americas.
We aim to provide a robust, resilient and scalable Technology across the Region and we are a core pillar for all businesses.
We connect exchanges, clients, people and we ensure to operate the platform with the least incidents possible.
- Application Production and Support: Provide Application Production and Application Support to each business line: Global Market, Global Banking, CIB2S, ALMT, USDC and corporate or transversal departments.
- Infrastructure: Builds a resilient regional platform to serve as a foundation to all our businesses. The “Infa” department provides and supports Network, Network Security, Telecom, Voice/Trading voice, Record Keeping, Datacenters and Facilities, as well as IaaS, “Infrastructure-as-a-Service,” “Platform-as-a-Service,” and “Container-as-a-Service”.
- Workspace: Delivers work environment and toolset to all our end-users, with a global standardization for a Global Bank. Provides and supports Desktop, Messaging & Mobility, Endpoint Mobility, and Software Asset Management.
- Production Factories: Develops and provides global services to enable standardization, digitalization, and automation of ITO platforms via DevSecOps toolchain, monitoring, observability and scheduling services.
- Production Security: Operate and protects the organization’s digital assets. Provides and supports Identity Access Management, Vulnerability Management, Security design, Security engineering and Security operations.
- Control Tower: Facilitate Crisis & Command Center, providing change and incident management services.
- CTO Office: Manage projects, finance, staffing and resource management and service delivery for the department.
AMER ITO CCCO: ensures the protection of Corporate and Institutional Banking in the Americas (North and South) by overseeing Cyber and Corporate Security, Operational Resilience, IT/Cyber Governance, Risk and Controls. The team includes:
- Business and IT Continuity: Provides oversight and governance of the programs to plan and respond effectively to crisis events and serious business and IT disruptions.
- CIB Americas Operational Resilience: Drive the Bank transformation to ensure the vital businesses services will respond and recover from an adverse occurrence that may harm, destruct the ability to deliver those services according to the bank risk tolerance.
- Corporate Security: Ensures the safety of employees, clients, visitors and protects the firm’s assets and reputation.
- Information (Cyber) Security: Protects the Bank’s information from external and internal threats by defining and ensuring implementation of proper IT security framework and controls;
- Record Management Office: Ensure the Banks capacity to manage regulatory and client records, mitigate risks as well as maintain lifecycle with oversight, compliance controls- including, classification, retention and disposal/destruction of records as appropriate.
- IT and Cyber GRC: manages and strengthens the IT governance, procedures, and risk and control framework, for both the IHC and CIB Americas, in alignment with IT Group and Global CIB guidelines. The team also ensures IT and Cyber risks are identified, tested, properly mitigated and managed with appropriate Key Risk Indicators, maintaining and confirming sustainability for the IT & Cyber control framework as well as executing the RCSA and attestations as required. The IT and Cyber Management also oversees the IT and Cyber audits and monitor any remediation deemed necessary.
- Operations Operational Permanent Control: provides strategic direction to maintaining a robust and effective risk and control framework that respects internal guidelines and procedures issued and governed by control functions as well as the external regulatory and supervisory requirements
CIB IT: Responsible for IT development, business/technical analysis, project, maintenance and support for the large range of applications within the Americas region, covering all CIB business areas such as Global Markets, Global Banking, Client Engagement & Protection, Securities Services and ALMT. We work closely with our business partners and users as part of the global team to understand new requirements from clients, exchanges, industry, regulators and other stakeholders, and code against those requirements to enhance our platforms. The team also dedicates a large amount of time and effort to contribute to the overall platform engineering strategy to enhance our resiliency, stability and scalability across businesses and applications. Our services include métier-dedicated technology support and IT platform management for Americas, which strives for excellence and fully aligns with the group’s strategic goals. The collaboration of these IT teams, representing multiple business clusters, forms one CIB IT Americas team with a global vision, strategy and aligned direction. CIB Americas CIO leads the CIB IT teams as follows:
- Global Markets IT: develops, improves, analyzes, maintains and reviews architectural solutions for the wide range of applications across the Global Markets business areas, such as Prime & Financing, Electronic Trading, Financial Services, Clearing and Settlement, Booking, Position Risk & PnL, and Surveillance;
- Global Banking IT: responsible for meeting all IT needs for Trade Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Cash Management, Corporate Loans, Corporate Deposits & Liquidity, Payments and USD Clearing;
- Client Engagement & Protection IT: develops, improves and maintains the applications used across the different functions within Corporate & Institutional Banking (e.g. Risk, Compliance, Legal, HR, Enterprise Data Management, Client Engagement & Protection etc.) and provides transversal IT services;
- ALMT IT: implement IT initiatives and transformation to support ALMT business growth ambitions in the region by further strengthening of ALMT IT structure, improving execution capacity in the region and securing global alignment.
