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Principal, Vice President

Last update 15.11.2024

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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