What is this position about?

The AVP, SEA COO Office – Transversal Project Management & Executive Support plays a key role in driving cross-functional (transversal) projects that impact multiple business units within Singapore and SEA. These projects include regulation/ law implementation, finance reporting, non-finance process and control improvement and change initiatives for Singapore and/ or SEA territories.

This position independently manages project planning, execution and delivery to ensure strategic objectives are met efficiently within timelines and budget. In addition, the AVP provides high-level management support to the COO, facilitating governance and effective decision making.

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

A typical day as a Transversal Projects & Management Support staff in SEA COO Office consist of both project management and executive support/ BAU elements:

•    Project management: Plan project lifecycle and work on project documentation. Plan, lead meetings and engage stakeholders, write minutes and follow up on action plans. Provide project updates to manager and COO.

•    Executive support/ BAU tasks: Request for contributions for reporting/ presentation decks, organize governance meetings, write minutes and follow up on action plans. Prepare updates and management dashboard and organization charts. 

Primary Role Responsibilities

In this role, you will

•    Assume full project life cycle ownership successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.

•    Able to work independently on topics related to assigned projects for relevant tasks, procedures, regulatory survey/submissions/certification or queries.

•    Lead and manage a portfolio of complex initiatives end-to-end, coordinating with multiple stakeholders across business lines and/pr external vendors to ensure alignment and timely delivery within budget.

•    Develop and manage detailed project plans and milestones to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.

•    Provide leadership and clarity to project team and motivating contributors to meet project milestones. 

•    Manage ongoing quality control, able to identify root causes and propose action plans for resolutions.

•    Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment to management.

•    Serve as a reliable partner to COO by providing management support as secretary to governance committees, prepare presentation slides, host meetings and write minutes.

•    Consolidate updates from managers, produce management dashboard and update organization charts. 

•    Deliver appropriate and effective verbal and written executive level communication.

•    Contribute to SEA COO Office BAU tasks.

What is required for you to succeed?

•    Strong leadership, diplomatic, motivational and interpersonal skills include the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations.

•    Experienced in influencing and gaining buy-in from executive sponsors, team members, stakeholders and peers.

•    Strong experience in presenting to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills, both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff, at all levels of management.

•    Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.

•    Demonstrate strong professional integrity and work ethics with commitment to excellence and accountability to add value to the Bank.

•    Exhibits high level of discipline and resiliency with ability to manage time effectively and multi-task.

•    Quick adaptability with ability to onboard onto new projects or tasks within short timeframe and minimal supervision. Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.

•    Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.

•    Capacity to work in a stressful environment. 

Required education/certification/licenses

•    Bachelor’s Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience.

•    7+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects.

•    7+ years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment.

•    Strong knowledge of risk and control in banking environment.

•    Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Excel, Visio, PowerPoint SharePoint and Power BI with experience presenting to stakeholders, senior management and/or regulators. 

•    Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.

•    Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.

•    Must have previous project experience in implementing bank-wide regulatory/law requirements.

•    Proficiency in English language including written, spoken and listening skills with the ability to engage stakeholders in discussions, deliver presentations to executive-level audiences, draft meeting minutes, follow up on action plans and prepare management reports.

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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More information 

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