Project Manager

What is this position about?

The Project Management team within Banking Services Operations (BSO) is responsible for managing the significant change agenda impacting the custody world, including market driven change, regulatory change, client change requests, internal platform upgrades/migrations and internal process/control enhancements. 

The team works closely with onshore and offshore operational teams, account management teams, client service management teams, Product and local/global IT teams as well as clients, market participants and regulatory bodies (eg ASX, AusPayNet, AUSTRAC, ACSA etc).

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate accountability, attention to detail and strong problem solving capability. They must comfortable managing priorities to ensure to ensure successful delivery and handover to BAU.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee full project life cycles from initiation to deployment 
• Develop project scope and objectives, engaging all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation (eg PIDs, BRDs, RAID logs, project plans etc)
• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for project coordination across internal and external stakeholders
• Organise and support UAT, including engaging local/global IT teams as required
• Drive internal project governance meetings and supporting documentation, ensuring comprehensive yet concise updates to management and stakeholders
• Identification of risks and issues as well as appropriate mitigation plans, including timely escalation to management
• Review relevant documentation from global projects to identify local impacts
•  Work collaboratively with onshore and offshore SMEs to identify and implement process enhancements
• Ensure changes and improvements are seamlessly integrated into BAU
• Establish and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders 
• Establish and maintain relationships with external parties, representing BNP Paribas in relevant industry working groups
• Represent BNP Paribas Australia branch in internal global working groups

What is required for you to succeed?

• 5 years+ experience within the custody industry, including solid knowledge of operations within domestic and global custody and related operational risk and compliance requirements
• Practical project management experience and an ability to demonstrate strong communication, governance and stakeholder management
• Awareness of the local regulatory environment
• Strong working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and all Microsoft Office tools, preferably including Project and Visio
• Desired knowledge, skill, experience
• Technical knowledge of custody cash payments, including SWIFT message types and ISO20022, HCVS
• PRINCE II or Agile professional qualifications highly desirable

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/

More information 

BNP Paribas – Diversity & Inclusion Journey 

BNP Paribas – The Bank Of Green Changes 

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