Gérard Cozannec

functional skills

Banking: Means of Payment (cash, SEPA...); Customer Accounting System; Liquidity management; SWIFT; Correspondent Banking; French Banking Regulations
Project Management: Business Requirements; Outline/General Specifications; Application Validation; Change Management; User Assistance

professional experience

JULHIET-STERWEN

Paris – 04/2010-present

Crédit Foncier et Communal d'Alsace et de Lorraine / Banque au quotidienParis, Strasbourg – since April 2019

Context

Montesquieu project: creation of a real-time banking services platform

Mission

Project Manager / Product Owner

Monitoring of ongoing works on:
- contractual documentation (updating and communication to clients procedures, legal archiving...)
- statements (monthly statements, annual fees statement)
SEPA, implementation of:
- SDD (drafting of general specifications, procedures, validation cases, project monitoring…)
- Instant Payment (drafting of general specifications, procedures, validation cases, project monitoring…)
- AML/CFT controls
Implementation of banking mobility service (solution selection and integration, over SEPAmail network)

Context

Credits: process optimization

Mission

Project Manager

Implementation of TARGET2 transfers in order to accelerate transfers to notaries
Outsourcing of banker's drafts processing

La Banque Postale / DEDT, Saving and Cash products DepartmentParis – 2 years and 6 months

Contexte

Products modernization, reinforcement of AML/CFT controls

Mission

Product Manager, cash products portfolio

Commercial development of the cash products offering (in relation with Markets Departments)
Conception of a new line of products
- Conception (in relation with Markets, Research and IT Departments)
- Reporting for products monitoring committees (situation, evolution, reviews of pilot testing and commercialization…)
- Compiling of files for product validation committees (operational risks assessments files...)
- Monitoring of pilot testing with selected customers
Commercialization; drafting of:
- contractual documents (General/particular terms and conditions, technical requirements, user guides…)
- commercial documents (description packages, product brief…)
- procedures for post-offices, back, middle and front offices
Termination of "historical" products (money orders and assimilated)
General reinforcement of AML/CFT controls

Olkypay / Corporate Payments ServicesLuxembourg, Paris – 6 months

Context

Implementation of TIP-SEPA (a replacement for TIP, a French mean of payment terminated in February 2016) at VÉOLIA EAU – Used by millions of customers

Mission

Functional Lead

Validations supervision
Completion of the specifications (evolutions, amendments)
Setting-up of and client support during deployment

Société Générale / GBIS, OPER/QTYParis – 4 months

Context

Development of a cross-assets tool for certification of the deals quality from front to back office – Preliminary draft

Mission

Functional LeadIn English (emails, phone, meetings, documents)

Collection and drafting of business requirements
Specifications for a draft version
Validations

Agence Française de Développement / Non-sovereign Loans Paris – 3 months

Context: Preparations for an audit by the BCE
Mission: Collection of required data for first analysis

Brink's FranceParis – 4 months

Context: Implementation of a new operational model
Mission: Modelization of the business processes

Natixis LeaseParis – 4 months

Context

Upgrading of Cassiopae (core of Natixis Lease system information) as part of the implementation of a new business model – Preliminary draft

Mission

Recovery (Equipment and property leasing), authorizations, third party repository

Collection and drafting of business requirements (recovery)
Current situation assessment (authorizations and third party repository)

Natixis Payments / Functional LeadParis – 3 years and 3 months

Contexte

Cash/liquidity management (LMS by SAP) & reconciliation (NXG by Fiserv)

Mission

Project Manager / Product Owner

Impact assessments (Systems convergence)
Collection of business requirements
Validations
User assistance

Context: Creation of BPCE, end of Banque de France dispensation to use CNCE and BFBP old bank identifiers
Mission: Impact assessment on dashboards and billing system

Context

International payments: XENOS, (ancient) national system for international operations

Mission

Documentation

Reworking of the documentation
Design of functional architecture diagrams
Writing of an administration guide

ATOS ORIGIN, SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

Paris – 08/2006–03/2010

LCL Trade FinanceParis – 6 months

Contexte

Evolutions of BankTrade (documentary credits and amounts collected system)

Mission

Functional Lead

Workflow implementation assessment
Liaison with CSI, the American editorIn English

Technical Env.

Oracle Application, Business Object, MS-Office

Crédit du Nord / IT DepartmentParis, Lille – 21 months

Context

STS (Station de Travail SWIFT) Project – Integration of ClaritySuite by Synergy FS in CdN's Information System, in the context of the implementation of SEE (Système d'Echanges Externes), a new Financial Messaging System to replace IBM's MERVA: entry of FIN CBK messages, repair and archiving of all FIN CBK messages processed through SEE

Mission

Business Analyst & Project Manager

Strategies of deployment, of validations, of training
Project and monitoring committees
Functional configuration: user roles, messages routing rules
Specification of STS-SEE flows
Assembly and integration validation: creation and implementation
User training: training plan, manuals, training
Liaison with SynergyIn English (emails, telephone, meetings)

Technical Env.

