Julien Nizard

– Managed project and support PNL control tools using internal SQL and JAVA solutions under Agile methodology with 30-day sprints and daily scrums. – Deployed PNL reconciliations across APAC entities. – Conducted scoping meetings with control team, back and middle office, stakeholders, defining priorities and change management strategies. – Coordinated with source application system teams for needs assessment and evolution management. – Defined migration strategy and tool configuration. – Implemented user rights, front/back data source integrations, and local parameter settings. – Validated test cases and trained users. – Provided production support during quarterly closings with variance justifications and continuous improvement.

– Closed the SEQUOIA project (on boarding of new broker Kepler-Cheuvreux), delivering the last Milestones. – Monitored On-Exchange activities, clearing and settlement, CCP/CSD flows reconciliation, Buy-in, Pair-off management. – Managed Go-live & post go-live support. – Collected business requirements and defined use cases. – Provided user training and support. – Feedback pain points to the central project team. – Mastered business processes and key monitoring steps. – Identified all stakeholders for issue resolution. – Checked data consistency and produced reporting on activity/incidents. – Acted as SPOC for the custody department on the project. – Executed and automated functional tests.

– Led information system developments for strategic and regulatory projects. – Onboarded new central securities depositories: CREST, VPS, Monte Titoli, OeKB Austria. – Integrated new trading rooms: Acquis, Traiana, CBOE NL, Sigma-X Europe. – Overhauled member reporting: revised reports, migrated to a new frontend, managed member onboarding and documentation. – Defined requirements for new business line in Spain: integration of CSD Iberclear and Post Trade Interface (PTI). – Managed migration to the new Millenium clearing system: conducted Gap analysis, gathered business requirements, wrote user stories, ensured sign-off, functional testing, and implementation. – Participated in Steering committee, Pricing, Sprint planning, GO-NoGO meeting, and Release production. – Provided functional support. – Executed and automated functional tests.

– Managed POWER, an application front-to-back for booking, holding positions, and repositories on listed products. – Contributed to projects like Mifid 2, short future, and ETF forward products. – Led Roadmap, steering committee, management reporting, and milestone validation (GO-NoGO). – Analyzed business requirements from Front/Middle/Back office. – Investigated solutions based on technical and functional architecture with IT teams. – Drafted and formalized client's requirements. – Managed pricing and prioritization. – Wrote functional and technical specifications. – Automated functional tests. – Followed up on releases, integration phase, UAT phase, and user support. – Provided application and functional support.

– Ensured quality control of market data within the "Service Des Résultats" (SDR) Department for Economic P&L generation. – Controlled market data and fed the Front Office for trade pricing: portfolio valuation and P&L calculation. – Controlled FX spots and fixings, future prices, and managed future rolls, yield curve points, interest rate, and equity flights. – Implemented consistency controls: FO vs. external sources (Reuters, Bloomberg, broker), recalculation of zero coupons, rate curve interpolation. – Controlled margin calls and collateral. – Provided functional support.

– Provided Functional & technical support (level 3). – Managed Market Data flow infrastructures (Reuter, Bloomberg, Six Telekurs). – Managed IPC infrastructure (servers and trader decks). – Managed Market Data flow infrastructures on backup site - PCA. – Managed subscription with the purchasing department (Reuters, Bloomberg, Six Telekurs, etc.). – Managed commercial relations with suppliers (Reuters, Bloomberg, Six Telekurs, etc.). – Provided Front to Back user support. – Participated in projects: Bloomberg Citrix, Reuters Dealing, Eikon, Storage of Traders conversations.

– Contributed to VAS (Value Added Services) team, encompassing Booking Service and Position Service. – Ensured Booking Service allowed booking of deals from Front Office applications into Middle and Back Office systems such as MUREX. – Ensured Position Service allowed reporting of positions and cash flows by book and portfolio for Risk and PnL calculations. – Provided application and functional support. – Analyzed business requirements, especially from Front/Middle Office and Risk. – Investigated solutions based on technical and functional architecture with IT teams. – Drafted and formalized client's requirements. – Managed pricing and prioritization. – Drafted functional and technical specifications. – Wrote scenarios, non-regression and functional tests. – Followed up on releases: integration phase, UAT phase, user support, and work sites in project mode.

– Provided Level 3 application and functional support for Galaxy: post-trade application, data repository for SGCIB's derivatives, equities and indices. – Analyzed business requirements, particularly Front/Middle Office and Risk. – Investigated solutions to adopt according to the technical and functional architecture. – Drafted and formalized business requirements. – Drafted functional and technical specifications. – Monitored and corrected anomalies: analyzed logs, code, scripts. – Drafted and monitored developments. – Conducted impact studies. – Maintained and developed technical tools under UNIX system, particularly jobs for recovering price and static data from providers: Reuters, Bloomberg. – Harmonized work with an offshore team based in Bangalore (India): functional support, weekly conference, reporting, progress, validation, tests. – Wrote scenarios, non-regression and functional tests. – Managed production start-up, monitoring of patches and releases. – Provided user training. – Conducted studies in project mode, e.g., automation of the activation of exercised options.

– Integrated CRIPS software (CNCE flow management software) into the IS following the reorganization of the CNCE network into a single CRISTAL platform. – Drafted and formalized requirements. – Wrote technical and functional specifications. – Implemented acceptance tests in Test Director. – Conducted risk analysis and alert escalation. – Performed non-regression and functional tests. – Monitored actions, reporting, progress meetings, and minutes. – Designed user support. – Planned deliverables, delivery, bug tracking, and evolution monitoring. – Drafted procedures for the entire bank messaging activity. – Processed SWIFT keys for all institutions hosted on SWIFT by the CNCE. – Managed relations with customers and servicing. – Produced and parameterized BICs, reference systems, and routing rules. – Monitored production. – Acted as CRIPS and CRISTAL administrator. – Updated various reference systems: CBK, ABE, PNS/TBF, TARGET. – Followed up on key account customers (Clearstream, Bank of Tokyo).