Cesar JORDÃO DE ASSIS

Senior Project & Program Manager | Strategy

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Mobility: Paris, Marseille, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Project Management (PMO)Data AnalysisStrategy & ConsultingFinancePower BIKnowledge ManagementProduct StrategyData VisualizationProduct ManagementProduct OwnershipTableauSQL QueriesDockerDatabricksDesign ThinkingMonday.comConsulting ITDesign SystemLinuxBubbleConfluenceJiraNo-code ApplicationsAgile CoachingAsanaPhotographyTranslationSQL databases

Languages

English (Native)French (Native)Portuguese (Native)SpanishItalian

About me

Intro

PMP-certified Senior Project Manager with 10+ years driving strategic initiatives across fintech, banking, and transport sectors. Delivered €2.2M debt recovery, 44 FTE operational savings, and led complex cross-functional programs with 100+ stakeholders. Expert in Agile/Waterfall methodologies, process optimization, and digital transformation.

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Work experience

Cross-Functional Project Manager

Comutitres

Jun 2022 - Present

4 years 5 months

Paris, France

A private subsidiary of Île-de-France Mobilités, Comutitres manages the operational administration of most transport tickets in the Île-de-France region. • Led a strategic program to create a new legal subsidiary, overseeing cross-functional projects across Legal, Finance (DAF), Procurement, and IT. Managed over 100 internal and external stakeholders—including Île-de-France Mobilités, RATP, SNCF, Optile—ensuring seamless execution in a complex, M&A-style environment. • Managed the Finance Department’s strategic project portfolio, delivering (Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid) initiatives focused on process optimization, financial compliance, and operational efficiency—ensuring all projects met time, cost, and quality targets. • Delivered a high-impact debt collection project, recovering €2.2M from over 14,000 clients in its first phase, with full ownership of planning, execution, and results tracking. • Oversaw the end-to-end transfer of a portfolio of strategic contracts, from impact analysis to closure, ensuring seamless service continuity and full regulatory compliance. • Managed the full lifecycle of a €5M public procurement contract, from drafting technical specifications to final execution, achieving all contractual and strategic objectives.

Portfolio Optimization Manager

Channel VAS

Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

7 months

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

A fintech company leveraging AI and analytics to provide financial inclusion solutions, including credit scoring and alternative lending services. • Optimized loan portfolio performance by analyzing data, allocating resources, and adjusting strategies to maximize profitability and minimize risks. • Increased portfolio profitability and resilience by implementing a scoring model that reduced the Portfolio at Risk > 30 days (PAR30) from 8% to 5%. • Enhanced financial inclusion by conducting client analysis and segmentation to identify borrower profiles, assess solvency, and adjust offers. • Improved decision-making by implementing automated and digitalized processes, including scoring tools, dashboards, and predictive models.

Strategic Project Manager - Management Consultant

BNP Paribas

Sep 2019 - Dec 2021

2 years 4 months

Paris, France

A top European bank with a global presence, providing corporate and institutional banking, asset management, and retail financial services. • Led a large-scale back-office optimization project by mapping all processes, applying statistical analysis to identify performance gaps, and driving change adoption throughout all the back offices in France. • Designed and implemented data-driven monitoring dashboards to track process performance, enabling continuous improvement. • Coordinated with multiple departments across France to ensure strategic alignment and successful implementation of process improvements. • Delivered a 44 FTE reduction, as a result of process/ task optimization, significantly improving operational efficiency and profitability.

Management Consultant

Maltem Consulting Group

Apr 2018 - Dec 2021

3 years 9 months

Paris, France

A consulting firm specializing in digital transformation, IT, and financial services, providing expertise in data, cybersecurity, and agile methodologies. • Review and reshape existing operational processes • Optimization of the consulting firm’s knowledge management system by creating a return of experience (REX) template and a Confluence page • Redesign and optimization of the company’s intranet • Sourcing of new consultants with HR and commercial department • Represent the company on external career, business and students’ fairs • Creation of an invitation for tenders’ template and a task force to optimize firm’s commercial proposals

Organization & Processes Project Manager - Management Consultant

BNP Paribas Personal Finance

Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

8 months

Paris, France

A subsidiary of BNP Paribas specializing in consumer credit, offering personal loans, auto financing, and credit cards across multiple markets. • Conducted detailed operational process mapping to identify inefficiencies and implement improvements. • Identified opportunities for automation to reduce manual workload and enhance operational efficiency. • Ensured process sustainability and standardization by documenting and formalizing them into user guides, manuals, and procedures. • Improved business rule management by cataloging and structuring all configuration settings used in Personal Finance.

