Job Title: AI AML Senior Analyst
Business Unit: AI Investor Services
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Dublin
About BNP Paribas
At BNP Paribas, we center our values on what drives the company forward. Our driving forces are Agility, Client Satisfaction, Compliance Culture and Openness.
- Agility: we want to behave more simply to embrace useful innovation and digital transformation.
- Client Satisfaction: we believe that our success lies in being the customers’ and clients’ preferred choice. We seek to listen carefully to them and work closely with them.
- Compliance Culture: We believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics.
- Openness: We promote open-minded attitudes towards our stakeholders. We aim for everyone in Group to feel included, to have their say and be empowered.
Our strengths are based off four key areas of Stability, Expertise, Responsibility and Good Place to Work.
- Stability: we build upon our solid, long-term oriented management, our diversified and integrated business model and our international footprint.
- Expertise: We build upon our recognised and expanding knowledge of our teams.
- Responsibility: We build upon our culture of responsibility and integrity to ever better serve the interest of our customers.
- Good Place to Work: We foster a stimulating workplace where people are treated fairly and with respect.
Role
Reporting to the AML AVP on the team, the objective of this role is to participate in an Investor Services AML team within the wider Investor Services department. Core responsibilities include ensuring a consistent level of client service is provided, the processing of account opening for investors, communication with clients and associated investors, entering and maintaining investor’s data on the various Investor Services systems and liaising with various internal BNP Paribas teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Accurately conduct AML Investor account reviews, AML application, financial sanction screenings, independent research, ensure data entered to the core TA systems, supporting spreadsheets, checklists and ancillary systems is accurate within timeframes set. Adheres to procedures, ISAE requirements and best practice and policy.
- Ability to undertake effective checking of all processing conducted within the Team, timely and in accordance with departmental procedures and market standard.
- Assist the entire team to achieving goals set – through fostering a positive “can-do” attitude on the team and wider Department an essential requisite where change is being introduced or challenging projects / ad-hoc tasks allocated.
- Seek to assist in training in junior staff members where applicable by motivating and developing them to achieving team goals and wider organisation. Promote an environment of good communication with effective two-way feedback of information and ideas in particular at team meetings (in a positive and constructive manner).
- Be Risk and Compliance aware, ensuring familiarity with industry best practices around support of anti-money laundering and regulatory reporting processes.
- Assist the team to meet all daily and ad hoc deliverables within the timeframes set to include project targets as communicated.
- Participate in Audits and key projects impacting the Investor Services Team as communicated, cross train junior staff in this area, whilst achieving orderly internal deadlines in advance of ‘due by date’.
- Foster and support a culture of best practice and ‘white glove’ service to clients within the Investor Services area of the business.
- Ensure that Investor Services deliverables set out in Service Level Agreements between BNP Paribas Fund Administrations Services (Ireland) Limited and our clients are achieved.
- Help foster and cultivate a change culture where we strive to provide the highest quality service
Qualifications & Experience required for this role
Education and professional qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Third Level Qualification
Financial Services related qualification
Work experience/ background
Essential
Desirable
2-5 Years’ Experience in Fund Administration
Investor AML for complex Investor base across multiple Fund jurisdictions
Technical/business skills and knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Full understanding of AML and appropriate legislation in Ireland
Experience of a variety of fund types – e.g. UCITS, AIF, ETF’s, ELTIF’s and Private Capital
Proficiency in MS office
In-depth knowledge of Transfer Agency life-cycle, including AML
Knowledge of NTAS, MultiFonds and various AML software applications
Knowledge of FATCA and CRS regulations
In Depth knowledge of Cayman, Bermuda and
Luxembourg AML legislation of benefit
Hard working Team Player who likes to work within and contribute to an organizational team structure
Attention to detail is key
Adaptability : ability to adapt to and work within a dynamic changing environment
Strong Written & Verbal Communication Skills
Strong Leadership skills
Keen awareness of Client Service standards
Strong analytical skills
Relationship Management skills
Why Work with Us?
- We are the bank for a changing world and aim to build positive change together with our employees.
- We are a team of passionate people who genuinely care about what we do and the impact our work delivers to our clients. We operate in a highly collaborative, open-minded environment that embraces innovation and creativity.
- Our remuneration and benefit packages are generous, with competitive salaries, a discretionary bonus scheme, company pension contribution, comprehensive private healthcare packages and numerous other benefits.
- We have a genuine commitment to work-life balance throughout the whole organisation. We are also committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and actively promote equal opportunities.
- Development and mobility is actively encouraged. We are a learning company - there is real opportunity to grow, develop and expand your skills, experience and career path.
- We are a global company operating in over 70 countries with over 200,000 employees from over 150 nationalities. In Ireland we have approximately 500 employees across Dublin and Galway working in Corporate Institutional Banking (CIB) and BNP Paribas Security Services (BP2S) and Greenval.
Compliance Culture
We believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics. We would expect any incoming member of staff to respect all financial security related legislation, including: anti-money laundering (AML); countering the financing of terrorism (CFT); international financial sanctions and embargoes (IFS); anti-bribery and corruption (ABC); KYC; ongoing client related data screening; and transaction monitoring. BNP Paribas have clear policies on these topics which all staff are expected to familiarise themselves with upon successful entry to the Group.
Equality and Diversity
BNP Paribas is an equal opportunities employer and proudly cultivates a diverse workforce. We believe that diversity of experience enhances our service offering to clients and leads to a better working environment. We encourage applications from the best candidates regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, parental and caring status, or religious belief.
By submitting your application, you agree to BNP Paribas completing a background check and screening in advance of any potential offer being made