Long Term Internship 2025 - UK Compliance Governance Office

Company Purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work.
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact.
• Being dedicated to the development of our people.

BUSINESS AREA

CIB UK Compliance is an independent function responsible for providing specialist advice and support to UK Senior Management, business lines and functions in adhering to internal controls and external rules and managing compliance risks. The function typically acts as a second line of defence covering areas including; controls, assurance, monitoring, professional ethics, training and competence, whistleblowing, Protection of the Interests of Clients, Market Integrity, Financial Security and regulatory liaison.

JOB PURPOSE

The role holder will contribute to the effective good governance of the UK Compliance Function supporting the Governance Office to ensure the effective coordination and administration of a number of tasks, including but not limited to: Management Information and Reporting, Committee Management, Policy & Procedure Management and Compliance related projects. The role will provide broad exposure to the full UK Compliance Function, including Financial Security, providing the role holder with the opportunity to develop a good understanding of all Compliance risks and processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Including but not limited to;

Management Information and Reporting,

• Support the production of regular and ad-hoc reporting and Management Information packs.
• Support the production of regular and ad-hoc Compliance Key Risk Indicators (KRI’s) and Management Information across the Function.

Committee Management,

• Support the effective management and oversight of the UK Compliance Forum and UK Financial Security Oversight Committee including support with preparing packs, taking minutes and following up with Actions.

Risk, Issue and Recommendation tracking,

• Support the effective identification, logging, tracking and reporting of Risks, Issues and Recommendations including following up with relevant stakeholders.

Policy & Procedure Management,

• Support Compliance and local UK SA London Branch policy management requirements.

Project Management,

• Support the documentation, status tracking and coordination of Projects and initiatives.

SharePoint Administration,

• Following relevant training, deliver updates to various Compliance SharePoint sites including enhancing the central all-staff facing UK Compliance site on Echo’Net and the Governance Office SharePoint site(s).
• Support the maintenance and development of all relevant Compliance SharePoint Sites.

REQUIREMENTS

• A natural interest in Compliance, Financial Crime and regulatory related topics.
• Excellent attention to detail and consistency.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent prioritisation, organisational and multi-tasking skills.
• Effective at delivering results in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Excellent record keeping and organisational skills (ability to keep clear audit trail of required correspondence and artefacts).
• Ability to build relationships.
• Ability to work independently under own initiative whilst recognising issues needing escalation.
• Experience of MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience of SharePoint preferred.
• Experience of PowerBi / other data aggregation and visualisation tools preferred.

Conduct

• Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.
• Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks.
• Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A BIT MORE ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

• Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

ADJUSTMENTS

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

PLEASE NOTE

• You may only apply to four Long Term Internships over the course of a year. These may be across any business area.
• Successful candidates for this long term internship will be considered for London ONLY.
• Please discuss the available start dates with your interviewers.

Unsuccessful candidates’ CVs will be shared with other teams within BNP Paribas and considered for potentially suitable roles.