GMO Documentation - Equities Matching Analyst

Documentation Matching Analyst

The Documentation Matching Analyst is responsible for checking the integrity and accuracy of the booking and help managing the subsequent risks undertaken by the business lines. The Matching teams' primary function is to support the Trading and Sales desks through the matching of electronic and paper confirmations on a variety of products (vanilla, exotics, complex structures) and asset classes (Foreign Exchange, Money Market, Credit and Interest Rates Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, precious metals and other commodities).

The Matching teams perform a critical control role in the timely reconciliation of bookings with clients' confirmations. The teams are also responsible for verbal and/or written affirmation of trade details with clients before the value date or the maturity of the concerned transactions. The teams ensure that all incoming confirmations are controlled, issues identified, reported and fixed by working closely with traders, sales people, legal and other relevant departments in the bank.

They are also involved in process improvements with a special focus on straight through processing (STP) and management of risk and controls, new product initiatives, development of new business in different regions of the world.

Your Main Activities Are

• Check Front Office (FO) booking to ensure all trades are captured in the systems and that the details are in line with documentation received from clients
• Verify and match legal confirmations (electronic and/or physical) according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) definitions, approved confirmation templates and other relevant industry recommendations and best practices
• Ensure a correct archival of all incoming confirmations and monitor workflows to ensure incoming confirmations are prioritized accordingly and ensure timely matching of confirmations
• Identify and solve financial and/or legal discrepancies on incoming confirmations
• Resolve queries and exceptions where necessary, understanding the importance of effective escalation
• Timely resolve mark-ups on outstanding trade confirmations
• Daily liaison with Customers on discrepancies and assisting in confirmations to meet their needs and meet clients' expectations in the strict respect of internal group policies and procedures in place
• Be customer focused by maintaining excellent relationships with our external clients; understand their organization and their expectations
• Liaise with drafting teams, Legal, Trading and Sales to agree documentation with Counter parties
• Daily responsibility for verbally confirming trade details
• Continuous review of processes and controls ensuring high level of risk management
• Daily report through ORUS (tool) of the identified risk areas
• Ensure Static Data setup linked to confirmations for new/existing clients
• Maintain effective working relationships with Front office Trading and Sales, Legal, Compliance, IT and other Operational areas in Paris, Montreal or Singapore and globally through daily interactions

Profile and Skills to Success

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance or Accounting
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft office Pack, namely, Excel
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Rigor and attention to detail
• Good organizational skills
• Critical thinking
• Client focused

Why joining BNP Paribas?

BNP Paribas, the European leader in banking and financial services in Europe, operates in 64 countries and has nearly 180,000 employees. The Group is structured around three operating divisions. Its business lines cooperate closely, as part of our integrated model, to meet the needs of all our clients in a coordinated manner:

• Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), connects corporate clients needing financing and institutional clients looking for investment opportunities;
• Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS), brings together all the Group's commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses;
• Investment & Protection Services (IPS), combines a unique continuum of products and services across protection, saving, investment and real-estate.

Our presence in Portugal

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 9,700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centres providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

BNP Paribas´ ambition is to cultivate an open and responsive environment for all that encourages collaboration and interaction. We demonstrate our commitment by actively contributing to the Group's Diversity and Inclusion strategy and goals, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As part of our local Corporate and Social Responsibility - Diversity & Inclusion strategy, BNP Paribas Portugal is committed to:

• Promote a fair and unbiased recruitment process and offer professional development…