Position Purpose

APAC IT Production Transformation Manager will report directly to APAC CTO and she/he will be in charge of leading and driving strategic and key transformation initiatives of APAC IT Production.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

  • Steer the strategic transformation programs of APAC IT Production such as Move-to-Cloud, DevSecOps, Deployment of Global IT Production TOM…
  • Orchestrate the data-driven, digital and technological transformation transversally within APAC IT Production
  • Establish and supervise a department-wide IT remediation program to address the gaps identified in various audits and mitigate our operational risks
  • Lead the people initiatives of the department

Contributing Responsibilities

  • Facilitate Continuous Improvement and problem solving
  • Facilitate Change Management & Efficient Communication within the organization
  • Contribute to Staff development & Mindset management
  • Ensure efficiency and process streamlining
  • Contribute to automation and data analytics initiatives across the department

Requirements

  • Strong knowledge and experience in IT Production Governance and Processes
  • Knowledge on Cloud and DevSecOps
  • Communication to a variety of audience (from operational to C-level)
  • Program Management / Lean / Process efficiency / Continuous improvement
  • IT Transformation & Change Management
  • Regional exposure is preferred with experience working in different cultures in the Asia-Pacific region
  • Independent, self-motivated and innovative with good problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills, and can foster teamwork

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.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

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.
https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/
Position Purpose
– Executions and pre/post transactions processing
– Client marketing support
– Change management support
– Relationship Manager Support in Client Relationship Management 
– Administrative support
Responsibilities
1) Execution and Transactions Processing
– Receive orders and instructions directly from clients
– For certain products types, quote prices to clients
– Ensure pre-trade due diligence checks
– Ensure orders are properly executed and proceeded including but not limited to proper voice log, suitability & credit limit check
– Capture executed deals in systems by cut-off time
– Ensure accuracy of capture to avoid incidents and dealing errors
– Train Marketing Associate (“MA”) / Administration Assistants (“AA”) to ensure that they have sufficient level of awareness of procedures and controls.
2) Client Marketing Support
– Appropriate understanding of client portfolio, background and investment needs
– Coordinate and follow-up with invitees for marketing events organized by BNP Paribas (“the Bank”)
– Organize client meetings with RMs
– Prepare documentations for client portfolio reviews and valuations
– Assist RMs to prepare meeting and presentation materials
3) Relationship Manager Support in Client Relationship Management
– Support Relationship Manager in providing investment advisory to clients, which is to be in line with Bank’s views on each class of assets and within client’s suitability profile
– Assist Relationship Manager to meet bank’s target in terms of product placement (especially when there is a product promotion), new accounts (particularly for existing relationship) and loan utilization
– Whenever possible, to identify opportunities to expand client assets. 
4) Change Management Support
– Provide feedback to relevant parties to meet front office needs
– Ensure RMs are informed on a need-to-know basis of any changes impacting the work processes
– Back up other MAs
5) Administrative Support
– Answer clients’ phone calls in a professional manner
– Take care of queries from internal/ external parties 
– Assist managers in completing call reports
– Assist managers in account opening and onboarding process
– Assist in processing credit approvals, CAF review, credit review, investments and deposit transactions
– Assist RMs to prepare internal and external meetings materials
6) Control Aspect
– Direct contribution to the Bank’s operational permanent control framework
– Responsible for the implementation of operational permanent control policies and procedures in day-to-day business activities, such as Control Plan 
– Comply with regulatory requirements. Most importantly, to observe FAA and SFA requirements in the discharge of duty as Senior MA and as an employee of the Bank.
– Comply with internal guidelines
– Responsible for reporting all incidents according to the Incident Management System
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
– University degree
– Minimum 4 years’ relevant working experience in finance and banking industry
– Must fulfill the fit and proper criteria of relevant regulators
– Client-focused with good communication skills
– A team player with good initiative and team spirit
– Good report writing skills
– Familiar with Word Processing, Excel and PowerPoint
– Familiar with Wealth Management systems
– Relevant language skills

