In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 20,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships. 
  
Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 64 markets with more than 178,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.

* excluding partnerships

BNP Paribas offers you an exciting career in an international business environment that is fast-paced, diverse and focuses on creating high-value relationships with our clients. We offer competitive salary and benefits, as well as a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team.

https://careers.apac.bnpparibas/

2026 APAC Long Internship (Jan - Jun)  – Securities Services, CAO Offices – Hong Kong

For:                 Undergraduate students in any disciplines from a recognized university
Duration:         6 months 

Start date:       January 2026
Location:         Hong Kong 

Candidates with more than one application will not be processed – You are encouraged to review the different business lines and working locations before applying.

What you can expect?

Induction
 You will be provided with a comprehensive induction, where you will be immersed in group training and discover more about the BNP Paribas Group.

Training
From day one, you will start your business specific technical and financial training, alongside personal skills development aimed at equipping you with the knowledge you need to get you the best possible start in your career. Working alongside our teams of industry leading specialists, you will gain on-the-job training throughout your 6 months programme taking you along a development path to build your expertise and broaden your base of skills. 

What you will do?
 

As a CAO (Chief Administrative Office) intern, you will provide with business support to the HK-based CAO offices (both Local and Regional) 

More specifically, the role is to provide transversal support to the Chief Administrative Officers in the Securities Services business line in various areas, including but not limited to:

• assist in analytical review on financials
• coordinate internal and external audits
• support the handling of regulatory requests, risk assessment
• prepare payments and other tasks required from Organization & Governance perspective
• produce committee meeting deck and minutes 
• responsible for the assigned tasks within the stipulated timeframe and with good quality.

In particular, a focus will be made on General Corporate Governance & Administration such as:

• Maintaining up-to-date SharePoint sites to ensure information and supporting documents for the responsible matters are accessible and retrievable by business managers.
• Involvement in review and implementation of various transversal procedures (e.g. Letter of Undertaking etc.)
• Providing support to APAC OPC team on the weekly monitoring of Recommendations and Incidents.
• Assist in preparation of APAC Committee decks and meeting minutes.
• Internal IG audits preparation of SharePoint accesses, document collection and call summaries. 
• Consolidating ORUS Control results for reporting “not tested” result before deadlines for operations teams to action. 

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Demonstrate drive to decorticate the complexities through problem solving, critical thinking and connecting the dots 
• Manage stakeholders and demonstrate maturity & agility to adjust to changing dynamics / needs of the engagement 
• Strong analytical, planning, organization, drive and facilitation skills 
• Advanced skills using productivity tools including Project Management, Excel, Word, Powerpoint 
• Hardworking and attention to details.