BNP Paribas

Business Overview:

Through our Global Equities platform, BNP Paribas is committed to serving clients with a full suite of investor services from trading to research. With the migration of Deutsche Bank's Global Prime Finance and Electronic Equities businesses as well as the full acquisition of Exane in particular the Research business, BNP Paribas is positioned to be a leading provider in Global Equities. BNP Paribas is focused on growing the Global Equities platform, including the expansion of U.S. Equity Research.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

• Results and Impact
• Able to influence peers and team.
• Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
• Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
• Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
• Leadership and Collaboration:
• Creates trust with colleagues.
• Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
• Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
• Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
• Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
• Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
• Compliance Culture and Conduct:
• Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
• Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Responsibilities:

Equity Research Analysts provide formal independent investment recommendations to advisory clients via published reports and financial models. Their internal and external communication takes the form of written research reports, personal conversations and meetings, and media appearances.

The Associate will focus on supporting the coverage of the Apparel / Softlines Retail sector in the U.S. The Associate will be responsible for assisting the Senior Equity Research Analyst in building, reviewing and maintaining financial databases and models, analyzing company and industry data, building an investment thesis, publishing investment-driven research reports and notes, and meeting with corporates, investors, media outlets as well as internally within the business.

The Associate will be expected to support the growth in coverage as part of the overall strategy to expand the footprint of BNP Paribas Exane Research in the U.S. The Associate will have exposure to corporates’ management, investor conferences, analyst days and own the process of utilizing the available resources to make an investment recommendation. The Associate in conjunction with the Senior Equity Research Analyst will also work with teams within the firm, such as corporate access, research sales, specialist sales and trading.