Summer Analyst Internship - Corporate Functions, Group Financial Security

2027 – Summer Analyst Internship – Corporate Functions, Group Financial Security

Location: New York, NY

Business Overview: Group Financial Security U.S. (GFS U.S.) is a Group Compliance function responsible for the overall supervision and coordination of BNP Paribas’ effort to comply with U.S. and other international sanctions and embargoes.

Objectives:

• Responsible for the BNP Paribas Group framework in relation to Compliance with US Sanctions.
• Ensuring a legal watch in relation to US Sanctions in liaison with Legal Affairs.
• Issuing norms, policies and procedures in relation to Sanctions applicable across the BNP Paribas Group.
• Providing advice on situations linked to US Sanctions across the Group.
• Acting as the ultimate level of management of the US Sanctions related transactions, alerts, and reporting.
• Acting as the sponsor of tools used to filter flows against embargo / sanctions lists.
• Risk assessing the Group’s branches & affiliates regarding non-compliance issues through a permanent risk oversight framework.
• Performing on-site controls within BNP Paribas Group to verify that BNP Paribas entities comply with norms and policies issued by GFS‑NY.

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of existing and prospective counter parties and their beneficial owners for U.S. sanctions related risks, document and report findings, and communicate to management.
• Review relevant KYC information, including beneficial owners, products/services offered, industry, jurisdiction, and negative news regarding business relationships under review.
• Assist with strategic and tactical projects focused on sanctions risk mitigation, transaction monitoring, risk assessments, audits, circumvention reporting, and voluntary self-disclosures.
• Partner closely with business and Compliance counterparts to understand sanctions related issues, process accordingly and provide opinions towards resolution.
• Conduct focused or transversal reviews of specified entities across the globe to assess risk monitoring business practices, identify deficiencies and provide recommendations for action plans.
• Review regulatory guidelines to draft and approve sanctions related policies for broad acceptance across all compliance teams.
• Work with Project and Business Intelligence team as well as Paris and local IT teams to identify, design, and implement technological solutions for streamlining processes, identifying operational risks, and reporting findings to management.

Qualifications:

• Graduation year of Winter 2027 – Spring 2028.
• All majors accepted.
• Economics, Political Science, Financial Crime management or Data science coursework a plus.
• Fast learner.
• Results oriented.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Autonomous.

Program Overview: During the internship, you will gain in-depth insight into BNP Paribas and gain valuable practical experience. You will engage in induction training, complete technical projects, collaborate with colleagues, participate in a summer senior speaker series, and network across the bank.

Compensation: The base salary for this position in New York, NY is $75,000.

EEO Statement: BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.