Senior IT Project Manager

Meticulous and passionate IT Project Manager with technical skills and banking knowledge, I have managed multiple complex projects and teams of over 30 members. With a solid 15 years of project management experience, I aim for quality of delivery, ensure timelines are met with sustainable and efficient solutions with respect to business requirements. Proven records of projects successfully delivered with excellent communication and leadership skills. As a resourceful team player and working with people coming from diverse cultures, I kept my mind open and flexible.

Core competencies include:

Project management – Strategic planning – Team management – Reporting – Risk management
PMP® Project Management Professional Certified
Agile Methods / Scrum Master and Product Owner Certified
Strong Technical and Languages development knowledge

15 years experience

A solid 15 years of experience in project management

Information Technology

Master’s degree in computer science and Expert IT

Team management

Managed over 30 team members, Cultures diversity

WORK EXPERIENCE

Alan Allman Associates Asia, Singapore

2018 – Present:  Senior IT Project Manager, BNP Paribas ITO Corporate Banking APAC - Trade Finance, Global Trade Supply Chain – Connexis Supply Chain

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously (Maintenance, Enhancements & New initiatives) following hybrid project methodology (Waterfall & Agile for development phase)
• Lead a group of over 30 team members consisting of delivery team, business analysts, development team (Offshore vendor - Oracle Financial Services) and testing team
• Report project statuses to Senior Management, Business Line and Operations spread worldwide (North American Regions, APAC, EMEA)
• Manage project deliverables (Jira/SharePoint), timelines (Microsoft Project) and budget & risks/issues (Clarity)
• Organize technical and functional test strategy
• Support other Project Managers within Trade Finance department
• Handle multiple plans and interactions with other programs within the group BNP Paribas

BPCE, Paris, France

Groupe BPCE is the second largest banking group in France. BPCE is responsible for the strategy, coordination and management of the Group (60+ banks in the group including the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne banking networks and Natixis).

2017 – 2018: IT Project manager for group BPCE program IFRS 9
• IFRS 9 is an International Financial Reporting Standard, issued by IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) in replacement of IAS 39 and will become effective in 2018
• With a budget of 4350 man-days in 2017. Team of 15+ members including business analysts and development unit
• Animated meetings with more than 20 participants
• Ensured quality of deliverables through industrial process (Jenkins, Rundeck, SVN) and communication efficiency (Jira, Confluence, Quality Center)
• Managed multiple plans and interactions with other programs in the group BPCE

2010 – 2016: Team leader, Project Manager and Business Analyst / Financial Market Risk
• Built financial operations Data Mart ensuring BCBS 239 compliance (Risk Data Aggregation & Risk Reporting (RDARR))
• Produced prudent valuation indicators for European regulatory reporting (COREP) compliance to the European Banking Authority (EBA)
• Supervised Asset and Liability Management application (ALM) (Fermat ALM from Moody’s) for Risk department synchronized with an existing instance in the Finance department
• Directed market risk calculations and aggregations application development team (Value At Risk, Stress Tests) at group level
• Directed investment funds management application development team (Private Equity, OPCVM, Securitization)
• Directed P&L calculations, forecasting and accounting application development team for the Group Finance department

2009 – 2010:  Project Manager and Business Analyst / Credit Risk
• Project management and Business Analyst, part of IT Credit Risk team in charge of Basel II IRBA calculations at group level, for retail, corporate, bank and sovereign assets classes
• Updated IRBA engines rules as a Blaze Advisor Application expert

Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires, Paris, France

BFBP is responsible for the strategy, coordination and management of the Group composed of Banque Populaire banking networks and Natixis.

2008/04 – 2008/12:  IT Engineer Financial Market Risk
• Developed Asset and Liability Management (ALM) application from QRM (Quantitative Risk Management)
• Developed various Operational Risks applications in PHP language

EDUCATION

2003 – 2008 :

Epitech (European Institute Information Technology), Computer Engineering School, Paris

Master’s degree in Computer Science and Expert in Information Technology 

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