ROLE DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE

TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATER CHINA INVESTMENT TEAM PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES WITH HIGH QUALITY INVESTMENT INSIGHT, INDUSTRY ANALYSIS AND INDIVIDUAL STOCK’S INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SECTORS/INDUSTRIES COVERED.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Investment analysis: To identify investment ideas, conduct fundamental research, evaluate opportunities / risks of technology sectors with a focus on hardware, semiconductor and technology equipment segments in Hong Kong, onshore China and Taiwan markets. Demonstrate knowledge in disruptive emerging technology trends globally and capability to compare investment ideas in the scope of global technology landscape
  • Stock recommendation: To perform proprietary fundamental research, build company and sector models, evaluate risk / reward of investment cases and communicate ideas effectively to the investment teams.  To draft and maintain the appropriate documentation (investment notes, company/sector models, actionable ideas, meeting notes, industry review etc) for effective communication
  • Collaboration: To act as a team player to help the team to deliver the best investment performance, which involves proactively collaborating with other team members to evaluate stock ideas beyond one’s core sector coverage.  Collaborate with technology specialists located outside the region to evaluate, share and compare technology related ideas
  • Investment process improvement: To proactively propose and execute ideas that help the team to improve the portfolio construction and investment process 
  • Commercial Support: To support BNP’s marketing and client engagement efforts

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

  • All majors are welcomed, but require exposure and good understanding of finance, accounting and investment principles (e.g. related courses).  CFA a plus. 
  • Sector requirement:
    • Technology sectors in Hong Kong, Onshre China, and Taiwan markets with a focus on hardware, semiconductors, and technology equipments (i.e. excluding software and internet) (
    • Open minded in covering other non-tech in addition to either of the core responsibilities above if needed
  • Passionate about investment, with preference to those with real-life stock investment experience and extracurricular activities in related fields.  
  • Strong curiosity on business and economics, and a passionate about continuous learning, as well as traits of critical thinking & intellectual honesty
  • Work well in a team based environment.  Capable of defending one’s own view but also reflecting on and opened minded to new ideas.  Able to work collaboratively with teammates to tackle the investment cases that require input from multiple sector expertise
  • Strong communication skills.  Ability to communicate investment ideas and their key drivers in a succinct manner that is supported by detailed fundamental analysis.  Proactively sharing relevant data and stock experience to teammates who cover different sectors
  • Capable of evaluating risks in a systematic way from fundamental, investment and ESG perspectives 
  • At least 3 years’ related work experience that involves industry and company analysis, valuation, and risk assessment of investment cases.  
  • Experience in A-share, H-share and Taiwan stock markets. Experience in private capital market investment a plus 
  • Proficient Mandarin and English language skills essential

About BNP Paribas in Asia Pacific (www.apac.bnpparibas)

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 15,000 employees* and a presence in 14 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships.

Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 74 countries with more than 190,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and 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. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.  

BNP Paribas offers you an exciting career opportunity in an international, challenging business environment characterized by high pace and diversity with focus on creating valuable relations with our customers. We offer a competitive salary & benefits package and also an excellent work environment where you’re valued as part of our team!

 Position Purpose

  • Identify, originate, develop and maintain Wealth Management client relationships for clients on an advisory basis
  • Manage existing and new client relationships in a thoroughly professional manner with the full support management and in line with the professional ethics and guidelines established by BNP Paribas (” the Bank”) from time to time

Key Responsibilities

  • Meet annual goals / budgets set by manager for self
  • Develop existing and new relationships
  • Adhere to client coverage framework to involve line management in regular client engagement
  • Execute pricing discipline as per minimum pricing guidelines
  • Market a full range of Wealth Management products and services in a diversified manner to existing and new clients
  • Maintain communications with clients to assess their needs and risk profile, advise on appropriate investment mix
  • Cultivate and manage relationships with other areas of BNP Paribas to ensure to promote cross selling
  • Ensure product documentation including credit facilities is at all times correct and appropriate
  • Maintain good level of knowledge of the Bank’s systems and regulatory environment
 

Financial Security

Ensure compliance with Bank’s policies/procedures and regulatory requirements, in particular with regards to the KYC responsibilities and duties, as per relevant policies and procedures, and the summary of responsibilities list below:

 

The RM, when acting as SBO/SCBO:

