ROLE DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE

The person would support the compliance function within BNPP AM Malaysia businesses to ensure adherence to local regulatory requirements and global BNPP AM compliance standards. The compliance department will ensure that financial security rules, protection of clients’ interest, professional ethics, prevention of market abuses, and compliance governance are adhered to. In this function, the compliance officer’s role is to report to the Head of Compliance, Malaysia and assist in performing compliance monitoring & controls on the business functions in the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Seek to ensure that the the local BNPP AM businesses operate in conformity with all applicable laws and regulations as well as BNPP AM and BNPP Group policies and procedures so as to mitigate risks.
  • Work closely with the local Head of Compliance to establish an appropriate compliance culture within the business 
  • Stay up to date with regulatory and legal changes in the investment management industry and understand how the changes will affect the organization. Assist in the execution of an action plan that will ensure that the organization complies with regulations and laws.
  • To work with local Head of Compliance to ensure all BNPP AM and BNPP Group compliance and operational control policies are communicated to the business and implemented in the BNPP AM Malaysia Businesses. 
  • Ensure the application of compliance strategies and policies implemented by the group.
  • Assist in the execution of a robust compliance monitoring program locally which is aligned with the BNPP AM compliance standards including ensuring that outsourced activities are monitored satisfactorily and notified to regulators as necessary. 
  • Contributing to the CRMS exercise, including the control plan testing, independent testing and any other control testing rolled out by the BNPP AM Group 
  • Support to the completion of the RCSA exercise and ARMOR controls as necessary
  • Compile the necessary information required for regulatory reporting, board & local committee reporting and group reporting
  • Monitoring investment compliance activities to ensure they comply with the necessary guidelines/restrictions as well as internal policies.
  • As the position ensuring the 2nd level of control as defined in the financial security framework and Financial Security Generic Control Plan;
    • To provide a staff training and advisory service to the business on financial security topics (KYC, AML, Sanctions screening)
    • To provide a compliance opinion/risk assessment on KYC files and PEP/Sanctions alerts requiring an intervention. 
    • To perform a second level control per the FS Control plan, to assess and report on the adequacy of the local Financial Security framework
  • Conduct 2nd level controls on the compliance domains in accordance with respective control plans covering Professional Ethics, Protection of Client’s Interest, Market Integrity, Regulatory, etc   
  • To assist in the onboarding of new joiners including collecting the relevant declaration forms and conducting the new joiner training
  • To support Head of Compliance for compliance matters of BNPP AM Najmah Malaysia including shariah compliance monitoring and submission of tax certifications to the regulators 
  • To support Head of Compliance on any other ad hoc projects or transversal coverage as necessary

KEY INTERNAL / EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

  • Internal: Global, Regional, & Local Heads for Compliance, Local CEO, Legal team, Investment Risk team, Operational Risk & Control, Operations / Middle- Offices, Service Providers, Internal Auditors
  • External: Local regulatory bodies, External Auditors, Industry Associations

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

  • University graduate in law, accounting or other relevant disciplines. Auditing and regulatory experiences desirable, but not essential.
  • Minimum of 5 years of compliance experience in the local market, preferably with an international asset management company.
  • Good knowledge of guidelines & regulations affecting the fund management industry
  • Team player with good communication skills

What is this position about?

The Investment Compliance Analyst role sits within the P&C Client Delivery team. The primary function of the role requires the performing of day to day monitoring of rules within client IMA’s, assisting in the day to day investment process. 

The Investment Compliance Analyst interacts directly with clients and/or investment managers regarding all aspects of investment guideline monitoring to ensure a quality service delivery experience by responding to client queries, resolving issues and participating in client service meetings and reviews.  

In addition to IMA monitoring, the Investment Compliance Analyst will assist clients with related monitoring activities such as Substantial Shareholder, Exposure and derivatives monitoring. 

Primary Role Responsibilities

  • Participate in and support the delivery of investment compliance monitoring services to BNP Paribas Australian clients. 
  • Act as a contact point in the event of client and/or investment manager queries and requests.
  • Ensure prompt action taken to address requests and or issues. 
  • Meet with clients as required to ensure the service delivery is of a high standard, maintaining a strong focus on timeliness and accuracy as measured by service KPIs and client feedback. 

