RISK Strategy & Governance Automation Intern
BNP Paribas is a leading international banking institution committed to building a more sustainable future. The RISK Strategy & Governance Automation Intern will participate in a 4-month program focused on developing skills in data management, reporting, and strategic risk analysis, while automating processes using Python and Power BI.
Responsibilities
- Design, code, test, and maintain Python scripts that automate data extraction, transformation, validation, and reporting tasks
- Analyze existing SAS programs, understand data flow and business logic and reimplement functional equivalents in Python using libraries such as pandas
- Gather requirements from business users and translate them into visualization specifications
- Build, test, and publish Power BI reports and dashboards that consume data pipelines produced in Python
- Identify opportunities to streamline existing processes, suggest best‑practice tools, and contribute to the team’s knowledge base
- To streamline credit‑risk reporting so that it meets the requirements of internal stakeholders (Board of Directors, senior management, CRO) and external parties (supervisory authorities, rating agencies)
- Enhance and expand the current dashboards to provide a forward‑looking perspective on risk‑related metric
- Suggest process improvements, new controls to lead to better data quality
Skills
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Must have technical knowledge like SAS, Python, Power BI (other similar visual tools)
- Ability to dissect manual processes, identify repetitive steps, and propose automated alternatives
- Advanced reporting software skills
- Good knowledge of credit & counterparty risk
- Good organization skills to manage under tight deadlines the complexity of processes and the high number of stakeholders to coordinate
- Strong written and verbal communication abilities, with a willingness to develop and practice presenting information to senior‑management
- Sense of details, accuracy and presentation without losing the 'main picture'
- Commitment to deliver results in line with client's expectations
- Resilience to heavy workload and flexibility to work on varied streams in the team
- Knowledge of the English is required
Benefits
- Flexible benefits including a family and spouse insurance program
- A defined contribution pension plan
- Paid days for volunteering
- Hybrid work arrangements, such as remote working up to 50% and flexible working hours
- Excellent training and personal development programs
- Opportunities for career development within the company and internationally
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