Senior Analyst ALMT

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.

INFINITY FINANCE HUB

BNP Paribas EMEA Finance employs 500 employees, of which more than 325 are based in Madrid. We manage more than 250 BNP Paribas entities from all over Europe, covering +60% of Group’s balance sheet and all group’s banking activities (Corporate & Investment Banking, Retail Banking, Personal Finance and other financial services activities…).

Our mission is to measure, control and explain all the financial indicators required to monitor accounting, tax, regulatory, liquidity, credit risk reporting and management result activities.

ABOUT THE JOB

MISSION

The main objective of the Head Office Reporting P&L team is to ensure the submission of the Group reporting Profit and Loss (P&L) statements as well the review and the accuracy of the accounting figures.

The team is also the owner analytical process, being the SPOC of all P&L Reporting requirements. Additionally, the team will oversee, identify, and implement initiatives in regards the improvement of ALMT Management Accounting processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Management Accounting & Control Functions

He/she will be in charge of the following finance functions:

Being the main interlocutor with ALMT Finance, overseeing any remediation initiative that would improve ALMT P&L over EMEA Region.
Ensure the golden rule: the reconciliation between financial and management accounting figures, in compliance with Group and CIB Finance standards.
Promote the data quality and the associated expenses reporting. In this context, you will have to:
Consolidate all manuals entries and difficulties.
Monitor and work on remediation action plan in coordination with all actors.
Foster the automatic solution instead of tactical solution or manual entries.
To develop a strong KPI framework of controls which could be shared in a specific dashboard with our clients.
Build strong relationships with the Regional fronting, Local finance, SMS/HOR teams and financial controllers to produce management accounting reporting and provide all the synthesis and analysis required per Business Line.
Contribute to the elaboration of reliable and quality Performance Management expenses reports for the management of the region. Detect needs of information and reporting for the business.
Design and implement new reports for the local business management,
Implement a highly automated process for the elaboration of analytical expenses,
Bring support to the local finance, local heads of the business lines in the analysis of the expenses and KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators), being able to really explain what is happening in the countries in scope.
Participate actively in the follow-up, definition and implementation of the new Budget process for the perimeter of responsibility. Implement the necessary controls. Foster the communication with global and local teams.
Be available to participate in any task in order to avoid concentrating peaks of work in few team members.

REQUIREMENTS

Studies

Accounting/Business degree or equivalent
EXPERIENCE
Minimum 4-5 years of financial and/or management accounting experience, preferably within Financial Services Industries

Languages

English speaking is mandatory
SKILLS

Technical

Communication skills, both written and verbal
Proactive and team player, able to work independently and collaboratively with various teams in a deadline-focused environment.
Flexible
Motivation

Transversal & Behavioral

Excellent Excel skills
Power Point skills
Working knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, in IFRS and French GAAP (an asset).
Strong analytical mindset with critical thinking.
Organizational, and problem-solving skills.

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%).

31 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.