Permanent Control Coordinator

What is this position about?

Within the Asia Pacific CIB IT & Operations organization, the Regional OPC (Operational Permanent Control) team for Global Banking Operations is under the management of the Head of Conduct & Controls and works in close relationship with the Operations teams.

Regional Global Banking OPC team is looking to recruit a Senior Permanent Control Coordinator.

His/her main responsibilities is to implement the operational risk management framework and monitor the operational risk related to Global Banking Operations across all 12 Territories in APAC. Hence, he/she will analyse control results (Ops, OPC, LoD2, LoD3) and incidents to identify main operational risks and follow the associated mitigation/remediation actions (including recommendations).

What would be your typical day at BNPP Paribas look like?

As part of the day to day work, you will be responsible for monitoring, analysing and optimising business processes to minimize operational risk and drive continuous improvement. This would include working cross-functionally with internal teams (Trade, Cash, Supply Chain & Credit Operations) to align processes and business objectives. Through your various tasks that you will perform you will be playing a key role in ensuring operational efficiency, risk management and process control within APAC Global Banking Operations (GBO) OPC team.

Primary Role Responsibilities

The Permanent Control Coordinator ensures the following missions under the supervision of the Regional Head of Operations & Permanent Control (OPC) for Global Banking and in close relationship with Operations teams.

Implementation of Operational Risk Management
- Coordinate and perform the Risk and Control Self-Assessment with Operations Managers and Senior Management
- Define and execute the control testing, present the controls result to Senior Management and ensure the implementation of remediation actions
- Provide support with the harmonization of the execution of C5 controls across all 12 Territories in APAC
- Support the Operation teams in the implementation and deployment of C1-C4 controls
- Follow up and review findings and recommendations issued by internal auditors, regulators, and external auditors - Ensure operational risk incidents are properly collected, coordinate the root cause analysis and contribute to the definition of remedial actions
- Perform Deep Dive analysis/ thematic review on specific processes based on identified risk areas
- Monitor regulations and internal policy changes to ensure implementation by Operations Team.

Operational Risk Governance
- Organize and contribute to Team meetings and APAC CBO PCC to ensure proper escalation of operational risk issues.
- Coordinate and prepare the contribution to various committees (e.g.: APAC Operational Risk Management Framework, APAC Internal Control Committees, APAC CCCO, TBA ITO Committee)
- Support Territory OPCs in performing the respective mandates and consolidate the results for management reporting.
- Assist the team manager in transversal tasks like deep dives, trainings, dashboards productions and be proactive in suggesting improvements in the team’s daily work

What is required for you to succeed?

Description of experience required - i.e.; technical and behavioral competencies - keep to 5-6 points
- Global Banking experience, ideally in Payment & Cash / Trade Operations/ Supply Chain, Credit Operation
- Knowledge of BNPP Global Banking Operation set-up used in APAC (e.g.: products, internal systems)
- Knowledge of Bank’s Internal Control systems: ORUS and RISK360
- Fluent in English, any other language is a plus

Required education/certification/licenses
- Master Degree or Equivalent (> 4 years)
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Internal Control, Operational Risk, Internal or External Audit function

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance.

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.
- BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community
- BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization
- Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness
- BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

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