The role

Working with a Director managing and assisting with the management of properties for one of our larger clients. 

The individual is to take immediate responsibility and ownership of managing their own clients and their buildings. These may include overseas investors, UK Institutions and Property Companies. 

Assist the Senior Director in business development and increasing the team’s fee income through new business and cross selling. 

Support the Senior Director / Director in managing the team and the wider services, including Facilities Managers and Client Finance staff working on their instructions. 

There is a supporting team of facilities managers, building managers and our Helpdesk, and the job will require liaison with the full complement of property management staff across the business including employees of BNP Paribas Real Estate Facilities Management as well as staff across other business lines such as agency, lease advisory, building consultancy and investment agency businesses.

Key Deliverables

•    Taking responsibility for some clients and helping service others

•    Taking line manager responsibility for members of your team

•    Providing high quality Property Management to your client and Director

•    Management of Lease / Tenancy Schedules

•    Liaising with clients, their solicitors and tenants on daily basis

•    Attending regular tenant meetings

•    Dealing with individual tenant applications and managing all licenses

•    Preparing reports for client meetings

•    Undertaking regular service charge expenditure monitoring and reporting

•    Liaising with property management accounts team on production of annual service charge budgets, approving reconciliations, rent raising reports

•    Management of income arrears and recovery, invoice approvals, setting up new properties, completing change notes, updating the Helpdesk and Tramps, etc

•    Due diligence for acquisitions and disposals

•    Attending client meetings

•    Attendance and positive contributions at team and department meetings

Person specification

•    Degree level qualification 

•    MRICS qualified

•    Proven experience within a commercial property management department or similar, operating within the office sector and with client facing responsibility

•    Managing lease events, rent reviews and expiries 

•    Dealing with occupier applications proactively

•    Good L&T knowledge

•    Understanding of office market trends and workspace demands

•    Property management accounting knowledge – statements of account, service charges and arrears recovery.

•    Managing staff and working collaboratively within a team 

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

•    Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 27 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 

•    Financial:  Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

Company Purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business Area

BNP Paribas’ Global Markets business offers a broad range of products and services in the global interest rates, credit, currency, equities & commodity markets. Global Markets help their franchise of clients find effective ways to raise and invest capital as well as manage their exposure to risk. Their client base comprises of hundreds of corporations, institutional investors, banks, governments and supranational organisations.

FICC is a leading global franchise servicing Institutional and Corporate clients from credit origination and syndication, to secondary market trading on credit, FX, rates and commodities in both developed and emerging markets.

The Global Credit EMEA trading desks cover the entire credit trading spectrum. It provides liquidity to clients through market making credit products and offers tailored solutions to clients as well as funding of credit collateral.

The Credit Flow trading EMEA business provides market access and liquidity to clients through market making of Corporate Bonds, Leveraged Loans, ETF and Credit Derivatives (single names or Indices). 

Credit E-Trading incorporates Single Bond RFQ Market Making, Portfolio trading, ETF Market Making and ETF Creation Redemption across EUR/GBP/EM IG and HY Bonds.

Job Purpose 

BNP Paribas Credit Market Making Algorithmic framework provides liquidity on MTFs and regulated exchanges directly to BNP Paribas Institutional and Hedge-Fund clients. Algo Traders are continuously creating and optimising strategies, automatons and algorithms to improve liquidity provision on a wide spectrum of underlying, asset classes and markets.

The Credit E-Trading Intern will work as part of a team of senior traders, responsible for making markets and managing the technical platform that enables them to do so. This role requires a unique blend of trading and technical expertise, including product knowledge, high-performance coding, and an understanding of a complex and ever-evolving technical platform. It’s a fast-track to gaining the level of expertise necessary to generate the next tech evolutions, as well as strategies and algorithm ideas. The intern will focus on different quantitative research subjects of statistical arbitrage. With both fundamental and price dynamic data, they will apply various statistical/Machine Learning methods to create insights from data and generate meaningful signals for credit spread movement by analysing different aspects from datasets denoising to features extraction.

The role is to assist the team with the day-to-day business activities under supervision.

Key Responsibilities

The Credit E-Trading– Intern:

• Supports Algo Traders in the continuous improvement of BNP Paribas’s Credit Electronic Market-Making infrastructure.
• Supports Algo Trader in the monitoring of the activity (positions, flows, instantaneous market risks, infrastructure sanity) for the Algo.
• As such, operates under the direct guidance of the Senior Algo Traders with responsibility to report and escalate to line management and managing day-to-day with high level of expertise in the product she or he is responsible for.

