What is this position about?

Transversal Lifecycle Support is a part of the Processing and Support organization. It is a global team and members are based in Europe (London, Paris, and Lisbon), Americas (NY/NJ, Montreal), India (Mumbai, Bangalore) and APAC (Hong Kong, Manila, Sydney). The department provides services to both internal and external clients.

Transversal Lifecycle Support is composed of four main departments:

1. Asset Servicing: Lifecycle management of market events impacting the cash securities and

synthetic/swap holdings for both house & Prime activities. Key functions include: Event Capture,

Notification, Election management and the bookings of Outcomes.

2. Tax Operations: Responsible for managing the tax compliance and reporting requirements for the investment products. Key functions include: Preparing and filling tax claims, calculating tax

liabilities, and certification/documentation of custodians accounts to avoid any withholding tax or

to obtain reduced rates.

3. Payments Oversight and Control: responsible for monitoring cash out & manual payment reduction, identifying and resolving payment processing errors, and ensuring that payment transactions are completed in accordance to internal policies and procedures.

4. Change & Design: Responsible for leading initiatives and designing new processes and systems to support evolving business needs. Key functions include: Conducting business and operational assessments, identifying areas for improvement, and leading change projects that improve processes, systems and operations.

The team works in close partnership with other Operations processing teams, Technology, Business, Product Development, Finance, Legal, Compliance and other infrastructure functions across the globe.

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

Primary Role Responsibilities

•    Builds and maintains excellent working relationships with internal partners.

•    Provides daily technical support to the process line; takes the lead in decision-making and approach for complex problems requiring sophisticated analysis or experience. Acts as a point of escalation for junior staff.

•    Ensures the team processes asset servicing functions in accordance with company procedures, guidelines, and expectations.

•    Runs a regional risk review forum to evaluate all risk factors surrounding in-flight events; prepares and distributes minutes to Risk and Senior Management.

•    Performs proactive process reviews, identifying potential risk areas and implementing controls or adjusting procedures to mitigate future occurrences.

•    Manages relationships with the PB business and clients to identify areas for improvement and ensure high levels of client satisfaction.

•    Identifies restructuring opportunities to refine processes while optimizing capacity and resources.

•    Remains prepared to support the process line at any time by stepping in to process or manage tasks as required.

•    Drives change projects by providing subject matter expertise to the change portfolio, including both Operations and Front Office-led initiatives.

•    Translates complex asset servicing event information to help identify opportunities for service improvements provided by the Operations team to BNPP PB clients.

•    Monitors market changes affecting Corporate Action processing; identifies and implements necessary changes to systems or processes.

•    Participates in market forums where permitted and shares relevant content with colleagues and management.

•    Works closely with the AS Client Service group to identify trends and pain points impacting clients; identifies required system enhancements and helps close knowledge gaps to improve the client experience.

•    Challenges the operational readiness of each Asset Services Team and delivers regular training via various media to reduce queries, mitigate risk, enhance team understanding, and combat attrition.

•    Monitors the break population, prioritizing aged items and ensuring valid narration is provided by the process team.

What is required for you to succeed?

•    Significant experience within Asset Servicing Operations.

•    Deep and thorough knowledge of Asset Servicing operational processes and their impact on clients’ positions and internal trade bookings.

•    Knowledge of front-to-back PB operational processes and the interaction between asset servicing and the trade life cycle.

•    Excellent written and oral English skills; proficiency in written and oral Chinese is highly desirable.

•    Prior experience providing direct support to PB and strategic clients, with the ability to manage client queries autonomously.

•    Prior experience managing internal trading desks in relation to Corporate Action events.

•    Proven commercial, communication, and relationship management skills.

•    Strong computer literacy and a solid understanding of relevant software.

•    Strong risk awareness, including the ability to demonstrate operational risk management and a commitment to abiding by operational responsibilities in daily activities.

•    Excellent time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize workloads effectively.

