Job Title: Linux Engineer

Department: APAC IT Production – APAC Market Infrastructure Systems

Business line/Function: APAC IT Production

Location: Hong Kong

Position Purpose: 

CIB Market Infrastructure manages the electronic‑trading platform infrastructure for the Global Markets business lines at BNP Paribas CIB. Our Market‑Infrastructure Systems Engineers design, deploy and operate Linux at scale while continuously improving the platform through automation and self‑service tools.

We are looking for motivated Linux Systems Engineers to join our Hong Kong‑based Market‑Infrastructure team. The platform (Red Hat & Debian) is mission‑critical for business availability and performance. Successful candidates are interested in the financial‑services industry, are self‑driven yet collaborative, and can manage stakeholder expectations effectively.

The role works closely with regional and global infrastructure teams (Core Unix, Network, Storage), APS (Application Production Support), platform‑development groups and business‑side stakeholders. Daily interaction with electronic‑trading teams provides a rapid feedback loop and a direct pulse on the business.

Responsibilities

• Operate the Linux‑based trading platform distributed across the region, including monitoring during trading hours and occasional work outside business hours.
• Respond to incidents, conduct root‑cause analysis and provide status updates to stakeholders.
• Plan, apply and document platform changes and improvements.
• Monitor performance and capacity, track trends and propose enhancements.
• Proactively identify and remediate performance bottlenecks.
• Design and deliver technical solutions or project deliverables.
• Prioritise, track and execute multiple initiatives while providing operational support.
• Continuously improve provisioning, patching processes and related tooling.
• Document and communicate business and technical requirements.
• Implement hardening guidelines, automate security‑patch roll‑outs and collaborate with the BNP Paribas security team to ensure compliance with group‑wide standards.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Proficiency with the Linux command line and shell scripting/Python development for automation, testing and debugging.
• Advanced system and network troubleshooting skills.
• Linux performance optimisation for diverse workloads (low latency, high throughput).
• Strong focus on monitoring stacks and Linux/network telemetry.
• Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP/Multicast, routing, DNS).
• Experience with bare‑metal provisioning and configuration‑management at scale (Foreman/Puppet, Ansible).
• Familiarity with server hardware and components.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git/Bitbucket (branching and merging).
• Participation in a rotating morning‑shift on‑call roster (including holidays and weekends).
• Self‑driven, able to work under pressure and thrive in a fast‑paced environment with changing priorities.
• Excellent time‑management, strong sense of urgency and ability to prioritise effectively.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with technical and operational teams regionally and globally.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills in English.
• Occasional travel within APAC for data centre projects.

Specific Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a system and infrastructure engineering environment at scale.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with team members, other support groups and remote technical staff (e.g., data centre smart‑hands).

About BNP Paribas Group:

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

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BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey 

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 18,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships. 

Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 68 markets with more than 193,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.  

* excluding partnerships

BNP Paribas offers you an exciting career in an international business environment that is fast-paced, diverse and focuses on creating high-value relationships with our clients. We offer competitive salary and benefits, as well as a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team.

Position Purpose:

• This is a critical role in the quant team responsible for Algo Trading logic, as well as driving client engagement using KDB expertise to drive data analysis. These skillsets are critical to the development of the Electronic product and Prime Services ambition.

Key responsibilities:

• Research and Develop market leading trading models to be enhance the product.
• Experienced in C++, KDB, Quant Modelling
• To support the day-to-day activities of the Electronic Execution business and investigate abnormalities in performance.
• To contribute across global execution and data initiatives with a focus on APAC markets.
• Develop real time signals and refine with back testing, employing machine learning and AI techniques.
• Help the coverage teams in dealing with client requests and enquiries.
•  Adhere to all the internal policy requirements, and ensure all designed models follow the required market microstructure

Skills/Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in quantitative analytics, research and development within financial services
• Strong programming skills (ex. Python, SQL)
• Degree in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Statistics, or any related scientific discipline 

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 18,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships. 

Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 68 markets with more than 193,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.  

* excluding partnerships

BNP Paribas offers you an exciting career in an international business environment that is fast-paced, diverse and focuses on creating high-value relationships with our clients. We offer competitive salary and benefits, as well as a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team.

