Vice President – Multinational Corporate Coverage

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:

Business area

In the UK, Global
Banking focuses on 4 main business areas: Corporate Clients Group, Capital
Markets, Low Carbon Transition Group and Transaction Banking.

This role sits within
the Corporate Clients Group (CCG), which is responsible for managing the relationship
worldwide between BNP Paribas and its corporate clients, facilitating access to
the Bank’s complete and integrated product offering across the UK platform and
worldwide. The CCG also includes the Advisory team, responsible for the
origination and execution of corporate finance and M&A advisory services.

The Multinational
Coverage (MNC) business is part of Coverage within the CCG, and is responsible
for managing local and regional subsidiaries of the banks Corporate Client
base.

Job purpose

As
a Vice President, the role holder will be accountable for ensuring excellence
on all deliverables related to originating and executing business with their
clients across all products of the Bank, marketing, and regulation within
Multinational Coverage. Co-ordinates junior colleagues and handles complex
analysis with autonomy, whilst exercising sound judgment on when to escalate
issues to more senior colleagues.

Key responsibilities

·        
Manages
a portfolio of clients, but not exclusively smaller clients.

·        
Accountable
for providing excellence in relation to key activities within the Multinational
Coverage team as a senior team member with substantial experience in
Multinational Coverage and Global Banking as a whole. This will include tasks
such as: This will include delivering, with appropriate supervision where
required, tasks such as:

o    Manage day-to-day
execution of deal activity.

o    Lead presentation
processes from start to finish.

o    Participates in and
where appropriate, leads client meetings.

o    Maintains a high degree
of market awareness and identifies new business opportunities.

o    Interacts directly with
clients and with other advisors (lawyers, co-advisors etc) at an appropriate
level.

·        
Applies
knowledge to perform complex task and solves complex issues in creative and
effective ways, as well as to assist with the management of workstreams where
required. Utilises expertise to make independent judgments to deal with a
variety of situations, but refers atypical and particularly complex matters to
more senior colleagues for input where appropriate. Builds strong relationships
with other relevant internal teams (especially product colleagues), and liaises
effectively with them to ensure quality of deliverables and the efficient
execution of transactions.

·        
Builds
relationships at an appropriate level of seniority with clients, working
towards making them long-term relationships for the Bank.

·        
Influences
and supports members of the Multinational Coverage team by leading in decision
making and approach where problems are more complex and require sophisticated
analysis or experience. Acts as a point of escalation for more junior staff.         

·        
Manages
relationships with internal stakeholders independently, and co-ordinates the
planning of work of junior colleagues. May be required to supervise the day to
day activities of junior team members and to train them to support their
development. Challenges senior officers on both commercial and technical
aspects of origination opportunities.

Requirements

·        
Professional
qualification required with expert understanding of Multinational Coverage,
managing client relationships and strong product awareness (especially in flow
products), typically gained at BNP Paribas or within another top tier
investment bank. Has a solid understanding of the transaction process from
end-to-end including credit and documentation processes.

·        
In
depth knowledge of processes within the Multinational Coverage function with
advanced understanding of the specialism, and strong knowledge of process
within Global Banking. Good working knowledge of a wide range of company-wide policies,
procedures regulations and legislation. Able to utilise knowledge and
experience to implement effective operating practices in the team.

·        
Strong
analytical skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts and provide
specialist guidance and advice to others. Able to construct a broad point of
view and market convictions.

·         Japanese language skills are advantageous

·        
Strong
stakeholder and good people management skills to ensure the delivery of timely
and commercial support for the business.

·        
Adept
at receiving and synthesising information.

·        
Excellent
written and oral English skills in order to articulate technical issues and to
be able to take the complex and make simple to enable effective communication
with individuals across the business.

·        
Strong
personal focus on accuracy and attention to detail and able to review and
improve work of more junior colleagues.

·        
Strong
computer skills and a good knowledge of a range of standard computer software,
e.g., Microsoft Office, email. Experience in using investment banking databases
(e.g. Factset, Dealogic, Bloomberg).

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:

• allowance of at least 26 days
  (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• plans
  – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable
  investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident
  insurance.
• , neurodiversity assessment and support.
• in
  London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental
  health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.

* 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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