GROUP BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas Group is the top bank in the European Union and a major international banking establishment. It has close to 185,000 employees in 65 countries. In Spain we are more than 5,100 employees within 13 business lines.

Trade Finance HUB

The Trade Finance Service Centre, with more than 100 HC, is a large and critical area within Operations covering Traditional Trade products (bank guarantees and documentary products) and servicing the main European countries: Austria, Germany, Netherland, Spain and UK.

Main responsibilities

Deal directly with CIB clients ensuring their needs are met and/or exceeded within established agreements.

Provide assistance/support to clients and corporate groups on technical aspects of International and Domestic Guarantees.

Process Guarantees issued on behalf of the Bank’s clients or other branches/subsidiaries/correspondents, including the review and validation of wordings in non-standard or pre-validated formats.

The day to day processing of guarantee expiries and follow up with branches, correspondents and clients to ensure a smooth release of guarantee instruments as they meet their expiry dates.

The role will also be responsible for assisting the Invoicing and Fees officer when necessary.

Detailed responsibilities:
Ensuring client needs are met and/or exceeded, processing client requests on a timely and proactive manner.

Providing assistance/support to clients and corporate groups on technical aspects of International and Domestic Guarantees.

Providing support and assistance to Front Office (FO) on technical aspects and practices and in getting deals booked and properly processed.

Verifying that all approvals are in place (from Credit Risk, Compliance and Legal) in order to proceed with client requests

Processing of Guarantees issued on behalf of the Bank’s clients or other branches/subsidiaries/correspondents, direct/indirect with due regard to legal, compliance and risk aspects.

Checking that wordings in non-standard or pre-validated formats are acceptable for the Bank.

REQUIREMENTS

Training and occupational experience:
A good understanding of Guarantees products and specific regulation (URDG, ISP, UCP…)

Knowledge of general accounting rules, mastering specific accounting rules for guarantees

Systems and processes: Word/Excel, SWIFT.

English. C1 level.

Organizational and Analytical skills

Identifying and presenting key information. Giving a structuring opinion and synthesizing all the elements pertaining to the matter in hand.

Ability to learn. Continuously seeking out and mobilizing the resources needed to enhance self-development and to learn.

Integrity. Acting ethically, in compliance with what is said and respecting the company’s values and rules.

Ability to communicate clearly – written and oral

Setting priorities, planning actions and methodically progress by coordinating activities and resources in the best possible way.

Risk management. Detecting, analysing and measuring risks, understanding their consequences in a long term perspective and acting to reduce them.

Being autonomous in fulfilling one’s role and being confident in one’s proficiencies.

Taking responsibilities. Being involved in one’s scope of action.

Self control.

Sharing knowledge.

Team work. Co-operative and proactive attitude

Ability to report. Keeping hierarchy informed about current activities and their progress in an effective way. Drawing attention towards useful information, risks and sensitive points.

A practical approach to problem analysis

BENEFITS

• Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.
• Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).
• Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.
• Flexible compensation plan.
• Hybrid telecommuting model (50%).
• 32 vacation days.

Diversity and inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas Group in Spain is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.