BNP Paribas is a leader in the Eurozone, and a prominent international banking institution with strong roots in Europe's banking history. It has a presence in 71 countries, with 200 000 Employees ? including more than 150 000 in Europe and 6 000 in Portugal alone.

BNP Paribas is present in Portugal since 1985, having been one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, the Group has several entities operating directly in this territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its businesses, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients - individuals, entrepreneurs, SMEs, large corporates, institutional investors and community organisations - with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services for retail banking and specialised financial services, and Corporate & Institutional Banking for corporate and institutional clients.

BNP Paribas Wealth Management (?WM?) is a global leader of the Private Banking industry. Since 2015, BNP Paribas Wealth Management has a competence center in Lisbon, the Portugal International Markets Hub (PIMH) to manage activities for several locations (Switzerland, Luxemburg, Germany, Monaco).

Wealth Management PIMH is looking to expand and it will do so in Porto. We are currenlty looking for Officers to join our Know Your Client Office team.

As a member of the KYC Office Team, he / she will be contributing to opening, amending, reviewing and closing client accounts according to established policies and procedures. Depending on his / her assignment within the KYC Office, the Officer could be responsible of analysing the compliance of client documentation and advising accordingly before codification in client referential and in documentation bases. According to the seniority level, the Officer will benefit from supervision of his expert colleagues.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide the Wealth Management internal clients with appropriate, reliable, flexible and cost efficient client management services, as agreed upon within the Service Level Agreements contracted with them.
• Contribute to protect BNPP against reputational, anti-money laundering, AML/CFT and fraud risks, and work closely with the Business to understand the clients and with Compliance to ensure it provides all Regulators requirements.
• Implement a consistent and sustained culture of improvement and foster the development of support services, for the sake of a high degree of productivity, process efficiency and execution quality.
• Organize and monitor the internal control setup for the PIMH KYC Office perimeter while respecting Group permanent control policies through an adequate governance, monitoring of granted delegations as well as developing and monitoring steering indicators (KPI, KRI, ?).
• Contribute to the elaboration of the PIMH KYC Office budget and ensure its respect.

PROFILE

• Degree in Law, Finance, Management, Business Administration and/or proven professional experience.

• Knowledge of the Bank's activities and the content of the various banking businesses.

• Prior experience in KYC activities is an asset (knowledge of KYC policies, knowledge of company law, KYC / KYT analysis capabilities, Tax Knowledge: Fatca, QI, AEOI)

• Fluent in English

• Fluent in Russian

• Good practice in Word, Excel, Access, Outlook office tools.

• Ability to become autonomous and flexible quickly, ability to develop judgement and critical thinking

Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.
In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.