- Securities Services IT (also known as 2S IT): responsible for IT business/technical analysis and meeting IT platform development needs for Banking Services Operations, Corporate Trust Operations, Market & Financing Services and International Financial Services;
- IT Strategy Management, Project Portfolio & Budget: a transversal team responsible for program management office, reinforcing strategic CIO topics, employee engagement and governance of financials, staffing, sourcing, remediation, recommendations, controls, conduct and project portfolio.
APS: Responsible for the Americas Production Platform to ensure applications and associated services are monitored and incident resolution is managed and resolved to have the least or no disruption to the business. APS teams work closely with Business on a daily basis to provide IT functional and Technical support (Level 1 and Level 2) to the business under a common set of processes and tools. APS teams are responsible for Change management to keep the platform up to date with application related changes, security patching and obsolescence management. The team collaborates closely with Infrastructure, Production Security, Information security and application development teams to enhance the security of our production platform, keep it resilient and secure. The team works closely with Audit, IT risk and IT controls on regulatory, audit topics and to be aligned with the groups strategic goals.
- Application Production Support: Manage and monitor applications in Production, and provide IT Functional and Technical Support (Level 1 and Level 2) to the Business, under a common set of processes, tools and KPI. Ensure Production teams is actively contributing to the Business requests responses.
- IT Service Management: is a set of practices, policies and procedures that help to manage the services delivered to our end users, using the ITIL framework to ensure best practices are implemented within our organization. APS being the first line of defense, responsible for Incident, problem and change management related to applications in production.
- Digital Transformation: Work closely with the Business and with IT on the Digital Transformation trajectory. Contribute actively to the transformation of IT to new digital model & Business IT Digital Plan. Contribute to the definition, promotion and implementation of the strategy IT for the Métier, with consistency between operations and transformation
- Production Platform Stability and Security: Manage integrity, stability, robustness, continuity and security of the platform along with the Infrastructure, Application Development and Production security teams
- IT Transversal Project Portfolio & Budget: a transversal team responsible for program management office, reinforcing strategic CTO topics, employee engagement and governance of financials, staffing, sourcing, remediation, recommendations, controls, conduct and project portfolio.
CIB ITO Quality & Efficiency: is a dedicated global team within IT and Operations. Its mandate is to drive alignment between the local, regional and global ITO Stakeholders on core transversal activities, such as overall Governance, Budget, People program development, as well as SLAs to ensure that best practices are deployed and implemented across ITO Americas and to consistently deliver high quality reporting while optimizing efficiency.
Finance & Risk Solutions: The team is responsible for the implementation of third party and in-house developed reporting solutions for Liquidity, Finance, and Risk sponsors. Their scope of responsibilities includes interaction with multiple stakeholders, project management, business analysis, technical and functional support, and development of IT solutions in line with best practices established by CIB and the BNP Paribas group.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
Our internship programs are a springboard for college students to launch their careers through exciting and intellectually stimulating opportunities.
They are highly driven, intellectually stimulating, and crafted to build your real-world capabilities. To succeed amongst our teams, we look for those with a strong academic story, sharp analytical skills, and the ability to articulate ideas well, to clients and colleagues alike.
- Graduation year of Winter 2027 – Spring 2028
- All majors accepted
- Strong analytical, synthesis, and communication skills
- Quick learners who are detail-oriented and self-motivated
- Individuals who are enthusiastic, energetic, curious, and innovative
Our IT organization is large, but depending on the IT stream, we may be looking for:
- Computer Engineers: Develop applications using C++, Java, .Net, Python on Linux, SQL, Windows for the execution platforms etc. and have knowledge of programming and OS in combination with the business; who have experiencing coding with these applications and are up to date with the latest technology trend and security requirements;
- Cyber Security Specialists
- Business Analysts: Understand business needs, analyze products and various workflows. Convert them into specifications for developers to code;
- Integration Specialists: Integrate chain of systems across various functions to bring out the desired outcome for executions;
- Quality Analysts: Help to validate the application build by performing various functional and non-functional testing; and
- Transversal champions: work with CIO/Chief of Staff on transversal IT strategic & PMO topics.
What Does Our Summer Internship Program Look Like?
At BNP Paribas, our people are our greatest asset, and we are committed to helping you grow from day one. The internship program is our primary source for hiring early talent into the Bank, providing you with the network and resources you need to build a successful career.
Over the course of the internship, you will acquire in-depth insight into BNP Paribas and gain valuable and practical experience. Whichever area you are placed in, you will join a team of award-winning specialists in a dynamic, collaborative environment. Through the program, interns have a distinct opportunity to gain guidance from mentors and exposure to senior leaders within the Bank.
As an Intern, you will:
- Engage in an initial induction training that will set you up to succeed, and allow you to network with your intern class across all business divisions
- Complete technical projects and collaborate with colleagues across the Bank, gaining exposure to real work in order to identify your skills and explore where your interests are aligned
- Participate in a summer senior speaker series to gain a comprehensive understanding of financial markets and the industry
- Network with colleagues and learn about industry topics, life at BNP Paribas and participate in philanthropy and social events
Compensation:
The base salary for this position in Jersey City, NJ is $95,000.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose – to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World – https://usa.bnpparibas/en/homepage/join-us/our-opportunities/
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings. Emails about jobs at BNP Paribas will always come from addresses ending @bnpparibas.com @us.bnpparibas.com, @ca.bnpparibas.com, or @br.bnpparibas.com. You should be suspicious of emails regarding employment with BNP Paribas coming from any other domains and should not respond. BNP Paribas will never send payments to or request payments from candidates for positions posted by BNP Paribas.