Projects & Change 

  • Assist with changes and change control aimed at developing, extending, or improving the existing service received by the client.
  • Assist with new activity set up and onboarding activities.
  • Assist with business requirements documents, UAT & implementation plans, support and maintain project governance documentation.
  • Assist in the optimisation of operational processes.

What is required for you to succeed?

Technical skills and experience

  • At least 2-3 years of experience in Investment Compliance or a related discipline. 
  • Be able to interpret investment mandate agreements into investment rules and set up these corresponding rules within the BNP Paribas compliance system.
  • Investigate breaches of mandate restrictions, identify critical factors and communicate this with both investment manager and client. 
  • Resolve production issues, client queries and ad-hoc reporting requests, via communication with Investment Managers, clients and internally with BP2S teams including offshore teams, Relationship Management, IT, Fund Accounting and Unit Pricing. Be able to identify and escalate the more complex queries and issues to senior team members in a timely manner as needed. Recommend and implement corrective action where appropriate.
  • Perform data maintenance and submit requests to ensure complete reporting, such as adding rules, portfolios, benchmarks, and custom reporting as needed. 
  • Build and apply technical capability through on-the-job training and independent research, staying up to date with industry best practice and regulation.
  • Ensure appropriate procedures, risk and control guidelines are maintained and adhered to, and identify, update and maintain gaps in controls and procedures.
  • Identify and work with senior team members to implement improvements to services and processes, in terms of efficiencies and risk minimisation.
  • Ensure Compliance of all processes with internal policies and procedures.
  • Understanding of financial markets, including all instrument types and derivatives, plus the practical application in relation to portfolio effective exposure, leverage, duration and credit ratings
  • Strong Microsoft excel skills.

System / application skills

  • Use MS Excel, Powerpoint, Word at an intermediate level in fulfilling role.

Project/Business Analyst skills

  • Apply a strong deadline orientated approach to project delivery
  • Exhibit sound written and verbal communication skills.
  • Exercise good judgment in commitments made in response to client needs whilst balancing with the commercial and operational needs of the bank.

Qualifications

  • Tertiary qualifications preferred, but strong industry experience will be considered. 

Competencies

  • Attention to detail – ensure accuracy and quality in work.
  • Accountability – takes personal responsibility, delivers against personal and team goals.
  • Flexibility – positive and flexible approach to identify preferred solutions to issues and problems.
  • Results focused – understand the strategic objectives of the business as well as the team; work to ensure their achievement with a quality focus.
  • Client focus – delivers consistently a high standard of client service, aiming to achieve all client deliverables within KPI, and operating in line with the departmental code of conduct.
  • Teamwork – work cohesively with a team of senior professionals to define and deliver against strategy, demonstrates sound intuition and political awareness.
  • Communication – effective verbal and written communication & effective interpersonal ability.
  • Maturity & Judgment – Demonstrates the ability to deal effectively with complex issues, learns from experience, assesses issues using relevant information and applying intuition.  Makes informed and considered decisions.
  • Time Management – Prioritise tasks and manage workflow effectively.

Desired knowledge, skill, experience

  • Desirable but not essential: Bloomberg, Hi-portfolio.

About BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas is a top-tier European and international banking establishment, with an uninterrupted presence in the APAC region since 1860 and in Australia since 1881. Combining global expertise and local know-how, BNP Paribas in Australia and New Zealand delivers solutions to our clients through Corporate and Institutional Banking and Asset Management – a bridge between corporate and institutional clients.

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.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us at bnpp.hrss.recruitment.operations@asia.bnpparibas.com or +61 2 9216 8633 (and ask for the Talent Acquisition Manager in the HR Team).

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

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Award Obtained

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

Position Purpose

BNP Paribas WM uses NETREVEAL Transaction monitoring AML (Vendor; Symphony AI) application for its financial security-monitoring framework. Wealth Management entity is finalizing technical upgrade of Netreveal application from V7.4 to V8.4 vendor release and convergence of business process and IT applications across all countries by building a new multi-entity and multi-currency convergence platform. 

