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Project coordinator with international experience and a keen eye for details. A hard worker with
first-class problem solving and organizational skills who believes in peaceful leadership and
builds strong relationships in the workplace to complete projects to the highest standards within
agreed deadlines. Tremendous working knowledge of GIPS Standards including the 2010 revised
version and Investment operations activities. Perfect knowledge of Alternative and Traditional
management. Familiar with most of the market data vendors. Specialized in Finance, excels in statistics
and performance analysis and calculation. Work on Activities centralization, Work flow improvement,
System implementation, Data migration, report redesign and people training. Exposed to Bloomberg,
FactSet, Statpro Composite, MyStateStreet, Unity, PORTIA, DataStream, FTP, AAA, SPA, PeopleSoft
with considerable experience using Microsoft Office (SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and
VBA) and Webex. Comfortable dealing with upper management and external auditors. Fluent in French
and English with some notions of German and Dutch. Enjoy working and contributing to company s
results.
Main Achievements
As the project coordinator of GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) verification within John
Hancock (Manulife Asset Management), I successfully obtained in 2011 the GIPS Certification for four
GIPS Firms (Canada, US, Europe and Hong-Kong).
As the primary contact of GIPS activities within Dexia Asset Management (Brussels, Belgium), I
successfully obtained three Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) Certifications in 2007,
2008, and 2009 following an external audit while coordinating with the branches in Paris, Luxembourg
and Sydney.
Professional Experiences
Project Analyst, State Street Investment Analytics, Boston
Efficiently work on On-boarding new clients
Detailed Analysis of client data requirements(Index historical returns, Data type, Currency,
License Status)
Identified how to adapt client needs to the standard model or the level of custom development
need.
Working closely with market data vendors and Data Aggregator to source client market data
requirements
Rigorous 3 steps audit of all client data with vendor data and in-house data.
Involve in BUAT/CUAT testing
Provide daily detailed updates to the project manager on analysis and testing activities
Provide adequate documentation and back up for new data sourcing activities
Daily Problem solving/issues resolution
Work closely with internal State Street departments: Offshore team to ensure data accuracy, the
Market Data team to set up all clients requirement, IT and Licensing team.
In charge of the daily task tracker in a team of 5.
Project Coordinator, GIPS Verification, John Hancock, Boston
Served as a point of contact from project initiation to project completion
Closely and effectively work with all GIPS FIRMS (US, Canada, Europe, Hong-Kong)
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Coordinating between all the various departments and FIRMS which are at work in GIPS
Verification
Provide proactive reporting and feedback to the management on the development of the project
Closely and effectively work with all levels staff that are involved in the verification (Product
Specialists, Marketing, Compliance, Client Service, Operations and other business units across
the organization)
Interact with auditors for the annual GIPS audit and provide requested materials in an efficient
manner
Solving all the auditors questions that arise during the verification
Coordinate with the Performance Measurement teams to maintain return data in composite
system (Statpro Composite), to resolve data discrepancies and to ensure accuracy of GIPS
related data
Respond to numerous requests for ad hoc analyses, and special reports from several departments
(Asset Mgmt, Portfolio Mgmt, and Client Services).
Adapt work and communication style to diverse client groups, both internal and external.
Performance Analyst, GIPS Coordinator, Dexia Asset Management, Belgium, 2006 2010
Expertly managed the GIPS Firm by constructing and maintaining the GIPS Composites
database according to the Standards. Requirements included excellent database management
skills, benchmark flow, and perfect knowledge of Alternative and Traditional management
(Fixed Income, Equity, Global balanced, and Money Market).
Successfully work on the centralization of GIPS activities in Brussels from Paris, Luxembourg
and Sydney
Prepared and distributed monthly GIPS performance reports and statistical data for inclusion in
sales and marketing publications, intranet, internal reports and several Consultant databases.
Investigated and resolved identified anomalies pertaining to composite.
Coordinated internal and external audit reviews, including annual GIPS certifications.
Advised and supported the request for proposal (RFP) team with quantitative and qualitative
analyses that made it possible to bypass the second round of due-diligence process.
Reduced by 50% the work time by innovatively devising a process that ensures meeting all
deadlines and verifies the accuracy of performance and statistical data.
Developed and built strong relationships with internal groups at all levels, which led to
improved ways of dealing with their enquiries, requests, and complaints.
Participated in several groups addressing financial investment strategies and IT training and
performed other duties as assigned.
Coordinated GIPS activities as one in a team of two performance analysts.
Education
2004 2006, M.S. in Management (Finance, Accounting, Business Planning, Law, Marketing,
Statistics, HRM, and Strategy), Solvay Business School, Brussels.
Major: Finance. Fall 2004: Exchange student, Hanken Swedish School of Economics and
Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland.
2001 2003, B.S., Solvay Business School, Brussels.
2000, Special Mathematics at Ath n e Woluw Saint-Lambert, Brussels.
1999, A-level in Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Yaound , Cameroon).
Internships
July 2006, junior consultant, AIG Insurance, Brussels, Belgium.
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October 2005, Citrix developer, Trane-American Standard, Brussels.
July 2005, Performance analyst, Fortis Investment Management, Brussels.
July 2004, Customer advisor, Afriland First Bank, Yaound , Cameroon.
July 2002, Performance analyst, Fortis Investment Management, Brussels.
Languages
French: native speaker, English: Excellent
Community Involvements
Volunteer, TellUs Institute, Boston
Volunteer coordinator, International Institute of Boston.
Volunteer, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic , Boston.
Tutor: Private lessons, mathematics, English, French (high school level).
Chairwoman and Founder of a non-profit organization in Brussels (Belgium) assisting children
in Africa to gain access to education and health care.
Member of executive committee, Helping Those Who Help : A Dexia Asset Management
social activity that allocated 90000$ to ten selected projects per year.
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