Data Control Analyst

Job Description

* Data Control Analyst CIB Functions IHC Data Governance - Data Controls & Attestation Location: India About BNP Paribas Group:BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.About BNP Paribas India Solutions:Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions. Business Overview: In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, BNP Paribas is required to establish an Intermediate Holding Company ( IHC ) over its US subsidiaries. The IHC will be subject to risk-based capital and leverage standards, regulatory reporting, enhanced governance requirements, liquidity risk management, and other requirements.The BNP Paribas IHC Program has been established with the following five core work streams:
• Legal Entity Structure & Tax: legal setup of the IHC
• Risk Governance, Reporting and Single Counterparty Credit Limits: establish the governance, process and technology platforms for producing the enhanced risk reporting.
• CCAR: establish the governance, process and technology platforms for producing the annual IHC capital plan, performing and reporting on capital stress tests and complying with monthly and quarterly regulatory reporting
• Funding & Liquidity Management: establish the governance, process and technology platforms for producing cash flow projections, performing and reporting liquidity stress testing and managing liquidity buffers
• Financial / Regulatory Reporting: establish the governance, process and technology platforms for producing IHC financial and management reporting, including the implementation of US GAAP basis statutory regulatory and consolidation processes for financial reporting
Business Overview Cont d; In addition a number of supporting transversal work streams are instrumental to the delivery of the program: Information Technology, Enterprise Data Management, Human Resources and the Regulatory Analysis work streams. Department Overview The Data Governance ( DG ) unit is part of the overall Enterprise Data Management ( EDM ) program which looks to satisfy the requirements related to principles for effective enterprise data aggregation and reporting, and is intended to support evolving regulatory requirements. Within DG, the Data Controls & Attestation team is responsible for:
• Overseing and challenging the EDM platform s data control framework, as 2 nd line of defense.
• Coordinating closely with other units of EDM (i.e. Data Quality and Data Management) whose mandates spans from the overseeing the production process of a given report, preparing the data lineage and implementing data quality standards within the IHC system architecture,
• Developing and implementing a framework for Data Attestation with the objective of supporting the attestation process demanded by regulators on repot submission.
Responsibilities The role will report to the Data Controls & Attestation Team Leader and will be responsible for supporting the execution of key Data Controls & Attestation processes. This involves coordination with the other EDM teams, and key IHC stakeholders. The position requires working in a virtual team and international environment as well as technical and operational teams. This also involves analyzing results and findings from the various processes executing, to be reported to the CDO and other key member of executive management. Responsibilities include:
• Support the deployment of the Data Controls & Attestation framework across reporting, platforms and geographies in scope of the Data Quality Improvement Program
• Propose enhancements to the framework and prepare business case for sponsoring these improvements
• Perform risk assessment of data flows, identify gaps in controls and establish a process for the stakeholders to address the gaps
• Carry out tasks necessary to deliver the Data Quality Improvement Program by coordinating with the relevant IT and non-IT stakeholders either autonomously or as part of an assignment team. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating process reviews and coordinating requirements reviews with subject matter experts.
• Liaise with Business, IT and other stakeholders to maintain/expand risk and control matrix as well as the control inventory for Data Governance
• Create SOP s, perform knowledge transfer and cross training for proper backup in team.
• Coordinate with offshore team for maintaining key tools used in BaU, metrics, and dashboards.
• Ensure the production of the set of Key Performance Indicators for the team defined by management
• Develop and maintain knowledge on the BCBS239 guidance so as to constantly adjust, as relevant, your activities to the approach promoted by the Group
Requirements:
• Willing to learn aspects of the financial industry and related products focused on investment banking or asset management
• Effectively conveys the message in both written and verbal business discussions
• Working proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Sharepoint, Visio). Able to work with large data in excel and suggest process enhancement ideas. Knowledge of advanced formulas & pivot tables in excel is must.
Training and Occupational Experience:
• Trained in Data Controls framework & knowledge on BCBS239 standards.
Skills and Behaviors
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail and the ability to work with a distributed multinational and multicultural team
• Ability to work independently and become an effective team member.
• A self-starter who can take the process a level ahead and have the ability to think out of the box, suggest changes and challenge status quo.
• Ask questions and understand the larger picture for the tasks assigned.
• Display a sense of curiosity, enthusiasm and eagerness to understand business constraints, environment and impact on regulation for the financial industry.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Excellent organization, analytical and time management skills.
, * Essential Specific Requirements
• Bachelor s degree required. M.Com preferred
• 1 - 4 years of work experience in an audit, independent control or first line of control role
• Understanding of information governance principles
• Solid knowledge of financial industry and related products as well as understanding of the broad structure of a financial institution
• Understanding of controls, particularly controls as they relate to data
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project)

Keyskills :
key performance indicatorsrisk managementdata managementglobal deliverydata governancetime managementhuman resourcesenterprise datamicrosoft officedata aggregation