Data Analyst Intern

Key Skills

Effective communication skills, English Proficiency, PowerBI, Python Programming

Job Description

By Joining RISK Portugal at BNP Paribas, you will be part of a dynamic, talented and expert team, with a global coverage. You will be able to develop your knowledge through career development plan and internal mobility. The journey stays here

About the job

• The mission of RISK Market & Financial Institutions (“RISK MFI”) is to provide the Senior Management of the Group, of the RISK Function and of Global Markets (“GM”) and of BP2S with full transparency and dynamic analysis and monitoring of market, counterparty, valuation and liquidity risks originated and managed by CIB and of credit risks on Financial Institutions in order to assist them in their risk decision making and monitoring
• The mission of RISK MFI Platform is to support the monitoring of the risks above mentioned
• Solutions within Platform contributes to framing the markets, credit and counterparty frameworks and infrastructure to support the decision making. Solutions ensure the consistency and efficiency of processes and approaches across MFI
• The Digital team within Solutions pillar is in charge of developing tools to redefine and industrialise the many processes of the RISK MFI department. Projects have a strong focus on the use of new technologies in order to build tools that improve the risk management of the bank, with a strong focus on improving the user experience and making better use of the vast amount of available data. Past projects have focused on automation of processes in Python, app development with interactive visualisations, BOT development, APIs, etc
• The Digital team works in close collaboration with the RISK IT department, making sure best practices are followed and to target a smooth path to production of the tools developed by the team. This also means that for some projects, the Digital team codes directly in the official production systems under the guidance of RISK IT colleagues

Your Main Activities Are

• The foremost element of the role is to drive development projects, related to risk management, to completion
• The role requires a dynamic problem-solving approach to achieve real added value by improving the efficiency and robustness of existing processes and improving the risk monitoring. This is achieved in close collaboration with the risk management subject matter experts. As such, the role requires close coordination and collaboration with other RISK MFI teams. As the main target of the team is to focus on building robust tools, a close collaboration with the Risk Systems department is key
• Responsibilities include, among other tasks:
• Analyse, re-engineer processes and implement in Python in order to harmonise such processes, improve efficiency and reduce operational risk related to existing practices
• Improve risk insight by making better use of data and improved visualisations
• Focus on the path to production of the tools delivered by the team, making sure best practices are followed when developing tools, in order to simplify migration to a full industrial setup at a later stage
• In addition to developing coding skills, the role enables the individual to gain knowledge across all elements of RISK MFI, covering both market and counterparty risk. This includes all asset classes as well as all workflows and processes. Understanding the risk processes is key to delivering the best outcome of a project
• Stakeholder and relationship building skills are necessary to ensure the individual can leverage the best outcomes for each project. In addition, project management skills are required in order to drive the various projects to completion

Profile and Skills to Success

• Master Degree in Maths/ Sciences/ Finance/ Economics/ Engineering/ Data Analytics
• Up to 1 year of relevant experience
• Fluent level of English, both oral and written are mandatory
• Knowledge in
• Financial Markets is a plus
• Financial Products is a plus
• Python is rquired
• Power BI is a plus
• Communication skills - oral & written
• Ability to deliver / Results driven
• Ability to develop and adapt a process
• Analytical Ability
• Attention to detail / rigor