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 2nd line of defence, RISK ORM CIB aims to provide RISK and CIB Management with a front to back consolidated view on operational risks of CIB activities in order to contribute to the reduction of operational risk and to better respond to Regulator?s expectations.

RISK ORM CIB mandate is to challenge and supervise the Operational Risk management of CIB activities, for operational risk processes and themes assigned to RISK. To that end, RISK ORM CIB relies on an effective operational risk management setup covering CIB activities: Global Banking, Global Markets, BP2S and functions covering CIB activities (independent control functions1 and transversal functions), Anti-Fraud, ICT, Third Party Risk management, and Data Protection.

RISK ORM CIB is organized in 3 Business Lines, 3 Regions and 6 Transversal teams.

• Regions: EMEA, Americas, APAC

  
  

• Business Lines: BP2S, Global Markets and Global Banking

  
  

• Transversal teams: Transformation team (since October 2018), Functions, Transversal Risk Management including Fraud and Norms & Synthesis, Information and Technology (ICT), Third-Party (TPRM), Data Privacy and Protection (DPP).

  
  

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Mandate

• RISK ORC CIB Servicing platform is in charge of Independent Control Testing, Quality review of Historical Incidents and Reporting for CIB activities covering Corporate Banking, Global Markets and transversal activities.

Main activities

• The main mission of the team is to contribute to the independent control testing plan, by giving support to the the RISK ORC CIB teams for providing RISK and Senior Management a synthetic, transparent, exhaustive and consistent Front to Back view of Operational Risk across activities.

  
  

• The Operational Risk Officers will play a key role in operational risk management by independently challenging the effectiveness of the operational control framework of the BNP Paribas activities.

  
  

• Team member will contribute to the comprehensive execution of the control plans defined.

  
  

RISK ORM CIB OPERATIONAL RISK OFFICER ? CREDIT PROCESS ACTIVITIES

• Comprehensively deploys, executes and reports on the operational risk Control Testing Plan defined for Global Banking, with a dedicated focus on the credit process (origination, decision, monitoring and reporting):

  
  

  • Control plan definition and deployment: identification and understanding of the first line controls to verify / re-perform

    
    

  • Control plan execution: Verification and / or re-performance of controls executed by the first line to ensure the effectiveness of the Control

    
    

  • Control plan reporting: preparation of the support documentation that will be used to the reporting of the control plan results

    
    

  • Remediation: support to the definition of the remediation actions in collaboration with the first line based on the control plan results.

    
    

• Is focused on the harmonisation and improvement of the process, proposing suggestions of change and participating, when required, in the innovation projects developed within the team

  
  

• Works in direct strong coordination with:

  
  

  • The RISK ORM CIB Global Banking teams and also with RISK ORC CIB TMC (Transversal Methodology and Consolidation) team

    
    

  • CIB first Line of Defense teams in the Front Office and in Operations

    
    

PROFILE

• The successful candidate will be educated to at least Bachelor level in Management or Finance.

  
  

• 1-3 years of professional experience is required preferably in the banking industry

  
  

• Knowledge of the CIB businesses, products and processes

  
  

• Interest and/or experience in the Operational Risk Management

  
  

• General awareness on Risk Management

  
  

• Experience in a Business Line, Audit, RISK or Compliance appreciated

  
  

• Language : fluent English

  
  

• Organisation and synthetic skills

  
  

• Detail oriented

  
  

• Pro-activeness and team spirit,
  

• Initiative, dynamism

  
  

• Autonomy, capability to form a decision independently

  
  

• Excellent interpersonal skills, good communication

  
  

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.