Missions shared with all other Algo Traders:

• With the support of Algo traders and Strategists, develops and maintain algorithms and models.
• To provide market liquidity through market making, and hedge accordingly
• To monitor market news and events and evaluate the risk and opportunities for positions and strategies  
• To ensure proper booking in the system, monitor front to back chain, and control operational risk.

ANALYSIS / RESEARCH /DEVELOPMENT

• Research on new quantitative strategies and back-test them
• Bring new strategy to production environment, improve current strategies
• Follow the latest quantitative techniques (research papers, corporate intelligence…)
• Enhance PnL sources diversification, use all available resources to maximize revenue.

TRADING

• Perform the necessary backup to ensure business continuity.

CONTROL

• Make sure trading is in line with market risks and local limits.
• Propose enhancements to minimize potential Operational Risks
• Make sure trading strategies are fully compliant with BNPP Compliance and Conduct framework.

REPORT/SHARE

• Make a report of the research project he is in charge (timeline, document, …)
• Make a trading report of the Desk’s market making activity (risk analysis, exposures, …)
• Share research projects and experience with other Algo traders
• Direct contribution to BNP Paribas Control framework 
• Work as a team

Requirements

• Strong education in Statistics, Maths or Computer Science: we are not just looking for people who know how to use machine learning techniques, but for people who understand how it works inside the black-box. 
• Strong knowledge of Machine Learning techniques (classification, regression, natural language processing via standard statistical models or neural network).
• Good programming skills, preferably Python.
• Delivery-driven mindset.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proactive approach to problem solving.
• Ability to work under pressure and multi-task.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Team Player.

Conduct

• Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.
• Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks.
• Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

PLEASE NOTE

• You may only apply to four Long Term Internships over the course of a year. These may be across any business area. 
• Successful candidates for this long term internship will be considered for London ONLY.
• Please discuss the available start dates with your interviewers.

Unsuccessful candidates’ CVs will be shared with other teams within BNP Paribas and considered for potentially suitable roles. In this way we hope to maximise opportunities for candidates and hiring teams. By submitting your CV for this role you agree to it being shared securely with other hiring teams within BNP Paribas for the relevant recruitment round.

Location: London

Duration: 6 months

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.  

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year – in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally. 

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:
• Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal Opportunities 

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

#LI-Onsite 

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Job Title: Finance Transformation Analyst (FTC 6 Months)

Location: Solihull; a flexible hybrid working model which supports you as well as enabling you to work collaboratively with your colleagues 

Hours: Full time, Permanent

______________________________________________  

A bit about us: 

At BNP Paribas Personal Finance, we are proud to be part of a global banking group. Our mission is simple: to provide straightforward consumer finance solutions that empower customers to make responsible financial decisions. We partner with some of the UK’s most well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance purchases in a responsible way.

The Role:

In line with the Finance transformation and projects schedule, take a leading role in identifying finance systems and processes optimisation opportunities as well as supporting the implementation of the ongoing (and future) strategic Finance projects and initiatives. The role involves reviewing and challenging the existing controls.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead or support small to medium-sized process improvement projects, including project planning, stakeholders’ management and engagement and change management. 
• Proactively support the design and deployment of UAT and pre-prod. Tests for Finance strategic projects.
• Support the wider Finance leadership in the review and implementation of more efficient accounting controls in line with Group standards. 
• Analyse the end-to-end data flows within the designated Finance systems and processes, support with the documentation and the implementation of any missing consistency and completeness controls.
• Communicate effectively with the different stakeholders, including IT, other business units and/or Group to ensure the projects are progressing correctly.
• Support the Head of Finance Systems and Change for the projects and transformation as required.

Skills & Attributes:

• Advanced Data Querying Skills, knowledge in systems such as Python, Tableau, SQL
• Experience In Finance and Accounting areas
• Internal Controls Experience
• Able to challenge current procedures and make recommendations 
• Project management qualification or similar is desirable
• Ability to communicate and influence all levels of management and work with other departments

What’s in it for you?