2027 Summer Associate Internship – Global Markets, Quantitative Research & Trading
Global Markets – Quantitative Research & Trading
Location: New York, NY
Business Overview:
Our Global Markets Americas (GMA) team works with a variety of clients, including governments, multinationals, private banks and global institutions. From hedging and financing opportunities across every asset class, to research and market intelligence, our clients rely on us to develop and deliver market-leading solutions and impeccable service as standard.
As a front-office Quantitative Finance Associate in Global Markets, you will be part of one of the Quantitative Research, Trading or Structuring teams and participate in designing, implementing, and trading of Global markets products. You will take an active part in all front office activities.
The Quantitative Research team is responsible for the development of pricing and risk models and their implementation in the global analytics library. As a member of a global transversal team working with colleagues in Europe and Asia you will be supporting trading activities of the flow and structured desks across the whole range of Global Markets asset classes including Interest Rates, FX, Credit, Equity and more.
As part of the Structuring team, you will be involved in the design, pricing, and marketing of derivatives products working alongside a team of global specialists. Structurers craft innovative products and ideas suited to market conditions and clients’ needs, as well as contribute to the ongoing digitalization of our platform.
As part of the Trading team you will gain an in-depth understanding of market dynamics and trading a comprehensive range of asset classes on every index, every exchange and every market worldwide. In addition to trading execution and short-term risk management, you’ll also get to hone your trading report development skills.
What You Will Need:
Our internship programs are a springboard for college students to launch their careers through exciting and intellectually stimulating opportunities.
They are highly driven, intellectually stimulating, and crafted to build your real-world capabilities. To succeed amongst our teams, we look for those with a strong academic story, sharp analytical skills, and the ability to articulate ideas well, to clients and colleagues alike.
- Graduation year of Winter 2027 – Spring 2028
- All majors accepted
- Advanced degree (MA/MS/MFin or PhD)
- Strong analytical skills and technical background in mathematics, computer science or finance
- Effective communication skills, ability and willingness to engage the business
- Delivery focused and willingness to collaborate with other teams
- Programming / coding skills preferred
What Does Our Summer Internship Program Look Like?
At BNP Paribas, our people are our greatest asset, and we are committed to helping you grow from day one. The internship program is our primary source for hiring early talent into the Bank, providing you with the network and resources you need to build a successful career.
Over the course of the internship, you will acquire in-depth insight into BNP Paribas and gain valuable and practical experience. Whichever area you are placed in, you will join a team of award-winning specialists in a dynamic, collaborative environment. Through the program, interns have a distinct opportunity to gain guidance from mentors and exposure to senior leaders within the Bank.
As an Intern, you will:
- Engage in an initial induction training that will set you up to succeed, and allow you to network with your intern class across all business divisions
- Complete technical projects and collaborate with colleagues across the Bank, gaining exposure to real work in order to identify your skills and explore where your interests are aligned
- Participate in a summer senior speaker series to gain a comprehensive understanding of financial markets and the industry
- Network with colleagues and learn about industry topics, life at BNP Paribas and participate in philanthropy and social events
Compensation:
The base salary for this position in New York, NY is $150,000.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose – to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World – https://usa.bnpparibas/en/homepage/join-us/our-opportunities/
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings. Emails about jobs at BNP Paribas will always come from addresses ending @bnpparibas.com @us.bnpparibas.com, @ca.bnpparibas.com, or @br.bnpparibas.com. You should be suspicious of emails regarding employment with BNP Paribas coming from any other domains and should not respond. BNP Paribas will never send payments to or request payments from candidates for positions posted by BNP Paribas.
Business Overview:
The North America Low Carbon Transition (“LCT”) Investment Banking Group operates as a function of BNP Paribas’s Global Banking group, focused on the U.S. and Canada, covering LCT-focused clients in the region across the full suite of investment banking products: M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance. BNPP provides strategic advice to multinational corporations and financial sponsors on the structuring and execution of complex transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, asset divestments, initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and leveraged buy-out underwritings. The platform offers full range of execution capabilities and services to clients, in close collaboration with BNPP’s product teams.
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:
- Results and Impact
- Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
- Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
- Able to educate and influence peers and team.
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
- Leadership and Collaboration:
- Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
- Partner with colleagues across various sectors and product teams to achieve a team-first approach.
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
- Able to build relationships with clients as part of deal execution.
