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
