Bank Of America Business Strategy & Initiatives Executive 

France, Ile-de-France 

829917844

Job Description:

Up to Managing Director

Role Description:

The role also sets and implements consistent processes and standards around key activities including staffing, technology, capacity planning, financial planning and management, employee enablement, engagement and communications, learning/training, governance and strategic initiatives for the Global Risk organization.

Responsibilities:

The team is looking for a highly motivated individual contributor to support key risk governance and strategy deliverables. Responsibilities will include:

Risk Governance

• Responsible for the running of Bank of America Securities Europe SA’s (BofASE) Board and Management Risk Committees, including organizing, reviewing and challenging materials

• Drafting written executive level communications (e.g., memos) and presentations for the CRO, which requires an interest and deep understanding of BofASE and its key risks

• Partnering across the Risk organization to ensure consistent risk reporting that aligns to BofASE’s top risks and communicating these risks and issues in a thematic way

• Building relationships and networking across the organization (including within Global Risk Management) and gaining a broad knowledge of key and emerging risks across the enterprise

CRO strategic initiatives support; Business Control and Operations

• Leading entity strategic initiatives and routines in support of the CRO

• Supporting key deliverables for the CRO, including internal and external presentation and briefings

• Performing ad-hoc analysis on various risk / regulatory topics and themes

• Leading efforts to drive operational excellence and process improvement across the broader team

• Working in collaboration and coordination with the wider (enterprise and regional) Global Markets & International Risk and Global Risk Management business controls and operations teams, drive and co-ordinate the risk team in the following areas:

• Business Operations

• Budgeting and Expense Management

• Learning Development, Training, and Audience Identification

• Personnel Processes

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• System Access Management

• Real Estate Planning

• Initiative Management: Tech and Non-Tech

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Fluent in English written and verbal (French language fluency is not mandatory)

• Extensive financial industry or risk experience

• Ability to lead across teams, cultivate a positive culture, ensure collaboration across the enterprise

• Strategic thinker. Comfortable with senior leadership level. Excellent relationship skills.

• Excellent communication skills: ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally and to feel comfortable delivering insights and recommendations to senior management

• Comfortable taking initiative and being resourceful/entrepreneurial

• Excellent analytical skills and ability to effectively challenge or identify limitations and assumptions

• Knowledge of the company’s businesses and products

• Organized and an eye for detail

• Intellectually curious

France

• Competitive retirement plan in addition to State plans

• Mandatory Medical Plan provided by the bank as a top-up to Social Security health benefits for you and your family.

• Employees and family members can receive free health advice 24/7 through a range of English and French speaking medical providers

• Life and disability insurance

• Time Savings Account (‘CET’) to save some of your leave days, cash them out or use them later

• Reimbursement of 50% of your commuter pass

• Nursery scheme for children under age 3

• Works council benefits

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering with local charities

• Opportunity to receive free entry to arts exhibitions sponsored by Bank of America in Paris

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.