Assistant Vice President

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONAL PERMANENT CONTROL (OPC) (JOB NUMBER: FIN-040522-EML-001)

At BNP Paribas Canada, it is our employees which make the difference... Our 75 nationalities are part of our diversity

Do you like challenges, a structured framework, the prospect of optimizing and innovating? You are known for your originality and want a certain freedom to think while sharing your knowledge and ideas?

**... Come help us contribute to the growth of our Canadian platform**

You will benefit amongst other things from:

- Access to social volunteer and recreational programs, via our many Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Opportunities for career development through active internal mobility and our innovative training program: Canada Academy
- A brand new workspace, flexible, comfortable and easily adaptable to your needs: remote work opportunities, standing desks, innovation lab., open meeting rooms and spaces

**MISSION AND OBJECTIVES**

The Finance Americas COO department ensures that appropriate solutions are put in place for the Finance (accounting) and Tax organization to meet their business objectives. The team acts as the bridge for the Finance and Tax organization to various departments within the BNP Paribas group, mainly the Business, PMO and Technology organizations in New York, New Jersey, California, Montreal, Mumbai, London and Paris.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**

The AVP OPC position has responsibilities for assisting in the implementation of the Finance & Tax operational and permanent controls framework, action plans, and initiatives.
- Support and coordinate with Operation Permanent Control (OPC) correspondents the bi-annual Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA). Manage the maintenance and required updates of the RCSA documentation with respective business control owners and OPC teams.
- Coordinate with OPC correspondents Potential and Historical Incidents for Finance & Tax; along with Transversal controls applicable to the group.
- Alert and escalate to the relevant level of management any operational risk incident and any recurring weakness.
- Coordinate and assist in the preparation of the quarterly operational risk forum meeting. Working across the organization to collect, synthesize, and prepare meeting materials.
- Maintain risk taxonomy in collaboration with Operational Risk Committee (ORC) and transversal risk teams.
- Initiate and follow-up on action plans consistent with Finance & Tax’s risk appetite.
- Contribute with implementing a permanent control framework in compliance with policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Assist in the annual update of the Business Continuity and Business Impact Assessments of the Finance & Tax organization.
- Perform ad-hoc reporting and assessments to senior management.
**TRAINING AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE**
- Preferred 4+ years’ experience in financial services with a background in Operational Risk, Controls and Audit.
- 4 years / Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Finance or Accounting).
- Ability to make presentations to management.
- Knowledge of the underlying operating and business principles within the banking industry.
- Demonstrate understanding of the need for controls and procedures and their role as part of the overall internal controls framework.
- Ability to work effectively in geographically dispersed cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of Project Management skills - Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

**ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS**
- Bilingual : English and French
- Ability to interact with management and staff at all levels
- Work in partnership across teams and functions and able to develop strong relationships
- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to interact professionally with diverse group of individuals from various levels of the organization

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- Spanesh or Portuguese

**About BNP Paribas**

With more than 200,000 employees in 72 countries, the Group serves nearly 32 million individual customers and 850,000 professionals, entrepreneurs, SMEs and large companies. BNP Paribas is a leading bank in the euro zone and a leading international banking player.

Did you know? In 2019, BNP Paribas named World’s Best Bank for Corporate Responsibility 2019

**About BNP Paribas in Canada**

With more than 900 employees, BNP Paribas Canada continues to attract experts from diverse fields as well as ambitious young talent from around the world. We are proud to offer our employees a rewarding and international workplace where they can build their professional careers by honing their skills, meeting challenges and enriching their knowledge of the financial industry.

**A recruitment policy that promotes equality and diversity**:
BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer. BNP Paribas recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origi