Thomas DUBOIS
Senior Business Analyst - Loan Servicing Department, First Republic Bank
Senior Business Analyst (requirements, use cases, User Acceptance Testing, Implementation, etc) with a strong experience among Financial Services (lending services, payments, cash management, ACH) through multiple assignments for business process improvement and IT migration projects.
Unique ability to evolve in complex environments among cross-functional teams combined with an aptitude of remaining calm under pressure while tackling issues with methodical and rational thinking.
Acknowledged sense of commitment with a passion for new challenges and a desire to improve constantly.
Specialties:
Business analysis (BRD, use cases, user acceptance testing (UAT)), system migration, implementation, business process improvement, lending services, payments, card payments, ATM, wire transfers, clearing houses (ACH), cash management, SDLC
Leading efforts to improve operational efficiency and processes for the Loan Servicing Department.
Managing several projects including:
- Outsourcing of the printing and mailing for Mortgage and Commercial Loan statements
- Implementation of an email workflow management system for our customer service department.
Tools: Excel, SQL, Access, SharePoint
Systems: AFS (Level III, Express), OSI, OnBase Imaging System
2010 - 2011Several projects to support the loan origination activity:
- Implementation of a new appraisal management workflow
- Data integrity projects to enhance the origination system
Tasks:
• Established the project plan (identification of tasks, assessment (time and workload)
• Worked closely with internal clients to define business requirements (BRD)
• Built and ran SQL queries using a Query-Builder-Assitant tool
• Defined test cases and test scripts
• Led the User Acceptance Testing phase and the implementation of the new features
• Oversaw post-implementation support
Tools: Fogbugz, Excel, SQL, Pivot tables, Access
Systems: PowerLender, Onbase Imaging System
2007 - 2009• Participated in an IT migration project for a package software solution for the French subsidiary of a Belgian banking group (listed on the Paris Exchange)
- Technically and functionally defined the migration process for the following activities : International and Domestic payments, Electronic banking, Web banking, Cash pooling, Treasury back office, CRM, Invoicing (project involving 60 professionals)
- Identified the migration impact on bank activity and reported to top management
- Developed the computer tools and documentation to manage and check correct completion of all migration activities (over 2000 tasks)
- Managed the project team during the migration tests (150 professionals involved)
• Defined the business organization and procedures to launch a new cash management offer for a French banking group (listed on the Paris Exchange)
- Analyzed the organization and the role of every branch included in the business process
- Modeled workflows and wrote the related procedures
• Defined procedures to manage operating incidents for the French Pan-European Automated Clearing House (European platform for payments in Euros) included in the SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) project
- Identified potential incidents/bugs and established their order of priority
- Led workshops with various experts to define the proper workflow
- Mapped workflows and wrote the related procedures
• Participated in the implementation of a new software to manage card payments from the ATM to the payment platform for a French banking group (listed on the Paris Exchange)
- Defined and performed delivery tests on the new software
2005 - 2007For the internal bank of the Renault-Nissan Group (French car manufacturer)
• Operated international payments for the Renault Group and its subsidiaries
• Handled payment incidents and disputes with foreign banks based worldwide
• Defined and conducted homologation tests of the new web-banking platform of the group
• Worked on the reorganization of the bank’s risk cover : survey and implementation
• Managed relationships with customers (including Nissan Europe Group) and suppliers
2004 - 2005- Revised the process of creation of new bank branches from the investment decision to the opening oh the branch
- Monitored opening projects of new branches.
