BNP Paribas is a leader in the Eurozone, and a prominent international banking institution with strong roots in Europe's banking history. It has a presence in 71 countries, with 200 000 Employees ? including more than 150 000 in Europe and 6 000 in Portugal alone.

BNP Paribas is present in Portugal since 1985, having been one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, the Group has several entities operating directly in this territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its businesses, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients - individuals, entrepreneurs, SMEs, large corporates, institutional investors and community organisations - with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services for retail banking and specialised financial services, and Corporate & Institutional Banking for corporate and institutional clients.

As a leading global private bank, we deliver a tailor-made experience, with outstanding attention to detail along with precise, local knowledge backed by the global know-how of a worldwide banking group. With a strong presence of almost 7.000 employees working in Europe, Asia and the United States and ?393 billion of assets under management as of December 2019, BNP Paribas Wealth Management (?WM?) is a global leader of the Private Banking industry.

Since 2015, BNP Paribas Wealth Management has a competences center in Lisbon named the Portugal International Markets Hub (?PIMH?). This center manages certain activities for the International Markets (?IM?) sites of BNPP WM namely Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and Monaco.

BNPP Wealth Management PIMH Operational Permanent Control team is currently growing in Porto, Portugal.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting directly to PIMH OPC Manager, the main mission relates with the implementation of the Group policy of the Operational Permanent Control Framework (Management of the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) related Processes, permanent control set-up & performance, follow-up of action plans, dynamic management of the Operational Risk Management, reporting) within the Business line Wealth Management in PIMH.

MAIN TASKS

Risk & Controls Self-Assessment:

• To identify and to assess risks of the Métier in order to define and to perform the adequate controls
• To follow-up risks, anomalies that were identified and remedial actions and to report achievements on a regular basis to operational managers, Management body in the Métier

Incidents management:

• To participate in the identification and analysis of the incidents reported by the Business Managers and upload of historical incidents in the tool
• To define action plans with local experts , and to implement and to follow-up them
• To alert the management and the independent control functions if needed on key incidents
• To define the local Potential Incidents (if applicable)

Controls performance and procedures:

• To adapt and contribute to the up-to-date of the procedures and control methodologies with 1st LoD Generic Control Plans, procedures and new regulatory requirements, new products or processes
• To perform the defined Key Surveillance Points (KSPs):

o The annual control plan ? Generic Control Plan WM RISK ORC H.O.
o The specific controls related to activities within the scope ? OPC local independent controls
o The challenging and monitoring the results of the Managerial controls
To analyse the control results and to participate in the definition and the follow-up of implementation of action plans in order to strength the OPC framework with the PIMH activities

• To ensure that control results are reviewed and analysed by the Entity Management and when relevant by operational teams / relevant stakeholders and that remediation action plans are defined if and when needed

Findings, recommendations and permanent control actions:

• To coordinate the follow-up and guarantee the implementation of audit recommendations and of Permanent Control Actions
• To report the implementation and to escalade when necessary

Organization and reports:

• To contribute to disseminate a risk management culture and to support the Métier for the control and the knowledge of Operational Risk and Permanent Control
• To alert and escalate to the relevant level of management as well as to the relevant independent control functions any operational risk incident and/or any recurring weakness
• To conduct training sessions related to operational risk ? permanent control
• To contribute or prepare and to organize the validation of the regular reports at the local or the Group level
• To contribute actively to any Committee on Operational Risks and Permanente Control Committees

BCP Plan:

• To contribute and ensure the BCP Plan and requirements of the Group policy are implemented in WM PIMH scope
• To perform the BCP correspondence

Physical security:

• To control that the security rules defined for PIMH are implemented (Control Assessment)
• To contribute that the clear desk policy rules are respected

PROFILE

• Undergraduate degree in Economy, Finance or similar with experience in banking environment
• An understanding of the basic concept of Risk Management and experience in the area of Operational Risk & Control is mandatory
• Knowledge of financial instruments
• Capacity for analysis and synthesis with rigor delivering quickly and frequently high quality documents within deadlines, multitasks management
• Proactive and initiative capacities, reliability, autonomy and dynamism with strong organization
• Communication skills (orally and writing),, open minded and , team player
• Ability to build network working relationships with various stakeholders
• Good knowledge of Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Fluency in English is mandatory
• French is a plus

Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.

In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.