Within the Wealth Management IT Hub Compliance Division, the Senior Business Analyst (SBA) will lead the business analysis activities related to his/her area of expertise, covering the scope of Wealth Management – IT Compliance Anti Money Laundering  activity in Europe and in Asia. The Senior Business Analyst (SBA) will be the IT Stream Lead representing the Compliance division in the WITT (Wealth Management IT Transformation) Program, a strategic global program that replaces the core banking system to Temenos and to adapt data integration flows with new microservices from various upstream systems. 

This is a very important position, as the candidate will be the key contact for Compliance Financial Security topics related to Anti Money Laundering.

Responsibilities

Business Analyst

•    Organize and run dedicated meetings or committees.

•    Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal third parties to analyse information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artefacts as needed: Functional requirements (GFS), Business Requirements Document, Use Cases, Screen and Interface designs, Business process design, minutes, review and validation with Sponsors, Presentation etc.

•    To perform preliminary studies , analysis (including leading stakeholders workshops), effort estimations.

•    Analyse gaps in functionality and processes between European and Asian sites and propose solutions to converge and align them into a common design.

•    Analyse and structure new requirements with all stakeholders involved in order to propose to the organization the best way to deliver appropriate solutions and integrate them in the overall program.

•    Have relevant experience in defining and implementation of business rules, scenarios and supporting business parameters. Experience in AML rules will be an added advantage. 

•    Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and compliance requirements.

•    Collaborate with the team’s experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs.

•    Be the liaison between the business units, and technology teams.

•    Participate to the full development lifecycle including design, estimation, planning, development support, test support, release, implementation & guarantee support.

•    Coordinate, supervise and contribute to Users Acceptance Tests (UAT) related to new implementations

•    Lead, with the support of technical teams, the definition of the solution and the implementation roadmap.

•    Lead vendor discussions & solution for convergence and new version upgrade topics.

Project Management & Governance

•    Good steering committee presentation skills; capacity to interact with C-Level.

•    Coordinate the implementation from a project management perspective and ensure the WMIS Project governance applied at each step.

•    Highlight any potential concerns / risks and proactively shares best risk management practices

•    Manage all the decision making and analysis process allowing designing, validating the solution, and getting the necessary approvals in terms of architecture, IT risk and IT Security.

•    Manage escalations during day-to-day business from stakeholders and propose amicable solutions.

•    Ensure that every new solution implemented respects WMIS standards and allows for mutualisation / reuse as much as possible between sites.

•    Coordinate with all teams, from same division or other divisions, working on the same project

•    Passionate and ensure project is completed on time, on budget, with quality and meet the requirements as per the specifications

•    Support on project management activities such as cost estimation, planning elaboration governance, including follow-up etc.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

•    Self-starter with positive mind set to work in any challenging situations.

•    Focused approach on objectives and can-do-attitude

•    Strong proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio

•    Proficiency in SQL and Oracle DB tools for data analysis.

•    Possess ability to manage various interested parties such as stakeholder, subject matter expert, third party vendor, contractor and business user.

•    Capacity to negotiate 

•    Familiar with project management tools as well as issue and release management, production and support (JIRA, Service Now, PPM tools, etc)

•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, managers, subject matter experts and technical teams.

•    Experience in analyzing data, data sources and capability to translate the data analysis into business requirements.

•    Experience in coordination of project with multiple IT assets, multiple owners and multiple sites

•    Experiences with Agile & Waterfall methodologies

•    High level knowledge on API and cloud topics will be added advantage

Specific Qualifications (if required)

▪    Functional experience in Compliance Financial Security topics

▪    Strong knowledge of NetReveal and or other AML monitoring tools

▪    Knowledge on NetReveal- Optimization AML module would be added advantage

▪    Knowledge on designing detection models and reporting

▪    Knowledge on Scenario Manager would be added advantage

▪    Knowledge on Command & Control reporting module

▪    Knowledge on Alert & Case manager

▪    Knowledge of Netreveal 8.4 would be added advantage

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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Award Obtained

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

What is this position about?

To manage and support the Business Continuity Management activities for Singapore and South-east Asia sites

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

– To work with businesses on their continuity requirements, assist with the Crisis Management Team on any emergencies. The job requires lot of communication with both front and back office staffs, understand their needs and explain the Group and Regulatory requirements clearly to them at the same time.

