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Division i · Banking advisory

Banking & financial systems.

The firm’s core activity: end-to-end coverage of the project cycle, from scoping to validation, on critical banking systems.

Domains covered

A broad functional perimeter.

From front office to regulatory reporting, across the structuring functions of the banking information system.

  • Core Banking
  • Payments (SEPA, SWIFT)
  • Banking accounting (IFRS9)
  • Capital markets
  • Front-to-back
  • Requirements
  • Test strategy
  • Functional validation (UAT)
  • Business-analysis steering
  • Business / IT coordination
  • AML & controls
  • Regulatory compliance

Services

Three skills, one cycle.

From translating the business need to steering acceptance testing, without a break.

Business requirements

Translating a business expectation into a specification actionable by a technical team is a precision exercise. This is where a banking project’s success begins.

Typical deliverables
  • Business Requirement Documents (BRD)
  • User Stories & detailed use cases
  • Detailed functional specifications
  • Scoping & validation workshops
Typical engagements
  • Software integration (Amplitude, Murex)
  • Front or back module redesign
  • Regulatory compliance rollouts
  • Accounting platform migration

Functional testing & validation

A good test doesn’t just verify that the code runs — it challenges the business logic. We design campaigns that reveal what technical tests cannot see.

Test cycles covered
  • SIT — System Integration Testing
  • UAT — User Acceptance Testing
  • FAT — Factory Acceptance Testing
  • Industrialised non-regression testing
Tooling
  • HP ALM (Quality Center)
  • JIRA / Xray
  • SoapUI / Postman
  • SQL (Oracle, Informix)

Business analysis & Test Management

Leading a complex banking project means coordinating teams that don’t speak the same language. We play that role of operational conductor.

Responsibilities
  • MO / BO / IT team coordination
  • Project committee facilitation
  • Acceptance steering (strategy, metrics)
  • Change management & Go-Lives
Methodology
  • Agile / Scrum tailored to banking constraints
  • Hybrid V-cycle on regulated domains
  • Structured executive reporting

Transformation lifecycle

Eight steps, steered end to end.

Select a step to detail its risks, activities, deliverables and the firm’s role.

Step 01

Diagnosis

Inform the decision before committing.

Risk addressed

Launching a programme on a vague scope or false assumptions.

Activities
  • Audit of the functional existing
  • Gap mapping
  • Identification of major risks
Deliverables
  • Diagnosis note
  • Gap map

Mission situations

When institutions call us in.

Recurring contexts where senior functional expertise makes the difference.

Software integration

Deployment or upgrade of Amplitude, Murex MX.3 or another critical package, to scope and functionally secure.

Acceptance programme

Acceptance testing to structure or take over: strategy, scenarios, execution and steering to the exit criteria.

Compliance rollout

A regulatory effort (IFRS9, reporting, AML) to translate into rules, specifications and tests.

Platform migration

An accounting or payments cutover to prepare: mapping, cutover rules, controls and stabilisation.

Systems expertise

The environments we command.

A foundation built on production platforms.

Core Banking
Amplitude (Sopra Banking Software): functional configuration, integration, cross-cutting modules.
Payments
SEPA (SCT, SDD, Instant), SWIFT (MT, MX / ISO 20022), GPI, international transfers, cards.
Banking accounting
Accounting schemas, real-time multi-currency posting, IFRS9, closings and cutoffs.
Capital markets
Murex MX.3: FX, Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives desks, front-to-back leadership.

Contextualised references

Structuring programmes.

Engagements performed as part of the founder’s professional roles.

The institutional experiences below were performed as part of the founder’s professional roles, via Sopra Banking Software or Synechron. They are not direct contractual engagements of the firm.

Société Générale Maroc · Attijariwafa Bank Egypt

Engagement viaSopra Banking Software

Amplitude · Accounting, Payments & Core Banking

Context

Rollout of Sopra Banking Software’s Amplitude suite — a banking platform in production at two major banks in North Africa and the Middle East.

Challenge

Functionally securing critical modules (Payments, Accounting) and Core Banking integration before go-live, without loss of traceability.

Role

Product Expert — test strategy, functional leadership of the Payments & Accounting modules, supervision of Core Banking integration.

Deliverables
  • Industrialisation of over 1,500 test scenarios — Payments & Accounting modules
  • Design of real-time multi-currency accounting rules, IFRS9 compliance
  • AML controls integration and real-time sanctions-list monitoring
  • Supervision of Core Banking, payment hubs and clearing systems integration
  • Feasibility studies, scoping and structuring of payment-flow perimeters
Environment
Core Banking · Payments · Banking accounting
Results
Over 1,500 industrialised scenarios and Payments & Accounting modules validated before go-live.
AmplitudeHP ALMSQLIFRS9SEPAAML

Mission details shared with respect for confidentiality.

Parisian trading floor

FX · Rates · Credit Derivatives desks

Engagement viaSynechron

Murex MX.3 · FX, Interest Rates & Credit Derivatives

Context

Murex MX.3 implementation programme — the reference trading-floor platform, used by most major investment banks.

Challenge

Coordinating Middle Office, Back Office and IT across regulated scopes and turning complex trading needs into actionable specifications.

Role

Business Analysis Project Manager — requirements authoring, front-to-back leadership, project committee facilitation.

Deliverables
  • Authoring of Business Requirement Documents, use cases and User Stories for FX, Rates & Derivatives desks
  • MX.3 implementation across FX, Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives scopes
  • Project committee and functional requirements workshop facilitation
  • Cross-team MO / BO / IT coordination on regulated perimeters
Environment
Capital markets · Front-to-back
Results
Requirements delivered and MO/BO/IT coordination ensured across FX, Rates and Credit Derivatives scopes.
Murex MX.3JIRA / XraySQLFXRatesCredit Derivatives

Institution unnamed — engagement performed via Synechron.

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