Company purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work

• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact

• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business area

Created in 2009, CIB Consulting & Transformation (CIBC&T) is an in-house management consultancy with a strong presence in EMEA (~100 consultants in Paris, Lisbon, and London) and a global reach thanks to an integrated network in APAC & Americas (~100 consultants).

The team works on strategic initiatives defined by CIB Senior Management. It has a strong track-record with 600+ projects accomplished to date. CIBC&T is a competitive alternative to leading, external consulting firms, covering the full consulting value chain: from framing, diagnosis, and delivery of actionable recommendations, to designing effective implementation and enabling change.

The team also houses two key practice areas:

• RegTech practice: leveraging on advanced technologies to address regulatory topics
• Smart-Sourcing Practice: providing advisory and end-to-end project services on nearshoring and offshoring projects

CIBC&T team members are part of a dynamic and international environment with diverse profiles, from banking and consulting backgrounds: 20+ nationalities, 45% women, ~50% ex-external consultants from consultancies.

Our team members have a real impact on the development of CIB, working directly with Senior Management on high stakes initiatives, from Corporate Banking, Global Markets and Securities Services to Human Resources, IT, Operations and more and across a wide range of topics:

• Enhance operational performance
• Enable business development opportunities
• Position digital trends into business lines and functions
• Define and anchor the Bank’s sustainable ambition
• Build cross shoring capabilities
• Meet regulatory challenges with technology
• Structure large transformations and anchor change

Job purpose 

Key responsibilities

Ensure people and team development

• Structure work, supervise, train on-the-job and motivate team members
• Ask for feedback regularly (Manager Coach, peers and project team)
• Contribute to further build a meaningful team of external and internal talents in CIBC&T (sourcing, recruiting, etc.)
• Start to be recognized as a pillar and perceived as a role model by more junior team members
• Listen to others, willingness to understand the point they are making and reflecting back with a constructive approach
• Create the right environment / safe space for team members to develop and succeed

Deliver impactful consulting & CIB knowledge on projects

• Manage the assigned project or module, bringing value and recommendations to match CIB's transformation journey
• Learn how to frame new project requests and formalize the approach, timeline and financials
• Act with courage and transparency to selectively involve CIBC&T management, early-on, to secure quality of deliverables and maximize client impact / satisfaction
• Share actively previous consulting or CIB knowledge to enhance the impact
• Ensure high-quality deliverables, as well as reporting to internal management
• Adapt & rebound when facing changing circumstances, being able to connect the dots and propose solutions
• Formalize methodologies and topics developed during projects to feed related to Content Platforms

Enrich client experience to build long term, trustworthy client relationships

• Start to develop network and intimacy with clients (building upon credibility and reliability)
• Understand client's environment and political stakes, how the business functions and how top management decisions are made
• Support change and use positive influence to ensure client transformation is aligned with CIB strategy
• Ask for feedback regularly to maximize client satisfaction (issues anticipation etc.)
• Promote CIBC&T in front of CIB Managers to enhance our brand equity
• Display active listening in client’s interactions, work in collaborative way while developing legitimacy to challenge clients with humbleness and bring new ideas
• Anticipate the needs of clients and partners, identify potential risks and provide relevant responses and solutions
• Onboard project stakeholders, and secure overall syndication with operational sponsors

Requirements

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.

• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.

• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.

• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.

• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally. 

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.

• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal opportunities 

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

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