Level B2 Apac Alerts Management Team

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 18,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships.
Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 68 markets with more than 193,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.
- excluding partnerships

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

**Position Purpose**:
Within Group Compliance, Group Financial Security (GFS)’s mission is to supervise and coordinate the organization and implementation of the control framework designed to prevent corruption, money-laundering and financing of terrorism, to comply with embargoes and international financial sanctions and to protect customers’ interests at the Group Level. To this end, BNP Paribas has set up a comprehensive filtering process of its SWIFT and SEPA messages, based on a centralized platform (SHINE). The alert management framework is organized in 3 levels, Level A, B (B1 - maker & B2 - validator), and C. This framework is put in place to screen and process alerts triggered on payments.
This role is within the second level (level B) of the alert management framework. This level investigates alerts escalated by the first level (Level A).
Level B2, which is under Compliance’s responsibility, will make a final decision either to release, reject, or escalate to the third level (Level C) of the framework based on the investigation and supporting documents prepared by Level B1.
CIB Level B2, with its APAC competency centre located in Singapore, will provide coverage across APAC sites including Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and India. The activities covered are Corporate Banking, Global markets, and Wealth Management activities.

**Responsibilities**

**Main Responsibilities**
- Investigate alerts escalated by Level B1 in accordance with Group policies and procedures. Level B2, which is under Compliance’s responsibility, will make a final decision either to release, reject, or escalate to the third level of the framework based on the investigation and supporting documents prepared by Level B1.
- Keep updated on developments on sanctions, embargoes and related KYC/AML/CFT/Sanctions laws and regulations.
- Implement sanctions monitoring standards in line with Head office and Regional policies, procedures and guidelines.

**Detailed Responsibilities**
- Responsible for the production of services consisting of Level B2 review of Level B1 analysis and supporting documents (where applicable), to make a decision to release, reject, or escalate according to the procedure in place. The role is performed by:

- utilizing the appropriate systems, procedures and resources to perform the service;
- closely monitoring the delivery of service and taking all necessary actions required to meet quality standards;
- reporting incidents and/or oversight with comprehensive details to Management, and/or relevant authorities / decision maker(s).
- Responsible for managing stakeholder relationships (Level A, Level B1, Group/APAC/Local Financial Security, and/or any other relevant stakeholders):

- By conducting regular operational business reviews and maintaining good communications with Group/APAC Financial Security and/or Local Compliance Officers ;
- By giving descending feedbacks to Level A on alerts wrongly escalated to Level B;
- By ensuring that the Level B1 staff receive regular feedbacks and trainings related to the handling of alerts;
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