SUMMARY:

• Multi language Business Analyst holding ISEB BA diploma, I have dedicated the last 12 years into the commodities markets (agriculture, metal and energy). I am interested to discuss innovative, high value IT solutions enabling business benefits. Through business processes improvement and technological changes, I have successfully delivered critical written analysis, prototypes and live systems. All these activities helped my previous employers to maintain or gain competitive advantages.
• ISEB International BA Diploma that consolidates know - how, soft and people skills and techniques.
• Problem solving and strong analytics skills using SQL and all Microsoft tools including Visio and Project
• Applied modern project methodology Agile Scrum Product Owner and Prince 2.
• Good functional knowledge to communicate effectively in the financial sectors: business s (CISI/FSA)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Applications: HP Quality Center, Jira, Confluence, SQL Developer, Code Collaborator

Language Basic knowledge: Java, C++, XML, HTML, VBA

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• SME OpenLink Endur and principal business analyst in this global (Agile) project that transformed the IT landscape for the Middle Office, Operations and regulatory reporting.
• Drove the functional and non-functional requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation for existing reports (GMI, Client valuations, LTR, SDR, Trade Life Cycle events, Accounting and PAA.…)
• Prepared detailed question list and eengaged with stakeholders to review findings, gather critical information to write business requirement documents for the Middle-Office and Regulatory.
• Hands-on with the Oracle DB with the creation of SQL queries to validate rules and filters to apply for the data extraction (in Hadoop technology)
• Elaborated application diagrams and participated to initial discussion with the global support team.
• Trained and support technical colleagues and participate in the validation of the PoC.
• Drafted test cases, test plan for UAT.
• Support Developers and QA testers and bridge the knowledge gap through ad-hoc or regular planned sessions.
• Daily scrum (Project Manager’s backup) and documents progress in PowerPoint presentation.
• Prototyped cost saving alternatives using the existing technology and presented SWOT analysis.
• Lead the Planning, Requirements Elicitation and Validation with Front Office traders.
• Modeled and Prototyped new examples in Excel. Documented on Sharepoint the Real Time Profit and Losses (PnL) and Risk (Greeks) reports.
• Created and tracked tickets with JIRA.
• Wrote functional specifications documents for front-office desk to monitor their intra-day risk in the in-house platform using internal risk model.
• Gathered new requirements as well as reviewing existing requirements from OpenLink and Simpliciti FX. Anticipation to implement the new quant library to positions.
• Analyzed EoD PAA results to explain the unexpected variance. Various projects have been identified as a result of these findings.
• Coordinated the Quant/IT efforts and the PnL impact validation with Middle-Office, Financial Control and traders.
• Run one project from design, test and implementation to extend the volatilities surfaces for several PM currency pairs. Managed this business change initiative up to completion. (Waterfall)
• Reviewed AS IT and TO BE for the Book Of Work.
• Set success criteria. Plan UAT and SIT.
• Wrote user manuals and trained users in various location.
• Went live without roll back or major issues.
• Project appraised by stakeholders. Internal recognition and cash reward.
• BAU Support: Analyzed using scenarios with Excel Pivot the reduction of risk for other currency pairs. Recommended exotics FX volatilities extension to improve the capital requirement.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Sales Support for the integrated platform (Procurement, Risk management from Raw Materials to Finished Good)
• Lead requirements elicitation in interview, workshop and proof of concept to answer RFI/RFP.
• Established Business Cases from the business activities identified.
• Defined/Proposed the functional architecture for early engagement with prospects and partners.
• Understood the strategic business transformation and challenges (IBP, S&OP) for prospects in Food and Beverage (F&B), FMCG and Airlines companies.
• Relay competition analysis, trends and opportunities to the digital marketing team about Mobile App, SAAS, Cloud computing, Big Data (BI scorecard) for analytics and forecasting. (Saleforce.com)
• Got hands-on system configuration to model cross-commodities desktop, market, instruments and templates for the Treasury Management System (TMS) linked to OTC physical delivery, risk management (VAR module) inventory and tickets management
• Develop data capture screens based on User Experiences (UX).
• Used modules RiskPak, Mobile, Workflow and the interfaces to FX All, 360T and Bloomberg.
• Analysed the Front and Middle Office requirements for the future state from Scope definition, RFI and RFP.
• Setup from scratch a new environment on Endur V10.2 for trading financials and physicals products according the client scenarios (Sprint cycles)
• Efficiently demonstrated to program sponsor and partner the technical and business functionalities of the ERP.
• Consultant Prototyping using Excel to support the modelling of the deals in the Proof Of Concept (POC)
• Delivered in a record time a very comprehensive application ready to use.
• Setup a new environment on V10.2 for trading financials and physicals Wheat, Corn and Rapeseed.
• Analysed Front and Middle Office requirements from the prospect to establish implementation plan.
• Delivered a well-received comprehensive system and demonstration in just few weeks’ time.
• Translated scope definition documents, marketing brochures and inquiries from clients between English to French.

