FX Deal Capture IT Manager & Lead Engineer, Global Markets IT - Vice President

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Company purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work

• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact

• Being dedicated to the development of our people

BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Bank is a leading European investment bank with global leadership in many of our businesses. With nearly 20,000 employees in over 45 countries, CIB can offer you an exciting and truly global career.

At BNP Paribas CIB, we work continuously on behalf of our clients, helping them to realize their projects around the world. You can be an important part of this, helping us to serve our clients both in mature and emerging markets, providing them with financial solutions across a diverse range of expertise, products and services. Our origins lie in Europe, but nearly a quarter of our employees now work in our multi-award-winning Asia Pacific offices, and we are a committed player in all markets.

Strong risk management, combined with the stability that comes from being part of one of the largest banking groups in the world, underpin our success. Joining us, you'll become an integral part of a dynamic team that spans nationalities, cultures and backgrounds, drawing together people from around the globe and reflecting our commitment to international placements.

Department Overview:

The FX, Commodities and Settlements Technology team, part of Global Markets IT, develops a range of systems across these business lines, including client facing web platforms, pricing and risk management systems, booking, confirmation and settlements systems. The team works closely with business and operations stakeholders to ensure that systems meet the needs of the global user base.

Key Responsibilities:

The role is for a manager and lead software engineer for the FX Deal Capture platform. The system requires significant modernisation and the intent is to rewrite the core of the system.

Overall, the team builds, maintains and supports the booking system for FX cash deals (Spot, Forwards, Swaps, NDFs). The core functionality covers trade booking, trade life cycle management, and position management. The systems are vital and there are stringent requirements in terms of quality, reliability and performance.

The candidate must exhibit strong software engineering and management skills. They will have responsibility for team and project management, and delivery. The candidate must be able to interact confidently with business users and to be able to drive change.

Product coverage:

Booking: FX Cash (Spot, Forwards, Swaps, NDFs)

Business Lines coverage:

Global Markets, ALM, Domestic Markets, Securities Services

Job purpose

• Lead the FX booking platform.
• Responsible for managing the global team and working with business users to define the book of work and to deliver it.
• Architect the modernisation of the platform and plan and execute the project to deliver it.

Key responsibilities

Responsible for leading and managing the FX Deal Capture team and for planning and executing projects within that scope in accordance with the allocated budget and deadlines:

• Defines objectives and project completion deadlines constituting the programme
• Assesses and anticipates potential risks
• Ensures the suitability of needs and resources required by the programme, and defines the resources needed for program activities
• Identifies the impacts of the programme in keeping with the strategy and objectives set by the sponsor and IT management
• Ensure the training needs of the staff members with the Team are identified on a periodic basis, and monitor the training delivered e.g. technical training, soft skills, corporate- agile.

Communication:

• Accurate reporting to Domain management regarding development initiatives and budget consumption.
• Initiating and regularly monitoring Project progress
• Reviewing the Project accomplishments at defined milestones
• Producing Project estimates and roadmap
• Ensuring that Project requirements are implemented and managing change requests
• Followup on production issues.
• Act as a focal point between IT and the business for the FX deal capture programme
• Accountable for overall project delivery

As a Lead Engineer:

• Provide vision and architectural direction for the modernisation of the FX Deal Capture systems
• Ensure software engineering best practice is embedded with the team.
• Lead by example on software quality. Ensure that the systems are designed for performance and reliability in production.
• Contribute to the technology strategy for the wider department.
• Make sure implemented solutions are in line with domain medium to long term strategy and GM IT standards
• Analyse the impact of initiatives and project on bank technical and functional architecture, security and infrastructure. Provide expert advice to ensure the successful adoption and utilisation of new solutions.
• Be recognised as a software engineering expert and provide leadership both within FX Deal Capture and across the wider team.

As a Manager:

• Staff management: Hiring, Appraisals, Performance Management
• Coach, guide and act as a point of escalation for more junior staff.
• Ensure Team/Domain/APS procedures are strictly applied within the team
• Support members of the team by leading in decision making and approach where problems are more complex and require sophisticated analysis or experience.
• Ensure that team members perform in line with IT's overall strategy though adherence to policy and objectives set.
• Reporting and communicating Project progress and status to sponsors
• Managing risks and issues and proposing and applying corrective actions
• Manages relationships with key stakeholders in Front Office and Operations.
• Liaise with stakeholders, team members and other domain experts to capture and elaborate business requirements across domains / systems
• Work with stakeholders to build and present the business case for new developments
• Be recognised as a domain expert in the FX Deal Capture area. Provide advice to stakeholders on IT solutions to meet their needs.

Requirements

Essential

• Degree level or equivalent qualification (ideally in Computing or Engineering)
• Excellent Software Engineering skills
• Strong programming background with a particular emphasis on C# .NET (additional knowledge of C++ would be beneficial)
• Domain expertise in a volume transactional system (FX, Equities or other financial transactions)
• Proven experience of a good rapport with the business and IT community
• Proven experience of working with offshore development teams
• Strong communication skills
• Experience of business-critical system development, testing and support
• Good working knowledge of functional and company-wide policies, procedures, regulations and legislation. Define end-to-end solutions within functional area.
• Experienced people manager and an ability to work with individuals to set individual objectives and manage performance to ensure their delivery.

Competencies :

• A driver of change
• Ability to liaise effectively with developers, business and other stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively as part of a formal project process.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills as well as reporting capabilities
• Strong communication and presentation skills both verbal and written
• Business oriented, positive, resilient, full of stamina with a clear focus on results and deliveries
• Be creative, innovative, proactive and convincing in terms of finding solutions.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank's strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We're a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) with option to buy and sell holidays.

• Valuable financial plans a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.

• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.

• Key onsite services and facilities in London include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.

• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone's largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.

• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal opportunities

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don't want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you'd benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

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