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/

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A Senior Investment Counsellor (IC) is a client facing staff whose role is to provide holistic investment advice on products and services offered by BNPP Wealth Management. Investment advice will be based on a portfolio approach to promote asset allocation and the importance of portfolio diversification. Where appropriate, tactical solutions will be incorporated into the portfolio to achieve client’s financial objectives. 

ICs are in charge of the direct relationship with tagged clients who have been predetermined to be suitable for direct coverage given their risk profile and affinity to invest.

IC has direct client contact with clients for more timely advice and is accountable for the suitability and risk management of the portfolio. IC is responsible for efficient and timely order taking and execution. Products and services are offered to tagged clients in accordance with the client’s risk profile and respect the knowledge and experience of the client.

IC will conduct regular portfolio reviews (at least on an annual basis) to ensure client’s portfolio is constantly calibrated in accordance to client’s objective and risk profile. Advisory on asset allocation should be made in accordance with the CIO view.

Investment products recommended by IC must be on the recommended products lists published by WM IS which has gone through the Due Diligence process. Any exception is done on an unsolicited basis and as per client request.

IC will keep RMs informed of changes to clients’ portfolio such that there is a coordinated approach to client servicing. The IC team is a resource and partner to RMs/Team Heads/Market Heads to achieve business targets and to ensure the best allocation of resources, client assignment will be reviewed regularly. 

Obligations and Compliance (minimum requirements)

•    Follow the general guidelines of the Bank and Management policies

•    Ensure deals & trade transactions are done accurately and fairly handled and in accordance 

•    to regulations & Management policies.

•    Inform and escalate issues to Management regarding irregularities in trading and incidents

•    Maintain proper audit trails

Follow the specific guidelines, policies and regulations related to:

•    Dealing in Securities

•    Advising on Securities

•    Advising on Forex (non leveraged and advising on Structured deposits)

•    Marketing Collective Investment Scheme

•    Client Suitability

•    Client Selling Process

•    Cross Border Rules

•    Marketing Documentation

•    Sourcing Product – Product Validation process 

   

Competencies (Technical / Behavioural)

•    Experience in Wealth Management

•    Experience in portfolio management &/ portfolio advisory

•    Good communication skills

•    Good presentation skills

Specific Qualifications Required

•    Multi product knowledge and experience in dealing in these products: FX, Fixed Income, Equities, Structured Products, Funds and Discretionary Management. 

•    Work experience as Investment Counsellor

•    Fluent in multi-languages in particular Mandarin to deal with Mandarin speaking clients

Qualifications and Experience :

•    At least 10 years of relevant experience

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/

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As part of Global Capital Markets (CMG) APAC, the LCM team, to which this role belongs, is in charge of both the LCM and FFG businesses in APAC, and is hence responsible for IG loans, leveraged loans and fund financing, and is a contributor to credit NAV financings. The LCM team originates, structures, arranges and executes as underwriter and/or lender a wide range of financing solutions across the credit spectrum and capital structure, across a wide array of situations and across sectors and industries, ranging from vanilla loans to complex/structured transactions, in particular event-driven transaction / acquisitions, across Asia-Pacific, with clients and prospects of BNPP across the Asia Pacific region, with APAC and MNC corporates, financial sponsors (private equity, private credit, infrastructure funds, etc), promoters and financial institutions.

Key loan structures and situations include corporate syndicated, club or bilateral loans (bridge loans or term loans) for IG / corporate borrowers, whether as part of acquisitions/specific events or for on-going financing and refinancing needs, loans financing LBOs and other investments by private equity investors, and financings for financial sponsors at the fund level such as capital call facilities and NAV facilities. While BNP typically holds part of the loans, the model is essentially predicated on the underwriting and distribution of loans in primary or post-closing through various channels such as secondary sales, insurance, securitizations, etc.

The LCM team collaborates closely with other teams, in particular Corporate, MNC and Financial Sponsors Coverage, Loan Syndicate, ECM, DCM and M&A, GCM EMEA/US, Global markets, Wealth Management, Transaction Banking and other regional or global product lines, and fosters cross-collaboration, integrated solutions and cross-sell with other BNP teams in APAC and other regions.