Joining BNP Paribas Personal Finance means becoming part of a Top Employer UK dedicated to making a difference to the lives of our customers. Along with a fulfilling career, you’ll be able to enjoy a benefits package which you can tailor to your lifestyle and needs, with key highlights including; 

• Competitive salary and a contributory pension scheme
• Access to our Health Cash Plan Scheme
• A multi-award-winning flexible benefits platform offering life insurance, private medical insurance, or lifestyle benefits that include discounts on dining, cinema, and days out
• The opportunity to buy and sell holidays, giving you even more control over your work-life balance

Could this be you? 

Making a positive impact is at the heart of everything we do – whether for our colleagues, customers, partners, or the community. We live by our values: We’re positive, we’re brave, and we own it. We believe a positive attitude and a passion for making things happen matter most. Don’t let confidence hold you back – there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. If you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we want to hear from you! Whether you’re considering a career change or exploring a sector jump, we welcome applicants with transferable skills.

Apply now to express your interest and discover how you can make a meaningful contribution to our dynamic team.

To learn more about careers at BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK, visit our website: https://www.bnpparibas-pf.co.uk/careers.

Equal Opportunities Disclaimer

BNP Paribas Personal Finance promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

The role

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced negotiator responsible for the delivery of sales of residential property in Prime Central London. In this role you will be uncapped to deal and transact on sales across the register and other Strutt & Parker property.

Responsibilities

•    Delivery of individual and team revenue against set targets through the sale of residential properties in Prime Central London

•    Generate revenue through driving sales, viewings and instructions against set KPIs. 

•    Develop relationships and work closely with clients through meetings to secure future instructions/business

•    Undertake viewings for prospective buyers as part of the sales process. 

•    Management of ongoing client instructions to ensure all parties are kept apprised of developments. 

•    To provide exceptional customer service to clients, both face to face and by telephone or email. 

•    Meeting with clients and provide a service tailored to individual instructions.

•    To progress of sales to completion including liaising with solicitors as appropriate, and keeping all parties well informed.

•    To provide informed advice and expertise to clients and colleagues. 

•    Maintain a network of both internal and external contacts and make use of these in order to gain information on relevant markets and new business opportunities

•    Maintain team standards according to company policy and external regulations in relation to compliance and KYC responsibilities.

•    Maintain the Residential client database. 

Person specification

The desired candidate will;

•    Have 2 years + previous experience working in PCL Sales

•    Have a keen eye for market niches and a real interest in market analysis and trends

•    Be able to demonstrate a track record of transacting on property sales north of £4m in Prime Central London

•    Proven track record of sourcing and listing instructions in Prime Central London

•    Be able to demonstrate a successful track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets

•    Demonstrate local knowledge 

•    Possess excellent negotiating skills and rapport building skills 

•    Demonstrate a full understanding of the residential sales process

•    Have a full understanding of all relevant regulation and AML and KYC procedures required in residential transactions

•    Be capable of building and maintaining good relationships with team members, other colleagues, clients and agents

•    Exhibit commitment to high standards and providing a quality service 

•    Possess a composed manner and ability to work under pressure

•    Have strong time management and ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines

•    Demonstrate excellent telephone manner and communication, both written and verbal. 

•    Possess the ability to work well as part of a team but also able to self-motivate and work independently.

•    Have working knowledge of Microsoft Office

•    Must hold a full, valid driving licence

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

• Health & Leisure: 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 
• Financial:  Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

Strutt and Parker is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

#LI-ONSITE 

Company purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work

• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact

• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business area

In the UK, Global Banking focuses on 4 main business areas: Corporate Clients Group, Capital Markets, Low Carbon Transition Group and Transaction Banking.

This role sits within Capital Markets, which is a platform designed to provide a fully integrated offer across debt and equity, and work closer with its issuer and investor clients.

The Syndicate team within Capital Markets is the hub for execution of all new primary issuance within the function, across a range of products areas including Sovereigns Supranationals and Agencies (SSA), Financials, Corporates, Growth Markets and Euro Medium Term Notes (EMTNs). It provides the interface between Debt Capital Markets and teams on the private side of the bank, and Sales, Trading and the rest of the public facing functions. 

Through interaction with CM (issuer clients) as well as trading and sales (investors), the Syndicate team crystallise origination ideas, and once the mandate has been awarded, manage the execution process and any residual risk associated with the transaction.