ClaritySuite, SWIFT, Oracle, AIX, SAA, MS-Office

Société Générale / SGSS, ITS/INV, Cash SettlementParis – 15 months

Context

Implementation of Correspondent Banking in SITI

Processing of payment instructions (MT103 & MT202) from/to TRANSFERT platform, correspondent banking platform of DPDI
Reception of clients' instructions (MT101, MT103 & MT202) and issuing of related MT103 & MT202 to the correspondents or clearing houses
Upon reception of notices of payment (MT210), production of announcements for PLATON, cash management system at (SGCIB)
Processing of queries (MT195/196 & MT295/296) and cancellation (MT192 & MT292) messages

Mission

Functional Lead & Project ManagerCash Settlement, 11 months

Outline & general specifications
Creation of validation
Coordination of functional, technical and validation teams

Context

Adaptation and implementation of the information system SITI for ISL, SGSS's London entity

Mission

Functional LeadProjects, 4 monthsIn English

Project details
Cash settlements / Connection to the BFE "Cash Europe" platform for the process of payment instructions from/to the local (UK) and foreigner correspondents: outline specification
Accounting / Connection to ACFI to feed the general accounting: outline specification

SIGO CONSEIL / VIVEO

Paris – 09/2001–07/2006

IXIS Investor Services / IT Department, Cash Settlement & Banking ServicesParis – 23 months

Context

Separation of IXIS IS and CDC EP information systems

Mission

Functional Lead18 months

Outline Specifications (Integration of international payment system)
Application validation (International payments, migration to LDAP, Bank Card implementation, AIX migration…)
User assistance

Technical env.

BankOffice, SWIFT, CRIPS/CBK, SAM/SAA, Evolan Interest, LDAP, MS-Office

Context

Absorption of CDC IXIS by CNCE, merger of information systems - Cash settlement & HVP

Mission

Validation & Assistance5 months

Validation execution
Validation coordinator for the cash operations from the securities chain and from CDC EP
Back-offices & post-production service assistance on production supervision

Technical env.

BankOffice, Evolan Interest, SWIFT, MS-Office

CDC IXIS / IT DepartmentParis – 3 months

Context: Impact analysis of absorption of CDC IXIS by CNCE on cash settlement system
Mission: Inventory and gap analysis of customer services

Banque de Bretagne (BNP Paribas Group)Paris, Rennes – 6 months

Context

Integration of national banking regulations into ATLAS II, BNP's international bank platform, for eventual implementation at Banque de Bretagne

Mission

Functional Lead - Project Manager

Drafting of QAP
Drafting of General Specifications
Administration of weekly progress and monthly management meetings

Technical env.

Atlas II, Evolan Report, MS-Office

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations / Regulated Banking DivisionParis – 2 years and 1 month

Context

Evolution and correction of Géode II, CDC's accounting system

Mission

Functional Lead1 year

Adaptation of Géode for overseas territories (bi-currency, tax system, VAT)
Implementation of new circuit for HVP reception, emission of Balance of Payments reports
Feasibility study for the Conseil Supérieur du Notariat on payment de-materialization via the internet

Technical env.

BankOffice, Tedemis, Tokos / Evolan Interest, 3-Tier architecture, MS-Office

Context

Creation of CDC IXIS, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of CDC; separation of international payment systems

Mission

Functional Lead1 year

Evaluation of proposed solutions, drafting of General Specifications, creation / implementation of Application Validation
Feasibility study for improving the generation of Balance of Payments reports
User assistance

Technical env.

BankOffice, Xenos, SWIFT, MS-Office

Context

Evolution of BankOffice for the Frankfurt Division: revision of SWIFT MT950 messages to include pending transactions

Mission

Functional Lead1 month

General SpecificationsDrafted in English

Technical env.

BankOffice, SWIFT, MS-Word

SIGMA CONSEIL / DECAN / GETRONICS

Paris – 08/1995–08/2001

Crédit Lyonnais / IT DepartmentParis – 6 years and 1 month

Context

Development and administration of project cost management tool

Mission

Functional Lead5 months

Project management
Drafting of Outline Specifications, creation / implementation of Application Validation

Technical env.

Oracle Application, Business Object, MS-Word, MS-Excel

Context

Development of in-house project management application for IT Department

Mission

Technical Expert2 years

Analysis / development
Administration of development and production environments

Technical env.

Oracle, Oracle Application, Visual Age, WebSphere, Sqribe, ReportMart, AIX, Windows NT, 3-Tier architecture, MS-Word, MS-Excel

Context

Rationalization and expansion of Documentary Credit division

Mission

Technical Expert / Functional Lead3 years and 8 months

Analysis / development of Documentary Credit management software
Administration of development platform
Analysis / selection of operating system
User group training / assistance

Technical env.

SWIFT, CA-OpenIngres, CA-OpenRoad, Windows NT, C, MS-Word, MS-Excel

Functional Lead Senior Consultant

Paris — FRANCE

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