The role is, as a primary responsibility, to support senior LCM team members on, or lead directly depending on the transaction, the origination, structuring, arranging and execution of all loan transactions handled by Loan Capital markets (LCM) across the Asia Pacific region, including corporate IG and non-IG loans, leveraged loans / LBOs, fund level financings and promoter loans, throughout the entire loan cycle, from the initial stages of a transaction until closing and completion of distribution, as well as, as a contributor, to support other relevant teams to ensure a successful closing of these transactions (including Loan Syndicate as it relates to underwriting and distribution and other teams as relevant), and, as and when required, in conjunction with Credit Portfolio Management (CPM), during the life of the loan until full repayment.

 Direct responsibilities:

• Contribute to, with other senior LCM team members, or lead idea generation, prospect identification, initial credit/debt capacity analysis, pitch book preparation, etc
• Lead directly, or on more complex transactions together with a senior team member, the transaction structuring, term, sheets preparation and negotiation, documentation review and negotiation
• Contribute or lead credit analysis and legal/structure analysis
• Supervise and contribute to credit memos (screening memos, credit applications and other internal papers) on transactions, running of pricing model, etc under the supervision of a senior team member
• Coordinate with Loan Syndication and Sales on pricing, underwriting and distribution strategies
• Answer clients timely, always strive to beat deadlines, high reactivity to client requests
• Supervise all closing and funding tasks and liaison with other internal teams to ensure smooth closings
• Adopt a solution-driven origination approach, pushing solutions over products, with a particular focus on originating value-adding/structured loan situations
• Leverage broader BNPP’s coverage, products and distribution capabilities in APAC + EMEA/US, in particular on cross-border transactions
• Systematically push and pitch internally and externally cross-sell including especially Global Markets, DCM, M&A, ECM and Transaction Banking
• Participation in client meetings/calls on transactions or general courtesy calls or pitches, attendance of conferences, events, etc
• Liaison with clients/external parties and other GCM/BNP teams as and when required, especially Corporate and Financial Sponsors Coverage, Loan Syndicate, DCM, ECM, M&A, GM, Risk, etc
• Attend and contribute regional and global calls diligently
• Expand external network with peer banks to support the origination effort, maintain close contact with other active players in the market
• Support on maintaining internal databases, e.g. pipeline, forecasts/budgets, tombstones, deal lists, etc
• Be the first line of defense on Risk/Credit/Compliance
• Impeccable conduct and compliance with all applicable internal policies and external regulations
• Other tasks as required from time to time

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Responsible for sales of trade finance products to meet assigned revenue budget
• Origination of new trade business, and maximize utilization of existing clients to grow revenues and fees income
• Liaise with Supply Chain Management and Cash Management to develop total product solutions
• Collaborate with Trade Syndication on documentary trade/bank guarantee deals
• Collaborate with Global Capital Markets on structured and completed trade deals
• Maintaining a healthy sales pipeline

 

Contributing Responsibilities

• Establish and strengthen bank’s market positioning / industry ranking 
• Identifying new market segments/industries to expand the bank’s footprint in trade finance
• Cross selling for Cash Management, Supply Chain Management and FX
• Active engagement in trade corridors with APAC/EMEA to identify new opportunities

 

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Deep understanding of trade finance products (documentary credit, documentary collections, bank guarantees)
• Comprehensive risk management (credit, liquidity and operational risk)
• Strong structuring and implementation skills in trade related products
• Good team player and willing to share, able to work in close cooperation with other business lines/departments

 

Specific Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics or a related quantitative field
• 8+ years of experience in trade finance with solid product knowledge and good understanding of corporates’ requirements
• Native in Cantonese, Mandarin and English

What is this position about?

•    Leads pricing strategy and framework for WM APAC, ensuring that pricing reflects client value, risk, balance sheet usage, competitive dynamics, and Bank’s strategic priorities. 

•    Establishes a consistent, transparent and commercially effective approach to pricing across products, deposits, markets, and client segments. 

