Assistant Vice President - Business Analyst

BNP Paribas•Jersey City, NJ

58d•Onsite

About The Position

The Finance & RISK Solutions team is responsible for the implementation of third party and in-house developed reporting solutions for the Liquidity, Finance, and Risk sponsors. Their scope of responsibilities includes interaction with multiple stakeholders, project management, business analysis, technical support and development of IT solutions in line with best practices established by CIB and the BNP Paribas group. Physical presence in BNPP's office(s) is an essential function of this position. BNPP requires all of our employees to be vaccinated in order to access its offices, subject to reasonable accommodations for reasons related to disability or religion. Candidate Success Factors: Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform: Results and Impact Able to influence peers and team. Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact. Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work. Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department. Leadership and Collaboration: Creates trust with colleagues. Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs. Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus: Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients. Interacts regularly with management and department leaders. Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level. Compliance Culture and Conduct: Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts. Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Requirements

5-7 years of experience as a Business/Data Analyst in the field of accounting or financial systems implementation in the financial services industry.
Hands-on experience with complex data analysis, SQL queries, and regulatory reporting datasets.
Experience with data modeling concepts (e.g., ERDs, dimensional models, normalized vs. denormalized structures).
Ability to develop, adapt to a process, manage projects by effectively prioritizing workload with support from team managers.
Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills; ability to simplify and present complex data issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree or relevant master's degree, business, accounting or information technology (or international equivalent).
Strong working knowledge of relational databases, data warehousing concepts, and ETL workflows.
Proficiency in SQL, data profiling, and reconciliation techniques to support report validation and data traceability.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Finance, Risk, Liquidity reporting users, and IT teams to gather and document business requirements.
Create and maintain source-to-target mapping documents across systems and reporting layers.
Analyze existing data flows, system logic, and reporting outputs to identify gaps and propose enhancements.
Partner with development and downstream applications to ensure end-to-end delivery of regulatory reporting capabilities.
Perform deep-dive data analysis to trace data lineage, validate report accuracy, and identify gaps in data quality and availability.
Profile data to understand quality, completeness, and transformation rules.
Leverage SQL to analyze datasets, build prototypes, validate data flows, and support UAT.
Create and maintain data models using ERWIN tool.
Partner with development teams to support implementation and enhancement of data model and data flows.
Engage in project governance forums, status reporting, and issue tracking.
Support testing strategy development and execution: SIT and UAT planning, test case creation, expected results, defect tracking, and sign off.
Log defects, track resolutions, and ensure that all reporting logic is tested thoroughly before deployment.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders by facilitating workshops and communicating project status, risks, and decisions.
Support change management efforts, including training, documentation, and stakeholder onboarding.
Act as a subject matter expert during internal and external audits by providing documentation, explaining data sources and logic, and addressing queries related to processes.
Maintain robust documentation and traceability to ensure audit readiness and transparency of reporting processes.
Identify inefficiencies and pain points in current processes and propose automation or optimization opportunities.
Contribute to building reusable frameworks, templates, and tools that accelerate project delivery and reduce manual effort.
Collaborate with data governance teams to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance with internal data management standards.
Recommend and implement controls to strengthen end-to-end data quality and reduce operational risk in the processes.