Transaction Filtering - Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

Business and Functional Domains:

·        Compliance financial security (sanctions, embargo)

·        Filtering of payment transactions

·        Screening of trade document and names

·        Sanction list management

·        SWIFT message archival

Key Responsibilities for Change-the-Bank (Projects):

·        Requirements definition – gather, analyse and validate business, functional and non-functional requirements, with the objective to meet business goals, regulatory demand and operational risks faced by the Bank.

·        Solution design – translate the requirements to high level design and prepare detailed specifications on core and ancillary system functionalities relating to filtering, screening, lists, workflows and interface.

·        Solution implementation – configure the systems (including scripting) to realize the solution or work with external provider to deliver the solution.

·        Functional testing – prepare test plan, test cases and test data/files, then execute the testing, review the test results, raise defects and report test progress.

·        System integration testing – lead and conduct end-to-end system integration test with upstream and downstream systems.

·        User acceptance testing – lead and manage user testing and secure signoff.

·        Defect management – drive end-to-end defect life cycle from reporting, troubleshooting, resolution, retest and closure, working independently, or with internal teams and external vendor.

·        User training and documentation – prepare training documentation and conduct end user training.

·        Fine-tuning – Perform alert volume assessment and operational impact analysis, and accordingly fine-tune good guys setup to minimize false positive.

·        Production deployment – prepare release document, set up user access, raise change request, and work with Application Production Support (APS) to deploy the change to production, perform post sanity check and monitoring.

Other contributions

·        Able to develop, modify and run existing shell/batch scripts of list loading, batch screening jobs and configurations in Unix and Windows environment.

·        Able to liaise and co-ordinate with Bank infrastructure teams on technical topics such as security vulnerability remediation/patching, new infrastructure setup and capacity planning.

·        Able to use standard IT tools for project management, reporting and change control processes (ServiceNow, Clarity, JIRA etc.)

·        Provide Level 3 support to users or other internal teams on production incident management – troubleshooting and recovery.

·        Provide Level 3 support on problem management – fine-tune or revamp existing solutions to deliver permanent fixes for production problems.

·        Occasionally, support production deployment and system maintenance in evening or weekend.

·        Vendor management for products roadmap, quality patch (update/upgrade) delivery and deployment, as well as defects tracking and closure.

Contributing Responsibilities

·        Steering Committees organization contribution

·        Setup and conduct any necessary meetings with stakeholders.

·        Providing feedback on project achievements, risk monitoring on quality, delay and costs.

Competencies (Technical / Behavioral)

·        Tools – Filtering tools, example, EastNets Side SafeWatch, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Fircosoft, SWIFT message archival tool, example, EastNets Side Reporting.

·        Architecture – Architecture on AML/CFT systems / tools.

·        Technologies – OS environment (Linux and Windows), shell/batch scripting, FTP (Axway CFT, SFTP), Middleware (MQ series, Web Sphere, JBoss, EWS), Database (Oracle, SQL server), SQL Reporting tools.

·        Corporate Banking - Industry knowledge of corporate banking and cash management.

·        Payment - Functional knowledge of domestic and cross-border payment products and processing – low value payment, RTGS, telegraphic transfer, direct debit, cash and cheques, and their derivative products.

·        Industry Standards – ISO 150022, ISO 20022

·        Project and Change Management – Experienced in IT project and change methodology. Hands-on end-user management experience, including operational procedures documentation, user training and change management.

·        Interpersonal Skills – Able to work in high pressure and fast-paced environment. Independent, self-organized, systematic in delivery and a team player with professional work ethics.

·        Bachelor Degree or equivalent.

·        Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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