•    Drives revenue quality and profitability while supporting Business in winning, retaining and strengthening client relationships. 

•    Owns the pricing strategy and framework, including but not limited to deposits, credit, investment products, services and ancillary revenues, for all client segments. 

•    Protects profitability by delivering data-driven insights that enable senior management to dynamically steer revenues. 

•    Ensures a scalable, compliant, and resilient pricing platform / dashboard through end-to-end operational ownership, robust controls, and rigorous governance.

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

Primary Role Responsibilities

1.    Pricing Strategy (35%)

a.    Develop and implement pricing grids across all products, services and ancillary revenue streams at WM APAC. Introduce a holistic view of client economics across deposits, lending, investments, brokerage, structured products, FX, advisory and other services. 

b.    Design approval matrix for derogations to aforementioned pricing grids. Ensure pricing decisions are appropriately documented, monitored and subject to periodic review. 

c.    Identify pricing leakage, discounting and revenue dilution. Identify underpriced relationships and products and develop remediation strategies. 

d.    Develop analytical tools, use data and analytics to identify pricing opportunities and behavioral trends. 

e.    Engage stakeholders to cultivate pricing discipline, share best practices, review pricing gaps with a clear goal of reducing such pricing gaps. 

f.    Periodic reviews of pricing strategy in response to market conditions, competitive landscape and business strategy. 

g.    Develop and maintain a Pricing Dashboard across products, services, and ancillary revenue streams to monitor pricing gaps by teams, markets, and products.

h.    Develop (where applicable) and / or update pricing policies and procedures periodically or as required by bank and work with relevant stakeholders for such updates.

2.    ALMT, Balance sheet management (35%)

a.    Drive Net New Cash (NNC) growth with focus on deposits and capture a larger share of client wallet across target segments.

b.    Maintain optimal Net Funding Balance across volumes and margins in line with Group funding objectives.

c.    Ensure 100% alignment of WM APAC deposit-gathering activities with ALMT liquidity appetite and funding dynamics, as evidenced by regular ALMT feedback and joint steering initiatives.

d.    Successfully align the overall deposits strategy with the broader WM APAC agenda to ensure sustainable growth

e.    Deliver operational excellence roadmap, including but not limited to, reductions in deposit booking turnaround times and manual errors.

f.    Ensure efficient end-to-end cooperation with WM Operations and ISPL to drive continuous improvement, systems enhancements, and risk reduction in booking processes.

3.    Commercial and sales enablement (10%)

a.    Provide timely, clear, and actionable guidance and playbooks to Front Office (RMs, MAs, BMs, MHs) to support revenue growth.

b.    Measure and increase Front Office adoption rates of new pricing analytics tools and upskilling initiatives.

c.    Provide monthly actionable insights to management explaining the key drivers of profitability, together with clear strategic recommendations.

4.    Governance and risk control (10%)

a.    Achieve zero repeated or significant findings from control functions (e.g., C&C, IG, Compliance) or regulatory bodies.

b.    Maintain minimal to zero operational risk incidents through a robust and institutionalized risk and control framework.

c.    Ensure 100% on-time completion of all mandatory risk and compliance training requirements.

5.    Team and people (10%)

a.    Crosstrain team members to ensure robust back-ups and continuity of daily activities.

b.    Improve employee satisfaction survey results versus prior years and actively address identified improvement areas.

What is required for you to succeed?

•    Strong understanding of WM products with preferably 20 + years of relevant experience 

•    Demonstrated experience in pricing strategy and commercial management. Experienced in implementing pricing transformation. Ability to translate complex analytics into clear commercial decisions. 

•    Strong stakeholders’ engagement and influencing skills. Comfortable in dealing with senior executives, business heads, bankers and clients (if needed).

•    Sound analytic and presentation skills. Motivated, autonomous, capable of self-driven initiatives.

