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Description

Business analyst and project manager, I support teams in optimizing their processes. With complete expertise in financial application management (portfolio management system), I am involved in specification, flow analysis, testing, and project management. Working in English or French is natural for me. My goal: to deliver concrete solutions aligned with business needs.

Specializing in asset management, I cover the entire chain, from front to back office. I master financial flows, particularly SWIFT and FIX messages.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Arabic
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

SOCIETE GENERALE,
Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager
September 2023 - Today (2 years and 9 months)
Paris, France
Mission: TRIPLE A & Risk ESG DATA (SG29OPS/SOPHIS) Within the ITIM/CSR/NBP department, on functional and technical subjects related to the Triple A software, mainly in the following scope: discretionary management, advisory management, and discretionary management for retail and corporate clients. And on the Risk ESG DATA scope, mainly on the SG29OPS and Sophis tools.
• Functional and technical analysis of front-to-back processes in Triple A
• Drafting functional and technical specifications for application evolution
• Development and maintenance of Triple A scripts to implement business rules
• Executing SQL queries for data analysis
• Analysis of financial and data flows (trades, positions, movements, cash, securities)
• Analysis and monitoring of FIX and SWIFT message flows
• Analysis of interfaces between Triple A and upstream/downstream systems
• Investigation and resolution of functional and data anomalies
• Complete execution of functional tests and validation of evolutions with the business (Demo/acceptance tests)
• Functional and application support for Triple A (incidents, diagnostics, corrections, and evolution requests)
• Daily interaction with IT and business teams
• Analysis of business needs for Risk, Data, and Compliance
• Drafting detailed functional specifications (controls, alerts, business rules) for the SG29OPS/SOPHIS tool
• Review, extension of back-fighting controls
• Analysis of risk alerts, data discrepancies, and functional anomalies
• Analysis of flows between SG29OPS and SOPHIS
As a Project Manager:
• Project management for Risk ESG Data (securitization, industrialization, compliance)
• Definition of scope, deliverables, and milestones
• Monitoring of schedule, risks, and progress via Pyramid (Planisware)
• Coordination of business, IT, and external provider teams
• Project reporting and communication to management and stakeholders
BNP PARIBAS BDDF,
Senior Business Analyst
February 2021 - June 2023 (2 years and 4 months)
Montreuil, France
Within the Wealth Management IT Department (BDDF IT), on functional and regulatory matters related to securities and life insurance applications, mainly in the following scope: securities database, taxation, and custody fees.
• Analyze evolving topics and conduct workshops with the relevant business department
• Drafting specifications for needs (example of specified topic: implementation of a flow of movements and positions between BDDF and BNPP AM)
• Specifications for the pricing offer redesign project (CAT/C2)
• Drafting of the testing strategy and test cases (functional and TNR) and the validation report, executing tests, managing anomalies
• Attending weekly team meetings to discuss the backlog and the progress of ongoing topics
• Analyzing and resolving PFAI (Production Incidents)

Business topics:
• Pricing offer redesign
• C2 Project
• BNPP AM movements & positions flow

Deliverables:
• Specifications
• Testing strategy
• Test plan
• Validation report
• Functional documents (support/presentations)

Stakeholders:
APICIL (GRESHAM BANQUE),
Business Analyst / Project Manager
June 2020 - December 2020 (6 months)
Paris, France
Mission: SOLIAM (multi-pocket management) Business evolution request managed by the Offer Department of the Savings & Financial Services Division. The offer is characterized by the implementation of institutional portfolios, each portfolio corresponding to a management mandate based on a risk profile. All portfolios will be held with CACEIS as custodian.
• Definition of the data flow integration strategy from the custodian CACEIS (option chosen is the acquisition of Swift files and proprietary files for NAV reporting) and file mapping;
• Preparation of the flow diagram;
• Participation in collaboration with the Vermeg team in the setup and creation of portfolios in SOLIAM;
• Monitoring the actions of each stakeholder (organizing and leading meetings);
• Conducting workshops and weekly meetings with all management companies: NATIIXS, LAZARD, OFI, AURIS, and TOCQUEVILLE, and with the custodian CACEIS;
• Participating in conference calls with the IT team (DSI) based in Caluire (Lyon) and the editor VERMEG (discussing functional topics, anomalies, progress);
• Contributing to the creation of the detailed project roadmap and GO/NOGO prerequisites;
• Holding weekly meetings with the project director and financial product managers on project progress;
• Participation in collaboration with the Vermeg team in the setup and creation of portfolios in SOLIAM;
• Drafting detailed functional specifications;
• Defining and drafting the test strategy
• Drafting and execution of test cases (in close collaboration with business departments);
• Change management (writing operating procedures to support business departments);
• Reporting on testing progress.