BNP
Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a
presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around
149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities:
Domestic Markets, 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.
BNP
Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader
offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory
solutions.
Created in 2009, CIB Consulting &
Transformation (CIBC&T) is an in-house management consultancy with a strong
presence in EMEA (~100 consultants in Paris, Lisbon, and London) and a global
reach thanks to an integrated network in APAC & Americas (~100
consultants).
The team works on
strategic initiatives defined by CIB Senior Management. It has a strong
track-record with 600+ projects accomplished to date. CIBC&T is a
competitive alternative to leading, external consulting firms, covering the
full consulting value chain: from
framing, diagnosis, and delivery of actionable recommendations, to designing
effective implementation and enabling change.
The team also
houses two key practice areas:
- - RegTech
practice: leveraging on advanced technologies to address regulatory topics
- - Smart-Sourcing
Practice: providing advisory and end-to-end project services on nearshoring and
offshoring projects
CIBC&T team
members are part of a dynamic and international environment with diverse
profiles, from banking and consulting backgrounds: 20+
nationalities, 45% women, ~50% ex-external consultants
from consultancies.
Job Purpose & Scope
Our team
members have a real impact on the development of CIB, working directly with
Senior Management on high stakes initiatives, from Corporate Banking, Global
Markets and Securities Services to Human Resources, IT, Operations and more and
across a wide range of topics:
- Enhance
operational performance
- Enable
business development opportunities
- Position
digital trends into business lines and functions
- Define
and anchor the Bank’s sustainable ambition
- Build
cross shoring capabilities
- Meet
regulatory challenges with technology
- Structure
large transformations and anchor change
At BNP Paribas
CIB Consulting & Transformation, we aim to:
- Grow
talent: we invest in growing people’s banking and consulting skills through
training and hands-on coaching during projects
- Shaping
ideas: we turn ideas into actionable solutions for our clients
- Build
tomorrow: by playing our part in the Bank’s transformative projects, we are
shaping the future of the business
Key Responsibilities
People objective - Ensure people and
team spirit development
- Inspire, manage, train on-the-job and
motivate the team members, develop CIBC&T talents
- Give and ask for feedback regularly
(client, Manager Coach, peers and project team)
- Contribute actively to further build
a meaningful team of CIBC&T with external and internal talents
(sourcing, recruiting, staffing, career path, etc.)
- Be recognized as a pillar for
CIBC&T team and perceived as a role model by junior team members
- Listen
to others, willingness to understand the point they are making and
reflecting back with a constructive approach
- Create
the right environment / safe space for team members to develop and succeed
- Develop conflict management gravitas
and managerial courage
Content
objective - Deliver impactful consulting & CIB knowledge on projects
- Contribute to the framings,
qualifying clients needs and formalizing the approach, timeline and
financials
- Structure
and manage project with increasing stakes & complexity, taking full
ownership of its delivery
- Act with courage and transparency to
selectively involve upper management, to secure quality of deliverables
and maximize client impact / satisfaction
- Test
innovative project operating modes in ecosystems with other teams
- Simplify
complexity for the client and the team members by bringing in the right
approach, structured thinking, concise messaging and impactful content
- Adapt & rebound when
facing changing circumstances, being able to connect the dots
and propose solutions for the team & clients
- Be
capable to have a strategic, helicopter view and deep dive on stakes
- Demonstrate
progressively thought leadership, and share knowledge through Content
Platforms
Client
objective - Enrich client experience to build long term, trustworthy client
relationships
- Drive change and use positive
influence to ensure client transformation is aligned with CIB one (one
bank logic)
- Ask for feedback regularly to
maximize client satisfaction
- Build client trustworthiness
(reliability & credibility) to progressively become a trusted advisor
for G100 / LfC
- Progressively increase CIBC&T
client franchise (source new project leads or new clients, deliver
proposals, etc.)
- Promote CIBC&T in front of CIB
Managers to enhance our brand equity
- Display active listening in client’s
interactions, work in collaborative way while developing legitimacy to
challenge clients with
humbleness and bring new ideas, generate recommendations in line with
client’s needs
- Anticipate the needs of clients and
partners, identify potential risks and provide relevant responses and
solutions
- Ensure syndication / alignment at
operational sponsors level
The Requirements
- -
A Master’s degree from a top-tier institution
- - Working
experience in top-tier Consulting firms, Corporate Finance or Development, etc.
- - A team
player
- - Curiosity
and proactivity to tackle challenging problems
- - Ability to
be impactful with excellent analytical and communication skills
- - Ability
to Get Things Done and be impactful when delivering projects or establishing
client relationships
- - Ability
to ensure high quality deliveries
Equal Opportunities
BNP
Paribas promotes equality of opportunity and is 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.
As an employee with BNP Paribas London Branch, we want to make sure that
you are rewarded for your commitment. As such, you will be entitled to our
award winning benefits package which includes a generous holiday allowance of
at least 34 days (including bank holidays), a non-contributory pension of 12%,
private healthcare, GP service and dental cover all as standard, along with a
number of personal insurances such as income protection, life assurance and
personal accident insurance. We believe in ensuring all our employees have a
positive work life balance so in addition you will also have access to a
variety of flexible lifestyle benefits such as cycle to work and green car
leasing schemes, season ticket loans and reduced cinema and gym membership to
name a few.
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