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Description

Freelance program director with 25 years of exclusive experience in financial markets. My background is atypical — and that's precisely what makes me valuable.

Before leading IT transformation programs, I was a mutual fund accountant, auditor, controller, then accounting team manager, and finally a business analyst project manager.

I operated systems before transforming them. This changes everything: I understand the on-the-ground constraints of Front, Middle, and Back Office teams, I speak the architects' language, and I know exactly where the risks lie in a migration.

Since 2018 at the Banque de France, I produced the IT Strategic Plan for DGSO — 10 coherent and prioritized transformation programs — and simultaneously led three major strategic programs: overhaul of the Securities Back-Office around Calypso/MAPS, modernization of the Cash & Liquidity chain, and professionalization of third-party relationships via an institutional CRM.

Now available for freelance assignments, I am looking for complex transformation programs in Finance / Banking / Insurance environments, where the combination of deep business expertise and proven leadership skills makes the difference.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Portuguese
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

Banque de France
Program Director – IT Transformation Financial Markets (DGSO)
BANKING AND INSURANCE
July 2018 - Today (8 years and 1 month)
Paris, France
Eurosystem Institution
• · Front-Middle-Back Office-Cash-CRM Programs
Context and Challenges
The DGSO (Operational Services Directorate General) of the Banque de France operates a critical market infrastructure for the Eurosystem. The mission: design and lead the complete transformation of the financial markets IT, in one of Europe's most demanding regulatory and technical environments.
IT Strategic Plan — Portfolio Governance
• • Production of the DGSO IT Strategic Plan: 10 coherent and prioritized programs, covering the entire Front-Middle-Back Office, data, liquidity, and third-party relationships.
• • Construction of the target IT vision: processes, data, architecture, urban planning — multi-year roadmaps.
• • Leadership of the DGSO CSI: CAPEX/OPEX arbitration, risk management, portfolio prioritization, executive reporting.
• • Management of Eurosystem interdependencies: MAPS, ECMS, Target Services, ISO 20022, CBDC.
• • Production: POS, Solution Design, GAP Analysis, application mapping, data models, business rules.
Process Optimization IT Architecture Business Strategy Process Improvement Budget Management & CAPEX/OPEX Control
State Street Banque
Project Manager
April 2017 - July 2018 (1 year and 3 months)
Management of requests, incidents/complaints.
• • Formalization of a unique third-party journey in 7 phases and 26 steps: prospecting, compliance, KYC, contracting, monitoring, closing.
• • Advanced features: EDM, omnichannel campaigns, analytics & AI (Next-Best-Action), knowledge base.
• • Complete IT integration and decommissioning of existing tools.
• • Market solution arbitration (PEGA / D365) in close collaboration with the IT department.
BNP Securities Services
Project Manager
March 2015 - March 2017 (2 years)
France
Multi-site project 40
Context
Strategic migration of the Chorus software to MFFA for the Fund Accounting and financial reference data scope. Structuring project under strong regulatory constraints and operational continuity stakes.
Achievements
• • Definition of the migration strategy and overall plan across 4 international sites.
• • Management of a project team of up to 40 people: program, securities, accounting, IT.
• • Adaptation of chart of accounts, takeover of securities scope.
• • Organization, monitoring, and management of all migration tests and acceptance procedures.
• • Anomaly management, business validation, data migration reliability.
• • Close collaboration with the Luxembourg Hub, IT, program, and accounting teams.