Zhiri Mehdi

Newedge is a 50/50 joint venture between Société Générale and Calyon. The Newedge Group provides customers a strong financial backing and a full-range of global products and services.

Global GMI Project Manager at FIMAT IT Americas, STP Listed team, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Manage global projects on the clearing and accounting system Sungard GMI for the FIMAT group:
• FX MarketSpace and USFE initiatives,
• Enhanced Commission module,
• Statements transmission systems,
• Stress test,
• Major CSBs implementation for all managed zones (America, Europe and Asia).

Act as a liaison between our application support team and Sungard on global issues,

Attend weekly change control meetings and approve changes covering both GMI modules integration and in-house i-Series developments.

Detached to Paris office as one of the European Zone Technical lead and advisor on enhancement projects for the Group’s accounting and clearing software solution:
• Merge of Back Office Environments,
• New customers onboarding: position/money line activities transfer,
• Implementation of Enhanced fees and commissions module,
• Trade Load and Referential Data improvement with third party data vendor (Bloomberg, Reuters, etc.)
• Design of an Average Pricing solution,
• Training of Back Office teams on specific GMI modules.

Detached to Fimat Facilities Management in Chicago, the company that manages SG's back office system for derivatives activity, I have acquired strong Business Analysis skills and an expert level on SunGard GMI, the broadly used exchange-traded derivatives accounting and clearing software solution:

• Managed developers during development and test phases.
• Ensured the IT solutions were consistently matching business processes within the framework of a multi-offices environment by writing Functional Specifications and leading User Acceptance Tests.
• Liaised between Chicago and Paris offices: acted as a key link between business team based in Paris and development and support team based in Chicago, while following up request status, assisting both ways in identifying contacts for business requirements.
• Improved processes such as Initial Margin Requirement reconciliation between SG and clearers.
• Designed and led Fees and Commissions training sessions in Paris for SG’s Derivatives Back Office team.
• Led specific module implementation matching SG Business’ requirements: NYMEX Energy Products management, LIFFE BClear facility products processing.

Change management project for a French leading insurance company:
• Helped the insurance company to understand key processes and objectives of their last implemented IT solutions by training top-level managers,
• Proposed a web based e-learning architecture to improve company’s competitiveness.