Primary Role Responsibilities

To be the manager of the BCM team within Organization and Control.

– To implement the Group BCM program for Singapore and SEA following both the BNPP Group and Regulatory BCM policies and guidelines

– To enforce the BC governance through the BC Steering Committee of Singapore Territory

– To assist the Crisis Management Committee in the crisis management process

– To provide advisory services on BCM methodology, implementation, testing and governance to SEA sites

– To assist in supervising the compliance of BCM requirements for the SEA sites

– To act as a point of contact for rollout of BCM tools and methodologies in SEA territory

– To ensure the business recovery solutions are implemented and tested periodically


Other contributions

– To participate in the evaluation, testing and implementation of BCM documentation and crisis management tools

– To contribute to the Permanent Control framework

What is required for you to succeed?

– Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

– Ability to synthetize / simplify

– Ability to deliver / Results driven

– Ability to understand, explain and support change

– Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Required education/certification/licenses

– Bachelor Degree or equivalent

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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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

What is this position about?

As part of IT and Operations APAC (ITO), Client Engagement and Protection (ITO CEP) is focusing on:

1.    Client centricity through the KYC onboarding and recertification of CIB clients (corporates and financial institutions) and the management of referential processes (client accounts etc). 

2.    A robust Control framework to protect the Bank and its clients, through due diligence controls and the clearing of AML alerts for CIB APAC clients across business lines: Cash Management, Global Markets, Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking.

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

This position manages all first level of alert management for APAC territories. The analyst provides analysis on alerts generated in Financial Security systems and to determine the classification of the alerts. This is a regional role based in Singapore.

Primary Role Responsibilities

In this role, you will

•    Conducts first level review of automated alerts arising from the regular screening generated within the SUN screening tool for any hits on Sanctions or Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) and perform alert closure in the tool with accordance to Group policy and procedure/SOP. 

•    Assess the validity of potential hits in accordance with prevailing Screening policy and guidelines and/or perform escalation to various business functions where necessary as set out in SOP. 

•    Ensure strict adherence to deadlines as stipulated in Group policy and provide timeline updates or perform escalation to all relevant stakeholders involved. 

•    Identify, analyse and provide solutions to potential production, policy and system issues

What is required for you to succeed?

Behavioural and Technical Competencies

•    Strong knowledge in Sanctions, AML/CFT and KYC with high sensitivity to legal, compliance and operational risks. 

•    Able to investigate and assess pieces of information thoroughly, finding linkages from different sources of information. 

•    Ability to handle large volume of data and perform effective analysis. 

•    Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. 

•    Must be able to work as a team and independently for timely completion of assignments. 

Other qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 

•    3-5 years’ analyst’s experience in KYC/Sanction/PEP or AML / CTF in an International Bank or a Big Four preferably in APAC

•    AML certification from an accredited institution (e.g. ICA or ACAMS) 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/

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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

What is this position about?

As a Solution Architect, you will join a team which helps project teams define their Solution Architecture. In addition, you will review the proposed designs with Enterprise Architects as well as Engineering/Production teams and Security teams to ensure that solutions proposed are aligned and compliant with BNPP policies and BNPP Cloud offering.

You will be assigned to a fixed set of IT Divisions/Departments (2 or 3) for which you will manage the solutioning for Cloud migration and BAU evolutions of the applications under their management. In addition, you may be assigned to specific transversal projects for which you will do the solutioning end-to-end.

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

Primary Role Responsibilities

•    Maintain the Division/Department architecture reference documentation all along the changes brought by projects:

o    IT system diagrams (Division level, or per sub-block)

o    Application referential (with the help of Application Owners)

o    Division level principles and related non-conformities and remediation plans

o    Obsolescence KPIs

•    Lead the solution architecture on the projects he/she is assigned to:

o    Supporting the Project Manager/Business Analysts during solution ideation, design, and implementation 

o    Collaborating with application teams and Business Analysts/Tech leads of impacted applications to design the solution

o    Ensuring the alignment of projects with our architecture principles and IT standards

o    Ensuring the solution is optimized for running on our IBM Private Cloud

•    Support project managers and tech leads along the architecture validation process by:

o    Leading the build of a consistent architecture documentation 

o    Presenting his projects in architecture validation committee

o    Being the reference point on a set of applications for support/evolution activities

o    Supporting the architecture process till the go-live

o    Bringing Cloud and architecture awareness to application teams

•    Being the reference architect on a set of applications for support/evolution activities (having low architecture impacts), before and after they are migrated into the Cloud platform.