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
- Compliance Culture and Conduct:
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:
- Support the execution and origination of investment banking transactions
- Support M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance transactions, including coordinating across all parties involved
- Prepare presentations and contribute to deal pitches, including research and analysis of companies and industries
- Prepare complex financial models, including valuation and merger consequences analysis
- Provide industry intelligence and competitive analysis for potential opportunities, and assist in scoping potential deals
- Work in close partnership with various Managing Directors, Directors, Vice Presidents, and Associates to manage client relationships and deliverables
- Establish effective working relationships and build credibility with internal constituents throughout the organization
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with demonstrated record of academic excellence
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Team player, self-motivated and entrepreneurial
- Detail oriented with a complete focus on quality results/deliverables
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Experience across all aspects of the Microsoft Office suite (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
- Core understanding of accounting and valuation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior Investment Banking experience at an investment bank with specific exposure to M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance or a comparable experience at a large corporate
- Core valuation / financial modelling experience in a professional setting
FINRA Registrations Required:
- Series 63, 79 and SIE
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
- Not Applicable
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
- Not Applicable
While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $110,000 to $130,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.
In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose – to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World – https://usa.bnpparibas/en/homepage/join-us/our-opportunities/
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings. Emails about jobs at BNP Paribas will always come from addresses ending @bnpparibas.com @us.bnpparibas.com, @ca.bnpparibas.com, or @br.bnpparibas.com. You should be suspicious of emails regarding employment with BNP Paribas coming from any other domains and should not respond. BNP Paribas will never send payments to or request payments from candidates for positions posted by BNP Paribas.
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) is the asset management division of BNP Paribas Group. As of July 1, 2025, AXA Investment Managers’ (AXA IM) activities have been fully integrated into BNPP AM, creating a unified and strengthened global platform.
BNPP AM is a leading global asset manager, leveraging the Group’s scale, stability, and expertise. We serve a diverse client base, including institutional investors, corporations, distribution partners, and retail clients worldwide. Our investment capabilities cover a broad range of asset classes, from traditional strategies like equities, fixed income, and multi-assets to alternatives such as real estate, infrastructure, private debt, and private equity. This allows us to tailor solutions to meet client objectives.
With AXA IM’s integration, BNPP AM now ranks among Europe’s top asset managers, managing approximately €1.6 trillion in assets, with a focus on long-term savings and alternative strategies.
Sustainability is central to our approach. We prioritize ESG and responsible investing to deliver sustainable, long-term performance while supporting environmental, social, and economic transitions. Adopting a pragmatic, long-term perspective, we aim to generate durable value for clients, employees, and the economy, backed by strong risk management and responsible finance principles
All figures are sourced from publicly available data as of September 2025
The Loans research analysts, in collaboration with the Portfolio Managers, contribute to building sound leveraged loan portfolios by sourcing attractive relative value opportunities in the primary and secondary markets and actively monitoring the performance of each investment
Your daily responsibilities:
- Cover approximately 40-50 broadly syndicated leveraged loan credits across multiple sectors
- Perform due diligence, prepare full single-name credit write-ups including cash-flow projections, and present recommendations to the Credit Committee
- Monitor assets in portfolio (ad hoc and quarterly reviews, amendments/waivers, recovery analysis) and in the investable universe
- Present sector views on an ad hoc and semi-annual basis
- Identify relative value trade opportunities along with Portfolio Managers
- Maintain network of relationships with analysts at other asset managers, arranger banks, advisors, and PE sponsors to exchange information and enhance AXA’s presence and franchise
- Participate in marketing efforts (presentation to investors)
- Collaborate with other internal teams
Are you our next US Leveraged Loans Research Analyst?
- Education/Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience: 8+ years of Leveraged Loan Credit Analysis prior experience. Auto, Housing / Building Materials, Aerospace & Defense sectors knowledge preferred
Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to perform in-depth, qualitative and quantitative credit due diligence
- Understanding of legal loan documentation terms
- Experience in work-out/restructuring situations
- Knowledge of structured credit vehicles as well as total return strategies and familiarity with the different associated portfolio management styles
- Knowledge of the bank loan markets and players, ideally acquired within a previous loan credit analyst position at sell-side / buy-side institutions or rating agencies
Business Overview:
The North American Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Coverage platform is responsible for advising and delivering the Bank’s full solutions to mid-to-mega cap, market-leading corporates.
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:
- Results and Impact
- Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
- Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
- Able to educate and influence peers and team.
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
- Leadership and Collaboration:
- Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
- Partner with colleagues across various sectors and product teams to achieve a team-first approach.
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
- Able to build relationships with clients as part of deal execution.
