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Tomás Tavares linkedin.com/in/tomasastavares

(+351) 910 978 079 tomasastavares@gmail.com Lisbon, Portugal

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking PORTUGAL

SET/21 – Present Global Markets OPC & TAC Coordination: The Operational Permanent Control (OPC) team operates on
the 1st line of defense of the bank’s risks. The team deals with both operational risk and permanent control
area to fully meet objectives and requirements set regarding andrisk review, risk reduction programs:

• Working with business lines to assess their operational risk needs and set the appropriate controls in
accordance with the central bank’s guidelines and the bank’s risk frameworks.

• Maintaining a database of historical incidents and ensuring its accuracy. Following up on reported
incidents and controls results. Defining action plans to correct and mitigate risks where appropriate.
• Liaising with all affected users on a global level providing support and receiving
feedback. Acting on their feedback and adjusting their controls in accordance with the
bank’s risk framework.
• Provide ad-hoc/weekly reporting of control results to all the global hierarchy in addition to the 2nd and
3rd lines of defense (Compliance, Risk and Internal Audit). Working with the 2nd and 3rd lines of
defense to harmonize the business’ control inventory and its various levels of granularity.

• Contribution to OPC production, governance & tools. Prepare appropriate materials and contribute to
the various relevant business committees and other initiatives.

• Automation of legacy systems and most of the team’s BAU processes with Python.
EDUCATION
Nova School of Business and Economics PORTUGAL

JUL/20 – JAN/21 Master’s Thesis - Consulting Project at Banco Invest: Worked alongside Banco Invest to solve a real-
life to develop an efficient option volatility model that would allow Banco Invest to increment its gains resulting
from trades in financial markets. We developed four different option volatility models making use of Microsoft
Excel, MatLab and Python. We compared results between models and presented them to the bank on a
weekly basis.
SET/19 – JAN/21 MSc in Finance

SET/14 – DEC/19 BSc in Economics

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
APR/19 KPMG M&A Case Competition: We prepared an M&A sell side pitch based to members of KPMG.
SET/05 – JUN/14 Basketball: From Sub-10 to Sub-18 we competed on regional and national youth basketball leagues.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Portuguese Level – Native
English Level – Advanced – CAE (C1) Grade B

COMPUTER SKILLS
Python Level – Intermediate
Excel Level – Advanced

CERTIFICATES
GMAT GMAT Score – 700 (88th percentile)