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BNP PARIBAS FORTIS
- Test Manager
PARIS
2013 - maintenant
Test Manager
Activities
Context : Manage tests for a project called PC Banking Business :
Deliverables:
* Create and validate the test strategy & tests cases ;
* Review the business requirements & tests scenario's ;
* budget tests cases in a pre-User Acceptance Testing mode ;
* Analyze and classify defects and change requests ;
* Follow-up and checkout of the corrections & change requests implementation ;
* Attend the review meetings with IT & the analysis team ;
* Manage coordination of the application interfaces
Position
Test Manager / Test leader for SEPA (10 people)
Activities
Context: Manage business as usual and project in test team for IT department, 10 peoples.
Deliverables:
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People and technology
- Consultant
2011 - maintenant
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BNP PARIBAS Investments Partners
- Test Manager
2010 - 2012
Test Manager (2 people)
Activities
Context: Fortis and BNP Paribas have been merging - Project consisted in implementing a document generator (Prospectus OnLine), implementing UCITS IV E.U. rules.
Deliverables:
* Draft the test strategy & tests cases ;
* Review the business requirements & tests scenario's ;
* Execute tests cases in a pre-User Acceptance Testing mode
* Follow-up, coordination & support of the users during the User Acceptance Tests
* Analyze, classify and encode the defaults and change requests
* Follow-up and checkout of the corrections & change requests implementation
* Attend the review meetings with IT & the analysis team
* Revise the user guides ;
* Assist with the coordination of the application interfaces
Position
Project Manager / PMO (7 people)
Activities
Context: Fortis and BNP Paribas have been merging - Project consisted in implementing a document generator (Prospectus OnLine), implementing UCITS IV E.U. rules into the document generator.
Objective: In a transversal vision, the project manager Process and Organization covers all aspects technical or business to allow smooth information dispatching in the different projects POL, GPS, UCITSIV (7 peoples to manage)
Deliverables:
* Reporting management ;
* Planning management ;
* Follow up the 3 projects and analyze the transversal points
Position
Senior Business analyst
Activities
Context: BCM (Business change management) database cleaning (GPD) used to be the reference data in EX FIM. This cleaning has been done to insure correct reflexion in the reference data in BNP IP, Global Portfolio System (GPS)
Objective: Operational and architectural set up of the project - scope : Benelux data from Financial Asset Management database
Project follow-up, including follow-up of clean-up actions
Business Analysis of Financial Asset Management and Investment Management - product specifications (Umbrellas, Funds, Compartments, Mandates, Shares) - business process identification (Custody, Accountancy, Marketing). Manage 2 peoples.
Deliverables:
* Requirement specification for GPD to be able to integrate cleaned data at business level ;
* Process review for data maintenance ;
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BNP PARIBAS Securities Services
- Business Analyst
Pantin
2010 - 2010
Business Analyst integration and migration
Activities
Context: BCM (Business Change Management) made an exact image of BGL activities, which has to be implemented at BP2S. Gladys worked on the tax and accounts domains.
Deliverables: Requirement specification for BP2S to be able to integrate BGL tax and accounts structure at business level
* Process review for account maintenance and new clients regarding the tax requirements
* Conception of fiscal documents for different fiscal residencies as Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg and tax processing
* Tax reclaim review for various trades (including corporate actions).
Environment
MS Office, Internal tools, Erooms Network Database
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FDLV
- Consultante
2010 - maintenant
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PROCAPITAL
- Business analyst
Puteaux
2009 - 2010
Business analyst
Activities
Context: ProCapital will input a swift based reconciliation for Corporate actions, pure cash, and settlement movements to be consolidated with the MT940.
Business requirement analysis
* Market review
* RFI/RFP
* In-house solution vs. shelf solution ;
* Result analysis and decision process support
Environment
Swift messagerie, MS Office, Visio, XML
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FORTIS Retail Services
- Functional analyst & Business consultant
2008 - 2009
Functional analyst/ Business consultant
Activities
Context: Each location has specificities regarding online transaction requirement, for instance legal or reporting. To be able to incorporate new instruments as online offer for one location, all requirements have to be met and integrated with the central platform.