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
- Compliance Culture and Conduct:
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:
- Support the execution and origination of investment banking transactions
- Lead and/or support M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance transactions, including coordinating across all parties involved
- Help prepare and contribute to deal pitches, including idea generation, research and analyze companies and industries
- Prepare and review complex financial models, including valuation and merger consequences analysis
- Provide industry intelligence and competitive analysis for potential opportunities, and assist in scoping potential deals
- Work in close partnership with various Managing Directors, Directors and Vice Presidents to manage client relationships and deliverables
- Oversee analysts in the preparation and analysis of pitch and transaction materials
- Establish effective working relationships and build credibility with internal constituents throughout the organization
Responsibilities:
Sector Expertise / Content Creation
- Maintain sectorial expertise and serve as internal resource for BNP Paribas globally
- Develop product understanding and expertise with product specialists
- Prepare content, focus on idea generation and own the pitch book process in close coordination with product teams
- Be engaged with product partners / internal & external stakeholders to drive the process (especially on live deals and pitches)
- Maintain databases of client and industry-wide financial information, including internal Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) system
- Create strategic sector and/or client presentation materials, with Senior Banker (“SB”) guidance, for both domestic and international review
- Regularly assess and update the TMT prospect list
- Contribute to the initial credit assessment to determine the opportunities worth pursuing. This should entail:
- discussing the proposed facility with the SB and relevant product specialists
- working in close co-operation with the SB, credit analyst, and Risk Officer to contribute to the process
- running and presenting of a return on capital output model to SB
Senior Banker Support
- Actively monitor client developments and relevant news to share with Senior Bankers, Product Partners, Risk, Management, etc. (e.g. acquisition announcements, earnings releases, Board changes, ratings downgrades, peer news, sector developments, etc.)
- Arrange for all scheduled earnings releases and Investor Days to be in the calendar and follow up to deliver material to SBs (presentations and equity research reports)
- Provide timely summaries of client earnings calls/Investor Day presentations
- Provide brief package of above + relevant recent news to Senior Bankers in advance of client meeting
- Provide support to the SB in their regular marketing/calling program
- Input all client meetings and opportunities in CRM; Promptly prepare and input client meeting call memos
Internal Process Ownership
- Prepare and facilitate the internal approval of capital allocation via the Resource Allocation Committee process
- Develop & maintain client/prospect fact sheets (ratings, exposure, opportunities, deals, etc.), pipeline reports, product heat map, and weekly/monthly activity summaries
- Prepare and maintain annual client budget in coordination with the SB, Corporate Platform, and various product areas
- Work on ad hoc projects and deals as needed
- Serve as a Lead and coordinator among the junior coverage team on various internal and external projects
- Train, mentor and coach analyst and associate colleagues across their covered portfolios alongside one’s own
- Take complete ownership of all internal processes relating to client portfolio.
- Review credit submissions, including annual reviews ahead of SB’s own review
Know Your Client (KYC) & Operations
- Manage all client matters related to KYC, due diligence, Compliance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) requirements, etc.
- Coordinate onboarding and re-certifications for corporate clients in the US
- Cultivate relationships with Due Diligence and Compliance teams domestically and abroad
- Act as a liaison for the SB between Corporate Client Implementation team, Due Diligence, CARD/Recertification, Compliance and CSR to enhance the level of execution for our Corporate clients
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years’ experience in Corporate or Investment Banking
- 5+ years’ experience of knowledge in Americas markets
- Prior TMT sector experience preferred
- Strong ethics and integrity
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Work transversally across the organization and maintain high standards of professionalism in all dealings with team members and external clients
- Modeling and valuation skills
- Credit Skills
- Analytical skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Innovative and problem solver
- Organized; ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a challenging environment
- Strong verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong Microsoft OS (Word, Excel, Power Point)
- Experience with Bloomberg
FINRA Registrations Required:
• SIE, Series 79, 63 (take and pass tests within 3 months if not licensed yet)
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
- Not Applicable
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
- Not Applicable
While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $225,000 to $235,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.
In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose – to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World – https://usa.bnpparibas/en/homepage/join-us/our-opportunities/
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings. Emails about jobs at BNP Paribas will always come from addresses ending @bnpparibas.com @us.bnpparibas.com, @ca.bnpparibas.com, or @br.bnpparibas.com. You should be suspicious of emails regarding employment with BNP Paribas coming from any other domains and should not respond. BNP Paribas will never send payments to or request payments from candidates for positions posted by BNP Paribas.
BNP Paribas
Job Title: Vice President, Asset Finance and Securitization
Location: 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019
Duties: Execute and originate banking and capital markets structured financings in transportation/aviation. Market to clients and prospects (pitches, proposals and presentations). Structure and advise on best structures and products to achieve the clients’ goals. Negotiate financing documentation with clients and legal counsel and coordinate deal closing process. Distribute/Syndicate the structured product to banking partners and/or institutional investors. Execute and supervise credit approvals and due diligence process. Work closely with key product partners within the bank to proactively identify opportunities with our clients. Support work on financial modeling including complex models and running sensitivities. Coordinate staffing of analysts and associates with the directors and managing directors in the team. *10% Domestic & International travel required (US & Canada, South America, Europe). *Telecommuting permitted 20%: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from the BNP Paribas office in New York, NY.
