First Line Operational Risk

Within BNP Paribas Securities Services, the role of the OPC Manager is to ensure the operational risk management framework (ORMF) is properly implemented and adhered to. To achieve this, the OPC Manager works in partnership with the Line 2 Compliance and Operational Risk Management teams to support the Securities Services team in Australia & New Zealand.

The OPC Manager is responsible for supporting Securities Services management to:

- Effectively manage operational risks
- Operate within risk appetite
- Adhere to the ORMF
- Effectively monitor and report ORMF elements
- Effectively monitor and report fraud, third-party, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risk management.

Main Accountabilities of the OPC Manager

Identification and assessment of risks and controls
- Support Securities Services managers in:

- Completing the Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) including risk identification, evaluation, validation, defining action plans and reconciling to risk appetite.
- The identification and assessment of third party risk including adhering to Group guidelines.
- The operational risk assessment of new activities, products and projects.

Verification and controls assurance
- Support Securities Services managers in designing and executing control plans
- Perform risk-based control assurance
- Report and monitor remediation of control testing results

Incident Management
- Capture, analyse and define remediation actions
- Help with incident management reporting
- Actively manage aged incidents

Audit Recommendations
- Help Securities Services managers address audit recommendations
- Actively manage the completion of recommendation action items
- Report and monitor overdue recommendation action items

Governance and reporting
- Actively contribute to non-financial risk committees

Awareness and training
- Promote and ensure awareness of the ORMF
- Provide training on ORMF elements

Anti-Fraud
- Help Securities Services managers identify and assess the risk of internal and external fraud risks
- Help Securities Services adhere to the anti-fraud control framework in compliance with Group guidelines, regulations and the risk environment

ISAE-3402 (and other external reviews)
- Project manage the Securities Services ISAE-3402 controls review twice annually.
- Actively manage and escalate ISAE-3402 deviations, qualifications, exceptions, and recommendations
- Prepare client reporting and presentation on ISAE-3402 results. Specific to certain clients
- Manage, reporting and monitor completion of remediation actions identified by the ISAE-3402 report
- Manage engagement, scoping and billing with external auditors

What is required for you to succeed
- Tertiary-level qualification essential with CA/CPA qualifications preferable
- Expertise in the execution of an ORMF
- Expertise in the execution of a CMF
- Knowledge and experience in financial services. Knowledge of custody and fund administration highly advantageous
- Knowledge and experience in an external/internal audit
- Knowledge and experience in a Line 2 Compliance or Operational Risk teams highly advantageous

Technical and Behavioural Competencies:

- Communication skills (verbal and written)
- Data Analysis
- Root cause analysis/Problem Assessment
- Stakeholder management
- Initiative
- Influencing skills
- Teamwork
- Decision making
- Planning and organising

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

[2] BNP Paribas - Diversity & Inclusion Journey

[3] BNP Paribas - The Bank Of Green Changes

Award Obtained

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