Arnold Ledroit
Project Manager - Investment Bank, Societe Generale New York
I am a project Manager specialized in the implementation and enhancement of accounting information systems of Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking. My previous working experience at Societe Generale was as a Business Analyst in the Risk department. I worked on the development and improvement of Credit and Financial Risk measurement tools. I graduated with a Bachelor in Finance at Audencia and with an MBA with a specialization in accounting at Bowling Green State University.
80 contactsResponsible for managing and coordinating the implementation or enhancement of accounting information systems for the investment banking activities.
2005 - 2005Financial Risk Analyst - Intern - New York - from January 2005 to June 2005
• Processed vanilla and exotic trades booked by the front-office in a risk measurement tool to assess the Value at Risk and the limit fixed by the Risk department
• Signaled any trade in excess of the limit (3 trades in excess of the limit per day)
• Updated and maintained the database underlying this risk measurement tool (daily use of Bloomberg)
• Assisted in discussions about the reshape of the Risk Information System
2004 - 2005Credit Risk Analyst - Intern - Paris - from January 2004 to December 2004
• Conducted 1 full-day training session a month for 20 managers on the bank’s new credit risk strategy (RAROC) and on the Basel II reform (Under my supervision, the trainees’ satisfaction increased by 20%)
• Supervised the administration of an online risk software used by 10,000 users worldwide & the creation of a user database
• Improved the methodological and technical support for the credit risk software users by creating an online FAQ
• Improved the internal training documents in compliance with the requirements of the Basel II reform
• Performed word and data-processing duties to support my boss in his decisions (satisfactory questionnaires, statistical analysis, and excel models to find the impact of the changes of specific variables on the results of our statistical models)
• Identified operational risks in the working processes of our service and communicated efficiently recommendations to the appropriate managers to comply with the Basel II requirements
• Assisted an internal audit of our service (100 persons) and developed recommendations to implement and improve controls and procedures in response of the new banking regulations
2003 - 2003Financial accountant - Intern - Cannes, France - from June 2003 to September 2003
• Wrote a guide of the working procedures for the new employees
• Prepared the financial statements and financial ratios for 7 small French companies