Abs/clo Strategist - London, United Kingdom - BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

ABS/CLO STRATEGIST - ASSOCIATE (

JOB NUMBER:
29195)

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe.

The Group has key positions in its three main activities:
Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions.

Business Area/Dept Overview

ABS/CLO Strategy team's key mission is to offer differentiated value, ideas and solutions to clients and internal business stakeholders, by being trading-oriented and innovation-driven.

The team is fully integrated into the Sales & Trading business and covers all Securitised Products globally.

It provides market views and trade ideas to clients through publications and works closely with BNPP's Trading desks by generating trade ideas and helping manage risks.

Job Purpose

Will need to carry out the below autonomously, with the responsibility to report and escalate to line management where necessary.

To deliver highquality ABS/CLO analysis and support risk taking by producing commercial, bestinclass credit analysis, delivered in a clientcentric fashion.
To partner with the global Sales, Trading and Analyst teams in order to build and promote BNP Paribas' franchise as credit house in Securitised Products.

Core accountabilities of role

An intermediate level professional accountable for coordinating and overseeing the below -

Overall
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The Associate ABS/CLO Strategist role: assist in the production of the highest-quality ABS/CLO credit analysis, including tracking and interpreting key market trends, taking market directional views, working in partnership with Trading, Sales, Syndicate teams and Credit analyst teams globally, and bringing innovation to the market field.

Business & Clients
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Business. Produce high-quality analysis to assist the generation of high-value business and differentiated credit views, and gradually take personal ownership for its monetisation through risk taking and client flow generation. Support trading and sales teams in proving specific bond analysis and generating client flows.
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Franchise. Work collaboratively with Sales, Trading and other relevant areas of BNP Paribas to continuously build our brand as Securitised Products credit specialists and gradually develop a personal, strong, impactful franchise with the clients of the global Credit and Global Markets business.
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Risk:Identify high-impact credit opportunities and help manage risk with the Trading desks.
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Team:Be a team player, working collaboratively with the partners in the analyst team, trading, and sales.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience

EXPERIENCE

Detailed knowledge of Economics/Finance/Statistics background.
Strong quantitative skills
Computer literacy and a good knowledge of a range of standard computer software and programming
Strong interpersonal skills and a structured, methodical approach
Effective communicator who can deliver complex and clear information, both oral or written
Knowledge of specific principles and processes within Global Markets and ability to translate this knowledge and experience to provide recommendations to teams.
Master or PhD degree qualification in mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering or finance/econometrics, with an interest in financing modelling or equivalent industry experience.

COMPETENCIES

Behaviour Skills:

Communication - _Intermediate _**- Develops and delivers simple information or messages, both verbal and written, to audiences within the team/department.

Deliver messages in a clear, structured, accurate and concise manner, based on facts.
Experience of producing written and oral presentations at a senior level.

Ability to collaborate / teamwork - _Intermediate_**- Supports team members when required and contributes to a positive work environment. Acts with team's interests in mind.

Shares information with people they work with (including manager and team members) about work completed, next steps and areas of concern.
Adopts an attentive and compassionate attitude in order to understand different cultures and respects diverse opinions and mindsets.

Critical thinking - _Intermediate _**- Able to articulate views clearly and succinctly

Seeks to clarify when things are not clear or obvious in order to correctly understand issues/projects/etc. Is able to identify the benefits or problems in a proposal or argument.
Tries to contextualise actions that are done at their level, and ensures that these act