FINANCE AND STRATEGY
The Finance & Strategyfunction (F&S) ensures, for the BNP Paribas Group, the production and publication of accounting and financial management statements necessary for the management of the Group, financial and tax optimization along with the external growth strategy. It also plays an alert role vis-à-vis of the General Management.
F&S counts with +1800 employeesspecialized in Accounting, Reporting, Performance Steering, Tax, Control,Regulatory and Project to mention few of them. F&S is organizedaround 3 mutualized regional platform (America, Europe and Asia/Pacific), 1Shared Finance Service center located in India, Central F&S teams locatedin Paris and decentralized Finance, Tax and Development departments located ineach BNPP country presence.
The Infinity EMEA Finance &Strategy Platform is the Regional EMEA Mutualized platform and Groupplatform delivering services that covers the whole financial dimension:Accounting production activities, reporting, control, transformation projects,IT and GDO. Our platform serves EMEA Countries and CFO´s, Group Head Office andalso worldwide entities when it refers to projects (Transformations & IT).The Infinity EMEA Finance & Strategy Platform is located in a dual locationMadrid and Lisbon
Position Purpose
As Senior Officer, the mainresponsibilities are focused on helping management of the team, leadingindependently the areas assigned and support junior team members on:
- Ensure that appropriate operational risk management and permanent control framework are in place in the Infinity EMEA Platform
- Support management team, by providing the main KPI’s, risks and control environment
- Support implementation of the operational risk monitoring guidelines issued by the second line of defense (Finance, Compliance, RISK, …) based on the instructions provided by the Group
- Monitor the level of deployment of permanent operational control activities
As Operational Permanent ControlOfficer of Infinity EMEA Platform, you are responsible for ensuring the respectand implementation of the key internal control principles of BNP Paribas Group,performing the main responsibilities for all the teams of Infinity EMEAPlatform: Finance, FRESH and GDO (in both locations: Madrid and Lisbon).
OperationalIncidents Monitoring:
- Ensure that all potential incidents are regularly updated
- Monitor and follow-up on operational incidents and their resolution
- Coordinate the assessment, quantification and update
- Follow-up and/ or Initiate action plans consistent with Risk Self-Assessment
Support GroupPolicies implementation.
Ensure the correctmonitoring on Permanent Documentation
Control Environment:
- Coordinate the adaptation of generic control plans functions at operational level
- Coordinate the implementation of operational controls, analysis of control results and formalization of analyses
- Follow-up on Action Plans
Follow-up onRecommendations.
Follow ofNearshoring / Offshoring process and SLA’s management
Support organizationin all initiatives needed to strengthen the control environment in the Hub
Monitoring ofBusiness Continuity Management processes:
BCP Correspondentrole
- Update the BCP documentation, at least on an annual basis and promptly, following a significant change (scope, activities, BCP staff, BCP requirements, etc):
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA): quantitative and qualitative evaluation of an activity disruption
- BCP Procedure: detail of all resources required to resume the activity
- Raise awareness and be the interface with BCM team
- Coordinate the teams in the recovery site, in case of BCP activation or exercises
- Participate in the mandatory training session organized at least once in the year
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING
TECHNICAL &BEHAVIORAL SKILLS
- Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business is a plus
- Professional experience: Between 3 to 5 years of experience in external or internal audit, control, or risk department. Previous experience in Finance or banking is a plus
- Knowledge of Business Process modelling
SOFT
- Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills (spoken and written)
- Analytical skills and critical thinking
- Goal oriented
- Strong planning and organizational skills: autonomy, capacity to manage several tasks in parallel and to prioritize to meet deadlines
BACKGROUND
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Experience in leading small teams 2-3 members or leading small projects
- Knowledge of BNPP organization and business lines will also be appreciated
- Advanced English is mandatory; must be capable to maintain fluent conversation
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%)
- 32 vacation days
Diversity andinclusion commitment
BNP Paribas Group in Spain is anequal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity toall job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual isdiscriminated 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 thecore of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativityand efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We striveto reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.
