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Ahmed Chihab

Consultant / Project Director

€750/day
Paris 1er Arrondissement, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Ahmed

Information system manager for a bank for about fifteen years, with solid experience in project management, steering, and execution, possessing operational know-how and multi-sector and multi-technology experience.

I am looking for a new freelance consulting challenge.

I am interested in assignments focusing on:
· Digital transformation, Banking Migration
· Retail banking / Payment methods/Factoring
· AML, KYC/CFT and Regulatory Projects.
Banking and Financial Services
Insurance
Healthcare payors
Digital and IT Services

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris 1er Arrondissement (up to 50km)

Experience

  • AWBE
    PROJECT MANAGER
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    March 2010 - May 2010 (1 month)
    Paris, France
    ▪ IT Project Manager for CBS migration (MIDAS to DELTA) and (GLOBUS to DELTA)
    o Elaboration and implementation of mapping for different reference data:
    - Accounting References: Chart of accounts PCEC / products / transaction types.
    - Customer References: products, types, profiles, pricing….
    o Technical migration of all banking modules:
    - Customers / accounts / accounting entries
    - Contracts and files: SIT Transfers, Direct Debits, Checks, Loans, Guarantees, Morocco Transfers…,
    o Implementation of interfaces between the new Global Banking (DELTA) and various related applications.
    - Regulatory Reporting: FRS / Data Foundation (BAFI, FICOBA, CRP...)
    - Basel 2 Risk Management: Fermat / COREP
    - Clearing Systems: SIT/STEP, SEPA/EBA, CEC
    - International Payment System: SWIFT, FileAct
    - Supplier Accounting: SAGE 100 accounting / Sage 1000 fixed assets
    - International Operations: Trade innovation (Letters of Credit / Discounts / Factoring)
    - Other specific interfaces (Morocco/Tunisia Transfers), Check Images
    o Validation and drafting of specifications, functional specifications, technical specifications….
    Bank IT Project Manager Project management
  • AWBE
    HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    June 2010 - May 2017 (6 years and 11 months)
    Paris, France
    ▪ Management of the bank's project portfolio
    o Definition and implementation of the annual roadmap (Business Committee, Costing, Arbitration, Planning, Execution…)
    o Implementation of an Agile organization for project management (Training, Roles: Product Owner, backlog, Sprint, Scrum.).
    ▪ CBIP-AWBE Merger: IT steering of the integration of two banks (COMPAGNIE DE BANQUES INTERNATIONALES DE PARIS & ATTIJARIWAFA BANK EUROPE): 1000 man-days – €1M
    o Implementation of merger strategy, Negotiation of IT contracts,
    o Steering of IT migration work.
    ▪ Application for establishment license in certain European countries and deployment of the European passport
    o IT deployment of retail banking activities in Europe (Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands),
    o Correspondence with the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) for the establishment license.
    ▪ Steering of AMOA and IT Project Management teams
    o Validation of all deliverables: (Schedules, specifications, architects, testing strategy, deployment strategy, changes…)
    Project management Bank AML
  • ATTIJARIWAFA BANK EUROPE
    CIO- CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO)
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    June 2017 - Today (9 years)
    Paris, France
    ▪ Direct and supervise the 6 IT departments (20 FTE).
    ▪ Development and monitoring of the IT budget + €5M, management of purchases and calls for tender.
    ▪ Management of +100 applications hosted in 3 Data Centers.
    ▪ Direction of the CBS change program from Amplitude-Sopra V9.1 to V11.6 for 6 countries (4000 man-days, €10M)
    ▪ Steering of the "Digital Bank" strategic plan: E-Banking, E-Transfer, Trans’Med, AttijariMoney, Myhomebank..
    ▪ Steering and implementation of the European IT strategy:
    o Management of a project portfolio (+ 50 Projects per year / 6000 man-days / +€5M).
    ▪ Steer regulatory projects and implement recommendations from the 6 regulators (ACPR, BCB, DNB, BI,..)
    o Migration of filtering and profiling tools: SIRON Suite (AML & KYC) and implementation of the risk-based approach.
    o Implementation of AWBE's IT GDPR measures,
    o Migration and centralization of regulatory reporting from the 6 branches: Fermat -> Authority RAY and FRS -> Logic
    o Implementation of regulatory projects: CRS, VUC, FATCA, AUI, PCC, FINREP, ERPC, ……
    o Implementation of AML (Anti-Money Laundering) reports, …
    ▪ Steer Business projects:
    o ATM migration and implementation of LSB (28 ATMs and 30 LSBs in Italy, France, and Belgium) with Debold and Monext.
    o Implementation of the FR/BE Salesforce CRM (360° Customer View, Commerce, Marketing & Reporting): CRM interfacing with CSB Amplitude V9 & V11.
    o Overhaul of European payment processing "Issuing & acquiring": Implementation of a new technical architecture (SSB, CIC, Worldline -> Monext).
    o Migration and decentralization of the CBS "Documentary Credit" (TI to TI++ by Misys)
    o Implementation of products and partnerships with Matmut (Mutual insurance), IMA (Insurance and Assistance).
    o Implementation of intermediation and reverse intermediation (Europe: <-> Africa)
    o New intermediation and transfer corridors to Africa (Cash to Cash - X to Account – X to Card…).
    o Implementation of the IT system for the Financial Company in England (Core Banking AMPLITUDE – SopraBanking).
    o Integration of Switzerland into the European IT system.
    ▪ Direct and steer technical, security, and operational efficiency projects:
    o Renegotiation of the outsourcing contract with ATOS (Financial terms, Service Level Agreement, SLA & PAQ…)
    o Implementation of a new IT Security policy (Security nodes, Sandbox, Backup policy,…).
    o Deployment of a data protection and management platform (Guardium & Qradar),
    o Supervision of penetration tests, Fuzzing, IT Disaster Recovery Plan PCI, Business Continuity Plan BCP…
    o Implementation of IT operational steering and monitoring tools (Flows, Processes, Capacity, IT Availability..)
    o Migration and updates of banking applications (RuleBook SEPA, CSP Swift, Swift Release, Sepa B2B, Instant payment,
    o Relocation of two Data Centers (Croissy -> Marcoussis in 2019 Aubervilliers -> Clayes-sous-Bois in 2021)
    IT Department Organization and Management Program Management and Steering Infrastructure Project Manager Digital transformation

