Position Overview Associate – Risk and Controls within the Market Operations department (Product Control/COCE). The role is part of the Risk Control group within the V&RC; organization, focusing on monitoring end-of-day and intraday risk limits, ensuring compliance with trader mandates, and managing the escalation and reporting of breaches. Job Responsibilities
• Risk Control Framework: Contribute to the execution, analysis, and coordination of End-of-day and Intraday Risk Limits and Trader Mandates.
• Breach Management: Investigate, understand, and promptly escalate daily limit and mandate breaches in accordance with global policy; document all findings in daily, weekly, and monthly summary reports and dashboards.
• Stakeholder Interaction: Collaborate with Traders, Front Office management, Risk, Operations, and IT to understand risk computation methodologies and resolve discrepancies between Front Office and Risk systems.
• Mandate Management: Understand mandate characteristics across asset classes, investigate policy breaches, and coordinate global updates to mandate systems or reconciliation logic.
• Regulatory Compliance: Implement recent controls and processes arising from regulatory changes (e.g., Volcker, French Banking Law).
• Permanent Control:



Contribute to the broader Permanent Control framework and ensure control exhaustiveness and thorough documentation of changes. Required Education, Skills and Experience (must have)
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Education:
Bachelor or Master Degree in Economics, Mathematics, or Finance.
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Experience:
2+ years of relevant financial industry experience.
• Technical

Skills:
Strong IT skills including intermediate to advanced Excel, VBA, and PowerPoint.
• Communication: Fluency in English (both oral and written) with the ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences (Senior management, Trading, IT, Audit, etc.).
• Core Competencies: Strong control-oriented mindset, high attention to detail, and the ability to thrive under tight deadlines and pressure. Preferred Education, Skills and Experience (nice to have)
• Domain Knowledge: Prior experience in Risk, P&L;, Product Control, or Audit; practical understanding of option theory and ability to explain pricing parameters (particularly Equity Options).
• Product Knowledge: Working knowledge across a wide range of asset classes, with a preference for Equities.
• Mathematical Proficiency: Technically strong in financial mathematics complemented by market practice knowledge.
• Soft

Skills:
Project coordination skills and a results/solutions-driven mindset capable of building consensus.

📌 Associate - Risk Controls - Market Risk (Mumbai)
🏢 BNP Paribas
📍 Mumbai