•    Collaborate with following roles:

o    Project managers/Business analyst of major transversal projects he/she is assigned to

o    Tech leads/Developers, to understand the architecture of the applications/screens and analyze potential issues

o    Application owner, to update the referential information on applications

o    Engineering and Production team, to check the availability/compatibility with infrastructure/Cloud services

o    Enterprise Architects, to facilitate the review and validation process.

•    Ensure the reference documentation is updated all along the changes brought by projects:

o    Application referential 

o    IT architecture diagrams and documents

o    Application non-conformities and remediation plans

o    Architecture principles, checklist, guidelines

Contributing Responsibilities

•    Provide and share specific expertise on our Cloud capabilities and in selected technical areas

o    Participate to studies and proof-of-concepts with the business before a project is launched

What is required for you to succeed?

Specific Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

•    3+ years of experience architecting or developing solutions in a Cloud environment

•    5+ years of experience in IT either as an Enterprise Architect or Solution Architect

•    Architecture certification (TOGAF) or Cloud Architect certification (AWS, IBM Cloud)

•    Cloud Architect certification (AWS, Azure, Google)

•    Architecture certification (TOGAF)

•    Experience in Data Analytics and AI tools (Apache Spark & Airflow, Nifi, Dataiku, Microsoft Power BI, Starburst, Tableau, LLM, RAG)

•    Experience on designing and developing Cloud-native solutions

•    Experience on Cloud migration, integration patterns, high availability patterns, etc. (e.g. REST APIs, Container platforms, Event-driven architecture, etc)

•    Broad technical knowledge and experience across application, development frameworks and technologies

•    Experience with Java/Spring/Angular, Oracle/PostgreSQL DB, Linux, API, Kafka etc. 

•    Functional/Business knowledge (of his current/past companies), ideally on core banking or portfolio management systems. Interest in Financial & Banking industry

•    Experience working on a project or in an architecture team covering a large ecosystem of applications (30+)

•    Experience in modeling activities (application maps, software design models, data modeling, infrastructure diagrams, etc.)

•    Strong analysis skills with problem solving attitude

•    Ability to communicate effectively in written documents and oral presentations, explaining concepts clearly to audiences at various levels of technical knowledge

•    Effective leadership, planning and organization skills

Plus

•    Experience of Enterprise Architecture discipline, processes, concepts, and best practices

•    Experience in Wealth Management, or Financial and Banking Industry

•    Knowledge of a Wealth Management Core Banking System such as Temenos Transact, ERI Olympic or Avaloq

•    SCRUM/Agile experience

•    Experience running Request for Proposal and assessing solutions

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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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

What is this position about?

 The Operational Risk Officer is responsible to ensure current and emerging risks are proactively identified and managed through internal control mechanisms and procedures within BNPP SG Territory and Client Engagement and Protection perimeters to ensure compliance with BNPP Group standards and regulatory requirements. This includes local adaptation and execution of OPC methodologies, control plans, incidents investigations, procedures management and reporting to key stakeholders and Committee members.

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

 A typical day involves preparing and reviewing operational risk reports, coordinating with stakeholders across SEA, and supporting the OPC Head with emerging risk analysis. I also contribute to control testing reviews, incident analysis, and help ensure timely escalation and reporting of operational risk issues.

