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Description

Want to improve your Compliance?

You've come to the right place 🚀

I design, implement, and optimize Compliance frameworks (KYC, AML-CFT, Sanctions) for companies in the banking, financial, services, and industrial sectors.

Here are the services I offer:

→ Design and structuring of compliance frameworks

∙ Flash audits and business diagnostics.

∙ Definition of strategic and operational targets.

∙ Identification of quick wins.

→ Compliance and business development

∙ Regulatory project management (AMLR, DORA...).

∙ Development and management of a comprehensive remediation plan.

∙ Updating and harmonizing policies and risk mapping.

∙ Configuration and tuning of filtering and transaction monitoring tools.

→ Transformation & Optimization

∙ Optimization and digitalization of customer journeys.

∙ Automation: low value-added tasks, reporting, controls.

∙ Identification and activation of operational efficiency levers in processes and organization.

∙ Outsourcing of functions / creation of a Compliance middle office.

→ Change & Training

∙ Facilitation of compliance governance and business support.

∙ Creation of training programs for employees.

Some results achieved:

→ –35% of false positives in filtering thanks to scenario tuning.

→ –25% on KYC processing times through the creation of a dedicated middle office.

→ 0 major finding during an ACPR inspection, thanks to a robust remediation plan.

🎓 Dual degree in Law & Management (Dauphine, ESCP Europe, Berkeley).

🎖 Certified Green Belt Lean Six Sigma.

🌍 Bilingual English

💼 Autonomous, results-oriented, with a desire to bring Compliance closer to Business – Ability to engage teams, anticipate, and deliver quickly.

📩 Contact me today to discuss your project.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km)

Française des Jeux
On Malt
Compliance Governance/International Sanctions AML-CFT @ FDJ Group
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
June 2025 - December 2025 (7 months)
Paris, France
Deployment of a Group AML-CFT Policy and a Group International Sanctions Policy: drafting of policies, consultation with central functions and European subsidiaries to ensure operational alignment, validation by the Deputy CEO, publication and dissemination to all group entities via a dedicated communication campaign.
Structuring of the Group's AML-CFT/Sanctions risk classification: design and deployment of a methodological framework allowing for a consolidated and coherent view of the AML-CFT and Sanctions risks of all Group entities, conducting multidisciplinary workshops to identify products, services, and associated risks, building a risk classification matrix, and calibrating risk levels to facilitate risk assessment, prioritization, and coverage.
Reorganization of AML-CFT/Sanctions governance in a context of external growth: redesign of AML-CFT/Sanctions compliance steering and supervision mechanisms following the integration of new entities into the Group, harmonization of roles and responsibilities, adjustment of reporting processes, and strengthening synergies between the compliance functions of integrated entities and the parent company.
Facilitation of the AML-CFT/Sanctions network and cross-functional coordination: establishment and facilitation of regular coordination with subsidiary compliance officers, particularly through weekly meetings, thematic working groups, and harmonization and co-construction workshops.
AML-CFT Project Management KYC Governance
Compliance by
Independent Consultant
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
March 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Paris, France
🏛️ FDJ United / La Française des Jeux
→ Deployment of a Group AML-CFT and International Sanctions Policy.
→ Structuring of the Group's risk classification.
→ Reorganization of AML-CFT and International Sanctions governance in a context of external growth.
→ Facilitation of the AML-CFT network and cross-functional coordination.
AML-CFT Risk Management Project Management Compliance KYC
Fincley consulting
Senior Manager
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
December 2018 - January 2025 (6 years and 2 months)
Île-de-France, France
🏛️ General Management of BNP Paribas
→ Development of a strategic target, creation and management of a group program to improve the operational efficiency of Corporate client KYC for the Group.
→ Operationalization and implementation of the third-party reliance principle for all clients.
→ Creation of a KYC passport for 750 Strategic Business Groups, delegating KYC decisions to BNP sites with the best client knowledge.
→ Deployment of the Program by prioritizing new KYC processes for the bank's strategic clients, organizational measures, and quick wins.
→ Harmonization of KYC/AML-CFT rules, processes, controls, and KYC/LAB documentation across 20 European countries.
→ Support for the creation of a Central KYC Hub and End-to-End process redesign.

🏛️ COO of CACIB Cash Management Transformation Program (ITB)
→ Compliance Referent for the Program: individualized advice on cash management and trade finance compliance issues, coordination of NAPs, training for bankers on compliance risks in cash clearing...

🏛️ COO of BNP Paribas CIB
→ Structuring and management of the KYC outsourcing project for financial institution clients in India.

🏛️ BNP Paribas CIB Compliance Department
→ Development of a common vision for the KYC quality assurance framework across the operational areas of Compliance.
→ Design of the control framework, including writing control sheets, indicators, and steering dashboards.

🏛️ WHA Compliance Department
→ Optimization of the alert system (AML-CFT and Fraud) and scenarios.
→ Processing of generated alerts.

🏛️ Crédit Immobilier de France Compliance Department
→ Conducting controls for the periodic campaign.
→ Assessment of the consistency and relevance of the risk management and permanent control framework.
Project Management KYC AML-CFT Compliance Risk Management

Check out Benjamin's experience

Dorothée

Head of AML/CFT & sanctions Compliance FDJ UNITED - Française des Jeux

Reviewed on 7/9/2026

Benjamin brought real added value to the mission thanks to his good knowledge of AML-CFT governance issues, his organizational skills, and his excellent interpersonal qualities. Available, reliable, and committed, he worked effectively with the teams and contributed to achieving the set objectives. I am very satisfied with this collaboration.