BNP Paribas RCC Inc.

Job Title: Vice President, Regional Coordination & Support

Location: 525 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07310

Duties: Specialized KYC Expertise: As a recognized authority in Know-Your-Customer (KYC) processes, provide high-level review and analysis of complex KYC files, ensuring adherence to stringent bank policies and procedures, with a focus on high-risk customers that demand specialized expertise. Global Policy Implementation and Standardization: Utilize extensive knowledge of global regulations and compliance requirements to implement and streamline policies, procedures, and communications across multiple regions, ensuring a uniform approach to KYC processes and mitigating potential risks. Risk Management and Escalation Resolution: Leverage expertise in risk management to address critical escalations, develop effective courses of actions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve identified risks and blocking points during the KYC process, safeguarding the organization's interests. Comprehensive Client KYC File Analysis and Validation: Employ in-depth knowledge of KYC regulations and banking procedures to oversee the analysis and validation of client KYC files, ensuring completeness, consistency, and adherence to predefined guidelines, thereby protecting the organization from potential reputational and financial risks. Quality Control and KPI Reporting: Provide authoritative insights and recommendations to senior management through KPI reporting, highlighting areas of improvement and control results, and contributing to the development of strategies to enhance quality and operational efficiency. Strategic Stakeholder Liaison and Communication: As a trusted advisor, collaborate with external and internal stakeholders, including Relationship Managers, to provide expert guidance on KYC-related matters, challenge existing processes, and drive business growth through effective communication and relationship-building. Transformational Process Improvement and Project Management: Utilize expertise in project management and process improvement to lead cross-functional teams in streamlining the multisite KYC approval process, ensuring seamless client onboarding, recertification, and off-boarding, and driving business growth through efficient operations.8. Operational Excellence and Change Management: Drive transformative changes by applying expertise in operational excellence, process re-engineering, and change management to minimize error rates, optimize operational workflows, and propose innovative solutions, thereby enhancing the organization's competitiveness and reputation in the region.   *Telecommuting permitted 40%: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from the BNP Paribas RCC Inc. office in Jersey City, NJ.

SALARY: $127,836 - $160,000/ year

Work Schedule: 9am to 5pm, 40 hours a week. (Monday – Friday)

Job Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (US or Foreign Equivalent) in Finance, Business, Law, Criminology, or related field and four (4) years of experience in AML and Project Management in KYC related topics. Must have three (3) years of experience with: KYC (Know Your Customer) regulations and compliance: Extensive knowledge of US and French KYC regulations, policies, and procedures, and experience in implementing and streamlining them across multiple regions. EMEA, APAC, AMER regulations and compliance; Risk management and escalation resolution: Expertise in risk management, with the ability to identify and mitigate potential risks, and develop effective course of actions to resolve critical escalations; Project management and process improvement: Leading cross-functional teams to streamline processes, improve operational efficiency, and drive business growth through effective project management; Operational excellence and change management: Driving transformative change, process re-engineering, and change management to optimize operational workflows, minimize error rates, and enhance competitiveness. Provide expert guidance on KYC-related matters related to French and US regulations; Global banking regulations and compliance: In-depth knowledge of global banking regulations, including anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing (TF) regulations (French regulations. Dual Regulatory oversight EU & US – complex dual regulatory framework knowledge.   (European Central Bank and ACPR regulations); Client onboarding and due diligence: Overseeing the analysis and validation of client KYC files, ensuring completeness, consistency, and adherence to predefined guidelines. The “one Bank” approach knowledge for cross-division of European regions, APAC, EMEA and LATAM within the bank’s ecosystem. Knowledge of legal – legal entities, trusts, SPVs; Quality control and KPI reporting: Developing and implementing quality control processes and creating KPI reports to measure performance and identify areas for improvement. Knowledge of IT developments for tracker purposes (OnTrack, Business Power). Experience with secondary site approval control points.

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