Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

My name is Nato Akhalkatsi, I have nearly 17 years of experience managing complex transformation projects for the financial and risk departments of major banking groups, including notably Groupe CA and BNP PARIBAS, with a strong specialization in securitization.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
Italian
Fluent
English
Fluent
Russian
Conversational
Georgian
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

Odà Conseil
Independent Consultant
BANKING AND INSURANCE
January 2020 - Today (6 years and 7 months)
Paris, France
Scoping and operational implementation of projects for:
- Implementation of 4 cash securitization operations (non-SRT)•
- Implementation of a receivables sale operation
- Audit of the cash securitization management system SRT•
- Redesign of the historical performance data production tool for cash and synthetic securitizations
- Automation of swap management systems and REPO/REVERSE REPO operations
The operational implementation covers not only the definition and changes of processes, but also the evolution of the associated IT ecosystem.
As such, I am responsible for:
(1) overall project management (from scoping to go-live, including testing)
but also (2) the analysis of the existing situation and the identification of development needs and the target architecture
and (3) the definition of a governance for the management of operations (FCT) with the formalization of procedures and first-level controls in accordance with the legal and regulatory framework of the operations concerned.
Cash Securitization Synthetic Securitization SRT Securitization Change and Transformation Management Business Process Optimization
Adamantia Advisory
Manager
February 2018 - January 2020 (1 year and 11 months)
Paris, France
- Participation in business development activities (identification and preparation of commercial meetings, response to tenders, construction of an IFRS9 offering)
- Conducting recruitment interviews for employees
- Preparation and delivery of training on securitization and IFRS9 regulation topics
- Organization consulting assignments:
(1) Scoping of a transformation project for the finance department of a subsidiary of a large banking group
(2) Definition of the IT master plan for accounting and regulatory matters for the subsidiaries of a large banking group
(3) Scoping and implementation, as Business Project Manager, of a receivables sale operation on behalf of the financial department of a subsidiary of a large banking group (from structuring to closing and in interaction with all stakeholders concerned, FO to BO, Accounting, Regulatory Reporting and Monitoring)
(4) Scoping and implementation, as Business Project Manager, of a cash securitization operation on behalf of the financial department of a subsidiary of a large banking group (from structuring to closing and in interaction with all stakeholders concerned, FO to BO, Accounting, Regulatory Reporting and Monitoring)
Equinox - Cognizant
Consultant
BANKING AND INSURANCE
September 2008 - January 2018 (9 years and 4 months)
Paris, France
- Participation in business development activities (identification and preparation of commercial meetings, response to tenders, construction of an IFRS9 offering)
- Conducting recruitment interviews for employees
- Preparation and delivery of internal and external training within the firm (Lean Six Sigma, IFRS9)
- Organization consulting assignments:

(1) Scoping and management of projects for compliance with Basel II, IAS39, and IFRS9 regulations

(2) Implementation of a cash securitization operation (with needs analysis, impact assessment, and definition of a target IT architecture)

(3) Transformation of the management system for proprietary trading activities and for clients (with mapping of existing processes, identification of potential simplification paths, definition and costing of target organization scenarios

(4) Change management and support for the deployment of a tool for managing new and/or exceptional transactions