  • must initiate the KYC on boarding process and is responsible to collect the KYC data (with support of the appropriate teams in charge of due diligence)
  • is primarily responsible for ensuring that customer due diligence has been completed to a satisfactory standard, and is kept up-to-date;
  • makes an assessment whether starting a new relationship or maintaining an existing relationship with a customer is appropriate, in respect of the reputation and the money laundering/terrorist financing/sanctions risks, irrespective of the possible type of business the customer is currently doing or intends to do with the bank. This assessment must be formalized in writing in the KYC package (qualitative SBO opinion describing the risks and their mitigants is mandatory in all cases);
  • uses the KYC scoring grid and his/her judgment to determine the sensitivity, assisted by the teams in charge of due diligence.  He/she provides the teams in charge of due diligence with the knowledge/details they need when contacts with customers is required;
  • submits the customer’s KYC file to the CAC (Customer Acceptance Committee), as may be required, and provides the CAC with all information and documentation it may require;
  • contributes to assess the relevance and appropriateness of offering and/or maintaining certain products and services of the Bank in view of the risk profile of the customer; 
  • contributes to the detection of any unusual and/or suspicious transactions by his/her customer with due reporting to a Compliance Officer;
  • and employs his/her best efforts to maintain a thorough knowledge of his/her customer from available documentary sources and regular direct contacts with them;
  • finally, he/she must keep the KYC up-to date in accordance with the Bank’s standards. In particular, he/she must trigger an ad-hoc review as soon as necessary, notably in case of becoming aware of any material adverse information in connection with any of their customers in the field of AML-CTF, in accordance with the relevant KYC policies and procedures.

Control Aspect

  • Direct contribution to BNPP operational permanent control framework
  • Responsible for the implementation of operational permanent control policies and procedures in day-to-day business activities, such as Control Plan
  • Comply with regulatory requirements and internal guidelines
  • Responsible for ensuring team members comply with regulatory requirements and internal guidelines
  • Responsible for reporting all incidents according to the Incident Management System

Essential Technical Knowledge/Skills

  • Previous private banking experience is a must
  • Client-focused with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to discuss and have the knowledge of the full range of PBA products
  • Ability to expand client network
  • Familiar with procedures and documentation requirements
  • A team player with good initiative and team spirit
  • Good PC and English writing skills

Qualifications and Experience :

  • University degree
  • At least 7 years private banking experience including credit and marketing
  • Must fulfil the fit and proper criteria for SFC & HKMA

Competencies :

  • Familiar with activities in world’s bourses (foreign exchange market activities, stock exchange market activities)
About BNP Paribas in Asia Pacific (www.apac.bnpparibas)

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 15,000 employees* and a presence in 14 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships.

Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 74 countries with more than 190,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and 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. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region. 

 

BNP Paribas offers you an exciting career opportunity in an international, challenging business environment characterized by high pace and diversity with focus on creating valuable relations with our customers. We offer a competitive salary & benefits package and also an excellent work environment where you’re valued as part of our team!

Position Purpose

  • Contribute and responsible for the team performance, achieving efficiency, risk control and promoting team spirit and professionalism
  • Identify, originate, develop and maintain Wealth Management client relationships for clients on an advisory basis
  • Manage existing and new client relationships in a thoroughly professional manner with the full support management and in line with the professional ethics and guidelines established by BNP Paribas (“the Bank”) from time to time

Key Responsibilities

  • Meet annual goals / budgets set by manager for the team and self (if applicable)
  • Develop existing and new relationships
  • Adhere to client coverage framework.  Know all clients in the team, as well as to engage all their clients on a regular basis
  • Execute pricing discipline as per minimum pricing guidelines
  • Market a full range of Wealth Management products and services in a diversified manner to existing and new clients
  • Maintain communications with clients to assess their needs and risk profile, advise on appropriate investment mix
  • Cultivate and manage relationships with other areas of the Bank to promote cross-selling
  • Ensure product documentation including credit facilities is at all times correct and appropriate
  • Maintain good level of knowledge of the Bank’s systems and regulatory environment
  • Contribute to the definition and implementation of WM Asia’s strategies and goals
  • Contribute to the recruitment, performance management and career development of the team

 

Financial Security

Ensure compliance with Bank’s policies/procedures and regulatory requirements, in particular with regards to the KYC responsibilities and duties, as per relevant policies and procedures, and the summary of responsibilities list below:

