ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES

• Professional qualification required with knowledge related to UK regulations applicable to Personal Finance, Retail Banking and supporting CIB functions.
• Proven experience in managing audits of businesses within sphere of role coverage, either at a Bank or consulting firm, or by conducting other relevant Internal/External Audits.
• Significant knowledge of a wide range of audit principles, processes, regulations and legislation appropriate for the PF, Retail & Functions team and ability to translate knowledge and experience into recommendations to improve team operating practices.
• Excellent analytical skills, including ability to understand quickly the critical steps in a process, synthesise and process complex information and understand the related risks of various natures, including use of data.
• Strong people management and communication skills with an ability to work with individuals to set individual objectives and manage performance to ensure their delivery.
• Excellent written and oral English skills in order to articulate technical issues associated to work area.
• Thorough and organised with an ability to prioritise and work under time-pressure.
• Computer literacy and a strong understanding of relevant software.

JOB PURPOSE

This role will serve as a senior independent reviewer and will be accountable for providing high quality and in-depth analyses and observations to the business and supporting functions on behalf of the PF, Retail & Functions Team utilising the support of other team members where necessary. The role is to be an active participant and, where appropriate, leader of risk-based audit reviews, and will assist the PF, Retail & Functions Team to issue recommendations to remediate any identified issues and weaknesses.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads or acts as a key resource in IG assignments, ad-hoc projects and investigations, accountable for the timely performance of the role’s own duties whilst also validating the work of other team members involved in an assignment. At all times, the role holder will have regard for the main risks detailed in the Risk and related Control Matrix and, where acting in a management capacity, will plan and organise an assignment (including the allocation of staff) as well as ensure that all missions, associated documentation and IG standard are inputted into relevant tools as required by the relevant processes.
• Completes other audit related tasks (such as the continuous/annual risk assessment or requests for audit recommendation closure, archiving, preparing restitution slides, and inputting findings, recommendations) to ensure that audits are effectively performed, maintained and coordinated within BNP Paribas Audit Methodologies and Tools, procedures, guidelines and expectations.
• Assists with the performance of the continuous monitoring and annual risk assessment processes in relation to audit areas, working with senior team members (including the Deputy Head of Hub, PF, Retail & Functions) in order to ensure a consistent and compliant approach.
• Keeps abreast of the best practices in the industry to drive innovation within the team, with the aim of contributing to the development of the tools and techniques used by the IG Department. Takes a proactive approach to promote the review and update of practices within the team in relation to an area of expertise by reviewing relevant market data, sector and regulatory updates.
• Keeps relevant stakeholders, including the Deputy Head of Hub, PF, Retail & Functions and assignment Supervisors, suitably updated on progress of assignments and work at all times so that they have a good understanding of workstream status.
• Supports junior team members on assignments with their assigned work and contacting other members of the IG team and contributes to their development, including by preparing their end of assignment appraisals (PMRs) for discussion with the Deputy Head of Hub, PF, Retail & Functions (when leading assignments).
• Monitors progress in relation to post-audit recommendations related to the PF, Retail & Functions specialism to evaluate them as specified in the appropriate procedures, and facilitates their closure.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders in the teams being audited, and operational managers across the business to ensure that a high quality integrated IG service is provided.
• Acts as a point of escalation for more junior staff to support them where problems are more complex and require sophisticated analysis or experience to ensure that they are able to perform and provide a consistent service to the business.
• Will be required to provide certain managerial, coaching or appraisal functions for junior roles allocated to any assignments being led / resourced by the role in order to support the development of talent in the team.
• Contributes to the maintenance and development of the data analytics tools and methodologies used by the PF, Retail & Functions team within IG.