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/

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Job content

Role Description and purpose

To provide critical support in the production of APAC management reports by ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timely maintenance of financial and sales databases. This role is responsible for the execution of Business-As-Usual (BAU) reporting and consolidation processes. It offers significant exposure to the core financial drivers of the Asset Management business, making it an ideal opportunity for a detail-oriented professional with a strong technical aptitude seeking to build a career in financial management.

key responsibilities

Management Reporting (BAU & Budget exercise)

1. Data Management & Financial Integrity (Primary Focus)

2. Management Reporting & Sales Analysis

3. Budgeting & Forecasting Support

What is this position about?

•    To provide mutual funds recommendations to all RMs & clients in the region.  

•    To provide effective communication of fund ideas via morning meetings, email recommendations, investment proposals, team meetings, and one to one meetings with clients.

•    To review and monitor the performance of all fund recommendations

•    To deliver prompt and accurate responses to RMs queries, as well provide a proactive follow up on recommendations

•    To be actively working with RMs especially HK RMs and meet their clients for fund solutions. 

•    To work closely with other team members in the region to identify investment opportunities in order to meet business budget

•    To meet internal procedures for new funds validation and promotion; and work with all parties of the Bank including Back Office to ensure smooth flow of business. 

•    Participate to BNP WM global Fund Squad and propose new solutions to improve the global selection 

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

Primary Role Responsibilities

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

•    To achieve the overall funds budget for Asia with emphasis on achieving the budget for North Asia entity. 

•    To grow the AUM and increase the penetration of funds among RMs 

•    To develop fund recommendations with clear investment rationale

•    To provide effective communication and good delivery of recommendations 

•    To deliver prompt and accurate responses to RMs queries, as well provide a good follow up on

recommendations

•    To build teamwork among ICs and other product specialists as well as other internal units of the Bank 

•    To provide timely resolution of issues, and coordinating with Middle Office, LBS and RPC to ensure smooth workflow

•    To assist to build an effective and efficient platform to support the promotion and maintenance of all funds (ie. long only funds, hedge funds products).    

•    To adhere to legal, compliance & regulatory standards set by the Bank 

What is required for you to succeed?

•    Strong analytical background, he or she must also possess strong marketing skills to actively promote fund recommendations

•    Capability to work under pressure, possess good presentation skills and be able to drive the fund sales in North Asia

•    At least 10 – 15 years working experience in private bank, fund management

•    Strong analytical background required. CFA or CAIA certification is an advantage. 

•    Prior experience in Private Banking or Asset Management is strongly preferred.

•    Bilingual proficiency in Mandarin and Cantonese for client engagement. 

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/

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POSITION PURPOSE

The Permanent Control framework at BNP Paribas aims at keeping our operations safe and continuously improving our business processes and practices. The Chief Conduct & Control Office (CCCO) positioned within the business acts as the First Line of Defence (1LOD) in BNP Paribas’ Permanent Control framework and plays a key role in strengthening our platforms as our activities expand or evolve.

Within the CCCO, the Front Office Conduct Surveillance (FOCS) is a detection an investigation team responsible for the monitoring of front office activity through the surveillance of trades, electronic & voice Communications. FOCS mission is to keep Front Officers aware of BNP Paribas Code of Conduct, detect deviations from acceptable business practices and escalate potential breaches for management action.