Business Area/Dept Overview

BNP Paribas’ Global Markets business offers a broad range of products and services in the global interest rates, credit, currency, equities & commodity markets. Global Markets help their franchise of clients find effective ways to raise and invest capital as well as manage their exposure to risk. Their client base comprises of corporations, institutional investors, banks, governments and supranational organizations.

The Global Markets Quantitative Research (GMQR) division is in charge of the modelling, pricing & risk management developments for Global Markets products. Role holders within the division focus on the global management, development, delivery, maintenance and support of Global Credit, Global Equities, Global Macro and Platform, Research’s cross-asset analytics software libraries. The team operates globally with representatives in London, Paris, Asia and New York and plays a critical role in providing innovative solutions.

Job Purpose

An APAC GM Prime Quantitative Research is a front office quantitative role with a focus on the products traded in Prime APAC with continuous business interactions. The role holder will cooperate with other quantitative developers and analysts, as well as with the trading desks and the Global Markets IT & Risk divisions

Responsibilities

• Participate in the global research and development effort on various aspects of Financing business –more specifically on Stock Loan, Cash PB and Synthetic TRS trading activities in addition to Financial Resources Management optimization
• Design, implement, and support optimizations on client locates and automated refinancing.
• Contribute to the development off Inventory Management tools and axe processes.
• Research and development of predictive, AI driven intelligence.
• Contribute to development of systems, real-time data feeds and the core analytics library

Knowledge, Skill and Experience

• Advanced degree (Master or PhD) in computer science, mathematics or engineering.
• Strong analytical skills and technical background.
• Knowledge of statistics as well as optimization algorithms.
• Excellent programming experience in Python, working on large, object-oriented codebases.
• Understanding of Financial Resource metrics, LCR, NSFR, Leverage, RWA etc.
• Experience working with (designing/building) complex data structures and database technologies (Oracle, Clickhouse)
• 5-7 years’ experience working in either a Quant Research, Quant Development or a Strats function – preferably within an Equity Financing function working on either FRM, Stock Loan, Cash or Synthetic PB
• Effective communication skills, ability and willingness to engage the business globally.
• Preferable to have experience working with (designing/building) complex data structures and database technologies (Oracle, Click house)
• Delivery focused and willingness to collaborate with other teams globally.
• Ability to manage book of work of team members along with their own.

About Electronic Equites Business:

The Electronic Equites business provides clients execution services on over 100 markets in more than 30 countries worldwide. We provide the full spectrum of capabilities: from Sponsored or Direct Market Access to Smart Order Router and Algorithmic Execution. Technology is a key factor in the success of this business, hence we focus on a small number of technologies and platforms, each dedicated and optimised for a particular function to achieve best results. We look to build compact, flat and global teams, actively collaborating between each other and with the business. We are a team with engineering culture, we value hands-on technical skills at any level. 

Job Description:

The Senior Software Developer that joins the team will take a hands-on software development and engineering role for various components of the Electronic Equities trading platform across functional and non-functional domains. The software developer will focus on Low Latency Market and Client connectivity components involving trading protocols and risk checks. These components operate in low-latency regime with high throughput requirements; hence performance and capacity testing are critical for systems stability.

Direct Responsibilities

Design, Development, Maintenance:

• Design software applications, systems, and tools
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Develop software solutions that meet business requirements and user needs
• Maintain and update existing software applications, systems, and tools
• Refactor code to improve performance, readability, and maintainability

Testing and Debugging:

• Identify and fix bugs, errors, and defects
• Design and implement high-quality unit tests to ensure code reliability, maintainability and performance.
• Collaborate with QA engineers to ensure quality and functionality

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Required competencies

• 7+ years coding with C++ in a professional Linux environment on trading systems. 
• 3+ years Bash/Python scripting desirable.
• Experience engineering low latency solutions desirable.
• A track record of excellent communication skills working with business partners and other developers.
• Experience of working in a robust technology environment with a clear appreciation of software development best practices and change control procedures.
• Understanding of market microstructure in Equity markets is preferred but not essential.
• Relevant education such as a BSc / MSc / PhD in a relevant subject such as Computer Science, Finance, Maths, Physics, Econometrics, Engineering, or the equivalent work experience or qualifications

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

•    BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

•    BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

•    Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

•    BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey 

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

Direct Responsibilities

Contributing Responsibilities

Qualifications and Experience

Specific Qualifications Required

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

Position Purpose

•    Executions and pre/post transactions processing

•    Client marketing support

•    Change management support

•    Relationship Manager Support in Client Relationship Management 

•    Administrative support

Responsibilities

Execution and Transactions Processing

•    Receive orders and instructions directly from clients

•    For certain products types, quote prices to clients

•    Ensure pre-trade due diligence checks

•    Ensure orders are properly executed and proceeded including but not limited to proper voice log, suitability & credit limit check

•    Capture executed deals in systems by cut-off time

•    Ensure accuracy of capture to avoid incidents and dealing errors

•    Train Marketing Associate(s) (“MA”) to ensure that they have sufficient level of awareness of procedures and controls.

