What is this position about?

The Change Management Team is a dedicated internal team of professional program / project / process managers with the mission to identify, drive and implement innovative changes in WM Asia with one or a combination of these ultimate objectives: (1) increase revenue; (2) reduce cost base; (3) improve service levels; and (4) mitigate / manage risks of WM Asia

What would be your typical day at BNPP Paribas look like? 

You as a Senior Project Manager will ideally have Wealth Management industry experience and be passionate about uncovering and presenting ideal solutions to operationally cross-functional challenges, with a primary focus on internal operations.  You are a Project Management Professional (PMP) practitioner and be very hands on interfacing directly with Front Office, Middle Office and Backroom operations teams. You have demonstrated excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation and training skills and have a high degree of comfort engaging with all levels within the organization.

Our Project Managers deliver expertise within operational and project teams in collaboration with other disciplines to create efficiencies and quality improvements.  You understand, communicate, and apply process improvement techniques, technologies, methodologies and processes to define consistent / robust solutions.  You will actively engage different process actors and stakeholders to participate in continuous change initiatives and play a leading role in identifying, recommending and implementing change opportunities across strategic business processes and in accordance with the strategic intent of the Bank.

Primary Role Responsibilities

In this role, you will

* Identifying, leading, facilitating, and managing cross-functional change initiatives with tangible benefits aligned to overall Wealth Management strategic intent

* Analyzing of impacted workflow processes and operations and coordinate changes resulting the  most  effective way for processes to improve productivity,  reduce costs and improve risk management and control while achieving project objectives.

* Managing both operational and strategic change throughout various areas of the business to achieve project benefits including (but not limited to) process effectiveness and efficiency, incremental revenue, cost / expense reductions, and working capital optimization

* Directing and coordinating business change activities associated with proper change management allowing smooth transition and implementation

* Conducting the required fact gathering and qualitative data analysis to document, quantify and quantify project benefits 

 * Providing training, guidance, mentorship, and leadership to ensure consistency of approach and quality control for transformation/ change initiatives

* Providing consultative services to stakeholders including analysis of business processes and value streams, business case development, and strategic project identification

* Ensuring all projects follow the standard project management guidelines and methodology, and all applicable project documentation is completed

Other contributions

Contribute to the day to day efficiency of the Wealth Management departments:

* By giving solutions to day to day problems as far as systems and procedures are concerned 

 * By ensuring current procedures and operational control documents are in place 

 * By suggesting systems enhancements 

Contribute to the system implementation:

* By analyzing and specifying requirements for new systems ;

* By proposing plan for a consistent use of systems between Wealth Management centers where applicable 

 * By ensuring systems implementation is consistent with medium term strategy 

 * By assisting users to get processes adapted 

 * By assisting users for conversion plan, training, testing, procedures and go-live 

 * By proposing organization and procedures which will make optimum use of system.

Contribute to the operational permanent control framework;

* By suggesting improvements to the permanent control framework.

* By identifying weaknesses in the permanent control framework and proposing new controls where appropriate.

* By considering permanent control aspects for all new workflows rolled out.

* Contribute to the implementation of operational permanent control policies and procedures in day-to-day business activities, such as Control Plan.

* Comply with regulatory requirements and internal guidelines.

* Contribute to the reporting of all incidents according to the Incident Management System

Contribute to the planning of the medium term direction for Wealth Management Asia:

* By investigating areas where Wealth Management can achieve economies of scale between locations 

 * By working with technology on plans for the evolution of  Wealth Management systems 

 * By working with business/function leaders and providing analysis or due diligence on proposed projects where required,

* By validating these propositions with relevant stakeholders

Contribute to help Wealth Management in Asia, adapt to future changes as required by the evolution of markets, client’s needs, technology and activities:

* By following market and product development;

* By following the evolution of regulations.

Qualifications 

What is required for you to succeed?

* Project management skills such as Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred

* Demonstrated excellent analytical, creative and problem solving skills as well as attention to detail.

* Strong business acumen.

* Ability to structure and scope complex problems and apply a range of analytical tools to develop solutions

* An inquiring mind, curiosity and desire to understand "why".

* Ability to rapidly assimilate new technologies and initiative for self-teaching.

* Interpersonal skills enabling you to operate effectively at all levels; you build strong relationships both in person and when working remotely.

* Self-starter. You do not wait to be asked; you volunteer and consult with others to drive work to completion.

* Leadership and successful team working, in a rapidly changing environment.

* Demonstrated ability to handle stressful situations and remain calm.

* You are highly organized and experienced at producing project / process documentation.

* Excellent communication skills: formal and informal, one to one, one to many and across all organizational levels.

* Well-developed presentation skills.

* High proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel

* Ability to successfully work as a team in a rapidly changing environment.

* Excellent organization skills.

* Well-developed presentation skills.

Required education/certification/licenses

* At least 10 years of project management and/or process re-engineering experience ideally within a Wealth Management or Financial Services Context

* Evidence of inquisitive disposition and its application in a past or current role.

**Role is open to both Singapore/ Hong Kong

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

•    BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

•    BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

•    Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

•    BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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