Job Title: Associate

Department: Asset Management – Investment Operations / Reporting

About Business line/Function: Asset Management Reporting is responsible for transforming validated investment, accounting, pricing, and reference data into accurate, timely, and compliant reports for clients, regulators, and internal stakeholders. The function supports multiple reporting types across asset classes, geographies, and regulatory regimes.

Position Purpose: The Validator role acts as the independent quality, control, and risk assurance layer within the Asset Management Reporting lifecycle. The role ensures that all reports produced are technically accurate, conceptually sound, methodologically consistent, and compliant with internal standards, client requirements, and regulatory expectations before final release.

The Validator is accountable for challenging outputs, validating assumptions, and preventing incorrect or misleading information from reaching clients or regulators.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Perform independent validation of reports produced by Processors, focusing on accuracy, completeness, consistency, and appropriateness.
Review calculations, methodologies, disclosures, narratives, and trends across reporting periods.
Execute second-level controls and formally evidence validation and sign-off.
Ensure outputs align with documented procedures, regulatory guidance, and client expectations.

Contributing Responsibilities

Challenge unusual movements, overrides, or explanations and ensure they are supported by facts and documentation.
Identify systemic issues, recurring errors, or control weaknesses and escalate with root-cause analysis.
Support internal audits, external audits, and regulatory reviews with clear explanations and evidence.
Provide feedback and guidance to Processors to improve overall quality maturity.
Contribute to strengthening control frameworks and standardization.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Technical Competencies

Strong conceptual understanding of Asset Management Reporting, including performance, holdings, regulatory disclosures, and client reporting objectives.
Ability to interpret and validate complex data flows across investment, accounting, pricing, and reference data domains.
Solid knowledge of control frameworks, audit expectations, and risk management principles.
Capability to assess methodological appropriateness and not just numerical accuracy.

Behavioral Competencies

Demonstrates rigorous professional judgment, proactively questioning assumptions and constructively challenging perspectives to drive robust decision-making.
Strong attention to detail combined with a big-picture understanding of reporting impact.
Clear and structured communication, especially when explaining issues, risks, or decisions.
Strong ownership mindset with accountability for quality and risk prevention.
Ability to work under pressure during peak reporting cycles without compromising control standards.

Specific Qualifications

Post Graduate degree in Finance or a related discipline.

Strong understanding of performance measurement and attribution methodologies, including arithmetic and geometric attribution approaches.

Knowledge of key attribution models such as Brinson-Fachler / Brinson-Hood-Beebower, including allocation, selection, and interaction effects.

Familiarity with portfolio return calculations, benchmark comparison, and relative performance analysis across asset classes.

Ability to interpret and validate attribution results by linking performance drivers to investment decisions, market movements, and portfolio positioning.

Experience working with holdings, transactions, benchmark data, pricing, and FX data used in performance calculations.

Understanding of multi-asset and multi-currency portfolios, including impact of currency and derivative exposures on performance.

Ability to perform reconciliation and variance analysis between performance systems and reporting outputs.

Familiarity with performance attribution tools/platforms and reporting systems used in Asset Management.

Awareness of data dependencies, assumptions, and limitations within attribution models and reporting outputs.

Prior experience in Performance Attribution, Performance Measurement, or Investment Reporting roles is preferred.

Technical Skills

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Asset Management Reporting concepts (performance, holdings, regulatory disclosures)
Data validation and reconciliation techniques
Advanced Excel; familiarity with reporting platforms and databases
Understanding of control frameworks and audit expectations
Understanding of asset management products and reporting methodologies

Behavioral Skills

Accountability and ownership
Analytical thinking
Clear written and verbal communication
Ability to work under peak delivery pressure

Risk awareness and judgement

Clear stakeholder communication
Quality and control orientation
Ability to challenge and influence positively

Education Level: Post Graduate degree in Finance

Candidates with equivalent professional experience in Asset Management Operations or Financial Reporting may be considered.

Location: Chennai , India

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is the European Union's leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group's commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union's leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

Associate - Asset Management Performance Attribution Reporting