Application Analyst: Professional Placement Year Internship

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is now part of the BNP Paribas Group since 1st July 2025 following the closing of its acquisition.

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) is the asset manager of BNP Paribas, a leading banking group in Europe with international reach.

Among the top three asset managers in Europe^[1], BNPP AM manages more than €1.6 trillion in assets for institutional, corporate, retail and wealth clients worldwide, combining liquid and alternative capabilities with a leadership position in long-term savings management for insurers and pension funds ^[2] (€850 billion AUM).

BNPP AM offers a broad range of liquid investment solutions, spanning fixed income, high conviction active strategies and a fast-growing ETF offering, together representing over €1 trillion in assets under management. 
The alternatives platform, built on over 30 years of experience, is the largest in Europe and a global leader^[3], managing approximately €300 billion across real estate, infrastructure, alternative credit and private equity.

Sustainable and thematic investment capabilities are embedded across the business, supporting client’s long-term objectives. 
BNPP AM brings together expert professionals across nearly 40 countries, blending global reach with local expertise.

[1] Based on BNPP AM internal data analysis

Description of the department
The Application Analyst’s role is to ensure optimal system availability for internal client’s applications and manage deliverables to improve the quality of services.

Your role and responsibilities will include:
Application support

• Provide daily support on Simcorp Dimension, Order management tool used by Investment teams.
• Undertake daily operational checks, investigate, and resolve any problems identified.
• Provide functional and technical support (application settings, assistance, trainings)
• User Account creation for various applications
• Ensure appropriate change management processes are implemented to benefit users
• Produce user and functional procedure guides
• Communicate with the users on system availability / future evolutions
• Coordinate the work of the different IT teams to ensure the best level of support.
• Ensure compliance with all information security policies.
• Develop and deploy processes that will ensure Level 1 security controls are in place for all dedicated systems.
• Implement and operate regular end user activity monitoring for the given application.
• Process Improvement.
• Follow-up and management of tools & services enhancements.
• Incident and Change order management.
• Performing Monthly Application reconciliations for auditing purposes.
• Production of Business KPIs, monthly dashboards and weekly incident reports.
• Analyse, compare and coordinate data from different sources.
• Correct and amend historical data in FactSet (a platform that provides different financial services, like data consolidation, market analytics, portfolio data management).
• Integrate transactions in SimCorp (an innovative core investment software that offers integrated investment management solutions).
• Configure and reset end users accounts in Global 1 (an application used for securities borrowing and lending activity at AXA-IM) and rerunning daily reports

Administration Support

• Manage timesheets/ and support rota for Team.
• In partnership with the business identify, lead, design and implement enhancements and improvements on client’s applications
• Gather business enhancements requirements from users and business teams
• Support the understanding of the client’s needs in line with the business strategic developments, AXA IM strategy and long-term Operating Model
• Management of projects/initiatives related to Small Scales Enhancements (SSE)
• Analyse existing processes
• Gather business requirements
• Write functional specifications
• Contribute to the testing phase for new versions and/or new tools
• Depending on the needs, assist the project managers in the context of projects on which their
• Analyse existing processes
• Gather business requirements
• Write functional specification
• Contribute to the testing phase for new versions and/or new tools

Education Skills & Experience

Education

• Studying Computing, IT, Business, Finance on a 4-year University degree with 3rd year work placement included

Skills

• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a team within an international and fast-moving environment
• Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. 
• Analytical ability
• Creative thinking, capability to develop innovative solutions and challenge consensus
• Fluency in English
• Good IT knowledge (FIX, SQL, Cloud Azure, databases)
• Ability to understand / code in python – desirable 
   

Experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as you will be in constant contact with various internal/external teams (State Street, TSF, Compliance and other Technology teams).
• Able to work independently or as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• The ability to interact with non-technical users to understand their problems
• Willingness to learn, Attention to detail, Ability to work to deadlines
• Customer focused

What we offer

• This internship is an excellent opportunity to discover an international working environment. Due to our leading market position, you can gain strong exposure to a variety of complex issues that we face as a diverse investment manager
• You will be fully integrated to our team, and you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the wider business
• Autonomous, entrepreneurial and result driven culture where taking initiative is encouraged
• You will join a growing platform which will allow you to take on real responsibilities rapidly
• GBP 28,000 basic salary + competitive benefits package

What we expect from you

• Workplace professionalism
• Physical attendance to the office 3-4 days a week
• Curiosity
• Commitment
• Willingness to learn & grow

Please join us to realise your potential to drive progress, for yourself, our clients and the world in which we live.