Process Operational Permanent Control - London, United Kingdom - BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas
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London, United Kingdom

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BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe.

The Group has key positions in its three main activities:

Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.



BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions.

Business Area/Dept Overview


Local CIB UK Finance Function is responsible for elaborating and processing financial information, and for carrying out a mission of independent control to manage risks related to accounting and financial information for a scope of entities under its remit.


Local Finance is accountable towards entities executive management and the supervisors that the financial, regulatory, management and tax reporting of entities monitored are performed in compliance with the obligations in force in the United Kingdom.


Local Finance manage relations with entities statutory auditors, have the duty to alert about any problem, especially with regard to any major accounting or financial resources reporting failure, identified by the team, the auditors or the supervisor.

The team ensure the implementation of recommendations concerning Finance, made by Inspection Générale, the statutory auditors and the supervisors.

Local Finance share with Finance and Strategy all information needed to manage and understand the entities accounting and financial information and to the Group's financial steering.


Global mission are articulated as follow:

  • Measure Control Explain (MCE) dedicated to the deliveries on any head office or local reporting requirement on actuals for all financial reporting streams (financial statements, regulatory reporting, management reporting, capital and liquidity reporting, corporate tax reporting).
  • Monitor and Foster Performance (MFP) dedicated to the strategic business steering review and advisory role, leveraging on the actuals provided by the MCE stream. It is also in charge of building the forward looking financial reports (forecast, budget, threeyear plan, stress tests) in close interaction with the Business Line heads.
  • Implement a permanent operational control framework covering the Finance activities (Certification process, compliance with internal principles, securing reporting processes).
  • Monitor the respect of UK prudential policy and affairs with national authorities requirements and ensure the overall coordination with national authorities in the area of banking supervisory issues
  • Prepare Direct and indirect tax returns, manage CIB UK entities tax risk and manage the relationship with local tax authorities contribution to preserve the Group's reputation
  • Adapt the function's organisation in compliance with the F&S transformation strategy, including implementation of the common Group core model reporting and the corresponding standard IT solutions. Contribute to the implementation of the Finance target operating model implementation, the definition of the functional architecture and the design of Finance systems and proceed to their local deployment.

Job Purpose
The role reports to the Head of POPC.

You will contribute towards the monitor and reporting to management on the non finance risks arising from UK Finance operational processes.

POPC in some aspects is new and you will be required to support the establishment of the work to meet the defined scope.

The work of POPC will require your engagement with identified teams, to source data and provide the necessary analysis and reporting.

Where your work identifies gaps and failure of processes you will, as directed, work with the relevant stakeholder to agree action plans and to follow these and report on progress.

Your work will require your interaction across all UK finance functions.


Core accountabilities of role
Member of the POPC team, working to agreed objectives


The scope of your role as determined by the POPC manager may extend to the below, which are the responsibilities of POPC as defined in the OPC R&R charter.


  • Identification and self assessment of Operational risk and controls (RCSA)
2 Quantification of Potential Operational risk incidents and follow-up of action plans

3 Organisation and procedures. Follow the implementation of Group Policies by UK Finance

4.1 Controls. Coordinate the implementation of operational controls, analysis of control results and formalization of analyses

4.2 Control monitoring tools and management of control libraries. Ensure BEACON is updated on time

5 Identification of incidents. Input into RISK tools, contribution to action plans

6 Training and communications. Monito
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