Senior Accounting Controller

GROUP BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas Group is the top bank in the European Union and a major international banking establishment. It has close to 185,000 employees in 65 countries. In Spain we are more than 5,100 employees within 13 business lines.

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BNP Paribas EMEA Finance employs 500 employees, of which more than 325 are based in Madrid. We manage more than 250 BNP Paribas entities from all over Europe, covering +60% of Group’s balance sheet and all group’s banking activities (Corporate & Investment Banking, Retail Banking, Personal Finance and other financial services activities…).

Our mission is to measure, control and explain all the financial indicators required to monitor accounting, tax, regulatory, liquidity, credit risk reporting and management result activities.

ABOUT THE JOB

MISSION

Contribute to implement and maintain a strong control environment in Standards & Controls (S&C) Team:

• At the level of Finance;

• In all regions / entities under CIB supervision or in any other entities delegated by Central S&C team, in order to guarantee the high quality of the financial data reported to the Head Office and to local Authorities

• To support the Accounting Controls teams in the regions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key responsibilities of the role

• Acquire a strong knowledge of the accounting control set up quality in the regions/entities placed under your scope.

Detailed responsibilities

• Build a strong, trust, honest and efficient two-way communication and partnership with the region/entities/process stakeholders under your coverage.

Accounting Control Plan:

• Ensure that the Group Accounting Control Plan is properly rolled out and monitored in the regions/entities placed under your coverage.

• Perform on-site audits (travels to be expected) of the controls set-up in the regions/entities under your coverage.

• Estimate and measure the deficiencies identified in the accounting controls set up under your coverage and prepare associated reports to Senior Management and governance bodies.

• Ensure that Regional Finance teams comply with their control obligations, and that they have fully implemented the Group Accounting Control Plan and all procedures prescribed by the Oxygen Platform.

FACT:

• To obtain and analyse FACT certificates from the different entities/regions.

• To have a good knowledge of the problems faced by the entities/regions.

• To contribute in the preparation of the related reports.

Recommendations:

• Monitor recommendations issued by General Inspection / Internal Audit, Regulators and External Auditors in the regions.

Operational Risk Incidents:

• Follow up operational risk incidents involving Finance and their impact on the control framework. Monitor remediation plans and timeline.

Finance Internal Control Committees:

• Hold regular (at least quarterly) Internal Control Committee (FORCC) meetings with the regions/entities of the scope to review the accounting control issues.

• Contribute to the Accounting and Financial Risk Committee (AFRiC) for the allocated regions and transversal topics.

• Hold ad-hoc meetings with Regional Finance when needed.

Other control plans:

• To ensure that any other Controls Plans are properly rolled-out.

REQUIREMENTS

• Studies

  Master degree or equivalent

• Experience

  At least 3 years.

• Languages

  Fluent English, Spanish and French is a plus.

SKILLS

Technical

Minimum 3 years of experience in control, finance or audit (preferably in the banking and/or financial sector).

• Strong control background and ability to question and challenge the information received.

• Ability to manage priorities in a context of tight deadlines.

• Strong accounting expertise.

• Strong and concise communication skills both spoken and written.

• Fluent in English both spoken and written. French is a plus.

• Team work (spoken and written).

• Willing to travel abroad.

• Flexible in daily workload.

• Curious by nature, careful to detail, rigorous, reliable, open-minded, well-organized, efficient, methodical and spot-on.

• Weekend working and long days during closing period are compensated according to the Bank policy.

Transversal & Behavioral

• Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

• Ability to inspire others & generate people’s commitment

• Analytical Ability

• Ability to develop and leverage networks

• Ability to understand, explain and support change

• Attention to detail / rigor

• Critical thinking

• Organizational skills

• Communication skills – oral & written

BENEFITS

• Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.

• Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).

• Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.

• Flexible compensation plan.

• Hybrid telecommuting model (50%).

• 31 vacation days.

Diversity and inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas Group in Spain 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/paternity, 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.