Senior Administrator

**BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and a key player in international banking. We operate in 65 countries and employ 190,000 people, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. Our Group holds key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; Investment & Protection Services; and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) for corporate and institutional clients.**

**Our Securities Services business, which forms part of CIB, is a leading global custodian providing specialist post-trade and asset servicing solutions to buy and sell-side market participants, corporates and issuers. Based in 35 locations around the world, our award-winning Securities Services teams have built one of the most extensive custody network in the industry, giving clients the connectivity and local knowledge they need to navigate change in a fast-changing world.**

**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

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**USINESS AREA**:
Securities Services is a leading global custodian and securities services specialist that provides multi-asset post-trade and asset servicing solutions for buy and sell-side market participants, corporates and issuers.

The Trade Management and Treasury Department within Middle Office exists to provide administration activities which support trade settlement in the market and accurate start of day positions for our client:
This support includes:
Trade capture across Securities, Collateral, FX and Money Market products

Trade matching via electronic platform and manual confirmations

Trade settlement

Cash and Stock Reconciliation

Client, Broker and Custodian Reporting

The Trade Management team is responsible for the above client service in relation to securitised products including equities, bonds and unit trusts and cash products including FX, money market and loans.

**JOB PURPOSE**:
Accountable for the production cycle of the team, supporting complex and routine operational activities to ensure client service delivery and commitments are met

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Client Service Delivery and Controls**

To ensure a high quality client service is delivered to all clients, referring complex/technical issues to senior colleagues as appropriate

Ensure the service level provided by the team adheres to the Client Service Delivery agreements

Take responsibility for ensuring procedures are reviewed and updated on a regular basis, passing to senior colleagues for review

Ensure high processing accuracy levels both personally and through oversight of the team administrator’s work, identifying errors and working to address

Build strong, professional relationships with clients and be an ambassador for BNP Paribas

Develop internal stakeholder relationships with the wider team as well as general business support, co-ordinating activities to ensure smooth delivery of operational processes in accordance with agreed processes and procedures

Support external counterparty relationships, providing feedback for performance reviews e.g. brokers and custodians

Ownership of allocating daily workload within the team, providing supervision and technical support to the team administrators

**Continuous Improvement & New Business**

Proactive generation of ideas for improvements to systems and processes in support of client requirements and BNP Paribas Securities Service strategic objectives.

Support the development and implementation of such improvements

Involvement in the design and implementation of resilient processes and systems to support new/changes to business products including mandatory changes to market/governance and regulations

Innovate & continually challenge status quo within the governance and framework of our change program

**Risk Management**

Ensure adherence to the risk and control framework, including team and departmental procedures, managing risk effectively and efficiently within the team

Ensure an effective and robust governance structure is in place for the team

Accuracy - focusing on getting it right first time

Support business contingency plans as required

Ensure adequate internal controls are in place and correctly followed to mitigate operational risk

Ensure that internal and external audit/compliance/risk requirements are met

**Personal Development**

Proactively manage own personal development, taking accountability for personal objectives to support the overall performance of the team, taking guidance from senior, more experienced colleagues where required.

Consider personal objectives in line with business objectives, driving forward personal development opportunities

**Budget Management**

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