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.
The IG Hub UK is a
geographical Hub, covering all activities in the UK and Channel Islands.
The Hub has five audit
teams. These teams are split by business activity covering all activities
within their area of responsibility.
The Hub’s remit is to
provide audit services to the Businesses, Operations and Functions in the UK
and Channel Islands in close liaison with Senior Management and Head Office
entities. The main focus is to help the organisation accomplish its objectives
by bringing a systematic approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of
the governance, risk management, and internal control processes.
As part of a global IG
Professional Practice set-up, the Professional Practice & data role within
the IG Hub UK supports the Hub in the planning, steering and reporting of
the audit work and ensuring that the Hub’s practices, procedures and
methodologies remain compliant with IIA standards and applicable regulatory
requirements (incl. UK) and BNP Paribas policies and procedures.
Job Purpose & Scope
The role holder will be responsible for supporting
the Professional Practice & data processes within the IG Hub UK. They will act
as a key team member assisting the IG Head of Hub UK, Hub UK COO, Deputy Heads
of Hub and QA team to ensure that all audits carried out by the Hub follow
global BNPP standards, regulatory requirements and best market practice in
order to achieve the objectives of the IG Hub UK. They will work closely with
the wider IG community (e.g. IG Head Office (Paris), Professional Practices
Expertise Centre for Europe, IG Data Lab). The role holder will report to the
IG Hub UK COO.
Key Responsibilities
- Executes planning, organisation and
steering of the internal audit activities of the IG Hub UK, in close
coordination with Hub Paris CIB, Ireland & MEA and Central IG, in order to
ensure the Hub is delivering quality service in line with BNPP’s strategic goals
and objectives. Example of such activities include: IG cartography, risk
assessments, multiyear audit plan, audit reporting. - Keeps up to date with the latest changes
in policies, procedures and guidelines implemented by IG Central related to
professional practice/audit professional standards and other relevant functions
within BNP Paribas, as well as with regulatory audit requirements and methods
of practice in the market or expected by the IIA and other relevant regulators
and contributes to their implementation within Hub UK. - As part of IG Digital Transformation
Programmes and audit activities, works under the guidance of the Hub UK COO to
implement various initiatives, such as: - Organising the communication within the
Hub and maintaining the Hub SharePoint in order to keep the Hub updated on the
transformation programmes, policies/methodologies, regulatory requirements and
best market practice (incl. through Townhalls, training, newsletters) - Participating to the Change Actors
forums - Utilising data analytics, developing and
managing operational initiatives to enhance audit methodologies and processes - Assists the Head of IG Hub UK, Hub COO, and
other relevant team stakeholders to prepare the annual budgets, including FTEs
per assignment, T&E and training expenses, to be presented to both IG
Central and CIB for IG Hub UK, as well as all regular and ad-hoc reporting, and
identifies and monitors appropriate KPIs for the Hub’s performance. - Supports the Head of IG Hub UK, Hub COO,
and other relevant team stakeholders to ensure deliverables and processes
related to the people management of the hub are completed, delivering quality
service in line with BNPP’s strategic goals and objectives, within proper timeframe. - Establishes good relationships with key
stakeholders in teams that the IG Hub UK works with and/or reports to (e.g. IG
Central) to fully understand business requirements.
Essential
experience and competencies
- Excellent analytical skills, including
ability to quickly understand the critical steps in a process, synthesise and
process complex information and understand the related risks of various
natures, including use of data. - Good working knowledge of a wide range of
audit principles, processes, regulations and legislation appropriate to support
the work undertaken by Internal Audit. - Excellent
data analytics skills, including in the use of tools such as Power BI or
Tableau, as well as Microsoft collaboration tools (SharePoint, Forms,
OneNote…). - Previous
experience in the utilisation of data analytics to improve operational
performance. - Excellent
people management skills and an ability to work with individuals to translate
strategic objectives into practical operational change and solutions. - Good communication / relationship
management skills. - Excellent written and oral English skills
in order to articulate technical issues associated to work area.
Preferred competencies
- An
academic background in a quantitative discipline. - Previous
experience in an Internal / External Audit / Risk or Operational Permanent
Control Function, or Consultancy Firm - Professional qualification with knowledge
related to the oversight and management of an audit function within the banking
/ finance sector. - Appetite for continuous development on
Data Analytics (Python) and collaboration tools.
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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