The RM, when acting as SBO/SCBO:

  • must initiate the KYC on boarding process and is responsible to collect the KYC data (with support of the appropriate teams in charge of due diligence);
  • makes an assessment whether starting a new relationship or maintaining an existing relationship with a customer is appropriate, in respect of the reputation and the money laundering/terrorist financing/sanctions risks, irrespective of the possible type of business the customer is currently doing or intends to do with the bank. This assessment must be formalized in writing in the KYC package (qualitative SBO opinion describing the risks and their mitigants is mandatory in all cases);
  • uses the KYC scoring grid and his/her judgment to determine the sensitivity, assisted by the teams in charge of due diligence.  He/she provides the teams in charge of due diligence with the knowledge/details they need when contacts with customers is required;
  • submits the customer’s KYC file to the CAC (Customer Acceptance Committee), as may be required, and provides the CAC with all information and documentation it may require;
  • contributes to assess the relevance and appropriateness of offering and/or maintaining certain products and services of the Bank in view of the risk profile of the customer; 
  • contributes to the detection of any unusual and/or suspicious transactions by his/her customer with due reporting to a Compliance Officer;
  • and employs his/her best efforts to maintain a thorough knowledge of his/her customer from available documentary sources and regular direct contacts with them;
  • finally, he/she must keep the KYC up-to date in accordance with the Bank’s standards. In particular, he/she must trigger an ad-hoc review as soon as necessary, notably in case of becoming aware of any material adverse information in connection with any of their customers in the field of AML-CTF, in accordance with the relevant KYC policies and procedures.

Control Aspect

  • Direct contribution to the Bank’s operational permanent control framework
  • Responsible for the implementation of operational permanent control policies and procedures in day-to-day business activities, such as Control Plan
  • Comply with regulatory requirements and internal guidelines
  • Responsible for ensuring direct reports comply with regulatory requirements and internal guidelines
  • Responsible for ensuring direct reports comply with regulatory requirements and internal guidelines
  • Responsible for reporting all incidents according to the Incident Management System

Qualifications

Competencies (Technical / Behavioral) 

  • Client-focused with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Good leadership skills
  • Lead by example
  • A team player with good initiative and team spirit
  • Relevant language skills

Qualifications and Experience :

  • University degree
  • Relevant banking experience
  • Team management experience is preferred
  • Must fulfill the fit and proper criteria of relevant regulators
  • Must fulfill the BNP Paribas Private Banker Certification requirements (if applicable)

What is this position about?

•    Active facilitation of the end to end procurement process including definition of procurement needs, identification of potential suppliers, facilitation of suppliers selection and evaluation, negotiation of terms and contracts, and optimization of external spend for IT categories, all in compliance with BNP Paribas APAC Procurement Policy and Guidelines

•    Build strong partnership with key stakeholders to ensure the appropriate level of influence over Procurement activities to all Métiers and Functions and bring cost and process efficiency 

What would be your typical day at BNPP Paribas look like? 

Primary Role Responsibilities

•    To coordinate and facilitate the procurement of external services and goods on IT categories (Hardware, Software, Data Center, Telco, IT consulting, Market Data etc.) within Asia-Pacific region.

•    To ensure the Bank’s procedures are followed in supplier selection, due diligence and contracting process.  

•    To work with regional and local Business and Function Managers to ensure awareness of procurement policy and conditions of agreements so that compliance can be monitored.

•    To build partnership with regional and local Business and Function managers to ensure Procurement’s appropriate involvement in selection and negotiations with suppliers within all Métiers and Functions across all sites in APAC region. 

•    To mitigate risk associated with related procurement contracts in conjunction with relevant subject matter experts, e.g. Legal, Compliance, Finance, Information Security etc.

•    To liaise with global buyers to maximize bargaining power and drive consistency. 

•    To support the implementation of Global agreements within the region. 

•    To report projects status with associated savings achieved regularly.

Other contributions

•    Contribute to Global and APAC saving target

•    Procurement record keeping and maintenance

•    Timely respond to internal control/audit request

•    Procurement process education to stakeholders

•    Explore procurement process improvement opportunities

What is required for you to succeed?

