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Safouane A.SA

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About Safouane

I am a MOA / AMOA consultant specializing in IT project management and digital transformation. I assist companies in defining, structuring, and implementing business solutions tailored to their needs.

My missions include:

  • **Needs Analysis**: Gathering, formalizing, and prioritizing user functional and technical requirements.
  • **Specification Writing**: Developing terms of reference, user stories, and detailed functional specifications.
  • **Project Management**: Monitoring schedules, coordinating between IT and business teams, reporting, and risk management.
  • **Acceptance and Testing**: Organizing and conducting functional tests and user acceptance testing to ensure deliverable quality.
  • **Change Management**: User training, communication, and adoption of new solutions.

I combine methodological rigor with business understanding to ensure project success, while facilitating communication between technical and business teams.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Aix-en-Provence (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Credit du maroc
    Business Analyst - Digitalization of the online payment process
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2026 - Today (5 months)
    • Gathering and formalizing needs from the payment, risk, and compliance teams for 3D Secure v2 compliance.
    • Writing functional and technical specifications (SFD/SFT) for integrating payment flows between the bank, CMI, and international Visa/Mastercard networks.
    • Analyzing and mapping transaction flows (authorization, clearing, settlement) using BPMN modeling.
    • Configuring and monitoring physical and virtual POS interfaces in coordination with technical teams.
    • Writing acceptance test plans (UAT) and managing payment certification test campaigns.
    • Monitoring fraud indicators, acceptance rates, and transaction drop rates using Power BI dashboards.
    • Managing payment production incidents and coordinating fixes with IT teams.
    • Participating in Visa/Mastercard certification committees and monitoring regulatory changes (DSP2, PCI DSS).
    • Facilitating business workshops and reporting progress using the Agile Scrum methodology.
    Agile / Scrum Project Management Functional Specifications Functional Acceptance QA Testing Payment Processing
  • BNP
    Business Analyst - POS Payment Terminals
    TECH
    September 2024 - December 2025 (1 year and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    • Gathering and analyzing business needs related to electronic payment terminals (POS), SoftPOS, and card acceptance solutions.
    • Writing functional specifications (SFG / SFD) for payment flow evolution (CB, Visa, Mastercard, contactless, mobile).
    • Analyzing ISO8583 / CB2A payment flows between POS terminals, acquirers, networks, and issuing banks.
    • Functional configuration of POS terminals (EMV, contactless, limits, transaction types, PIN, fallback).
    • Managing functional and integration tests (POS, acquirer, CB network) and tracking defects.
    • Coordinating with technical, payment, network, merchant, and POS editor teams.
    • Participating in POS fleet deployment or migration projects (replacement, upgrade, new features).
    • Monitoring DSP2 / SCA compliance and security requirements (PCI-DSS, EMV).
    • Analyzing payment incidents (refusals, timeouts, reversals, network rejections) and proposing fixes.
    • Contributing to the improvement of merchant experience and payment acceptance rates.
    • Creating tracking tools: KPIs, reports, dashboards, project committees.
    Payment Processing Functional Writing Functional Acceptance Defect Management Functional Specifications
  • TDF
    Business Analyst - 5G / TNT / 5G Broadcast
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    August 2023 - August 2024 (1 year)
    Montrouge, France
    • Functional scoping of use cases for telecom infrastructure projects related to 5G Broadcast — a one-way point-to-multipoint broadcast technology based on the 3GPP standard.
    • Analyzing and specifying interfaces between content distribution platforms, broadcast CDNs, and network infrastructures.
    • Writing functional and technical specifications for broadcast services — detailed description of flows, expected behaviors, and system interactions.
    • Documenting technical architectures in Confluence — broadcast components, application interfaces, architecture diagrams.
    • Coordinating between network, product, and technical teams to align functional needs with infrastructure constraints.
    • Understanding and analyzing interoperability between multiple complex systems — application platforms, telecom infrastructures, and broadcast systems.
    • Project management — tracking workload, deadlines, and risks using Excel, producing reports for stakeholders.
    IT Project Management Business Owner/IT Department Consulting IT Strategy IT Audit Business Analysis

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Education

  • Master Digital Marketing & E-business
    Inseec
    2024

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