Job purpose 

As a Director, the role holder will be accountable for completing highly-complex analyses, and reviewing work from more junior colleagues, working with both LCM and LFCM to enable corporate borrowers to access liquidity across the capital structure primarily, though not exclusively, in EUR, US$ and GBP. Will be expected to lead workstreams and drive strategy in the team to support the business to achieve its objectives and aspirations.

Key responsibilities

• Accountable for utilising detailed knowledge of Corporate Loan Syndicate as a subject matter expert to review and complete highly-complex activities to facilitate the objectives and aspirations of the Syndicate function, and to deliver strategic and commercial client solutions. 
• Provides specialist support to the team and clients to diagnose and resolve issues, develop models and procedures and monitor trends. Where precedent has not been set, contributes to establishing new approaches or policies either personally or through their teams.
• Leads and takes ownership of tasks such as 

o    Taking responsibility for the execution of Corporate business, working with LCM and the broader syndicate team /marketing representatives to generate demand for new and existing products, including client visits to both investors and issuers. Actively contributes to the development of new and innovative products and services to meet client requirements; 

o    Prepare syndicate memos and attend credit committees to support the underwriting of bank facilities

o    Develop and maintain bank/investor relationships to stay abreast of the current trends in and demand dynamics related to the syndicate loan and SSD markets. Undertake pricing and execution of syndicated loans and Schuldschein (“SSD”) loan new issues;

o    Works with sales to promote/execute transactions with bank/investors

o    Provide CM with market colour and highlight issuance opportunities;

o    Follow Risk & FICC procedure when underwriting risk in excess of syndicate delegation limit (where relevant);

o    Update issuers directly on market evolution and developments, both macro and pricing;

o    Monitor the aggregated risk and P&L, and adhere to relevant trading limits; and

o    Co-ordinates and encourages the effective interaction of the Syndicate team with appropriate operational and risk areas (eg market risk and compliance). Directly contributes to operational permanent control framework.

• Leads commercial conversations and interactions with clients on complex transactions, and looks to identify new business opportunities. Co-ordinates business development strategies with other business lines, sectors and geographies to maximise business revenue and client success. Maintains dialogue with competitors to ensure and enhance good working relationships.
• Attends relevant regulatory and product/skill training and keep up-to-date with market and Compliance issues.
• Acts as a senior point of escalation for the Corporate Loan Syndicate team, with ability to define appropriate interventions, in order to deliver a quality service to clients.
• Supports the activities of the Syndicate function in some cases as a line manager, supporting the development of junior colleagues (including through regular and annual reviews) and supervising the delegation of work to ensure effective and profitable output. Promotes and champions conduct.

Requirements

• Professional qualification required with in depth understanding of the theories and practices across the Global Banking function and BNP Paribas products and capabilities, and their interaction with each other, combined with deep expertise in syndication.
• Expert knowledge of a wide range of policies, procedures regulations and legislation relevant to the Syndicate function, with the ability to apply this knowledge to improve BNP Paribas processes and practices. 
• Excellent analytical and modelling skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts and provide specialist guidance and advice to others. Able to construct a broad point of view and market convictions.
• Exceptional Risk awareness, and evaluates the consequences of solutions or actions on people, systems and the organisation with precision and accuracy. Anticipates changes in the internal / external environments and delivers accordingly.
• Strong experience in managing key stakeholder relationships, with an excellent ability to negotiate, support and influence. Strong people management skills and an ability to work with individuals to manage performance to ensure their delivery of client objectives. Assumes responsibility for client satisfaction, ensuring problems are solved effectively and in a timely manner.
• Strong client focus, commercial and communication / relationship management skills. Excellent written and oral English skills in order to articulate technical issues and to be able to take the complex and make simple to enable effective communication with individuals across the business.
• Strong personal focus on accuracy and attention to detail and able to review and improve work of more junior colleagues.
• Computer literacy and a good knowledge of a range of standard computer software, e.g., Microsoft Office, email. Experience in using investment banking databases (e.g. Dealogic, Bloomberg).
• Good citizen behaviour, embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethics, integrity, Code of Conduct). Ability to operate within the Compliance framework imposed by the Bank and external regulators.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.  

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year – in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally. 

