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Julien Dabout

Senior PMO | Budget & Project Steering | BFI

€950/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Julien

With over 15 years of experience in Investment Banking (CIB) and Insurance, I support financial and IT departments in steering their strategic portfolios. My expertise lies in data reliability for decision-making and optimizing budget processes in complex international environments.

PORTFOLIO STEERING & GOVERNANCE (P3O)

Supervision of large-scale programs (Budget > €30M / 400+ FTEs)
International and multi-site coordination (France, USA, India, Poland)
Capacity Planning: Bottleneck analysis and workload/resource matching

FINANCIAL & BUDGETARY STEERING

Complete mastery of the budget cycle: Construction, Forecast, Closing
Detailed management of indicators: CAPEX/OPEX, Cash vs Amortization view
Guardian of investment trajectory and ROI

TOOLS & DATA

CA Clarity PPM:Functional Expert (Deployment, administration, user adoption)
Reporting: Power BI (Data viz), Advanced Excel (VBA)

KEY EXPERIENCE

Currently PMO at BNP Paribas CIB - steering a scope of 470 FTEs across 4 geographies
Former PMO at Swiss Life France Finance Department - portfolio management ~€20M
Former PMO at BNP Paribas Cardif and Crédit Agricole Assurances

SECTOR COMPETENCIES

Insurance: Life, Health, Protection
Regulatory: IFRS, IDD-Priips, Eckert, AML-CFT
Banking: Corporate Credit, Cash Management

EDUCATION

Executive MBA - ESSEC
Master MIAGE Project Management
P3O® Foundation Certification

Open to mission opportunities for 2026.
  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • BNP-Paribas
    PMO / Financial Steering - CIB ITO - Global Banking - Corporate Credit
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    September 2018 - Today (7 years and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Context
    Mission within the Global Banking IT Corporate Credit cluster. Steering an international scope (~470 FTEs) including teams in France, USA, Poland, and India.

    Functions and services (based on the P3O model):

    📊 Finance (Budget Follow-up): Complete budget steering with CAPEX/OPEX monitoring. Management of dual Cash (Treasury) vs. Depreciation (Amortization) views. Worldwide budget consolidation (France, AMER, India & Poland contributions).

    👥 Capacity Planning & Resource Management: Steering of headcount trajectory and workload planning across all geographies (250 FTEs France, 92 Poland, 106 India, 20 USA).

    📈 Reporting / Monitor & Review: Production of performance indicators and data consolidation via Power BI for steering committees.
    ⚠️ Risk and Issue Management: Identification, monitoring, and mitigation of program risks.

    🗓️ Planning and Estimating: Supervision of the roadmap and project estimations.

    🛠️ Tools: Functional administration of CA Clarity PPM (deployment and project portfolio construction).
    P3O Financial Steering (Capex/Opex) Worldwide Power BI Clarity PPM
    Clarity PPM PMO Microsoft Excel Budget Steering Budget Management & CAPEX/OPEX Control
  • Swiss Life
    PMO - Budget Steering
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    April 2015 - Today (11 years and 2 months)
    Levallois-Perret, France
    Context
    At the heart of Swiss Life's Finance Department, the PMO's role is:
    Management of the project portfolio (~€20M) for the Executive Committee

    📊 Consolidation of budget forecasts, risk reporting, project status updates for portfolios: Life, Regulatory (IDD-PRIIPS, Ficovie, Eckert Law), Finance, HR, IT, …

    Management of the annual budget construction process
    🎯 Translation of strategic objectives into investment priorities and budget envelopes

    📝 Methodological support and assistance in drafting business roadmaps

    ⚖️ Budget consolidation and arbitration proposal in collaboration with program managers

    💼 Creation of business cases for major projects

    🚀 Transformation: Monitoring of Swiss Life's digital transformation initiatives and projects

    🤝 Support: Methodological support to project managers

    🛠️ Work Environment: CA Clarity PPM, SAP BW (basic knowledge)
    PMO Project Management Clarity PPM Microsoft Excel Budget Steering
  • BNP Paribas Cardif
    PMO
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    November 2012 - March 2015 (2 years and 5 months)
    Nanterre, France
    📁 Steering of the France project portfolio

    🗓️ Creation of the consolidated project portfolio schedule

    📊 Production of steering reports for France management

    ⚙️ Steering of the delivery capacity for the Project Department

    🛠️ Assistance with Clarity PPM deployment within the France Project Department

    💰 Construction of the France Project Plan and participation in the organization of the budget exercise

    ✅ Monitoring of project execution:
    → By supporting Domain Managers in steering their portfolios
    → By providing training and support to Project Managers on project portfolio steering tools

    🔗 Steering the relationship with go-live teams (IPS)
    Clarity PMO Project Management Budget Steering Clarity PPM

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Education

  • Master MIAGE
    Paris 5
    2006
  • Executive MBA
    Essec Business School
    2022

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