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Education

  • I.T.B (Banking Profession Training Center)
    CFPB
    2008
    1/ Finance d’entreprise : Bilan, Compte de resultat, SIG, EBE, indicateurs de performance, L’endettement, l’effet de levier, L’approche de l’évaluation de l’entreprise … 2/ L'environnement réglementaire : Les normes juridiques de l’activité , Les autorités de tutelle , La discipline professionnelle, L’obligation générale de sécurité des banques, La conformité et la responsabilité du banquier, La banque et le droit à la consommation, informatique et liberté - RGPD , La commercialisation des produits financiers • AML -La lutte contre le blanchiment , Le secret professionnel.... 3/ Management ...
  • Database Administrator
    UVSQ University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
    2002
    Administration de la base de donnée Oracle,
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Certifications

  • Expert in Distributed Ledger Technology "Blockchain"
    Eureka Certification
    2019
    cryptocurrency cross-border payment blockchain How to use DLT for cryptoc

Skill set (30)

Banking Migration Retail banking
Retail banking / Payment methods
AML - KYC/CFT and Regulatory Projects
Digital transformation
Project Director
CIO
AMOE
IT strategic plan
roadmap
product owner
fintech
business analysis
project director
Project budgeting
Project Governance
Project Planning and Scheduling
Resource Allocation and Management
Workshops Facilitation
ERP Integration with External Systems
IT Project Management
IT Strategy
IT Service Management
System Integration
Bank
IT Project Manager
Project management
AML
IT Department Organization and Management
Program Management and Steering
Infrastructure Project Manager

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