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal opportunities 

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

#LI-Hybrid

Due to growth, our dynamic and enthusiastic Residential Building Consultancy team are seeking a new client-focused building surveyor to join either our Guildford or Lewes office. As a key office within Strutt & Parker, we have a vibrant multidisciplinary team with a wealth of opportunity for career progression.  

We undertake the full range of Building Consultancy services from within our multi-skilled team. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified surveyor to contribute to the delivery of high-quality surveying and project management services across our residential and rural estate portfolios. 

Our technical excellence ensures an impressive client base, and we advise some of the most prestigious landowners and private HNW clients in the area. The role will see the successful candidate playing an integral role in advising private clients, estates and investors on matters relating to repair, maintenance and enhancement of residential properties with exposure to both prime and historic homes with opportunities to work with other disciplines within the office. 

Our ethos sits at the heart of how we work and what we do; we are looking for a real team player – someone with energy, drive and a wish to grow and further their career in building surveying.    

In this role you will:

•    Undertake technical due diligence surveys to assist clients in pre-acquisition reporting, defect analysis and condition assessments across a range of residential assets.

•    Deliver professional services including reinstatement cost assessments, planned cyclical maintenance, neighbourly matters and party wall advice.

•    Prepare detailed specifications, schedules of work and tender documentation.

•    Manage refurbishment, restoration and conversion projects including contract administration from inception through to completion.

•    Provide clients with clear, strategic advice aligned with commercial objectives and regulatory requirements.

•    Ensure and advise on compliance with statutory legislation including planning, building regulations and health & safety standards.

•    Support senior colleagues in developing client relationships, contributing to cross-service collaboration, and identifying business development opportunities

•    Produce high-quality, client ready reports and documentation in a timely manner. 

•    Mentor and coach junior members of the team.

About you:

•    Be competent and experienced MRICS or MCIOB qualified building surveyor experience of delivering work across a range of projects.

•    Demonstrate experience within the residential sector; knowledge of heritage and listed property is advantageous.

•    Strong technical expertise in building pathology, construction methodology, statutory compliance and retrofit standards.

•    Proven track record in contract administration and project management of residential schemes.

•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information clearly.

•    Commercial awareness, with the ability to balance technical rigor with client priorities.

•    Organised, proactive and able to manage a varied workload within a corporate environment. 

•    Demonstrate team leadership potential, capable of building relationships with existing and new clients and generating new opportunities.  

•    Possess a composed manner in order to be able to work under pressure.

•    Good time management with the ability to prioritise workloads and achieve deadlines.

•    Accuracy and attention to detail

•    Excellent communication skills – must be capable of building and maintaining good relationships with team members, other colleagues, and clients.

Qualifications:

•    Relevant undergraduate/postgraduate degree or equivalent.

•    MRICS or MCIOB qualified – preferably building surveying pathway with 3 – 5 years PQE.

•    Preferably proficient in the use of AutoCAD.

•    RIBA membership/qualification an advantage.

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

• Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 27 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 
• Financial:  Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

Strutt and Parker is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

Job Title: Senior Risk Analyst

Location: Solihull; a flexible hybrid working model which supports you as well as enabling you to work collaboratively with your colleagues 

Hours: Full time, Permanent

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A bit about us: 

At BNP Paribas Personal Finance, we are proud to be part of a global banking group. Our mission is simple: to provide straightforward consumer finance solutions that empower customers to make responsible financial decisions. We partner with some of the UK’s most well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance purchases in a responsible way.

The Role:

As a Senior Risk Analyst at BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK, you will be a key member of the Risk Analytics team, providing analytical insight into customer behaviour in order to shape and optimise credit strategy across all of our UK credit products.

• Review and provide recommendations in respect of acquisition and customer management credit risk strategies. Opportunity to utilise a range of data sources such as CRA’s for the development and validation of scorecards, policy rules, pricing, limits management and affordability models, whilst always ensuring regulatory compliance. 
• Collate materials to present in senior forums such as risk committee meetings. Ability to showcase your proposals directly to the executive team. 
• Ensure effective performance monitoring is in place, proactively identifying and highlighting emerging trends, investigating alerts and developing appropriate solutions to improve business performance. 
• Be responsible for supervising and developing junior analysts, prioritising and supporting management of their workload, encouraging knowledge sharing and ensuring team outputs produced are accurate, of a high standard and delivered on time. 
• Ensure that lending follows the correct standards of the business, whilst treating customers fairly by putting them at the heart of everything we do. You will support the BNP Paribas group strategic plan to accelerate growth, technology and sustainability. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide portfolio management reports which evaluate the risk profile of the BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK Customer base.
• Develop and monitor risk strategies which maximise revenue whilst minimising bad debt on new and existing business lines.
• Ensure key risk management information is in place, supporting business direction within agreed risk appetite.
• Perform a health check of all credit portfolios against internal and external benchmarks, summarising performance of credit risk strategies, emerging trends and alerts for monthly committees.
• Conduct in-depth exploratory analysis on different client segments and portfolios, assessing KPIs and ensuring outputs produced are accurate and of a high standard.