•    Bachelor degree or above

•    Excellent written and spoken English, Mandarin is a plus

•    Minimum 10 years’ procurement experience, at least 5 of which in IT category ideally in banking/financial industry;

•    Ability to manage stress gracefully and multi-task within restricted time constraints;

•    Attention to detail and investigative and questioning nature;

•    Diplomatic, excellent interpersonal skill – can work well with all level of people;

•    Ethical;

•    Excellent analytical, problem solving, project management/planning skills and result-oriented;

•    Good team player and able to work independently as self-starter;

•    Multi-cultural dimension and adaptable way of working;

•    Strong influential skill and ability to manage complex business environment and issues;

•    Strong negotiation and supplier relationship management skills;

•    Working knowledge of contract, compliance, finance practices, legal, regulatory and tax related to Procurement in APAC region

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.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

Key Responsibilities 

  • Support & back up the Head of the desk in all key responsibilities.
  • Develop desk strategy & budgets 
  • Manage risk limits and risk management
  • Oversea product development & technology
  • Manage talent retention,  development & recruitment for the team
  • Own senior client relationships across institutional & corporate clients
  • Work with all key desk stakeholders e.g.,,  2S,  
  • Drive cross sell across the growing EQUITY prime,  cash & EQD businesses
  • Ensure effective communication across the global corridors
  • Lead on all compliance, conduct & control matters

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.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

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.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

Position Purpose

  1. Providing professional & quality FX advisory service to Direct Access Clients
  2. Working closely with RMs in servicing Direct Access Clients
  3. Attending to RMs queries in a timely and professional manner, provide quality service.
  4. Working with ICs/RMs/Market Advisors on client meetings/client calls/portfolio reviews.
  5. Generating new structured product ideas and help drive sales of these new products.
  6. Preparing tailor-made Forex spot /structure products solutions for Direct Access Clients.
  7. Achieving revenue income and increase business volume in order to meet annual target.
  8. Delivery of an efficient and reputable advisory and execution service. 

Key Responsibilities

To achieve the following in accordance with Bank policies and guidelines :

  1. Direct contribution to BNP Paribas Operational permanent control framework.
  2. Provide timely updates to FX clients and RMs, actively screen for new FX ideas (cash or structured products) in conjunction with outlook.  
  3. To be more proactive ideas promotion and marketing especially in the space Forex and Commodity related structured products that meet clients’ investment objective and risk appetite.
  4. Assist dissemination of investment idea via email broadcast, Monday Assembly as well as Weekly Product Meetings with various marketing groups.
  5. Maintain FX structured product library, update product brochures and other related client documents to fulfil both local and regulatory requirement.
  6. Prepare and attend product validation meeting chaired by Product Development Committee to present new product ideas.
  7. To assist handling operation issues of the desk if needed.  Take part in system UAT project.
  8. Responsible for maintain updated FX information on Echonet as well as to prepare Forex commentary and news broadcast.
  9. Working closely with Middle Office, LBS and RPC to ensure work efficiency

Competencies and Qualification Required

  • 10-15 years of working experience in relevant field
  • PC, and other software applications, particularly MS Excel
  • Good spoken English and Cantonese, Mandarin a PLUS
  • Good knowledge on technical analysis will be ideal

What is this position about?

BNP Paribas has a presence in nearly 80 countries with over 180,000 employees. It ranks highly in its three core activities: Retail Banking, Investment Solutions and Corporate & Institutional Banking. 

In Asia Pacific, the BNP Paribas Group is a leading employer with 9,000 employees and a presence in 14 markets. Being one of the largest international banking networks, we strive to employ talented and innovative people who are aligned to our vision and culture.

Within CIB (Corporate and Institutional Banking), the Business line Global Banking (GB) is recognized universally for its expertise and its know-how.

APAC GB Projects & Change team is at the heart of Global Banking, playing a critical role in enabling new business and projects across Global Banking, contributing to alignment between Front Office and Functions, as well as being the architects (end-to-end) of the Global Banking Value Chain.

The team hosts 2 main mandates:

•    The Program / Project Managers for vertical (front-office to accounting) or transversal (across several business lines or users groups or locations/entities) projects during all its life cycle (from design to completion). The team leads projects initiated from the APAC region or leads the regional stream of Global/non-APAC projects.

