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Last update 02.01.2025

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.

CIB

BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking provides large companies, multinationals and financial institutions with various solutions in the areas of advisory, financing, transactional banking, capital markets, settlement, clearing and custody of securities, asset and fund management services and solutions for corporate issuers. It has 620 professionals in Spain with offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Coruña. The entity has a network present in 56 countries.

MISSION

To develop the role and functions of the Watchtower in order to monitor risk within the Trade EMEA perimeter.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational risk monitoring for EMEA Traditional Trade Operations:

  • Ensuring constant risk monitoring of the Trade Finance EMEA perimeter: analyzing control results, independent testing in the event of repeated incidents and/or unsatisfactory control results, analyzing incidents and following up action plans, etc.
  • Verifying the control set-up of each entity (review of the GCL TT) in the event of a change of organization or a request for modification and ensuring that C5/C4 controls are properly implemented.
  • Define and establish governance for MEA and isolated countries, based on the governance model established for the TFSC.
  • Produce specific Watchtower reports in response to management requests (Claims, Ndod, Historical Incidents, etc.).

Data quality Follow up 

  • Ensure that the data booked into the production tools is consistent with the data in ATLAS2. Carry out quarterly monitoring at a minimum and monitor the action plans of the operations teams. 
  • Report Dashboard bugs to the IT teams.

Performance monitoring

  • Ensure consistency and effectiveness of the operations processes
  • Ensure ITO E2E performance are in line with SLA defined with local sites
  • Contribute to Operations KPI’s definition & monitoring

Advising 

  • Provide assistance and advice in terms of risk to the Trade Finance EMEA community.
  • Support countries during the RCSA exercise thanks to Watchtower's global view of the perimeter.
  • Support the regions in implementing new C5/C4 controls.

Governance and coordination 

  • Organizing a monthly/Bimonthly committee for Ops management in Madrid 
  • Organizing of a bi-annual risk monitoring meeting for the Trade Finance EMEA community.

Projects

  • Work in partnership with Central OPC and GTO on joint projects
  • Study and compare the different processes between countries in order to highlight any inadequacies/advantages to management.

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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Why should I apply?

Basically, why would you want to join BNP Paribas over any other company?

BECAUSE YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WANTS...

  • What if we told you that working in our Group isn’t quite what you might think? At BNP Paribas, we do a multitude of different jobs that are constantly evolving to meet the expectations of our clients and society as a whole. Whether through everyday tasks or major projects, doing one of our jobs means making a personal commitment to taking sustainable action.

  • Feeling good about your job means bringing your whole self to work and being who you are. It’s also about having the resources you need to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Both of these are major commitments at BNP Paribas.

  • At BNP Paribas, developing your skills is as important to us as it is to you. And the skills you learn with us will help you through the rest of your working life.

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