Business Analyst - Accounting & Finance

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.

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, corporate 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

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, color, 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.

About Business Line/Function

Application for local analytics and digital invoicing. The application is used in multiple regions within BNP Paribas group. The application can generate automatic invoices, tracking and recording settlements for payments received and accounting the same. It has inbuilt reporting tool for tracking invoice status and sending statements and reminder letters to clients for payments.

Job Title

Sr Business Analyst

Date

24 Oct 2025

Department

Finance & Risk Solutions

Location:

Mumbai / Chennai

Business Line / Function

ECS - ALADIN

Reports To

(Direct)

Manager / Project Manager

Grade

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Business analyst role for invoice and accounting application

Role

The role is open for a web-based application providing a control framework around the invoice workflow and capturing accounting entries. An invoicing and Accounts Receivable user interface centralise the rebilling of expenses (to internal and external clients), debt recovery and management information. For non-implementations, the services rendered by BNP Paribas entities to other BNP Paribas entities, were managed manually throughout three main steps:

The invoice preparation and follow-up, the creating/booking in the general ledger (GL) and the collection of payment.

The application is to automate the intercompany invoicing process and to include the relevant controls. It also lets its users create a reference system for the SLAs and an audit trail between the SLAs, the creation of invoices and the payments received. Finally, the application also automates the creation of accounting entries relevant to intercompany recharges.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Analysing user requirements and business processes
• Liaising with users and internal counterparts from Finance, IT and Operations as required
• Providing users with Subject Matter expertise for finance/accounting systems
• Liaising with end-users for requirements gathering, UAT and migration testing up to successful delivery of the expected solution
• Developing functional specifications for delivery to IT
• Ensuring IT developments are in line with the functional specifications
• Performing integration testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Ensuring on-time quality delivery of all activities assigned
  
  

Production Support

• Be responsible for functional production support for finance users
• Assistance to maintain the application and its workflows
• Perform root cause analysis for resolution of user and system issues
• Co-ordinate with IT to solve production issues
• Raise service now tickets and incidents for issues
• Timely escalation of issues as per escalation matrix
• Adherence to the support procedure guidelines as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Managing/helping peer working group to manage product backlog
• Give training on new functionalities to Finance users, Support Team (incl. IT)
  
  

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Good understanding of basic accounting concepts
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven organizational skills with excellent multi-tasking and prioritization skills
• Good systems skills, good understanding of IT databases (although programming skills are not required)
• Good documentation skills
• Ability to work independently
• Commitment to project deadlines and sense of drive/commitment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to communicate and relate easily with IT, Finance and back-office users
  
  

Skills Referential

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Client focused

Communication skills - oral & written

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Attention to detail / rigor

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Analytical Ability

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to manage a project

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if Required)

Candidate should be willing to work in UK shift.