
Thomas Canobas
Senior Compliance Consultant | KYC & Risk Management
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Seasoned Financial Consultant with 17+ years of expertise in Risk Management, Compliance, and Business Continuity. Successfully delivered 40+ strategic consulting projects across financial institutions and Fintech, specializing in regulatory compliance (GDPR, EMIR, FATCA) and organizational excellence. Offering comprehensive solutions in risk management, customer experience optimization, and regulatory compliance with a proven track record of transformational leadership.
Work experience
President / Consultant
One Up Conseils FormationFreelance
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
Paris, France
Freelance Management Consultant in Strategy, organization and project management Banque - CX Department - on going Perform the audit of the KYC function - Write down an actions plan - Build and lead a KYC program ( 4 streams : Governance / Remediation / Periodic review / review of the existing/ upcoming customer's journey ) - Provide Advices/ guidance on strategic projects Luno France - Board of Directors - Aug 2023/ Nov 2023 - Interim Managing Director / Compliance officer - Maintaining and developing Luno’s regulatory compliance relationships with local regulators (AMF, TRACFIN etc...); -Assess and mitigate regulatory compliance risks - Reviewing and updating policies, procedures and processes to ensure ongoing compliance with local - Regulatory requirements - Licence application AXA France - Secretariat General - Feb 2023/ Sept 2023 - Senior Project Manager - Campaign 1: Set up the PEP customers remediation campaign - Campaign 2: Implement the remediation campaign for joint customers between AXA bank and AXA France
Senior Compliance Officer /PMO
Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB
Apr 2014 - Aug 2022
8 years 5 months
69340 Francheville, France
• Categorization in terms of regulations of the counterparties on EMIR ,MiFID 1/2, FATCA, CRS, REMIT, Banking Secrecy, French Banking Law, DFA, IFTT and Canadian tax • Blockchain regulatory project responsibility with coordination of all parts in this project • Compliance with legal and regulatory obligations and ensuring that all activities are in correlation with those regulations • Train the staff on EMIR and IFTT topics, supervising and following their performance • Perform all activities related to OFAC / WorldCheck screening • Estimate environmental and reputation risk, AML and terrorist financing risks, country risk, activity risk, sanction/embargo, shareholders and directors checks • Review and adhere to SG Global KYC Policy & AML/OFAC policies and procedures • Develop a strong working relationship with other KYC departments globally
Strategic Business Consultant Freelance
Quazino – France/Canada
Jun 2012 - Jul 2014
2 years 2 months
Montréal/ Paris
• Identify new business opportunities and map strategies for success while advising the managing director for the strategic decision • Build an effective Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and work on the quality and the security of the client's data • Assist the managing director in the creation of affiliates in France and the UK • Create cost-effective marketing campaigns and build/maintain strong partnerships
Senior Business Continuity Consultant
Audisoft Oxéa
Oct 2013 - Mar 2014
6 months
Paris Area, France
• Business continuity consultant and Crisis Management consultant for major corporations in the fields of finance and insurance • Develop and implement business continuity program and provide action plans to improve the resiliency of the organization • Train the staff on topics such as risk management, crisis management, crisis communication
Consultant in Risk Management
Plante & associés
Dec 2010 - Jan 2013
2 years 2 months
Montreal, Canada Area
• Conducting analysis of potential business impacts of a crisis with business managers • Propose corrective and recovery strategies and plans by analyzing the results and data • Build a risk management practice around the compensation requirements (regulation authorities A.M.F/O.S.F.I)
Sponsor relation (volunteer role) of the Montreal chapter at PRMIA
PRMIA - Professional Risk Managers' International Association
Aug 2010 - Jul 2011
1 year
Montreal, Canada Area
I represent PRMIA Montreal chapter for sponsorship of events. My responsibility was to raise money in order to support our risk management events.
Project Manager in Risk Management: Business Continuity Plan
Western Union
May 2009 - Dec 2009
8 months
Paris Area, France
Operations Officer - Back office
BNP Paribas
Jan 2008 - Aug 2008
8 months
Branch Manager / Private Banker
LCL
Jul 2004 - Dec 2007
3 years 6 months
800 Clients (from $150000 to 1M$)
Education
Paris-Pantheon-Assas University
DIPLÔME D'UNIVERSITÉ RESPONSABLE CONFORMITÉ
2020 - 2021
1 year 2 months
McGill University
Certificate
2010 - 2010
2 months
ISC Paris
MBA
2008 - 2009
1 year 2 months
C.F.P.B centre de la formation et de la profession bancaire
Institut des techniques de banques
2007 - 2008
1 year 2 months
Université Paris Cité
bachelor with honors
2004 - 2005
1 year 2 months
Licenses & certifications
CAMS
Issued: May 2019
APRM, Associate Professional Risk Manager ( in progress),
Issued: Jan 2017
Green Belt Lean Six Sigma
Issued: Apr 2016
Certificate in Anti Money Laundering
Issued: Dec 2015
AMBCI,Associate Member of the Business Continuity Institute
Issued: Jan 2012
ABCP, Associate Business Continuity Planner
Issued: Nov 2011