JOB OFFER : International Asset Manager – Paris, France

About Us

Groupe BPCE, with its universal cooperative banking model, represented by 9 million members, is the second largest banking player in France. With 105,000 employees, it serves 30 million customers worldwide, including individuals, professionals, companies, investors and local authorities. It is active in retail banking and insurance in France with its two major networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne, as well as Banque Palatine.

At BPCE Equipment Solutions, we specialise in financing sales and professional equipment for businesses, and we are the leader in Europe and the world’s No. 2 in our market. With around 1,600 employees spread over the world, we regularly receive awards at the Leasing Life Awards, including “SME Champion of the year” and/or “European Lessor of the year”.

As a human-sized, agile and innovative entity, join us to share our Vision: “We want to be a leading provider of innovative and flexible solutions to finance and manage equipment. We are a digital and customer-centric organisation, committed to delivering an excellent experience to vendors partners and clients across countries. We are a great place to work, driven by simplicity, agility and sustainability.”

BPCE Equipment Solutions is present in 24 countries and provides vendor and equipment finance to the full breadth of the business sector, including the Technology, Transport, Construction, Industrial, Healthcare, Public Sector and Agriculture markets.

The Role

We are seeking an International Asset Manager to work broadly across the core pillars of the department and to contribute to project and systems work. You will be working with the Global Head of Asset Management to collaborate with internal colleagues and external partners across our international network to support the development and implementation of RV-based equipment finance solutions, and with the Risk function to ensure robust monitoring of our asset risk.

The role of the Asset Management function is to responsibly and independently guide and set residual values for leased assets; and to manage, monitor and mitigate residual value risk through the life of the portfolio. The core pillars of the function are: Asset Valuation (at lease inception, in life and at end of term); Portfolio Management (lease extension and asset maximisation activities); End of Term Operations (asset inspection, recharge, logistics, data wiping, refurb, storage and general administration); Remarketing (third party asset sales); and Oversight and Control (reporting and analytics, policy and procedure, supplier management, cost control, and regulatory compliance).

We work to provide an expanded offering of finance products and solutions as required by our customers, including operating leases, rental products, fair market value leases, contract hire, managed equipment services, and aaS solutions, and to provide additional income and profit streams at End of Term. The function contributes to the company’s ESG ambitions, with a focus on Circular Economy. The scope of the role covers all countries and industry sectors within which the business operates.

You Missions Within the Team

On a daily basis, your missions are to:

• Support with the setting of residual value positions.
• Support with creating and maintaining RV matrices, where relevant.
• Support the maintenance of internal value curves.
• Provide information, insights, valuations and remarketing strategies for assets.
• Support with the functionality and governance of the internal asset management system.
• Co-ordinate with internal colleagues across the country network on asset management requests, new business opportunities, portfolio management, remarketing support and data requests.
• Support with compiling internal policy and procedure documentation.
• Maintain a remarketing partner panel to cover all relevant asset types and geographies.
• Maintain a comprehensive suite of relevant asset return condition documents.
• General administration and tasks across the function, including support on specific projects and initiatives, when required.

Skills, Competencies & Personal Qualities

• Asset Management Acumen: Proven track record developed within the asset finance and leasing industry.
• Industry Knowledge: Working knowledge of asset finance and leasing, including market trends and best practices.
• Outcome Driven: Stay focused on achieving measurable results and delivering value.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders and team members.
• Clear Thinker: Ability to quickly establish and explain reasoning in a way that others can follow and trust.
• Organisational Skills: Strong organisational and time management skills to handle multiple tasks, stakeholders, and priorities effectively.
• Other: Fluent in English, both written and oral (proficiency in French and/or another European language is a plus); at ease in multi-cultural and complex environments.
• A Group Committed to Societal and Environmental Issues
• By joining Groupe BPCE, you will work in a hybrid and collaborative work environment.
• As a responsible employer committed to building an inclusive work environment, we offer the same opportunities to talent from all backgrounds, regardless of your age, origin, sexual orientation, disability, promoting all talents we pride ourselves on building a diverse, inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
• You will be part of an international environment, within a community of experts that places excellence, outcomes and collective action at the heart of everything it does.