The move, which will be discussed with trade unionists in the coming period, is expected to bring savings of around EUR250 million in the next two years, Spurny said.
BCR, a unit of Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG (EBS.RO), currently employs 9,100 staff.
Spurny estimates BCR will return to growth in the second half of 2013, followed by a stronger recovery a year later.
In the first nine month of 2012, BCR has swung to a loss of 762.5 million lei (EUR170.6 million) from profit a year earlier, hurt by higher provisions.
BCR group includes BCR bank, BCR Banca pentru Locuinte, BCR Administrare Fond de Pensii, BCR Leasing, BCR Asset Management, BCR Securities, Anglo Romanian Bank Limited and BCR Chisinau. (EUR1=RON4.4675)