Senior Project Manager – Finance/Risk

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.

FINANCE AND RISK SOLUTIONS – BOOST IDEA FRONTING

Finance and Risk Solutions the IT framework encompassing Projects & Systems of Finance and RISK Functions, with a strong focus on efficiency, proximity, agility and time-to-market. FRS is a worldwide organizational model that will contribute to tackle major challenges of the Group’s transformation of today and tomorrow, building the best offering to the Finance and Risk Community through a progressive rotation to new technologies and best practices.

FRS – Connect – BOOST IDEA Fronting Team, located in Madrid, Paris, Mumbai and Lisbon, acts as accelerator and facilitator of the relations between FRS Community and Finance/Risk Teams. 

ABOUT THE JOB

MISSION

The main objectives of BOOST Fronting team are:

• Secure the proper uses of FRESH Tools by Finance/Risk
• Facilitate the understanding of end-to-end operational processes
• Capture/detect needs within operational activities
• Build and lead time-to-market action plans combining the use of FRS Target solutions and “Fast” / “Smart” solutions managed by BOOST Centers of Expertise (CoE).
• Provide temporary Agile and IT Stamped solutions
• Encourage the capture of uses cases conducive to innovation

Your mission will be to contribute in a project team dedicated to implement processes improvements as part of the digital transformation of Finance and Risk. Activities spanning from project management, process optimization, finance concepts learning, problem solving, contribution to process reengineering and action plan definition.
The project team is a decisive player in the design of the application road map, ensuring the adequacy between tactical and target architectures.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As part of BOOST Fronting team you are in charge of:

1. Manage the interaction with Business
• Collect/Capture Business needs
• Process reengineering/optimization
• Problem solving
• Business demands backlog management / Prioritization
• Contribute to define automation/digitalization or entities harmonization strategy
• Provide regular reporting of the achievements/improvements planned and implemented to the respective finance management team

2. Manage Projects on its functional perimeter
• Interact internationally with the other BOOST Fronting team members
• Coordinate the resources provided by BOOST CoE and assigned to the project
• Contribute to budget demand and Follow up
• Ensure ITG project Launching

3. Manage the interaction with the FRS Community
• On a regular basis, share the needs collected with potential other FRS teams concerned
• Act as a bridge to connect business teams with the appropriate other FRS teams if, after high-level assessment, the need is to be handled by them

4. Foster knowledge sharing, best practices on FRS suite solutions, promote FRESH Service Offer and positive team spirit

REQUIREMENTS

Training:

•  Business School, Engineer or Master in Information Technology

Experience:

•  +5 years of overall professional experience in portfolio management on finance sector
•  +5 years of overall professional experience in project management on any sector
• Proficiency level of English speaking is mandatory, French very much appreciated
• Finance domain, BNPP business lines and organizational knowledge appreciated
• Experience of working in an international environment would be a plus
• Experience applying agile methodology and mindset
• Good communication, analytical and problem solving skills
• Team player and result oriented
• Experienced in and appreciate working in multicultural environments
• Training skills, Coaching and Change Management
•  Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and capability to work and interact with various people of different expertise.
• Knowledge of financial accounting and management accounting processes, standards, controls and systems.

SKILLS

• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Driving Results
• Portfolio Management & Project Management
• Client-focused
• Culture Transformation Change Management

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