SALARY: $179,088 – $245,000/ year
Work Schedule: 9am to 5pm, 40 hours a week. (Monday – Friday)
Job Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (US or Foreign Equivalent) in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or Aerospace / Aeronautics and five (5) years of experience in Investment Banking and Structured Finance and/or Transportation Sector OR Master’s degree (US or Foreign Equivalent) in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or Aerospace / Aeronautics and three (3) years of experience in Investment Banking and Structured Finance and/or Transportation Sector. Must have five (5) years of experience (or 3 with Master’s) with: Expertise in Aviation: Knowledge of the aviation industry and players, and expertise in aviation finance structures or structured finance in general; Asset Finance Structuring: Ability to understand, originate and structure different asset financing products: Commercial loans, Insurance Guaranteed financings, Warehouses debt, tax optimized lease structures, EETCs and Aircraft ABS; Credit/Financial Analysis: Experienced drafting of greenlight memos and credit applications to present and defend in credit committees; and Modelling skills: Build financial and cash-flow models in Excel and assess risk and future financial performance through stress testing at the corporate and asset levels. Must have three (3) years of experience with: Deal Structuring: Ability to lead asset secured debt and capital markets transactions from origination to structuring, syndication and execution of mandates; and Contract Negotiation skills Negotiate legal and structural terms in asset financing term sheets and transaction legal documents and assist in deal execution. FINRA licenses: SIE, Series 79, and Series 63 (must have passed within 5 months of hire).
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings. Emails about jobs at BNP Paribas will always come from addresses ending @bnpparibas.com, @us.bnpparibas.com, @ca.bnpparibas.com, or @br.bnpparibas.com. You should be suspicious of emails regarding employment with BNP Paribas coming from any other domains and should not respond. BNP Paribas will never send payments to or request payments from candidates for positions posted by BNP Paribas.
Business Overview:
The CIB Americas Compliance unit within BNPP helps to maintain compliance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations. Under the Compliance Advisory space, depending on the global business line, FICC Compliance provides compliance coverage for the Global Credit Markets Americas (GCMA), Global Macro, and FXLM.COM global business lines. The Head of FICC manages a team of advisors that provide primary compliance coverage for the respective business areas, as described below.
*This Team works closely with the Global Banking Team to collaborate on banking regulatory issues.
Within GCMA), the desks include the securities activities of the following:
- Credit Sales, Credit Trading and the Credit Desk Analysts
- CLO, ABS & RMBS Origination
- Credit Solutions / Structuring
- Debt Capital Markets / Investment Grade Finance
- High Grade Syndication (including Private Placements)
- AFS Syndication
- HY/Leverage Loans Syndication
Within Global Macro, the desks include:
- Linear Rates Trading
- Rates Sales
- Institutional Sales
- Structured Products Trading
- Repo Desk
- Corporate Solutions Sales
- Agency Mortgage Trading
- Structuring & Solutions
- U.S. Treasury Sales & Trading
- Senior Economist & Rates Strategy
Within FXLM.COM, the desks (depending on the region, certain desks are covered by LATAM Compliance Advisory) include:
- US Institutional Sales
- Corporate Sales
- FXLM Trading (North America & LATAM)
- LatAm Institutional and Corporate Sales
- Americas FXLM and CD (Commodity Derivatives) Structuring & Solutions
- Commodity Sales
- FX Sales
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:
- Results and Impact
- Able to influence peers and team.
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
- Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
- Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
- Leadership and Collaboration:
- Creates trust with colleagues.
- Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
- Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
- Compliance Culture and Conduct:
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:
- Provide regulatory and compliance advice, effective challenge and training to the businesses on rules, regulations, policies and best practices
- Research securities and regulatory rules / rule changes and distill major points thereof into procedures and related controls
- Compliance representative on the Mandated Approval Committee for new Advisory/ IBG US engagements
- Within GCMA, Compliance representative on the Fixed Income Capital Commitment Committee (FICC) for private-side mandates
- Compliance representative on the New Activity Validation Committee (NAC) and Transaction Approval Committee (TAC) for the respective business lines and numerous other committees
- Assess relevant regulatory risks and controls related to the appropriate global business line activities and work with front office, IT, and other functions to develop and implement solutions to adequately address BNPP’s regulatory risk exposure.
