Global Credit Model Design

BNP Paribas Group is the top bank in the European Union and a major international banking establishment. It has close to 185,000 employees in 65 countries. In Spain we are more than 5,100 employees within 12 business lines.

RISK is an integrated and independent control function of the BNP Paribas Group. It is the second line of defense on the risk management activities of the Group which are under its direct responsibilities, including credit and counterparty risk, market risk, funding and liquidity risk, interest rate and foreign exchange risks in the banking book, insurance risk, operational risk, and environmental and social risks.
RISK aims at being a partner of the businesses by contributing to their sustainable development, but also a gatekeeper to ensure risks taken remain compatible with the Group’s Risk Appetite and its strategy.

RISK Iberian Hub Madrid is a transversal platform servicing the RISK Function by covering added-value activities around credit risk, market risk, operational risk and data protection. Offering a wide range of services to RISK teams, from consulting to cyber security going through data analysis, modelling or artificial intelligence.

You will join the “Model Performance - Analytics” team, which is part of RISK Models & Regulatory - Global Credit teams on the RISK Models & Regulatory department.
RISK Models & Regulatory - Global Credit Within the “RISK Models & Regulatory” Department of BNP Paribas’ RISK department, the “Global Credit” team is composed of four teams:

- Model Management: establishes a comprehensive management of the portfolio of models through mid-term planning, industrialization, and cost / opportunity analyses.
- Model Design: develops and maintains risk models for the main risk parameters (e.g., PD, LGD, EAD), in close cooperation with other Business and RISK teams.
- Model Performance: Intervene after model implementation to assess the performance of the credit risk models and ensure the right understanding of risk parameters evolution and rating assignment process for business, RISK internal client and regulatory purposes.
- Regulatory watch & policies: interpret, anticipate the effects & advocate on internal models as part of future potential or upcoming regulations

Model Performance is divided into three sub-teams:

- Methods: Develops and maintains methods to tackle emerging topics and normative corpus complementary to modelling standards.
- Transformation: Develops the industrialized model performance solution.
- Analytics: Regularly carries out model’s performance assessment (including backtesting and sensitivity analysis).

The team has an international dimension, being located in Paris, Lisbon and Madrid, and counting more than 25 team members.

MISSION:
As part of the Model Performance - Analytics team, your main mission will consist in the production of Retail and Non-retail back testing on the several risk parameters (PD, LGD, EAD/CCF): data collection, database construction, back testing production, results analysis and deep dive investigations, discussion with business and RISK teams, final report preparation and presentation to non-statistician experts.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
You will be as well involved in the other activities of the Analytics team:
override monitoring

production of shortcuts backtesting,

control and validation of LGD data

improvement of existing tools and processes

In addition, within Model Performance team switch between the three sub-teams is often proposed, you will then be able to explore the full landscape of the performance assessment at BNP Paribas.

**REQUIREMENTS**:
Training:
Master’s Degree in Mathematics and/or Statistics

Advanced level of English, both oral and written

**Experience**:
At least 2 years of experience

Languages:

- English:Fluent
- French:Optional
- Spanish:Optional

SKILLS:
Technical:
Data Viz, Blending and Analytics

IT Programs Conception (SAS, SQL, Python and R)

Trasversal & Behavioral:

- Ability to deliver/Results driven
- Ability to develop and adapt a process
- Critical thinking

BENEFITS:

- Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).
- Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.
- Flexible compensation plan
- Hybrid telecommuting model (50%)
- 31 vacation days

Diversity and Inclusion commitment