RESPONSIBILITIES

FOCS Contributions

• Daily monitoring of Front Office activity to ensure that all relevant rules, regulations, group policies and procedures are adequately followed. The scope of FOCS monitoring encompasses E-communications, Voice calls and Trades; 
• Investigation of alerts, clearing of false positives and timely processing of true positives for further analysis;
• Escalation of potential breaches according to severity to the relevant management level and/or to Compliance (acting as 2nd Line of Defence (2LOD));
• Close coordination with Compliance for the performance of Calibration (BLT e.g.) and Quality Assurance (QA) reviews and Permanent Challenge.
• Precise and accurate documentation of the investigation results and record in the case management tool for audit purposes; close coordination with internal or external audit teams in the context of reviews of the activity. 
• Provide expertise to Business Owners and 2LOD when required; provide support to Business Owners to ensure that managers have visibility on all relevant signals in relation to the Conduct and Control behaviour of their team members. 
• Periodic review of controls (logic & calibration) with the aim to continuously improve and adapt the set-up to activities and market environment.
• Design, test and deploy new controls to address emerging risks; Work in close collaboration with IT and other functions to improve the efficiency of the control framework.
• Production of performance metrics and KPIs to (i) continuously monitor the efficiency of the surveillance framework and (ii) produce activity reports to Senior Management;
• Documentation: Assist with the drafting or periodic review of the policies and procedures.
• Front Office Trainings: Raise Front office awareness on Conduct risks, permanent Control and policies through dedicated business-oriented training sessions.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Good understanding of financial markets products; 
• Prior experience in CIB activities and financial market Equities: minimum 5-7 years of experience in the Front Office (Sales/Trading/ Investment Banking), Middle Office, or related Control, Audit, Compliance background relating to GM or IB activities.
• Good understanding of Conduct risk and market misconduct concepts; prior experience in the utilization or design of surveillance tools, trading systems would be a plus
• Assertive, agile, willing to learn and adapt to different situations.
• Self-confident; able to challenge the status quo
• Good organization skills and communication skills which is required to clearly articulate any surveillance/monitoring tools enhancement requirements when needed 
• Fluency in English; Native language capabilities in the following languages is a plus: Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese), Korean and/or Southeast Asian and Indian languages
• Basic skills in coding (Python) and/or data analytics are a nice-to-have.

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/

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

Position Purpose

APAC F&RS is dedicated to the design, build, implementation and business support of IT solutions to service the needs of FINANCE and RISK functions, achieved by retaining highly skilled, functional and technical experts that work in active, continuous collaboration.

Our team, APAC F&RS Local Regulatory Reporting Project and Solution, aims to strengthen the regulatory reporting platform of all APAC locations, by leveraging the regional knowledge (data management, reporting tools, and regulatory practices) to mitigate local regulatory risk in cost efficient manner.

To fulfill the dynamic regulatory requirements, the team has grown to have around 40 members. We are constituted of diversified profiles in building the synergy; Software engineer, business analyst, data manager & project manager are worked closely with collaborative & innovative culture, supported by the latest technology and management approach.

The in-house platform, Flexel, is a highly flexible and user-friendly Regulatory Reporting Platform, supporting 700+ Finance and Operation’s regulatory reports across 9 countries. The wide spectrum of reports include but not limited to – Balance Sheet, P&L, Large Exposure, Granular Data Repository, BASEL III reporting (e.g. LCR) and that makes up the massive user community.

Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Manage end‑to‑end regulatory reporting projects; Monitor milestones, dependencies, and resource allocation; coordinate all parties to keep the planning on track.
• Drive regular, clear communication with all stakeholders; Establish and maintain all project artefacts and documents.
• Ensure deliverables & solutions meet quality & standards that integrate seamlessly with the BAU regulatory reporting environment, preserving system stability.
• Apply proper IT project governance model, manage change control and post implementation reviews.
• Ensure escalations are made timely to avoid unnecessary time/budget slippage.

Regional Regulatory Reporting Project:

• Gather, translate regulatory requirements into clear project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Perform in‑depth analysis to support business cases; challenge requirements to optimise effort spend & long‑term benefits of implemented solutions.
• Lead and support system testing cycles (SIT, UAT, regulatory validation); ensure testing strategies cover all aspects for regulatory reporting, enterprise IT governance and security standards.
• To automate the generation of local regulatory reports by analyzing, configuring, and developing the regional regulatory reporting application.
• Keep all relevant documentation up to date (e.g. solution design, system specs, procedures and guidelines)
• Manage to provide level 3 business support for the regulatory reporting applications; resolve production incidents and user queries swiftly, maintaining high availability.