- Participate in BNPP’s Annual Compliance Risk Assessment process and assist front office and the functions in the implementation and closing of required action plans to address applicable regulatory risks
- Escalate appropriate matters and/or incidents to BNPP management and applicable governance bodies in a timely manner
- Establish written guidance on the appropriate implementation of regulatory requirements, laws, rules and standards through policies and procedures and other documents such as Compliance Manuals, Written Supervisory Procedures and other mediums
- Conduct training on various Compliance / regulatory topics and utilize various methods (e.g., team meetings; one-on-one; Compliance Bulletins; Annual Compliance Meetings) to educate the front office
- Track new industry initiatives and regulatory developments, and work with the business and logistics and control partners, on implementation of any controls or new requirements
- Assist on regulatory exams and related responses
- Assist on regulatory inquiries and related responses
- Work closely with compliance domains such as Market Integrity/Professional Ethics (MI/PE), Financial Security (FS), and Protection of Interests of Clients (PIC) on transversal, and group wide, issues and initiatives
- Interface with other control areas; in particular, the Business CCCO (Chief Conduct and Control Office) Team, as well as Legal and Control Room, to identify and provide advice and effective challenges with respect to compliance, reputational and operational risks
- Participate in cross-training opportunities in collaboration with the broader Compliance Team, specifically an openness to supporting and learning about other global business lines
- Work with other groups within Compliance including testing, surveillance and risk assessments
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- B.A. or B.S. Degree
- Minimum of 10 years of experience with a financial services firm in a compliance role
- Strong knowledge of U.S. securities and swap dealer rules and regulations, especially those of the SEC and FINRA and CFTC/NFA swap dealer
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with front office employees and senior management
- Work effectively in a team environment and foster effective relationships
- Superb oral and written communication skills
- Think analytically and provide advice based on sound judgment
- Ability to create and maintain Compliance manuals and procedures
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills, as well as attention to detail
- Advanced skills and competencies to:
- Manage multiple open issues and projects at the same time and meet timely deadlines
- Interact and work closely with the business and infrastructure partners at all levels of seniority
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree, or JD or MBA and at least 10 years’ experience
FINRA Registrations Required:
- Series 7, 24, and 14 security licenses – preferred
- Series 3 futures licenses – preferred
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
- Not Applicable
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
- Not Applicable
While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $160,000 to $285,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.
In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.
About BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.
As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose – to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.
BNP Paribas. The Bank for a Changing World – https://usa.bnpparibas/en/homepage/join-us/our-opportunities/
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.
Protect yourself from fraudulent job postings. Emails about jobs at BNP Paribas will always come from addresses ending @bnpparibas.com @us.bnpparibas.com, @ca.bnpparibas.com, or @br.bnpparibas.com. You should be suspicious of emails regarding employment with BNP Paribas coming from any other domains and should not respond. BNP Paribas will never send payments to or request payments from candidates for positions posted by BNP Paribas.
Business Overview:
We are conducting a search for an experienced Compliance Officer to cover the Capital Markets business for BNP Paribas in the Americas. The business operates out of New York and executes transactions in all industries / geographies across multiple legal entities, including BNPP New York Branch and BNP Paribas Securities Corp, a US registered broker dealer and FINRA member. The business team delivers advisory services for the Capital Markets Investment Banking products including, but not limited to, Investment Grade Finance, Leveraged Finance, Asset Finance, Securitization, and Syndication. This role reports into the Head of Global Banking Americas Compliance. The Compliance Advisor covering the Capital Markets businesses will be part of a larger team responsible for compliance coverage and challenge for the firm’s Global Banking Americas activities.
The U.S. Corporate & Institutional Banking Compliance unit within BNP Paribas assists in maintaining compliance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations and firm/group policies and procedures. The Global Banking Advisory Compliance Team is part of the Ethics and Compliance Department. Under Global Banking Americas, Compliance provides advisory coverage and challenge for various businesses and products across the Firm.
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:
- Results and Impact
- Able to influence peers and team.
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
- Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
- Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
- Leadership and Collaboration:
- Creates trust with colleagues.
- Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
- Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
- Compliance Culture and Conduct:
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.
Responsibilities:
The candidate will be responsible for providing compliance coverage to the Firm’s IB business while also working closely with colleagues with primary responsibility for Risk Assessments, Control Room, Financial Security, and Equity Research, in addition to coordinating with colleagues of foreign affiliates on cross-border initiatives/activities. The candidate will provide advisory and monitoring support to assigned business areas in implementing Compliance policies and procedures regarding State and Federal banking regulations as well as FINRA Rules, including but not limited to, FINRA Rules 2210, 3110, 2111, and 2010. The Compliance Advisor will provide advice and support on matters pertaining to various compliance-related topics including, but not limited to, internal policies, customer due diligence, internal control procedures, business-line risk assessments, transaction reviews, and annual and specialized training.
The Compliance Advisor will:
- Provide day-to-day compliance advisory services and challenge and act as a point of contact for the front office and support businesses on questions, issues, and matters of concern.
- Identify regulatory trends and developments, advising business staff as to how this may affect their current activities and work with supervisors to implement any required changes to current policy / practice.
- Contribute to the preparation of Compliance reports for Compliance Management, Senior Management, Executive Committees, and Risk Committees etc. as required.
- Assist providing advice on new products, services and business activities in connection with the firms New Activity/New Transaction process.
- Review marketing materials and communications.
- Draft and update Compliance-owned and business policies and procedures, including assessing for current and new regulatory requirements, and implementing/remediating gaps in existing policies and procedures.
- Participate in internal investigations, assist in responding to regulatory inquiries, and coordinate internal and external audits and inspections.
- Perform periodic risk assessments of the business and provide regulatory/compliance training as needed.
- Provide clear advice and challenge to the Business and Functions on regulatory topics that impact the Firm.
