Your Role at BNP Paribas Fortis

As Head of Operational Permanent Control (OPC) for Corporate Banking Domestic Markets, you will lead a team of risk management experts responsible for safeguarding operational resilience within the Corporate Banking division. This role sits within the first line of defense in operational risk, ensuring robust controls, proactive risk mitigation, and alignment with regulatory and internal standards.

Your mission is to bridge the gap between risk management and business operations, fostering a culture of accountability while enabling sustainable growth. By leveraging deep process knowledge and strategic oversight, you will drive continuous improvement, ensuring operational risks remain within defined tolerances.

Key Responsibilities

As the leader of OPC4 Corporate Banking Domestic Markets, you engage with your team to monitor and report on the operational and regulatory risk performance of the Corporate Banking Domestic Markets division. 

You ensure the proper execution of the control plan. 

You manage your team by ensuring their expertise and follow-up of their day-to-day tasks.

You engage within the OPC organization by sharing your business knowledge and by contributing to the end-to-end OPC activities.

You build a strong partnership with your business partner by providing relevant and actionable feedback in their management forums and by assisting the business in their efforts to improve their operational resilience.

Your Profile

We are looking for a strategic leader with a strong background in operational risk and a passion for driving impactful change. You thrive in complex environments, combining analytical rigor with stakeholder engagement.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in operational risk management, internal control, or audit, preferably within financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams in a specialized domain.
• Analytical and critical thinking, with the ability to distill complex risks into clear, actionable insights.
• Proactive and collaborative mindset, with a track record of building trust with business partners.
• Strong communication skills, including persuasive presentation and reporting (verbal/written) for senior audiences.
• Process-oriented approach, with an eye for end-to-end risk connectivity.
• Leadership by example, inspiring your team to excel while aligning with organizational goals.
• Client-centric focus, balancing risk objectives with business needs.

Valued Assets:

• Familiarity with Corporate Banking operations, products, or risk frameworks (or willingness to rapidly acquire domain expertise).
• Fluency in Dutch, French, and English (business proficiency required).

Why Join Us?

At BNP Paribas Fortis, you will contribute to a purpose-driven organization where risk management is integral to sustainable business success. This role offers:

• The opportunity to shape operational resilience in a dynamic banking environment.
• A collaborative culture that values expertise, innovation, and ethical leadership.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and cross-functional initiatives.
• A supportive team committed to professional growth and excellence.

WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER

We strongly believe in the positive impact that the financial sector can have on the world. BNP Paribas Fortis offers sustainable and responsible investment products and solutions and encourages social entrepreneurship. Together with our customers, we are working towards a better future every day.
  

We offer a wide range of training courses, workshops and webinars to choose from depending on your availability, interests and goals.

In addition to your remuneration and benefits (meal vouchers, insurance, holidays), we offer flexible salary options, allowing you to convert part of your salary into personalised benefits (phone use, IT equipment, transport, etc.).

OUR ENGAGEMENT

At BNP Paribas Fortis, we want to attract and retain all talent, whatever their gender, age, background or sexual orientation, and irrespective of whether they are living with a disability, as every person has their own experiences and their own identity. All of our full-time vacancies are also open to candidates wishing to work on an 80% or 90% full-time equivalent basis.

If the function is categorized as a banking services provider function (cf. Law of 22 April 2019 establishing an oath and a disciplinary regime for the banking sector), you will also need to provide us with a 'certificate of absence of professional ban' from the FSMA confirming that you are not professionally disqualified.

TEMPTED BY THE CHALLENGE?

A first selection is made based on your CV and motivation letter. Are we convinced that you are the right candidate? Then we will contact you.

Good luck!

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