ESG Project Manager (Native French) BNP Paribas

GROUP BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas Group is the top bank in the European Union and a major international banking establishment. It has close to 185,000 employees in 65 countries. In Spain we are more than 5,100 employees within 13 business lines.

Risk HUB

RISK is an integrated and independent control function of the BNP Paribas Group. It is the second line of defense on the risk management activities of the Group which are under its direct responsibilities, including credit and counterparty risk, market risk, funding and liquidity risk, interest rate and foreign exchange risks in the banking book, insurance risk, operational risk, and environmental and social risks.

RISK aims at being a partner of the businesses by contributing to their sustainable development, but also a gatekeeper to ensure risks taken remain compatible with the Group’s Risk Appetite and its strategy. 

RISK Iberian Hub Madrid is a transversal platform servicing the RISK Function by covering added-value activities around credit risk, market risk, operational risk and data protection. Offering a wide range of services to RISK teams, from consulting to cyber security going through data analysis, modelling or artificial intelligence.

ABOUT THE JOB

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks drivers are a major challenge for BNP Paribas, which has launched an ambitious plan to integrate them within the Group risk management framework. Sustainability is one of the three pillars of the BNP Paribas 2025 Strategic plan, fed itself by the RISK 2025 strategic plan embedding a program to fully integrate ESG into the risk management framework. –You will support to this program by operating as a project manager in the RISK CPBS (Commercial, Personal Banking & Services) cross-functional coordination team for ESG topics between the RISK teams within CPBS entities and the Group. As such, you will contribute to the implementation of the team’s ESG action plan split into 3 main missions: (i) operational integration of ESG topics into the risk management framework of CPBS entities, (ii) awareness and organization of training sessions on the ESG theme for the RISK CPBS staff, (iii) contribution on ESG topics during the various supervisory assignments.

MISSION

You will contribute to the implementation of the team’s ESG action plan split into 3 main missions: (i) operational integration of ESG topics into the risk management framework of CPBS entities, (ii) awareness and organization of training sessions on the ESG theme for the RISK CPBS staff, (iii) contribution on ESG topics during the various supervisory assignments.

Your role as a project manager will mainly be focused on the operational insertion of ESG into the risk management framework, notably by ensuring the proper implementation of the ESG assessment within the CPBS perimeter.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience

Required experience: At least 5 years
Field of activity: Credit, Risk Management, Environment Social Governance (ESG)

• Languages

English (Advanced)
French  (Advanced)

SKILLS

Business skills:
–         Risk knowledge and risk awareness (Mastered)
–         Sustainable development and CSR (Beginner)

Transversal skills:
–         Ability to establish and activate networks (Proficient)
–         Analytical skills (Mastered)
–         Ability to manage a project (Mastered)
–         Ability to lead a meeting, a seminar, a committee, a training course (Mastered
–         Ability to understand, explain and drive change (Mastered)

Behavioral skills:
–         Rigor (Mastered)

• • Adaptability (Mastered)
  • Ability to collaborate / teamwork (Mastered)
  • Ability to synthesize / simplify (Mastered)

    Tools / technologies / methodologies:
    –         PACK MS OFFICE MICROSOFT WORD (Mastered)         
    –         PACK MS OFFICE MICROSOFT EXCEL (Mastered)         
    –         PACK MS OFFICE MICROSOFT ACCESS (Beginner)
    –         CONCEPTION SITE INTERNET  (Beginner)
    –         PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project planning tools (Beginner)
    –         PACK MS OFFICE MICROSOFT POWERPOINT (Mastered)

The ESG Project Manager – RISK CPBS will work for the ESG pillar supported by the ESG coordinator RISK CPBS for the day-to-day activities while reporting to the RISK ESG Madrid team leader and will contribute to the delivery of the above objectives.

BENEFITS

• Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.

• Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).

• Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.

• Flexible compensation plan. 

• Hybrid telecommuting model (50%).

• 31 vacation days.

Diversity and inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas Group in Spain is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.