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Yasmina SOUFI Cell: 604-***-****

IT Project Management

Address:

A1206, 750 Jervis St.

8Y experience in a Bank + PMP Certification

Vancouver, BC, V6E 0B4

MAIN SKILLS

Excellent project management skills PMP certified

BUSINESS Excellent knowledge of software development lifecycle (Waterfall or Agile)

Excellent business analysis skills (detailed specifications, uses cases, tests plan, training plan)

Excellent product management skills (product features design, business cases, users stories)

Process improvement skills (process description, flows diagrams, notion of Lean Six Sigma)

Excellent organization skills

PERSONAL Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Strong ability to communicate with different interlocutors (IT, QA, marketing, business teams)

Self-governed

Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and MS Project

TOOLS Regular use of bug tracking system (JIRA, ITrack)

Good knowledge of SQL (regular practice to request ORACLE or SQL-Server database)

Good knowledge of software in a "Software as a Service" (SaaS)

Good knowledge of modelling methods (UML)

Basic knowledge of programming languages (Perl, Shell, SQL, Java, C++, VBA)

Finance: Market and counterparty risk management + Basic knowledge of financial products

OTHERS Language: Fluent in English and French (mother tongue)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Program Manager 3.5 years

2012 to Sept.2015

Market risk information system of an investment Bank

Program Manager

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE: To build a new information system build on a SaaS

Socit Gnrale (Bank), FRANCE

environment composed of 3 new applications to manage big volume of

market risks data (3million per day) and provide an end-user portal to request

data in real time and build reports (100 users across the world).

Key figures

5 projects, 3 new applications

Manage in parallel 5 complex cross-functional projects

4M/year on 6Y, IT teams of 20people,

Lead and motivate IT projects teams (~20 people)

100 users on 3 continents

Identify users requirements and define business cases

3 millions of data per day

Define IT deliverables and associated detailed planning

Key words

Define Graphical Users Interface with web designers and users

Program management, SCRUM,

Define testing strategy, plan and manage testing phases

Projects coordination,

Supervise architecture decisions to ensure consistency and conformity

Product features design,

Report programs progress status and risks to stakeholders

User Experience & GUI design,

Lead and prepare programs steering committees

Testing strategy definition & automation,

Manage programs communication and documentation

SaaS environment

2011 to 2012 Senior Business Analyst 1 year

Market risk information system of an investment Bank

Senior Business Analyst

Socit Gnrale (Bank), FRANCE PROJECT OBJECTIVE: To build a new end-user interface that allows users to

make different daily reports on the P&L of the investment bank.

Key figures

1M/year, IT team of 10people,

Lead interviews and workshops with users to gather requirements

50 daily different reports

Define business cases, build and manage the product backlog

Define implementation roadmap with IT teams

Key words

Business requirements, Drive IT teams to ensure project implementation from design to release

Product Backlog management, Manage and train junior business analysts (2 people)

Roadmap definition

Project Manager 4 years

2007 to 2011

Counterparty risk information system of an investment Bank

Project Manager

Socit Gnrale (Bank), FRANCE PROJECTS OBJECTIVES: To implement enhancements or new products

integration on the existing counterparty risk application.

The main projects that I managed are:

Key figures - Implementation of a new internal pricer for specific products - 1 year

4 main projects - Automation of the business back-testing process - 6 months

~500K/project, - Implementation of a new referential for rate curves - 6 months

3rd place in innovation awards in - Automation of the application in charge of exotic products 1 year

category added value for clients

Manage scope, budget, planning and risks of projects

Key words

Reports KPI and projects status to management and sponsor

Project management,

Produce projects financial synthesis

Risks management,

Plan and lead projects steering committees

Business Analysis,

Software development lifecycle (SDLC) Collect then translate business needs into use cases and process flows

Manage backlog of product enhancements and features requests

Clearly communicate goals, roles and responsibilities to IT teams

EDUCATION

October 2015: PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification

Project Management Institute, Licence n1851917

2005-2007: M.SC in Engineering - Majored in Management of information system

Mines Paris-Tech (Ecole National Suprieure des Mines de Paris, FRANCE)

2001-2005: Masters degree in Applied Mathematics and Finance

Four-year university degree (Master) in Applied Mathematics and Finance, obtained with honors

Dauphine University (Paris, FRANCE)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sports: Running in competition (distance: 5000m to 21km) - National level in France on 10km

Hobbies: Hiking, Travel, Cinema

Associative activities: General Secretary of the Athletic Association of Nanterre (150 members) 4 years

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