FINANCE PROJECT MANAGER/ ANALYST - BNP PARIBAS | MADRID, ES

GROUP BNP PARIBAS BNP Paribas Group is the top bank in the European Union and a major international banking establishment.
It has close to employees in 65 countries.
In Spain we are more than 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 Finance Implementation Projects (FIP) EMEA team ensures the end-to-end implementation of the Business and Regulatory projects in the region, in full alignment with Finance strategy.
In the scope of FIP.
• • Projects related to changes driven by Business and/or ITO initiatives (new products, operational systems implementation, migration between the systems, etc.).
• Projects related to changes driven by new Regulatory environment (new regulation implementation.
IASB, ECB, Local Central Banks and/or regulators, etc.).
The main responsibility of this role is to implement, coordinate and follow up projects related to/impacting Financial Accounting and Reporting systems as well as to provide Functional Finance Systems expertise on the BAU, at Regional level, with respect to Systems settings and their impact on Finance activity.
RESPONSIBILITIES • • Regional projects EMEA.
Full project cycle organization and management • • Project scope definition (problem/request understanding, analysis and impact assessment) • Business requirements, proposed solution analysis • Testing scenario and planning • User acceptance test (support Finance user in the test results analysis and validation) • Deployment aftercare • • Contribution to Centrally managed Business-related projects (change requests with systems architecture impact, systems' enhancement, process reengineering, operational process automation, new systems implementation/migrations, new regulatory requests, etc.).
• • Coordination of project committees (Kick-off, Steering Committees, etc), preparation of documentation and communication (business requirements, projects committee presentations, projects status update to management, status dashboards).
• Participation in analysis of project impact on Finance Domain.
Assist central teams with the study/deployment of changes to the Finance architecture in EMEA region (e.
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testing of new accounting interfaces or system enhancements; validation of changes to the Finance architecture...).
• Contribution to functional specification and solution design (to ensure local specific requirements, if any, are taken into account).
• Contribution to testing strategy (scenario, test book) to ensure Finance requirements are covered • Assist Finance final users to perform testing and validate results as well as aftercare support • Testing scenario and planning • User acceptance test (support Finance user in the test results analysis and validation) • Deployment aftercare • Support the production teams on the resolution of systems data quality issues in BAU mode • • Share best practices and homogenize solutions on tools across the Region REQUIREMENTS • Project Management • Strong knowledge of banking activities and products • IT skills.
Excel advanced user, Business Intelligence Tools (Tableau, Business Object...), database consultation (SQL...), PowerPoint.
Knowledge of Finance tools and systems would be a plus.
• Good knowledge of accounting • Knowledge of financial reporting processes in Banking and Capital Market industry • Language.
fluent in English (both oral and written), French is a plus • Good communication (spoken and written) and capability to work and interact with people of different expertise and hierarchical level • Ability to adapt to change and client oriented • Collaborative work and team player • Organizational skills.
autonomy, capacity to manage several tasks in parallel, to prioritize and to manage pressure.
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 ( 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.