DANIEL PIAZZI
Avenue des Arums 1 – 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium
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KEY QUALIFICATIONS
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Master in Business Administration / 15 years' experience in the financial sector (8 in an insurance company)
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Fluent/proven ability to work in 5 different languages (i.e.: French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish)
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Extensive use of ERP applications (SAP, ORACLE), EPM applications (SAP BusinessObjects, IBM Cognos, MS Power
BI, ORACLE Hyperion, SAS) and PPM solutions (Planview Enterprise)
Hands-on experience with programming languages such as SQL, VBA, HTML and CSS
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• FINANCIAL TRANSVERSAL SUPPORT (AXA BELGIUM, BRUSSELS – BE)
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JULY 2017 – PRESENT
Data analysis in the framework of numerous different subjects including the implementation of IFRS9 / IFRS17
standards, the merge / acquisition of an insurance company and day to day accounting activities
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Financial control and performance of analytical tasks related to the accounting of financial instruments, in
accordance with BGAAP, IFRS (IAS39 and IFRS9) and Solvency 2 (S2P3) standards
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Supervision of the accounting closing process and delivery of financial reports
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Control and improvement of processes and operational procedures
Projects:
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Assist in the Finance department implementation of IFRS9 reporting standards, with an emphasis on assets
valuation reclassifications and the shift of impairment rules:
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AS IS / TO BE analysis
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Simulation of P&L in line with new standards
Assist in the redesign and lead the rebuild of the Finance department’s reporting system, resulting from a DWH
migration (from Oracle to Teradata) and subsequent reporting tool migration (from Hyperion to SAS):
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Lead reporting specific requirement analysis together with IT specialists, assist in the formalisation of the
requests and testing of the subsequent deliveries
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Writing of functional specifications and documentation for handover to users
• IT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGER (TENNECO INC., BRUSSELS – BE)
JULY 2016 – JUNE 2017
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Strategic coordination of IT project portfolio for Corporate Finance and HR in a multinational environment
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Responsible for IT project prioritization, ideation and promotion
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Support in the formalization of business requirements
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Assistance to the Architecture team in the definition of suitable IT solutions
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Gathering of shaping figures and consolidation of high level budgeting information
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Support development teams throughout project implementation and delivery phases
• BUSINESS ANALYST (EUROCLEAR SA, BRUSSELS - BE)
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JUNE 2015 – JULY 2016
Responsible for the ideation of Business Intelligence projects (gathering and analysis of business requirements;
writing functional specifications; budget estimation)
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Link between internal customers and development teams throughout project lifecycles
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Assist IT specialists in the formalization of ETL, data models, and reporting solutions
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Coordination of User Acceptance Testing and follow up on subsequent deliveries
• CONSULTANT (AXA BELGIUM, BRUSSELS - BE)
DEC 2012 – MAY 2015
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Assistance to the supervision of the accounting closing process during the department’s ERP migration to SAP
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Delivery of financial reports in accordance with BGAAP and IFRS standards
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Financial control and performance of analytical tasks related to the accounting of financial instruments (i.e.:
investment funds, loans, real estate shares and funds, etc.)
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Design of a set of new reports in the framework of the Solvency II Directive 2009/138/EC
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Control and improvement of processes and operational procedures
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Definition of business requirement, assistance in the formalisation of requests and follow up on subsequent
deliveries
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Writing of functional specifications and documentation for handover to users
• CONSULTANT (EUROCLEAR SA – CSD, BRUSSELS - BE)
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MAR 2012 – MAY 2012
Operational support for the dematerialization process of Belgian physical securities
• TAX / COLLATERAL AGENT (THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, BRUSSELS - BE)
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Collateral Management for major investment institutions
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Fiscal monitoring of dividend and interest payments
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Coaching of employees
MAR 2007 – MAY 2011
EDUCATION
• Master in Business Administration (Università di Pisa, Pisa - IT)
• BA in Modern Languages and European Studies (University of the West of England, Bristol - GB)
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• International English Language Testing System – IELTS (University of Brighton, Brighton - GB)
2002
• European Baccalaureate (European School of Brussels, Brussels - BE)
2001
CERTIFICATIONS
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Excel : VBA programming (Xylos, Brussels - BE)
Aug 2019
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A Crash Course in Data Science (Coursera, online course)
May 2019
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Webdesign (Centre de Qualification Professionnelle, Brussels - BE)
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Knowledge Management and Big Data in Business (edX, online course)
Sept – Dec 2018
April 2016
COMPUTER SKILLS
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Excellent command of MS Office tools (with an outstanding command of Excel)
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Extensive use of ERP applications (SAP, ORACLE), EPM applications (ORACLE Hyperion, SAP BusinessObjects, IBM
Cognos, MS Power BI) and PPM solutions (Planview Enterprise)
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Hands-on experience with programming languages such as SQL, VBA, HTML and CSS
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Good knowledge of data providing tools (such as Bloomberg and Interactive Data)
LANGUAGES
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Mother tongues: Italian and French
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Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese
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Basic notions of Dutch
