David DECROIX
Head of Business Solutions, Commodities, ANZ Banking Group, Sydney
GENERAL SKILLS
• Trading and risk management systems
• Commodities and Commodity Derivatives
• Deep analysis, synthesis and presentation skills
• Project Management skills
• Great knowledge of Financial Markets (Commodities, Credit Derivatives, Forex)
COMPUTER LITERACY
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Project, Visual Basic
• HTML, JavaScript, SQL
• Murex
LANGUAGE SKILLS :
• French : native
• Proficient English
• Conversational Spanish
OTHERS
• European Driving License
48 contactsCurrently: Responsible for the Global Commodities Products Analytics and Delivery. This encompasses
- Front-Office Frontline support: P/(L), risk, booking, amendments, trade life cycle etc.
- Pricing and Risk Tools Support, Maintenance, Specification, Assistance to Development and Testing
- Murex System Support (2.11.42): risk simulations, risk matrices, ad hoc VaR scenarii, etradepads, datamart, ad hoc reporting, market data structure and maintenance...
- New Product Delivery: business requirements documentation, instrument and market data structures configuration, testing phase organisation and coordination, deployment and release
- Assistance to Global Markets Projects: system upgrades, market data repository design, business reforms impacts assessments etc.
Commodities Products in Scope
- Agricultural Products
- Base Metals
- Precious Metals (paper and bullion)
- Petroleum and Petrochemical Products
- Carbon
- Coal
- Iron Ore
Instruments in Scope
- Futures
- Forwards
- OTC swaps
- Cleared swaps
- Listed options
- Simple options
- Asian options
- Swaptions
Geographies
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Singapore
- Perth
- London
Managing a team of 4 + 2 in dotted line in 5 different locations.
2004 - 2008Last 2 projects:
MAJOR INVESTMENT BANK - CREDIT DERIVATIVES DPT, PARIS, FRANCE.
Providing assistance to the Murex studies and projects teams
• Implementing exotic loans in Murex and in house Back-Office system plus organising test campaign for automatic upload of cash flows in Murex and automation of paper creation in systems
• Leading migrations processes, tests and go lives on ABS (seniorities migration), CDS on ABS (generic generators implementation), ABS Forward Pool Factors Upload
• Leading various projects of improvements in Murex interfaces with other systems
MAJOR INVESTMENT BANK - COMMODITIES, LONDON, UK.
Implementing MUREX for Commodities floor (Oil and Precious Metals Markets)
• Gathering business requirements from Front-Office traders and formalising them
• Configuring the software accordingly (contracts handling, trades templates, risk management, trade workflow, etc.)
• Tailoring and creating User Acceptance Tests Cases
• Providing daily maintenance and support to the traders, Middle-Office and Back-Office
2004 - 2004Working in the Credit Management Division, Credit Analysts Team ; among duties:
• Assessing the financial risk on Total suppliers / Agreeing maximum credit amounts for Total Clients
• Assisting at an expert analysis software implementation / Supporting Purchasing Department activities
2002 - 2002Working in the Risk Assessment Division, responsibilities:
• Analysing company reports and accounts
• Awarding credit ratings / Agreeing loan terms and conditions
• Devising and customizing financial packages
• Supporting commercial banking activities