Skills & Attributes:

• Can independently code in at least one of the following programming language; SAS, SQL or Python
• Understanding of; credit lifecycle, CRA’s, financial products, economic conditions
• Working on different financial products in an analytical role within a Credit Risk function
• Good knowledge of Statistics
• Experience of lending products such as Cards, Loans, Retail or Motor finance
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail 

What’s in it for you?

Joining BNP Paribas Personal Finance means becoming part of a Top Employer UK dedicated to making a difference to the lives of our customers. Along with a fulfilling career, you’ll be able to enjoy a benefits package which you can tailor to your lifestyle and needs, with key highlights including; 

• Competitive salary and a contributory pension scheme
• Access to our Health Cash Plan Scheme
• A multi-award-winning flexible benefits platform offering life insurance, private medical insurance, or lifestyle benefits that include discounts on dining, cinema, and days out
• The opportunity to buy and sell holidays, giving you even more control over your work-life balance

Could this be you? 

Making a positive impact is at the heart of everything we do – whether for our colleagues, customers, partners, or the community. We live by our values: We’re positive, we’re brave, and we own it. We believe a positive attitude and a passion for making things happen matter most. Don’t let confidence hold you back – there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. If you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we want to hear from you! Whether you’re considering a career change or exploring a sector jump, we welcome applicants with transferable skills.

Apply now to express your interest and discover how you can make a meaningful contribution to our dynamic team.

To learn more about careers at BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK, visit our website: https://www.bnpparibas-pf.co.uk/careers.

Equal Opportunities Disclaimer

BNP Paribas Personal Finance promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

The role:

The Rural Land Management and Consultancy team in Stamford is seeking a new member to take a pivotal role in helping to develop our rural consultancy and management business. Working within our growing rural team in estate management and broad spectrum of professional rural services, this role comes with a wealth of opportunity for career progression.  

Key deliverables

• Acting as agent for a selection of estate management clients, reporting to senior colleagues and ensuring the achievement of key client deliverables
• Undertaking estate and farm business reviews 
• Innovative thinking to introduce, deliver and manage diversification, renewable energy and environmental/natural capital projects
• Overseeing day-to-day management of the assets, rent reviews, lease negotiations, resolving disputes, managing repair, maintenance and improvement programmes and progressing strategic objectives
• Assist clients with the promotion of strategic land
• Secured lending and other professional valuations
• Adherence to internal and client process and compliance standards

Responsibilities 

• Managing and leading key personnel
• Maintaining and growing a strong and prestigious client base 
• Seeking opportunities to leverage skill and expertise to develop new business for the wider team
• Monitor the profitability of the client relationship 
• Mentor and coach junior members of the team

Key Skill

• Competent and experienced MRICS qualified rural surveyor with experience of delivering work across a range of projects
• Demonstrate team leadership potential, capable of building relationships with existing and new clients and generating new opportunities 
• An entrepreneurial attitude with an aspiration to grow the profile and performance of the wider business
• Possess a composed manner in order to be able to work under pressure
• Good time management and ability to prioritise workloads, team budgeting and deploying resources effectively and profitably
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills – must be capable of building and maintaining good relationships with team members, other colleagues and clients
• Confident manner with clients and the team
• People leadership skills with ability to manage, delegate and supervise effectively
• Flexible approach to work and hours undertaken
• An understanding of confidentiality issues and the use of discretion

Person specification

Qualifications:

• Relevant undergraduate/postgraduate degree or equivalent
• MRICS qualified – preferably Rural pathway with 3 – 5 years PQE
• CAAV membership/qualification an advantage

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

• Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, up to 30 days annual leave (depending on level) + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 
• Financial:  Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

Strutt and Parker is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.