Assistant Vice President - GFS Norms Officer

Business Overview:

The Management of the BNP Paribas has committed to ensure compliance with AML/Embargo & Sanctions rules within the entire Group. In this context, Group Compliance has decided to have a strong and permanent set-up within the US:
Group Financial Security US ("GFS US").

* Established in 2014 and based in New York, GFS US is a Group Compliance Domain tasked with developing and implementing an industry-leading Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") Compliance Program.

* GFS US is responsible for the overall supervision and coordination of BNP Paribas' effort to comply with U.S. and other international sanctions and embargoes. In performing this function, GFS US works with other relevant functions responsible for risk assessments and controls, sanctions filtering and screening systems, and sanctions' violation monitoring and reporting.

* GFS US is the main point of contact for the Group with U.S. Regulators regarding Sanctions Compliance. The Bank's OFAC Compliance Program was the basis for the creation of the department, the organization of its teams, and their roles and responsibilities.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

* Results and Impact

* Able to influence peers and team.

* Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.

* Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.

* Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.

* Leadership and

Collaboration:

* Creates trust with colleagues.

* Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.

* Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:

* Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.

* Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.

* Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.

* Compliance Culture and Conduct:

* Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.

* Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

GFS US Norms Team Mandates:

* Assist and support Compliance Perimeters in their responsibility for complying with all relevant Laws, Rules, Regulations and Group policies related to Sanctions.

* Assist and support the Group Financial Security U.S. Department.

* More specifically, The Norms team is responsible for:

* Producing, reviewing and maintaining norms, procedures and guidelines relating to international financial sanctions for implementation across BNPP entities.

* Advising on the implementation of GFS Sanctions norms and processes based on inquiries from stakeholders (Compliance, Business, IG etc.).

* Reviewing and taking decisions on Derogations requests against Group Sanctions norms, in coordination with multiple stakeholders, including the Legal team.

* Playing a key role in group projects related to the normative framework rationalization.

* Contributing to the continuous enhancements of the GFS operating model for the review of sanctions derogations and the monitoring of the Sanctions Corpus activities.

Position Overview:

The successful candidate for the position of Vice President will report directly to the Deputy Head of GFS US Norms and support the Norms Team by contributing to a smooth and effective functioning of all document creation, editing and implementing. They will review existing Group policies and procedures and be asked to draft new procedures in order to address emerging sanctions process issues.

They will also be tasked with being Group Financial Security's primary liaison with Local Compliance and Business contacts for (i) advisory purposes with regards to the GFS Sanctions Corpus and (ii) all Sanctions Derogations Requests ("SDR") related questions and risk acceptance reviews. Finally, they will assist the Head of GFS US Norms in responding to all policy-application requests received from Inspection Generale, external regulators and other GFS teams.

This position requires up to 5-10% international travel.

Candidate Responsibilities:

* Contribute to the 3 work streams dedicated to the management of the Sanctions Corpus, Sanctions Derogations and Transversal Activities.

* Draft/review sanctions-related policies, procedures and guidelines in collaboration with other GFS teams, Legal Financial Security team and key stakeholders from Business Lines (Compliance and Business), through the management of dedicated Projects.

* Review/ manage sanctions derogations related to GFS norms, policies and procedures (out of scope notifications, sanctions derogations requests) and ensure follow-up of remedial action plans.

* Contribute to the data management and other transversal activities and projects, including ensuring process efficiency, production of metrics/KPIs and monitoring of norms activities, execution and review of quality assurance…