Process Reengineering and Platform Development:

• Identify manual reporting steps, design automated workflows and implement solutions to streamline end to end reporting processes.
• Contribute to system architecture decisions, data transformation and module design.
• To perform data analysis, data modelling & process automation;

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Essential Knowledge/Skills:

• Project management skills demonstrated on large and complex project would be an advantage
• Proven hands-on experience on technical tools for functional investigation, advanced excel / SQL / Python / Alteryx or any other data transformation tool and best practices associated.
• Quick learner, self-initiative and good team player
• Sense of ownership to tasks assigned and commitment to deadlines under pressure
• Analytical, lateral thinker, attentive to details and result-oriented person
• Fluency in English (verbal/written) and with good communication & interpersonal skills
• Strong stakeholder‑management and communication skills

Specific Qualifications 

Qualifications and Experiences:

• Degree in Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems or any other related subjects
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Banking or Financial Industry, preferably in Finance / Risk / IT area with regulatory/ financial reporting exposure; more experience would be considered as senior role.
• Knowledge of banking regulations, Basel III/IV, IFRS 9, and related compliance frameworks
• Solid backgrounds in banking project with a good understanding of accounting, banking product and front to back system flow.
• Experiences in project management, data analysis, system implementation project

Other Preferred Competencies (not mandatory):

• Experience with programming projects would be an advantage
• CPA, CFA or other related professional certificates
• PMP, Scrum Master, Agile or other related project certificates and experience with Agile/Scrum delivery
• Other IT skills: Python / Excel Macro/ Workflow tool (e.g. Alteryx)

What is this position about?

The Deputy Head partners with the Head of GTS Operations to ensure seamless, risk controlled delivery of supply chain and traditional trade services both within Hong Kong and across the region. The role is a key part of the succession plan for the current Head and will become the primary operational leader for the franchise once the transition is complete.

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

Key Responsibilities

Operations Management :

•    Support the Head in overseeing the Back Office and Middle Office teams (staffing, motivation, performance review cycles).

•    Ensure daily processing meets quality, turnaround time and client service targets.

•    Drive adherence to SOPs, monitor exceptions, and timely root cause analysis, tracking and closure of incidents.

•    Champion a permanent control framework that embeds regulatory, compliance and internal risk requirements and ensure escalation procedures are properly adhered.

Permanent control framework

•    Minimize operational failure, including but not exclusively the risk of fraud by helping to devise and by implementing sufficient regular controls

•    Ensure appropriate escalation to management and/or permanent control (or compliance as appropriate) as soon as an issue is identified.

•    Comply with internal and external regulatory and compliance requirements

Other contributions

•    Lead or contribute to strategic transformation projects (process re engineer, automation, data analytics enablement) that align with the Group’s GTS roadmap.

•    Act as a subject matter expert for complex trade finance structures and support product delivery teams in meeting client demands.

•    Build strong partnerships with back and front office, Business, technology, legal, risk and compliance functions.

•    Promote a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and cross regional best practice adoption.

•    Keep abreast of changes to UCP 600, URDG 758, ISP 98 and other relevant standards; embed updates into daily operations.

What is required for you to succeed?

•    Minimum 20 years in Trade Finance / Supply Chain Operations, with at least 10 years in a managerial capacity overseeing multi teams.

•    Proven track record of delivering operational transformation (automation, process re design, or system migration).

•    Strong grasp of UCP 600, URDG 758, ISP 98 and related documentary credit, guarantee and standby credit rules.

•    Business level proficiency in English (written & spoken).

Fluency in Mandarin (spoken & written) highly desirable.

•    Demonstrated ability to inspire, develop and retain talent in a multicultural environment.

•    Excellent communication and influencing skills – comfortable presenting to senior executives and external partners.

•    Strong analytical mindset; comfortable interpreting data to drive risk aware decisions.

•    Resilient, adaptable and committed to achieving the Group’s strategic objectives.

•    Pro active change agent: motivated to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement.

Required education/certification/licenses

•     Bachelor’s degree in Banking, Finance, Business Administration or a related field.

•    Professional certification (e.g., Certified Trade Finance Professional) is a plus but not mandatory.

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.

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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