Convertible Bond Sales Assistant - Long Term Internship (Rolling Intake)

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading international bank with a strong presence in banking and financial services worldwide. The company offers a wide range of banking and investment solutions to individual, corporate, and institutional clients.

Your role

About Global Markets:

Global Markets is BNP Paribas’ capital markets business within the Corporate & Institutional Bank (CIB), delivering solutions across asset classes, and industry-leading services for clients including institutional, corporates, private banks, and retail distribution networks.

Global Markets encompasses five global business lines:

• G10 Rates
• Equity Derivatives (“EQD”)
• FXLM & Commodity Derivatives
• Prime Solutions & Financing
• Primary & Credit Markets

What you’ll do:

As part of the Convertible Bond Trading team, the successful applicant will be involved in assisting the sales team in their daily tasks:

• Interaction with trading
• Interaction with research
• Interaction with MO/BO
• Production of analysis of the market
• Production of analysis of the business

Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring smooth post-trade.
• Producing reports on business and markets.
• Automation of process. Providing data to both sales and trading.
• Working with IT on the development of new features in desk tools.
• Coordinate client events.

Training & development

All the internship supervisors at BNP Paribas are well-equipped to provide interns with maximum support in every aspect of their internship. Part of their working day is dedicated to supervising and advising you on working methods, time management, learning technical skills, or developing your soft skills. You can be sure that you will be accompanied every step of the way. So whether you are doing a summer internship or a long-term internship, the company wants you to feel comfortable from the moment you arrive!

Benefits

BNP Paribas offers competitive salaries and benefits and a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team. 

• Competitive salary
• Early responsibilities with a chance to engage in meaningful and impactful work
• For the guarantee of a healthy work-life balance
• For access to student-specific benefits (cultural, sport, travel, etc) – depending on your location

Career progression

The long-term internships are the perfect platform to launch a long-term career with BNP Paribas. Running between six and 11 months, and with learning and development opportunities throughout, you’ll gain an in-depth knowledge of the investment banking sector and discover where a career in banking could take you. Successful internships can be a fast track into one of the company's graduate programs.

Work-life balance

BNP Paribas has built success on a system of values that fosters mutual respect and puts the team before the individual. The company believes in supporting colleagues’ family and personal lives by helping them strike an equitable balance between their personal and professional goals.

Culture & vibe

BNP Paribas fosters an open, inclusive, and collaborative environment, where all are made to feel welcome from day one. The company has a friendly staff that believes in supporting each other and working together on specific tasks and projects to achieve success.

About you

Competencies required for the role:

• Interest in financial markets with knowledge of option theory, fixed income, and rates markets.
• Strong autonomy and ability to learn.
• Good communication skills and teamwork spirit.
• Previous experience in market finance is a plus.
• Strong academic track record
• Fluency in written and spoken English; other European languages an advantage
• Strong IT Skills – mainly Excel, VBA, and SQL
• Prior experience in the finance sector is an advantage
• Ability to think analytically and demonstrate attention to detail
• Good communication skills

Conduct:

• Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct
• Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks
• Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• youtube.com
• group.bnpparibas/en/careers/candidate-student/intership
• careers.bnpparibas.co.uk/internships
• careers.cib.bnpparibas/internships-and-apprenticeships/