Client Marketing Support

•    Appropriate understanding of client portfolio, background and investment needs

•    Coordinate and follow-up with invitees for marketing events organized by BNP Paribas (“the Bank”)

•    Organize clients meetings with RMs

•    Assist RMs to prepare client reports, presentations and analysis as required to support RMs in their client meetings. 

Relationship Manager Support in Client Relationship Management

•    Support Relationship Manager in providing investment advisory to clients, which is to be in line with Bank’s views on each class of assets and within client’s suitability profile

•    Assist Relationship Manager to meet bank’s target in terms of product placement (especially when there is a product promotion), new accounts (particularly for existing relationship) and loan utilization

•    Whenever possible, to identify opportunities to expand client assets. 

Change Management Support

•    Provide feedback to relevant parties to meet front office needs

•    Ensure RMs are informed on a need-to-know basis of any changes impacting the work processes

•    Back up other MAs

Administrative Support

•    Answer clients’ phone calls in a professional manner

•    Take care of queries from internal/ external parties 

•    Maintaining records of client interactions and transactional details 

•    Assist with new client onboarding process which may include documentation collection and verification  

•    Assist in processing credit approvals, CAF review, credit review, investments and deposit transactions

•    Assist RMs to prepare internal and external meetings materials

•    Provide support for business development projects and other ad-hoc tasks as needed by the team

Conduct & Control Aspect

•    Direct contribution to the Bank’s Conduct & Control framework

•    Responsible for the implementation and complying with internal policies and procedures in day-to-day business activities 

•    Comply with regulatory requirements. Most importantly, for appointed representatives under MAS, to observe FAA and SFA requirements in the discharge of duty as MA and as an employee of the Bank.

•    Responsible for reporting all incidents and client complaints promptly

•    Technical & Behavioral Competencies

•    Client-focused with good communication skills

•    A team player with good initiative and team spirit

•    Good report writing skills

•    Familiar with Word Processing, Excel and PowerPoint

•    Familiar with Wealth Management systems

•    Relevant language skills

Specific Qualifications (if required)

•    University degree

•    Minimum 4 years’ relevant working experience in finance and banking industry

•    Must fulfill the fit and proper criteria of relevant regulators

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

•    BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

•    BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

•    Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

•    BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

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Job Title: Market Connectivity Software Developer

Department: GECD Front Office IT

Business line/Function: ITO – CM GECD

Location: Hong Kong

Position Purpose: 

To build, support and improve the market connectors and market data feed handlers for the Automated Market Making desk.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
• Develop market connectors and feed handlers to accommodate new business strategies
• Enhance proactively current software iteration to improve latency and responsiveness
• Ensure effective and timely resolution of incidents
• Coordinate with brokers, exchanges or regulators to implement enhancements or new control requirements
• Provide advice and insights to stakeholders during strategic decision meeting 
• Responsible to conform to the bank SDLC methodology and change management procedures

Contributing Responsibilities

• Participate in team life cycle: morning shift, and depending on projects, weekend and holiday work might be required.
• Contribute to the Permanent Control framework

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Excellent C++ development and scripting skills (Python & Bash) on Linux
• Good knowledge of multithreading, scheduling and lock-free environment
• Strong experience on latency measurement, analysis and improvement
• Hands-on experience on Asian Exchanges protocols, rules and regulations
• Knowledge of Corvil a/o Low latency hardware is a plus
• Reliable, Professional and able to work under stress

Specific Qualifications:

• 5 ~ 6 years’ experience successfully developing low latency and scalable software
• Previous work in Automated Market Making is a plus
• Knowledge of Financial products especially listed derivatives, is a plus
• University qualification with IT major

About BNP Paribas Group:

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

Position Purpose

The APAC GM & ALMT IT Trade Processing group runs Trade Processing and Regulatory Reporting. The Regulatory Reporting IT team focuses on driving regulatory reporting projects from a technology perspective.

