Operational Resilience Risk Officer – Dora

Business Area Overview

RISK Operational Risk Management (RISK ORM) CIB belongs to the second line of defence of BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Bank (CIB). It belongs to the Risk Function (RISK) of BNP Paribas (RISK) and is placed under the responsibility of the Chief Operational Risk Officer (CORO) for CIB. 

The department has responsibility for independently challenging and supervising the Operational Risk management of CIB activities (Global Banking, Global Markets, Securities Services, IT, Operations, Functions) on a worldwide scope. This is achieved through: framing operational risk methodology for CIB and disseminating of risk management culture across CIB; assessing the adequacy of the CIB operational risk management set-up; controlling effectiveness of CIB control environment; contributing to the detection, anticipation and response to risks; alerting CIB and RISK stakeholders on any significant risk issue; providing a consolidated view on CIB operational risks profile. 

As the second line of defence for Operational Resilience, RISK ORM has the responsibility for oversight and supervision on risks of achieving operational resilience for CIB, ensuring and opining that appropriate operational resilience efforts are underway and raise any alerts in case of issues to the stability of the Bank and influencing business, functions and technology partners to take sound risk management decisions.

Scope of the role: Global CIB

Key Responsibilities of the role

• Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) businesses are fast paced, dynamic, growing and complex. RISK ORM CIB oversees, evaluates and supervises the wider operational risks of all its business lines. The main responsibility of the role is to participate, oversee and check and challenge the programme of CIB to be compliant with DORA regulation. The candidate will work closely with the first level of defence in charge of the DORA programme and ensure the programme actions and roadmap, adequately covers DORA requirements in a sustainable and risk-controlled manner. More precisely:

   COORDINATION
  · with business lines ORO for DORA requirements
  · with Group RISK ORM and IT Group teams on updates and instructions to entities to fulfil DORA requirements
  · with RISK ORM CIB T&TR practices and OROs (i.e., TPRM, Operational Resilience, ICT…)
   
  FIELD WORK
  · Working on the historical incidents that falls under DORA mandatory reporting obligation, and ensure these are raised, fulfilled and reported adequately
  · Working with CIB regulatory affairs team to ensure that all supervisory requests are answered and proactive monitoring of upcoming requested by interacting with peers and other banks,
  · DORA TPRM aspects and coordination with TPRM OROs across CIB
   
  REPORTING
  · to the wider RISK ORM CIB community 
  · to the business lines ORO for their respective scope
  · To RISK ORM CIB management
   
  As part of the role, the candidate will as well coordinate the RISK ORM CIB community worldwide on the DORA aspects, especially in EMEA region and be the SPOC for any DORA related matters.

Skills and experience required

EXPERIENCE

· The successful candidate will have a proven track record in managing risks and technology in a large/global organization, with robust knowledge of technology, risks and controls, third party technology risk management.

· Prior experience to ICT/Business Continuity/Operational Resilience Risk Management and exposure to financial services industry is a requirement

· · Knowledge of DORA regulation

· 10 years or more of suitable professional experience

QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree in business or risk management, Information Technology, Information Security (or equivalent professional qualification). 

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills (ENGLISH) is an absolute requirement due to the need to foster strong relationships with a broad base of stakeholders across the

Bank (beyond the market activities perimeter) and to present often at senior level of the bank. 

· FRENCH language is a plus.

· Ability to express views clearly and fluently, both orally and in writing. Considers the audience, avoiding technical jargon wherever necessary and appropriate. 

· Team player, contributes to the success of the whole T&TR team, as well as being able to be autonomous

       · Ability to communicate, co-operate and work well with other teams. 

· The position requires a strong analytical background across the main categories of risk and the ability to synthesize large amounts of diverse information at any one time.

· A strong delivery focus is required as strict deadlines are to be respected and limited time is available to roll out the program

CONDUCT

· Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct including respect for others.

· Demonstrate proactivity, transparency and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks.

· Considerate of the implications of actions on colleagues, partners and clients before making decisions, and escalate issues to your manager when unsure. Listens and responds to feedback.  Gives feedback to others.