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
CERTIFICATIONS
2022 - Project Management Professional (PMP) (Project Management Institute)
2022 - PMP® Certification Training Course (NTUC LearningHub)
2017 - CSPO, Certified Product Owner (Scrum Alliance, Zenika)
2017 - CSM, Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance, Zenika)
2017 - Agile methods, global review (BPCE)
2016 - Clarity (BPCE)
2015 - Structured products: Futures, Swaps and Options (First Finance)
2015 - Technical and Functional training course, Fermat ALM v10 (Moody’s Analytics)
2013 - Fundamentals of financial products (EFE - Edition Formation Entreprise)
2013 - Introduction to financial markets (First Finance)
2012 - Project Management, Project Manager – Keys for project management level 1 (Cegos)
2009 - Banking in 3 days (Capgemini)
2008 - Expert Blaze Advisor, Business Rules Management System, BRMS (FICO)
LANGUAGES
French - Native
English - Fluent
Vietnamese - Limited working proficiency