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysed disparities in the Mark to Market calculations from the result of identical samples trades booked in two trading platforms of GDF Suez. Investigated differences of methodology, pricing curves, averaging rules, and rounding principles.
• Provided documentation for internal counterparties, summarizing all discrepancies regarding FX, Discount Factor and Forward curve construction
• Wrote a user guide on how to efficiently book forwards and swaps in Openlink

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created new reports for MO/FO: 3 years’ operational plan, daily mark-to-market for all commodities.
• Improved efficiency of existing reports with more accurate filters and significantly reducing the processing time.
• Wrote new forms to capture business requirements in this organization. Explored the use of UML modeling to represent the business processes for reports enhancement.
• Identified the physical migration that required the implementation of new book, strategies and asset class. Prepared the UAT of the trading platform and trained the new IT test manager on this project.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created the following reports: Index Physical for NBP position; UK Gas and Coal position management; synthetic view of products for European power; oil futures positions, specifically futures to swaps and swaps to futures; optimization reports for the scheduling team; risk control report for deliverable futures; handover report for the out of office hour operator; VAT reconciliation; and forward cash flow report.
• Increased the reporting capabilities of the Gas and Power scheduling reports (including flows, storage and capacities) and daily real-time position management for Natural Gas
• Trouble-shot existing reports and analyzed the issues in the PnL breakdown report and credit exposure report and suggested enhancements and corrections to the offsite developer responsible for the maintenance. Advised business partners on system improvements.
• Used SQL query to access appropriate tables (report results) and perform bulk change (static data) in the database. Prepared scripts to release to production with complete procedures.
• Amended the invoicing process to in corporate the FX rate in the data flow from Aligne to SunGL
• Liaised with the relevant users to formulate the system requirements in order to write new reports and enhance existing systems. Prepared test cases for the User Acceptance Test.
• Coordinated a novation, including pre-test, validation, writing a detail plan and assistance in production.
• Assisted in modeling new gas formula deals and templates.
• Project manager for the implementation of the EFET 4.0 box and to start to match OTC deals using eCM 3.3. Go live in time and successfully
• Contacted business partners, including counterparties and brokers, to ensure success launch of the projects and define the appropriate set of data for the relevant UATs.
• Followed up on the progress of the intervention of the external consultant for the specific reports and the tuning of the progress to management.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in collaboration with European power schedulers, traders, head of product control and BO settlements team to gather front, middle and back-office requirements for trading platform enhancements. Analyzed data and ran a feasibility study.
• Lead meetings with business partners including quants to provide clarity around modeling of spread options for transmission rights. Wrote details specifications for the creation of new reports for the PnL breakdown (Greeks) and validated them prior to implementation in CTP (in-house ETRM).
• Used the internal risk model library in Excel spreadsheet and generate the PnL movement of the portfolio of rights under certain conditions. Demonstrated the importance of regularly uploading an accurate volatility curve for each inter-connector.
• Gathered all payment rules from current invoices on the website of TSOs to provide standardization
• Analyzed the settlement rules of European capacities to find similarities and help facilitate coding and maintenance. Wrote Functional specifications to develop the STP feed of the fees to the downstream system like the accounting system JDE in the General Ledger.
• Wrote functional high level user test cases and prepare the UAT in Quality Center (HP) with the test manager.
• Provided, reviewed and published on SharePoint up-to-date documentation and followed up gaps for the team using JIRA.
• Gathered front to back office requirements for the implementation of Australian power.
• Identified the gaps in the existing in-house trading platform to assess the needs of this new exchange.
• Ensured the collaboration around the pricing feeds (D-cypha / LIM and AMEO) with the market data team and developers.
• Collected all business and IT events with their associated time lime to define processes for product control, accounting (SFE Clearing) and the funding mechanism with Austraclear.
• Documented high level application diagrams and critical business flows for Gas, Power, Dry/Weight freight, coal emissions, exotics, base and precious metals.

Confidential

Lead Business Analyst / Support

Responsibilities:

• Organized and managed front to back requirements for the different components of Affinity (proprietary platform).
• Enhanced position keeping reports (VBA macro) as per user requests.
• Evaluated and created trade templates for new products. Maintained static/ data, including settlement date changes and brokerage fee modifications.
• Maintained mapping table for Trayport and counterparty details for STP flow from different brokers and exchanges transactions.
• Used extensively electronic Confirmation Matching, train users and participate to the EFET 4.0 upgrade and manage the KEMA . Internally promoted the electronic Position Matching (ePM).
• Co-managed the relationship with the EFETnet community. Participated in regular meetings, sharing tests results and the BA views, to agree on the definition of the component: electronic Settlement Matching eSM (1.0).
• Performed functional testing of the Confirmations Blotter. Produced the quick procedure and user guide.
• Planned and conducted monthly project reviews.
• Managed the workload of one IT developer.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Led various projects for new market entry into European gas and power markets. Coordinated internal departmental efforts and external parties to complete the set-up of new physical energy hubs and grids.
• Analyzed requirements for internal validation and execution to set-up collateral (cash deposit and bank guarantees).
• Produced documentation and internal presentations on European energy trading to capitalize on the team's knowledge.
• Worked with traders, schedulers, risk manager, accountants, tax specialist, confirmation and settlements team (payments, invoicing (SAP)) to analyze and document their requirements.
• Conducted technical analysis for new product configurations using Sophis Risque to determine the most appropriate solution for users.
• Planned and created test scenarios, performed technical and functional testing and assisted users during UAT. Followed up on test failures and worked with development teams (Sophis and internal) for resolutions.New Applications Integration and Trading Platform Migration
• Participated in the gap analysis between Sophis 5.2.6 to Triplepoint CXL.
• Business Analyst for EDF Division Optimization Upstream Downstream Trading (DOAAT). Modelized new power contracts for back office using the ETRM Zainet 6 solution. Series of in SunGard’s office. Created advanced reports with pricing formulas to calculate monthly settlements values.
• Consultant on the Allegro project bids responsible for answering the functional requirements for gas trading bids. Assisted with Allegro trading platform demonstrations. Runner-up in the consultation bid.
• Consultant Analyst for GDF Division Transport. Point person in the analysis with primary responsibilities to define a buying policy for GDF transport for gas measurement devices of the French network.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Electrical Supervisor with various responsibilities including from Field Chief of Electrical Controls and Instrumentation to Team Associate on-site (power plants)
• Design Office Engineer for Digital Control System developing programs for automation cubicles as part of the preparation of the project in Spanish.