GROUP BNP PARIBAS
BNP Paribas Group is the top bank in the European Union and a major international banking establishment. It has close to 185,000 employees in 65 countries. In Spain we are more than 5,100 employees within 13 business lines.
Personal Finance
BNP Paribas Personal Finance, through its brand Cetelem, specialises in consumer credit, personal loans and card management. It is a financial partner of major retailers, consumer goods companies and car dealerships, as well as a benchmark in market analysis thanks to the Cetelem Observatory studies. BNP Paribas Personal Finance has 20,000 employees serving more than 20 million customers.
ABOUT THE JOB
POSITION: INTERNAL AUDITOR, FINANCE.
BNPP Personal finance offers a position in our Spanish office at Banco Cetelem.
This is a great opportunity to work as a Senior Auditor in the second line of defense of the Finance function in a leading bank. We are looking for candidates who share our mission and values, passionate about finance, open-minded and eager to work in a collaborative and international environment.
This position will support the 2LOD Finance function of BNPP Personal Finance. This is a senior position in the 2LOD Finance Hub and will be responsible for providing leadership, playing a critical role ensuring the quality of the control framework, risk management, and regulatory compliance. This role will offer you the opportunity to gain great exposure to BNPP's culture and values and develop your career inside a great Group.
During your workday, you will need a skill set to interact with different cultures and hierarchical levels in the organization and in different time zones. Since the position is based in Spain, Madrid Office, and you will cover different perimeter countries in three different continents.
SOME OF THE MAIN TASK OF THE FUNCTION:
•Verify the existence and proper application of the Regulations and the internal rules defined by BNP Paribas and BNP PF policies.
•Check the absence of major weaknesses in the internal control system and its consistency in all group entities, as well as the reliability of the financial, operational and management data.
•Examine the appropriateness of the methods and procedures and the efficiency of the management and control processes used within BNP Paribas and BNPP PF and local entities.
•Assess management's ability to assume responsibilities, display leadership qualities and define management orientations.
•Verify the methods used for achieving objectives and for implementing, in optimal conditions, the strategies and action plans defined by the responsible entities in accordance with the general policies of BNP Paribas and BNPP PF.
•Perform process review in situ in the entities in scope, analyzing the process and proposing permanent control action to mitigate the risk, improve the performance; bearing in mind a cost-effective approach.
•Participate to the annual risk assessment exercise by analyzing local assessments and challenging them.
•Set up and follow up KRIs to follow up a risk based short term matrix to anticipate material risk before the closing and adapt the control framework accordingly.
•Follow up the issued permanent control actions assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics and other relevant degrees preferred
- Above 6 years’ experience as Internal or external auditor in Banking or Insurance industry
- Great communication skills: Clear and Effective Interaction
- Critical Thinking: Analytical and Logical Reasoning
- Analytical Skills: Interpreting Data Accurately
- Organization: Managing Data and Time Efficiently
- Integrity: Maintaining Objectivity and Trust
- Advance accounting knowledge
- COSO & Audit methodology
- Fluent in English(C1 level);
- Fluent in Portuguese or Italian (at least one of them).
- Ability to travel up to 10%-20% of the time.
BENEFITS
• Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.
• Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).
• Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.
• Flexible compensation plan.
• Hybrid telecommuting model (50%).
• 31 vacation days.
Diversity and inclusion commitment
BNP Paribas Group in Spain 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/paternity, 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.