Main responsibilities for the candidate would be:

• Functional expert on Asia region regulatory reporting requirements including OTC Transactions Reporting to APAC regulators like ASIC, MAS, HKMA, JFSA
• Strong functional knowledge on Global Market business and regulatory regime in APAC
• Build strong relationship with APAC business and other support teams including Operations and Finance
• Bring expertise on business data and reporting solutions with a strong focus on delivering strategic solution to increase efficiency & automation and enhance control thereby reducing risk
• Develop a clear vision of the target processes including innovation / digital as the case may be

Responsibilities

• Act as Project Manager/Business Analyst for Regional & Local Initiatives to enhance regulatory reporting ecosystem for the bank and responsible for delivering various APAC regulatory projects.
• Must have strong functional knowledge of APAC regulatory landscape especially trade reporting.
• Have strong functional knowledge of trade lifecycle for various investment banking across asset classes
• Engage in detailed studies, requirement gathering, solution definition and business analysis on the project scope
• Act as an interface between business stakeholder, internal teams, third party vendors, development team and production teams
• Provide regular updates to project sponsors and business stakeholders, organize project steering meetings and issues meeting minutes
• Collaborate and follow up with development teams regionally/globally to establish IT Solutions and ensure timely delivery of the IT Solution
• Develop good communication channel and good working relationship with Central teams in Europe and offshore and ability to influence global teams to deliver APAC specific requirements. 
• Pre-empt and escalate any risks/issues to management/steering committees in a timely manner
• Provide tactical solution to business in case of tight timelines and collaborate with different stake holders to provide strategic solution
• Provide trainings to Business Users and Production (APS) team before the functional project go-live and prepare support document on the wiki/SharePoint.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• 10-12 years of work experience within the financial services industry and/or regulatory reporting focus
• Strong understanding of Capital Market deal flow from pricing to booking, risk management and back office
• Strong hands-on business knowledge on Corporate and Investment banking middle office, Back Office Trade Processing, Settlement & Accounting Chains – FX, Rates, Structured Deposits, Fixed income products, Equities, Equity derivatives is a MUST.
• Strong analytical skills with hands on technical knowledge in programming and data analysis and prior IT implementation experience with large investment banks is a MUST.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL, Macro is a good to have
• Strong understanding of the front to back booking chain on Booking, Validation, Confirmation, Settlements, Accounting, Reconciliations, PNL and Risk calculations is preferred
• Strong Project Management skillset and expertise in delivering large transformation programs
• Ability to manage change and complexity with confidence and is a Strong team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
• Proficiency in Microsoft office (MS Word, Excel & Power point)

Specific Qualification

• Excellent Problem solving skills
• Experience in banking environment and good understanding on banking IT ecosystems
• Good Communication skills in English and ability to conduct meetings and presentation in client, business and management facing situations 
• Strong analytical skills with ability to clearly specify topics, understand their priority and criticality and accordingly escalate

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

Position Purpose

•    Executions and pre/post transactions processing

•    Client marketing support

•    Change management support

•    Relationship Manager Support in Client Relationship Management 

•    Administrative support

Responsibilities

Execution and Transactions Processing

•    Receive orders and instructions directly from clients

•    For certain products types, quote prices to clients

•    Ensure pre-trade due diligence checks

•    Ensure orders are properly executed and proceeded including but not limited to proper voice log, suitability & credit limit check

•    Capture executed deals in systems by cut-off time

•    Ensure accuracy of capture to avoid incidents and dealing errors

•    Train Marketing Associate(s) (“MA”) to ensure that they have sufficient level of awareness of procedures and controls.

Client Marketing Support

•    Appropriate understanding of client portfolio, background and investment needs

•    Coordinate and follow-up with invitees for marketing events organized by BNP Paribas (“the Bank”)

•    Organize clients meetings with RMs

•    Assist RMs to prepare client reports, presentations and analysis as required to support RMs in their client meetings. 

Relationship Manager Support in Client Relationship Management

•    Support Relationship Manager in providing investment advisory to clients, which is to be in line with Bank’s views on each class of assets and within client’s suitability profile

•    Assist Relationship Manager to meet bank’s target in terms of product placement (especially when there is a product promotion), new accounts (particularly for existing relationship) and loan utilization

•    Whenever possible, to identify opportunities to expand client assets. 

