BNP Paribas is a leading European bank with an international reach. It has a presence in 72 countries, with more than 202,000 Employees – including more than 154,000 in Europe and over 5,000 in Portugal alone.

BNP Paribas is present in Portugal since 1985, having been one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, BNP Paribas has several entities operating directly in this territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.

Worldwide, the Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance.

BNP Paribas 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, 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.

ROLE AND REPONSIBILITIES

 

Strategy & Business Development team works closely with Global Markets (GM) management to develop the long-term strategy of GM and the Global Business Lines/Regions. The team is also responsible for competitive benchmarking and intelligence and for managing the business development portfolio. In particular, any acquisition, large scale transaction or partnership project are jointly driven by the team together with the relevant business. The team is located in London, Paris, Hong-Kong, New York and soon Lisbon.

The selected candidate will be based in Lisbon after a few months of training and will provide a full support on various projects and initiatives to the central Strategy and Business Development teams based in London and Paris.

Please find below the key responsibilities of the team as a whole:

• Support the strategic planning process for Global Markets globally and proactively challenge the strategy

• Manage the competitive benchmarking process for Global Markets

• Stay abreast of competitive and regulatory trends and distil implications for the business

• Define, structure and standup projects of strategic relevance to the business

• Manage relevant business development topics (acquisitions, JVs, divestments, etc.)

• Support Global Markets management with significant milestones (e.g. Strategic presentations, town halls, etc)

• Become a trusted adviser to GBL and Transversal Head, thus requiring significant senior interaction.

 

PROFILE

 

• Graduated from Business School or Engineering School (or equivalent)

• Between 6 and 8 years of professional experience in a similar area (Ideally first experience in Strategy and Consulting/advisory)

• Considerable experience in Investment Banking, with good knowledge of the Global Markets product set, business models, revenue and costs drivers, competitive environment and industry trends

• Intellectual horsepower (and genuine interest in IB) so as to make a major strategic contribution to the future of BNP Paribas’ IB business

• Consulting skills

• Analytical skills

• Comfortable in dealing with senior representative of the management team

• Exceptional communication (oral and writing)

• Autonomous, delivers high quality work, rigorous and synthetic

• Able to work in a changing environment

• Acts with discipline and high ethical standards

Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.

In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.

 

BNP Paribas 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, 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.