 Primary Role Responsibilities

  • Execute the OPC control plan and report results in BNPP system. Ensure organized and clear archiving of all evidence for controls’ performances and results.
  • Ensure that control results are reviewed and analysed by the Entity Management and when relevant, operational teams / relevant stakeholders and the remediation action define plans when needed.
  • In line with SEA and APAC Governance for operational risk management, provide a synthetic and clear vision of OPC controls results, as well as on related remediation actions and implementation status to Committee members.
  • Analyse incidents in timely manner and define, jointly with relevant stakeholders, the corrective measures to mitigate risks and follow up on the implementation of remediation actions.
  • Escalate to relevant level of management on operational risk incidents and/or recurring weaknesses.
  • Perform regular risk identification and assessment of transversal controls in liaison with independent control functions when needed, ensuring validation by the relevant management level and consistency with defined risk tolerance.
  • Identify and propose modifications to Operating Entities’ procedure accordingly to the outcome of the risk assessment and other risk events.
  • Define and regularly update the control plan according to the outcome of the risk assessment, regulations and other risk events.
  • Maintain and report to the management regularly on procedure update status.
  • Provide guidance to other SEA OPC teams and provide training when required.
  • Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication.
  • Other contributions
  • Participate in governance committee meetings and be informed of emerging risks.
  • Contribute to information requests from relevant parties.

What is required for you to succeed?

  • Good analytical skills and control mindset
  • Ability to integrate various information and synthesize
  • Good communication and presentation skills, with ability to interact with operations staff and Senior Management
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Coordination and multi-tasking skill
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) for statistical analysis and report production

Required education/certification/licenses

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Internal Control, Operational Risk in banking environment or Internal or External Audit function. Ideally with Experience on Financial Security matters (KYC, AML).

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

Position Purpose

Monitoring and review of entity l business performance – highlight issues that may impact the results of the entity

To liaise with regulators, external auditors and BNP teams (in and outside of Malaysia). Ensure a smooth working relationship with all parties.

To establish a close working relationship with functional reporting teams in the Region – HK and Singapore

Key Responsibilities

All Reports are prepared in an accurate manner and submitted on a timely basis Ensure compliance in the following areas:

(a) external reports (regulatory) prepared are in line with respective regulatory body guidelines.

(b) Ensure the reliability and accuracy of the financial data for local GAAP and group (iFRS) needs

(c) Work flow process and finance related activities are as per internal policies and procedures established by the Group or Core Business Functional Departments

Periodic review of workflow process with a view to improve the turnaround time and productivity

Ensure the control standards (applicable to Finance department) as prescribed by the Group are being applied consistently

Cost management – for Finance department

Periodic review of all TPs and SLA agreements. SOPs are to be updated periodically. Timely invoicing to Labuan, Capital  and BNPP Najmah for the provision of services

Provide the requisite finance function logistics support for any new business start ups Issue resolution – all finance related matters (eg. Audit, tax, regulatory etc)

Projects – participate in all Finance related projects.

Technical and Behavioral Competencies required

– Good communication skill

– Good Microsoft Excel skill

– Teamwork

– Proactive

Experience and Qualifications required

– Degree in Accounting & at least 5 years of working experience in the banking industry

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

Position Purpose

  • To perform the corporate secretarial function, in compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory
  • requirements.
  • Perform the role as a Company Secretary for BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad (the “Bank”) and BNP
  • Paribas Capital (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (the “Company”).
  •  Perform the role as secretariat to Asset and Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”) meetings.
  • To be a liaison with the agent on filing of statutory filings on BNP Paribas Labuan branch.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for all aspects of corporate secretarial duties and ensure statutory and regulatory compliance, including lodgment of statutory prescribed forms to the Companies Commission of Malaysia and submission requirements stated in the Bank Negara Malaysia policy document on Corporate Governance.
  • Maintenance of all statutory and secretarial records of the Bank and Company.

Bank

Attendance at Board and Board Committees’ meetings and provides relevant support to the Board

including securing of meeting dates, preparing of meeting agendas, compiling and sending out meeting

papers, documenting follow-up of matters arising from the previous meeting to be tabled at the Board

and Board Committees’ meetings.

Company

Attendance at Board meetings and provides relevant support to the Board including securing of meeting dates, preparing of meeting agendas, compiling and sending out meeting papers, documenting follow-up of matters arising from the previous meeting to be tabled at the Board meetings.

  •  Attendance as a secretariat to ALCO meetings by preparation of minutes, compiling and sending out meeting packs, documenting follow-up of matters arising from the previous meetings.
  • Ensure clear and sharp communication of all required topics to be tabled at the Board and Board Committees with a well synchronised and fluid flow of information between the Board and its Committees.
  • Play an active role in implementing ongoing enhancements to the functioning of the Board and its Committees.
  •  Any other special tasks reasonably assigned by the Board or CEO.
  • Maintain confidentiality of all Board related matters.