- Assist in implementation of changes in regulations pertaining to bank regulatory environment, and the applicability to GBA IB businesses, including articulation of the practicable implications of those changes to the business and advising management on any required changes to policies and procedures.
- Perform assessment of banking activities in accordance with Regulation W restrictions on transactions with affiliates.
- Perform transactional assessments in relation to internal policies, including Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”).
- Assist with coordinating and preparing for Internal Audit reviews, Compliance Testing reviews, and regulatory examinations and inquiries.
- Assist the Head of Global Banking Compliance with providing direct Compliance advisory to Global Banking Capital Markets businesses.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- 15 plus years Compliance/ Regulatory experience in a wholesale banking / broker dealer environment.
- In-depth knowledge of general State and Federal banking regulations that apply to a US Branch of a foreign bank.
- Direct hands-on knowledge of Global Banking Capital Markets products/activities, including Leveraged Finance, Project Finance, Investment Grade Finance, Tax equity, Commercial Real Estate, and Fund Financing,
- Ability to apply, and advise on, new and existing regulations to the businesses and operations of BNPP.
- Experience with bank examinations and a familiarity with the Board of Governors FBO Examination Manual.
- Strong organizational skills, ability to write and speak articulately and concisely.
- Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple undertakings at the same time and with different level of granularity, constantly keeping focus on priorities.
- Demonstrated ability and experience in conducting training for bank staff engaged in a variety of business activities.
- Ability to make, support and defend difficult and complex regulatory/compliance decisions in a fast-paced and high pressured environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- English required
- French language skills a plus
FINRA Registrations Required:
- Not Applicable
CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):
- Not Applicable
SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:
- Not Applicable
While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $160,000 to $275,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.
In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.
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The Leveraged Loans team manages AUM of €11bn through CLOs, dedicated mandates and open ended funds for international clients, the portfolio manager is responsible for investment selection in the portfolios in line with risk and return profiles. The portfolio managers works in collaboration with investment analysts and traders, according to portfolio risk returns profiles. He is managing portfolios, mandates, and funds with a focus on liquidity, risk assessment and investment performance in the various vehicles.
Your missions :
- Work on portfolio strategy to create appropriate risk/return profile for current and potential investors (CLO, funds and mandates). Portfolio construction, running hypothetical trades and orders in compliance with procedures.
- Assist in building model portfolios with the rest of the portfolio management team for new CLOs and Mandates.
- Use data analysis to help with portfolio optimization, trading strategy, generate market views and marketing materials.
- Work with credit analysts to develop credit views, develop trade ideas, perform sector and portfolio reviews and make trade recommendations.
- Assets sourcing and in primary and secondary markets, liaising with banks and private equity sponsors in line with established controls and procedures.
- Participation and vote (if needed) in investment committees and portfolio monitoring . Work in close collaboration with EUR team.
- Identification and implementation of tactical portfolio adjustments based on market conditions, liquidity considerations and relative value.
- Daily fund monitoring: assets, cash, prepayments. and guidelines
- Work on portfolio strategy to create appropriate risk/return profile for current and potential investors (CLO, funds and mandates). Portfolio construction, running hypothetical trades and orders in compliance with procedures.
- Assist in building model portfolios with the rest of the portfolio management team for new CLOs and Mandates.
- Use data analysis to help with portfolio optimization, trading strategy, generate market views and marketing materials.
- Work with credit analysts to develop credit views, develop trade ideas, perform sector and portfolio reviews and make trade recommendations.
- Assets sourcing and in primary and secondary markets, liaising with banks and private equity sponsors in line with established controls and procedures.
- Participation and vote (if needed) in investment committees and portfolio monitoring . Work in close collaboration with EUR team.
- Identification and implementation of tactical portfolio adjustments based on market conditions, liquidity considerations and relative value.
- Daily fund monitoring: assets, cash, prepayments. and guidelines
- Reporting/ frequent communication on strategies/constraints/objectives/management performance of funds to ensure transparency and alignment between investments search and needs. Presentation of the performance of the funds and CLOs quarterly to Alt Credit management.
- In collaboration with the Business Development team, contribution to Marketing, fundraising and investor relations: marketing materials preparation, client meetings, RFP answers, regular and ad hoc reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
- Tools & Systems: Collaborate with Transaction Support & IT, set-up and development of standardized management tools reliable (provider sourcing briefing, coding formula checks, tests)
- Support to team and other actions: internal and external reporting (for management, BU, Risk & Compliance), database updates.
- Risk and compliance standards pro-active interaction and checks
Are you our next Portfolio Manager?
- Strong credit analytical skills, accountancy knowledge, financial modelling forecast and financial valuation
- Deep knowledge of banking products, and technicals
- Understanding of investment structure options and constraints (ie structured vehicles like CLOs vs opened funds)
- Experience in CLO management and loan funds
- Team spirit oriented/Active contribution to team development
- Ability to make decisions and convince
- Initiative drive while complying with processes and governance
- CFA,CAIA,MBA would be a plus