Deliverables:
New instruments integration
* BRDs to validate possible integration of new instruments
* Functional and gap analysis for system integration of new instruments
* Integration, technical testing, UAT ;
* Selections processes for applications systems and technologies layout (XML schemas between each application layer, websphere, webseal)
Savings simulator
* End to end analysis
* Impact analysis to develop the simulator ;
* Request validation by Business and developers team.
Environment
XML, websphere, Webseal, Front End, MS Office
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Euroclear Group
- Business Consultant
2008 - 2008
Business Consultant, Strategic programs ESPS
Activities
Context: The settlement platform had to be harmonized for UK, Belgium, Netherlands, France and Euroclear Bank. So far various systems were used generating various issues. The matching processes between ESES, EUI and Euroclear Bank bases so far on 3 different banking systems.
Deliverables:
* BRD for harmonization and integration of processes with MEGA tool
* Requirement synchronization between Product division (clients) and operations to target the different matching criteria
* Reporting process harmonization : development of an application to insure each client will receive reports
* Harmonization for matching process between ESES, EUI and Euroclear Bank, 3 different banking systems, Detailed Business Requirements writing and validation.
* Insure the Different Processes (Lifecycle: capture, match and execute instruction and transaction) send information through Reporting Process in a timely manner.
Environment
MEGA, MS Office
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ING IM
- Business Functional analyst
2006 - 2007
Business Functional analyst
Activities
Context:
* 1. Upgrade of Multifonds: system was upgraded without users to notice it. This covered the full implementation tasks, from gap analysis to testing. ;
* 1. New functionality validation: ING IM implemented new functionalities, and therefore had the requirement to analyze at business and functional level how to perform the implementation
Deliverables:
* Requirement analysis: MultiFonds Application 2.11 version currently used to develop an upgrade to 2.70 version. ;
* Regression testing for the upgrade ;
* Functional analysis: Analyze and follow up the upgrade which should not change how the users work. ;
* Analysis of new functionalities as derivatives management had been analyzed and created in Alpha level to insure accountancy required by the customer in accordance with system constraints
* Analyze how MultiFonds can be a tool to manage reconciliation with custodians.
* Request development to the supplier in order to satisfy customer needs
* Use knowledge to satisfy customers as Consultant ;
* Achieve goals request by clients, migration, new product creations in a timely manner
* Develop new knowledge in accounting, Investment management, Fund management.
Environment
MS Office, Multifonds
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Bank of New York Mellon
- Global Custody Expert
New York
2000 - 2006
Global Custody Expert
Activities
Context: This activities were done in an operational environment, in opposition of the later experiences performed in project mode. In this role, Gladys could in get an in depth knowledge of financial activities and understanding of the links between the various market players.
Global collateral management expert:
* Input the cash deals. The different amounts negotiated dealt between investors and creditors are processed manually.
* Instruct, input and verify cash payments for netting customers or have flat balances at the end of the day.
* Follow up settlement trades to insure customers' coverage using the different deadlines on different markets. A good knowledge of market practices in different countries is an asset: DBVs buy in /sold out, blind settlement and about all business specificities, corporate actions, taxes...
* Monitor the different electronic systems, RepoEdge, banks (Euroclear, Clearstream), markets and client system with different reconciliations. 3 different reconciliations are done: with subcustodian, with the BNY system and with the customer.
* Training newcomers
Settlement expert:
* Check reports to have a correct reflection in BNY system. ;
* Training newcomers ;
* Contact with subcustodian for different queries. ;
* Develop relationship with the new sub custodian ;
* Solve the asset breaks, redirect those linked to others departments, taxes, corporate actions, lending... ;
* Cleaning accounts. ;
* Liaison with the counterparties in order to obtain accurate settlement and meet target deadlines.
Instructions expert
* Processing instructions for North European countries ;
* Processing for Far East countries ;
* Internal transfers, cross boarders, market specificities...
* Office of Foreign Asset Control controller (anti money laundering)
Key achievement:
* Develop knowledge in Global Custody
* Work in an international environment ;
* Insure responsibilities to insure best management for transactions with large amounts.
* Personal achievements, be integrated in a new country with intercultural environment. Team leader back up as senior.
Environment
Internal tools, MS Office, Swift messagerie
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La Poste
- Multi purpose agent : succession, trading orders, administration,
2000 - 2000
04/2000 - 08/2000
Position
Multipurpose Agent