Project Manager - Management Consultant

Crédit Agricole CIB

Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

10 months

Paris, France

The corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, delivering financial advisory, capital markets, and structured financing solutions. • Led the successful end-to-end migration of KYC activities from Paris to Singapore, guaranteeing operational continuity and process compliance. • Created standardized, bilingual process documentation in French and English to ensure clear understanding and facilitate international knowledge transfer. • Ensured a smooth adoption of new practices by personally training the Singapore-based team on all transferred processes and tools. • Validated migration effectiveness by monitoring post-migration KPIs to assess the impact on operational performance.

Project manager

University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

Oct 2017 - May 2018

8 months

Paris Area, France

A leading French university specializing in law, economics, management, humanities, and social sciences, known for its academic excellence and historical heritage. • Creation of ads for print and web outlets (The economist, Le Monde, Le Figaro…) • Creation of communication supports (flyers, brochures, booklets) • Representation of the university in international events as the Master and More Masters fair in Milan • Point of contact with future students • Preparation of enrollment certificates • Assist students with housing requests, visa procedures, social security and others • Assist with recruitment; organize, prepare, and execute the promotion orientation • Events organization: guided visit to OECD, UNESCO and integration visits in Paris • Contact and being coordinated with the accounting department, planning department, main economics department and enrollment department

Itaú Unibanco

Mar 2012 - Jul 2016

4 years 5 months

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Business Analyst Senior

Dec 2014 - Jul 2016

1 year 8 months

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leading financial institution in Latin America, offering retail and corporate banking, wealth management, and digital financial solutions. • Head of the second-biggest bank branch in Rio de Janeiro, managing five • employees to meet company’s goals regarding bank products and services • Responsible for implementing an innovation project in the bank system (CRM), solving the main problem related to client contacts updates • Credit and operational compliance • Establishing profitable partnerships with multinational companies, such as Odebrecht, Bacio di Latte and Subway • Follow up of consumer financial performance across bank branches through KPIs: short-term payroll loans, personal indebtedness indexes and others • Financial and commercial research, reporting and benchmarks • Explore different solutions to issues as their risks, benefits and impacts

Business Analyst Junior

Jul 2013 - Dec 2014

1 year 6 months

Business Assistant

Jul 2012 - Jul 2013

1 year 1 month

Business Development Trainee

Mar 2012 - Jul 2012

5 months

Administrative Intern

Air France

Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

6 months

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A leading global airline, part of the Air France-KLM Group, providing a wide range of domestic and international flights, renowned for its commitment to customer service and sustainability in aviation. • Reduction of more than R$5 thousand in costs of maintenance, thanks to new partnerships with suppliers • Development of partnership with multinationals, luxury companies and malls for distribution of marketing and merchandising materials • Elaboration of training materials for new analysts and interns • Bilingual reception of clients and suppliers (in English and French).

La Lampe Iluminação

Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

7 months

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Commercial Assistant

May 2011 - Oct 2011

6 months

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A design company specializing in high-end lighting solutions, combining innovation, aesthetics, and functionality for architectural and interior projects. • Creation and implementation of an inventory control system, resulting in reduction of materials losses estimated at R$70 thousand annually • Elaboration, control and emission of management reports as sales, financial, personal and human resources, stock and others • Product control and brand promotion in more than twenty spaces of the ‘Casa Cor Rio’ 2011 (#1Brazilian decoration event) • Management and training of a team of nineteen employees • Collaboration with media relations to publicize the brand and franchise

Strategic Intern

Apr 2011 - May 2011

2 months


Education

University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

Master of Philosophy - MPhil

2017 - 2018

2 years

University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

M.Sc

2016 - 2017

2 years

FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

2015 - 2016

2 years

Universidade Candido Mendes

Bachelor's degree

2010 - 2014

5 years


Licenses & certifications

PMI

Issued: Jun 2025

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