Change Management Support

•    Provide feedback to relevant parties to meet front office needs

•    Ensure RMs are informed on a need-to-know basis of any changes impacting the work processes

•    Back up other MAs

Administrative Support

•    Answer clients’ phone calls in a professional manner

•    Take care of queries from internal/ external parties 

•    Maintaining records of client interactions and transactional details 

•    Assist with new client onboarding process which may include documentation collection and verification  

•    Assist in processing credit approvals, CAF review, credit review, investments and deposit transactions

•    Assist RMs to prepare internal and external meetings materials

•    Provide support for business development projects and other ad-hoc tasks as needed by the team

Conduct & Control Aspect

•    Direct contribution to the Bank’s Conduct & Control framework

•    Responsible for the implementation and complying with internal policies and procedures in day-to-day business activities 

•    Comply with regulatory requirements. Most importantly, for appointed representatives under MAS, to observe FAA and SFA requirements in the discharge of duty as MA and as an employee of the Bank.

•    Responsible for reporting all incidents and client complaints promptly

•    Technical & Behavioral Competencies

•    Client-focused with good communication skills

•    A team player with good initiative and team spirit

•    Good report writing skills

•    Familiar with Word Processing, Excel and PowerPoint

•    Familiar with Wealth Management systems

•    Relevant language skills

Specific Qualifications (if required)

•    University degree

•    Minimum 4 years’ relevant working experience in finance and banking industry

•    Must fulfill the fit and proper criteria of relevant regulators

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

•    BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

•    BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

•    Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

•    BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

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BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

A Senior Investment Counsellor (IC) is a client facing staff whose role is to provide holistic investment advice on products and services offered by BNPP Wealth Management. Investment advice will be based on a portfolio approach to promote asset allocation and the importance of portfolio diversification. Where appropriate, tactical solutions will be incorporated into the portfolio to achieve client’s financial objectives. 

ICs are in charge of the direct relationship with tagged clients who have been predetermined to be suitable for direct coverage given their risk profile and affinity to invest.

IC has direct client contact with clients for more timely advice and is accountable for the suitability and risk management of the portfolio. IC is responsible for efficient and timely order taking and execution. Products and services are offered to tagged clients in accordance with the client’s risk profile and respect the knowledge and experience of the client.

IC will conduct regular portfolio reviews (at least on an annual basis) to ensure client’s portfolio is constantly calibrated in accordance to client’s objective and risk profile. Advisory on asset allocation should be made in accordance with the CIO view.

Investment products recommended by IC must be on the recommended products lists published by WM IS which has gone through the Due Diligence process. Any exception is done on an unsolicited basis and as per client request.

IC will keep RMs informed of changes to clients’ portfolio such that there is a coordinated approach to client servicing. The IC team is a resource and partner to RMs/Team Heads/Market Heads to achieve business targets and to ensure the best allocation of resources, client assignment will be reviewed regularly. 

Obligations and Compliance (minimum requirements)

•    Follow the general guidelines of the Bank and Management policies

•    Ensure deals & trade transactions are done accurately and fairly handled and in accordance 

•    to regulations & Management policies.

•    Inform and escalate issues to Management regarding irregularities in trading and incidents

•    Maintain proper audit trails

Follow the specific guidelines, policies and regulations related to:

•    Dealing in Securities

•    Advising on Securities

•    Advising on Forex (non leveraged and advising on Structured deposits)

•    Marketing Collective Investment Scheme

•    Client Suitability

•    Client Selling Process

•    Cross Border Rules

•    Marketing Documentation

•    Sourcing Product – Product Validation process 

   

Competencies (Technical / Behavioural)

•    Experience in Wealth Management

•    Experience in portfolio management &/ portfolio advisory

•    Good communication skills

•    Good presentation skills

Specific Qualifications Required

•    Multi product knowledge and experience in dealing in these products: FX, Fixed Income, Equities, Structured Products, Funds and Discretionary Management. 

•    Work experience as Investment Counsellor

•    Fluent in multi-languages in particular Mandarin to deal with Mandarin speaking clients

Qualifications and Experience :

•    At least 10 years of relevant experience

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

•    BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

•    BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

•    Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

•    BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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More information 

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BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year