Assistant Manager - Benchmark

Job Title: Assistant Manager

Department: Asset Management – Investment Operations

About Business line/Function: Asset Management – Benchmark

Position Purpose

You, as a member of the Benchmark Operations, will be responsible for the daily creation of index & benchmarks, daily monitoring controls and validation of indices and Benchmark. Besides the creation, you will provide effective support to internal and external clients. You are responsible to manage the team in absence of Manager.

Responsibilities

Benchmark:

This team is responsible for creating/maintaining indices & benchmark for funds and mandate in accounting platform.

• Strong knowledge of capital markets, including portfolio structure, benchmark creation, and index fundamentals.
• In-depth understanding of portfolio composition, including sleeves, share classes, and benchmark construction.
• Familiarity with index types, levels, constituents, and return types, as well as the ability to calculate returns at various levels.
• Ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies between bottom-up and top-level return calculations.
• Effective communication skills to handle complex issues with internal and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of corporate actions and their impact on portfolios.
• Strong problem-solving skills to ensure smooth business-as-usual (BAU) operations and resolve issues efficiently.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple deadlines, and maintain a high level of productivity in a dynamic environment.
• Capacity to remain calm, focused, and composed when faced with challenging situations, tight deadlines, or multiple competing demands.
• Proactively manage workload to ensure timely completion of tasks and zero delays.
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Conduct Brainstorming Sessions and share the best practices and ideas with the peer groups and team members.
• Constantly review procedures to keep up to date with the change in process.
• Manage all ad-hoc projects and new initiatives.
• Performing a range of daily, weekly, monthly reporting/ controls to ensure completeness of processing.
• Process accurate Benchmark on a Global basis within given deadlines.
• Interact with both internal and external parties to resolve benchmark related issues and queries.
• Query resolution in accordance with time frames set out in Client SLAs.
• Work with the Vendors and other parties to capture the data for benchmark and Index Creation.
• Resolve Benchmark & Index issues in a timely manner.
• Based on the experience, she /he should be able to identify the areas for improvements in the process and implement stringent controls and ensure operational excellence.
• Grooming People to become better SMEs and Managers. Manage attrition effectively.
• Achieve and respect the deadlines of the projects assigned by the senior management.
• To be based in Chennai and prepared to travel to onshore locations, as required.
• Complete commitment to provide professional and prompt responses to meet clients requirements
• Expressing ideas effectively in individual and group situations. Adjusting communication style to match the needs of the audience.
• Expressing ideas clearly in all written documents. Using professional, appropriate language always, and adhering to the use of the BNPP Email protocols.
• Work effectively with team members to accomplish goals, exhibit high-level of respect to colleagues, display integrity in dealing with team members.
• Be innovative, embrace changes, and simplify the comprehensive areas without compromising on quality or timeline. Adapt continuous improvement as a culture.
  
  

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Effective people and client communication
• People management skill
• Values and attitude
• Innovation and Initiative
• Flexibility & Adaptability
• Integrity, Trust and Fairness
  
  

Specific Qualifications

• Graduation / Post Graduation from any recognized University with Finance as Major.
• Candidates should be willing and flexible to work in any shift.
• 2 to 10 years of experience in the field of Benchmark & Indices would be preferable.
• Working experience with the most important data providers: Bloomberg, LSEG etc.
• Working experience with the Aladdin accounting platform is preferred.
  
  

Technical Skills

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

• Accounting: Knowledge of basic accounting principles, financial reporting, and accounting standards
• Financial Markets: Understanding of financial markets, instruments, and products (e.g., stocks, bonds, derivatives, currencies).
• Knowledge of Investment Banking and its Trade Life Cycle
• Exposure to basic Microsoft tools like Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Macros and Power BI.
  
  

Behavioral Skills

• Leadership Skills
• Effective people and client communication
• Working collectively
• Time Management
• Flexibility & Adaptability
• Effective decision making, problem-solving and influencing skills
• Act as a back up to the Team Head
  
  

Education Level: Graduation / Post Graduation from the recognized University

Location: Chennai/Bangalore

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is the European Union's leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group's commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

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