Competencies (Technical / Behavioural)

• Strong business writing skills.

• Ability to critically analyze issues and capture core ideas in a concise manner.

• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate well with all levels and maintain clear lines of communication with all stakeholders.

• Flexible and dynamic with the ability to think creatively to achieve objectives in an effective and efficient

manner.

• Proactive, independent and meticulous individual.

• Adherence to the BNP Paribas Code of Conduct.

Specific Qualifications Required

Pursuant to Section 235 of the Companies Act 2016:

(1) A company shall have at least one secretary who shall be:

(a) a natural person;

(b) eighteen years of age and above; and

(c) a citizen or permanent resident of Malaysia.

who shall ordinarily reside in Malaysia by having a principal place of residence in Malaysia.

(2) A secretary shall be:

(a) a member of a body as set out in the Fourth Schedule; or

(b) a person licensed by the Commission under section 20G of the Companies Commission of Malaysia Act 2001

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 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZatNskr5aI)

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCz5aEdkDiM)

Award Obtained

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

Position Purpose

To provide support for Market Data systems regionally in Asia Pacific, including day to day monitoring and issue resolution, capacity and monitoring, and management of ad-hoc tasks and projects assigned by project management and Infrastructure management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Specific duties/accountability include but are not limited to:
  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd level support calls for market data systems (RMDS/TREP platform, Bloomberg, Infocast, Workspace, …) installed in Asia Pacific
  • Reporting outages to management and internal customers promptly and accurately.
  • Delivery of Mandatory Exchange & Vendor upgrades & tests as assigned, Liaison with vendors for any technical Market Data topic
  • Capacity, Resiliency & Monitoring of Location & Regional Infrastructure.
  • Incidents, Problems and Changes management.
  • Escalating complex issues to Market Data lead where delay will impact business/reputation.
  • Proactively updating documentation and procedures to resolve inefficiencies in the operating environment
  • Identification and resolution of system monitoring gaps (Zabbix)
  • Test, Validation and Deployment of Market Data products/infrastructure in Asia Pacific
  • Prompt remediation of all breaks
  • Maintaining non-trading day/holiday calendars.
  • Distribution of Vendor Exchange Notifications.
  • Morning Health checks
  • Representing the team on P1 Bridges & Troubleshooting calls.
  • Vendors Incident Tracking
  • Ensuring technical standards are met, within the Market Data infrastructure and its client applications.
  • Ensuring proper risk management and remediation procedures are in place
  • Designing solutions to meet the business requirements
  • Managing projects assigned

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Essential Technical Knowledge/Skills:

  • LSEG  Product Suite 
    1. TREP/RTDS   Infrastructure components (advanced)
    2. Contributions (advanced)
    3. Workspace and Messenger (intermediate)
    4. API, RFA (basic)
    5. Entitlements (DACS) (intermediate)
  • Bloomberg (Basic) 
    1. Contributions (intermediate)
    2. Data Distributions (intermediate)
    3. APIs (basic)
    4. B-PIPE (intermediate)
  • Other Products (Basic) 
  • Zabbix (intermediate)
  • RHEL 8.x administration and scripting skills (intermediate)
  • Network skills (intermediate)
  • General awareness of industry trends/offerings 

Essential non-Technical Knowledge/Skills:

  • Excellent documentation skills
  • Sense of responsibility and of quality of service
  • Autonomy, organization
  • Financial knowledge of Forex, Fixed Income and Equity markets
  • Exposition to multi-cultural environment (SG, HK, JP, FR, UK, IN)
  • Mature and independent with good communication skills
  • Analytical, detail-oriented and self-motivated
  • Risk and security aware
  • Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
  • Team player

Specific Qualifications Required

  • At least 5 years’ experience in a complex IT infrastructure environment 
  • At least 5 years’ experience with market data and/or Dealing Room environment
  • Experience in an investment banking-focus business
  • Experience in at least 2 technologies and 2 environments listed above.
  • Experience in a multicultural environment, split over multiple locations
  • Experience in managing projects
  • ITIL trained

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