•    The Business Process Subject Matter Expert to assist the business in the design and review of their new business initiatives and exceptional transactions and to represent IT, Operations and in some cases Finance, at new business approval committees: Transaction Approval Committee (“TAC”) and New Activity Committee (“NAC”).

The key interactions are with the project sponsors, Front-office and all the functions (Operations, IT, Finance, as well as Compliance, Legal and Tax) mainly within Global Banking business lines but we also step in at some occasions on projects involving Global Markets, Wealth Management or Securities Services.

•    The team reports hierarchically to the CIB APAC ITO Operations Head.

For this role we are looking at a strong Program / Project Manager profile with a focus on Cash Management as a key priority and with a strong objective to work on Industrialization of the Overall Cash Management Value Chain.

Domain / SME knowledge on Cash Management would be an advantage.

What would be your typical day at BNPP Paribas look like? 

Primary Role Responsibilities:

?    Project framing

–    Clarify the objective, the scope, the dependencies, the major risks & issues

–    Confirm the sponsorship

–    Ensure a clear business rationale is associated to the contemplated project (incl. high level ROI), identify benefits

–    Size roughly the effort required to design the solution & execute the project

–    Identify contributors to be on-boarded for the study

?    Study / Design phase: 

–    Clearly state the business requirements, cost and time-frame of the project

–    Coordinate & challenge experts to put together a solution meeting the business requirements 

–    Identify risk and dependencies that could jeopardize project execution

–    Establish the full financial of the project (cost, associated revenues or savings) 

–    Design the project governance (roles & responsibilities, governance bodies, stakeholders’ identification) 

–    Design project roadmap (i.e. the overall execution plan)

–    Secure the resource plan (skills, capacity) and prioritization / funding for those resources 

?    Execution phase: 

–    Drive the execution of the roadmap

–    Ensure aligned project status/progress is shared amongst the project community

–    Identify risk & issues and propose a mitigation action plan 

–    Raise alerts / escalate issues / review the roadmap if required 

–    Monitor the budget consumption

–    Monitor the feedback from contributors on project management and adjust when required 

–    Prepare and chair governance bodies, produce adequate reporting, communicate

?    Completion phase: 

–    Collect feedback from project participants

–    Identify good practices/factors of success and fields of improvement

–    Update project management toolkit with lessons learnt

The Program / Project Manager is also accountable for ensuring that solutions designed for the project fit with the principles and are validated by the relevant validation bodies: 

–    Overall sound IT architecture

–    Operational TOM with clear mandate for each team

–    Strong control framework

–    Simple and efficient working

–    Future evolution of the regulatory framework or anticipated business transformation

Other contributions: Business Process Subject Matter Expert (SME) 

?    Act as a Subject Matter Expert on end to end processes

–    Bring expertise on the end to end process with a strong focus on improving the efficiency of the Operating Model

–    Develop a clear vision of the target processes including innovation / digital as the case may be

–    Ensure to develop TOM / Processes in an industrialized manner and scalable (Absorb further business without inflating the cost proportionally)

?    Provide in-depth cross-functional analysis for new business initiatives

–    Represent Operations & IT in the preparation for approval committees for exceptional transaction or new activities committees (TAC / NAC)

–    Leverage on close relationships with Business Representatives (Products, Sales, Coverage…), gather and analyze business initiatives in order to communicate and explain them effectively to each department involved

–    Provide operational expertise to define solutions that meet / exceed the business, operations or finance requirements

–    Assess feasibility and identify the setup, along with the appropriate level of controls, from an IT and Operations perspective to support exceptional transactions or new activities / products

?    Document business and functional requirements

–    Design and document processes for different areas and teams (FO, Ops, Finance…)

–    As appropriate, manage key projects (vertical or horizontal), bringing them to a successful conclusion (quality / cost / delay) by a close coordination of FO and ITO departments and other functions involved to achieve the objectives initially set

?    Minimize operational risk

–    Seek to minimize operational risk by implementing sufficient regular controls, by measuring operational risk and taking actions to maintain it at an acceptable level

–    Consider and/or design specific operational controls in the interest of mitigating operational risk

–    Ensure appropriate escalation to management and / or Permanent Control (or compliance as appropriate) as soon as an issue remains unsolved beyond and above what can be reasonably handled within the considered remit

What is required for you to succeed?

