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RISK ESG IPS Officer BNP Paribas

Last update 23.10.2024

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.

Risk HUB

RISK is an integrated and independent control function of the BNP Paribas Group. It is the second line of defense on the risk management activities of the Group which are under its direct responsibilities, including credit and counterparty risk, market risk, funding and liquidity risk, interest rate and foreign exchange risks in the banking book, insurance risk, operational risk, and environmental and social risks.

RISK aims at being a partner of the businesses by contributing to their sustainable development, but also a gatekeeper to ensure risks taken remain compatible with the Group’s Risk Appetite and its strategy. 

RISK Iberian Hub Madrid is a transversal platform servicing the RISK Function by covering added-value activities around credit risk, market risk, operational risk and data protection. Offering a wide range of services to RISK teams, from consulting to cyber security going through data analysis, modelling or artificial intelligence.

ABOUT THE JOB

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics are areas of rapid and significant change, increasingly shaping how business is conducted, regulated, measured and reported on.

From a risk management perspective, BNP Paribas considers that ESG factors are risk drivers that may have potential impacts on existing risks such as credit, operational or market risks.

In this context, BNP Paribas has decided to take bold actions to further strengthen the Bank’s initiatives and framework in these areas. RISK IPS in close collaboration with RISK ESG is contributing to the strengthening and homogenization of the various ESG set-ups developed at each of the 4 IPS Métiers.

BNP Paribas IPS (Investment & protection Services) belongs to BNP Paribas Group and encompasses the following Métiers and associated activities:

  • Insurance, protection, and retirement with BNP Paribas Cardif,
  • Asset management with BNP Paribas Asset Management,
  • Private banking with BNP Paribas Wealth Management,
  • Property development and Real estate investment management with BNP Paribas Real Estate.

MISSION

RISK IPS, as part of the second line of defense on ESG, is contributing to the design and the sound functioning of the ESG risk management framework. It shall ensure adequate set-ups are in place to identify, assess, validate, measure, manage, monitor and report on the ESG related components of the operational risk framework (policies, procedures, historical incidents, control frameworks...), through the effective implementation of ESG factors.

In order to ensure consistency of approaches across the 4 métiers, RISK IPS has created an asset management community with one pillar dedicated to ESG. This pillar is gathering members from RISK ESG and ESG RISK specialists from the 4 métiers. Its responsibilities are the following:

- Contribution to the definition and implementation of the ESG roadmap for RISK IPS.

- Contribution with the business lines and the other functions to set-up or enrich the risk management framework with the integration of ESG factors.

- Contribute actively to the review of the ESG related models and methodologies.

- Advising on ESG operational related topics upon request.

- Contribute to the RISK IPS ESG governance through meeting and event organization and through regular reporting and follow up

The RISK ESG Officer will work for the ESG pillar of the asset management community for the day-to-day activities while reporting to the RISK ESG Madrid team leader and will contribute to the delivery of the above objectives”. He / she will also provide support and guidance to a RISK IPS ESG analyst, as well as to an intern.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Experience

5 to 10 years of experience in the financial sector

  • Languages

English (Advanced)
French  (Advanced)

SKILLS

Business skills:

  • Knowledge in risk management
  • Knowledge in ESG would be a plus
  • Technical background to perform model review
  • Excel and VBA advanced skills
  • Adaptability
  • Organisation skills
  • Ability to work in team
  • Analytical skills
  • English and French


Tools / technologies / methodologies:
-PACK MS OFFICE MICROSOFT WORD
-PACK MS OFFICE MICROSOFT EXCEL and VBA advanced skills
-PACK MS OFFICE MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

Behavioral skills:
-Adaptability


    • Ability to collaborate / teamwork
    • Ability to establish and activate networks (Proficient)
    • Analytical skills

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.


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