We are looking for a Program / Project Manager with Global Banking business-focused end-to-end Projects & Change management experiences in the financial services or consulting environment (non-IT):

–    Bachelor or above (Master is preferred)

–    10 to 15 years of experience at least

–    In-depth knowledge of Front Office to Finance processing chains with a focus on Operations

–    Good technical understanding of Global Banking products and especially Corporate Banking Cash Management (Payments/Remittances, Liquidity Management, SWIFT, Clearing Mechanism, Term Deposits, etc.)

–    Ability to interact appropriately in a non-hierarchical framework with a variety of stakeholders including SME from Operations or IT, business and senior management

–    Comfortable operating with a strong level of autonomy and/or under pressure

–    Strong analytical and problem solving skills 

–    Ability to think outside the box and to deal with novelty

–    Strong written/verbal communication and reporting skills

–    Strong team working and interpersonal skills

–    Organized and delivery-focused, with attention to detail

–    Proactive, proposing or taking own initiatives to prevent risks / issues

–    Solid work ethic and high level of motivation

–    Proficiency in Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel & Power point)

–    Fluent in spoken and written English, Mandarin and/or French is a plus

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.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

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.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

Award Obtained

BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year

Direct Responsibilities:

1.Participate in the audit team assignments and special reviews (when required by regulators, business lines, or senior management)

-Contribute to the planning and preparation of the assignment e.g. understanding the methodology to be applied, acquiring a deep knowledge of the activities to be covered, understanding the detailed technologies, gathering relevant key figures, etc.

-Develop a thorough understanding of the activities within the scope of the assignment, its strategy and governance, and the related risks.

-Evaluate the overall setup and identify the main areas of risk (including a comprehensive assessment of the management actions).

-Execute detailed investigations leveraging on a strong technical knowledge in various IT systems (Databases, Operating systems Linux/Windows, Cybersecurity/Network security, Virtualization, containerization, Cloud Computing and related risks)

-Leverage on adequate programming languages and scripting to perform efficient investigations by automating analysis.

-Ensure the adequate learning and understanding of the standard IT solutions used in the IT infrastructure and production, Cybersecurity management in order to analyze adequately their configuration and be able to identify and raise potential risks.

-Recommend appropriate actions to the management in order to remediate the identified weaknesses.

-Formalize the results of the assignment investigations and contribute to the production of the assignment deliverables.

-Present the conclusions of the assignment fieldwork to the senior management.

2.Review the implementation of the Inspection Générale recommendations

-Review and challenge the actions defined to remediate the weaknesses identified by the audit team through its assignments.

-Ensure the adequacy of the answers to address permanently the gaps following accurately the recommended actions.

-Perform relevant control testing to ensure the proper implementation of the actions.

3.Contribute to the periodic risk assessment of IT activities and planning

-Perform a periodic and comprehensive risk assessment of the IT activities as per the Group guidelines.

-Keep abreast of change/new development of regulatory requirements that are relevant to IT activities and related functions.

-Assist in the elaboration of the IT audit planning following a risk-based approach.

Contributing Responsibilities:

-Contribute to the improvement of the Inspection Générale practices through the elaboration and update of our methodologies.

Travelling requirement : 

Below 30%

Technical and Behavioral Competencies required:

-Strong expertise in Cybersecurity. (IT security hands-on experience is a plus)

-Strong technical background in IT activities. (including IT production / IT systems expertise)

-Curiosity, rigor, and precision.

-Outstanding analytical skills.

-Ability to synthesize.

-Excellent writing and presentation skills.

 (in English)

-High level of initiative, commitment, and drive.

-Ability to work effectively under pressure and within short deadlines.

-Promotes a constructive, cooperative, and participative teamwork environment.

Specific Qualifications (if required):

-Possess a Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Information Technology/ Management Information System / Computer Science and related discipline;

-Not less than 5 years of experience in external auditing / internal auditing / IT / risk / compliance / internal control / operations in the financial services industry.

-Professional Qualification/Certificate in Audit, e.g. CISA, CISSP, CISM, CCSP is a plus.