Gaël Béron
Chef de projet/consultant senior - Financement automobile (VAC, LOA/LLD, Wholesale) et comptabilité, BMW Financial Servi
After 6 years at Fimasys, a software company based in Paris, Gaël Béron has moved for 2 years in Saudi Arabia for the position of IT Manager of a financial company, subsidiary Crédit Agricole group. Beginning of 2010, he created his own consulting company for whom he works today as a freelance.
To carry out his tasks, he relies on skills acquired in various operational experiences in software companies, integrator and finance groups:
• Functional Expertise in finance (loan, lease, consumer credit and employee savings) developed after 10 years experience in study, implementation and maintenance of financial ERP
• Expertise in information systems and technologies, analytical and reporting tools
• Business analysis and resolution of complex functional issues
• Adaptation to human environments and various software
Gael combines relational ease, listening skills and sense of rigor. These qualities make him a colleague and a very appreciated team leader (he supervised up to 10 people), and an effective negotiator
Specialities
• Audit & analysis of organizations and systems: systems, business functions and processes
• Optimization and modernization of information systems: conceptualization and design solutions, software integration
• Project management: team management, budget monitoring, planning, providers’ relations, steering meetings, preliminary study of requirements, functional specifications
• Functional validation with operations
• Help in choosing solutions: functional and budgetary comparatives
• Support for development team: writing or validation of technical specifications, test cases
• Support to change management: project-related communications, documentation, training plan
137 contactsProject manager/senior consultant freelance - Car financing (Loan, Lease, Wholesale) and accounting, BMW Financial Services
Consequently to finance and accounting harmonization of processes at BMW Group level (International Finance Template), analysis, creation and stabilization of accounting sub-ledgers for providers, customers and assets. Transition to the IFRS Gaap, reduction of discrepancies, implementation of the reconciliation process and tools to monitor ongoing process and permanent control.
2010 - 2010Implementation of software WebEpargne into the Information System of ProBTP. Go Live on June 2010 with respect of time and functional scope. The system deals with 15,000 companies in 150 groups for a total outstanding of 1,5 billion euros spread over 430 000 employees and 600 000 savings accounts.
2008 - 2009Creation of IT Department: strategy, budget, structure, computers fleet and telephony, providers’ management, reporting, recruitment and team management. In charge of evolutionary and corrective maintenance for the Front End system (FAMOS Financing, Fimasys), Back Office (Evolan, Sopra Group) and accounting (SAP) in order to meet functional needs and specific business requirements of partners and contributors. Deploying a software solution to finance household equipment (Revolving). Support to choose solution and to integrate a system to manage collection.
2007 - 2008For the company Sofinco Saudi Fransi (Group Crédit Agricole), setting up the Front End and Scoring Engine modules of ProFinance suite for a Financial Company in Saudi Arabia. Dedicated to cars and motorcycles financing, the system had to be opened to a large network of dealers in addition to the credit approval platform, and to communicate with the Back Office Evolan delivered by Sopra Group.
Project follow up and invoicing, business analysis, workshop and gap analysis, developments' follow up, delivery and user acceptance testing, support to configuration, users' training, support to Go Live (on September 2007) and rollout.
2006 - 2006For the company CNH (Group FIAT), missions of functional and technical consultancy in Paris and Turin. Business and technical analysis, workshop and gap analysis, detailed specifications, developments' follow up, delivery and user acceptance testing, on site support to installation and configuration, users' training.
2005 - 2006Manager of the Fimasys technical expertise team.
Main objective : refactoring of the build and continuous integration processes for the whole multi-platform Fimasys' softwares suite (ProFinance - WebSphere/WebLogic/JBoss & Oracle).
Study, definition of the scope and specification of the features to be implemented, development and integration of a Maven plugin for the Build Process and integration with Cruise Control tool, lead of the team in charge of the migration, conduce the change to the impacted team and users' training to follow the new process.
Others : definition of the processes for the packaging & delivery, maintenance of the versions and documentation, technical validation for the recruitment of developers.
2004 - 2005In charge of a module of the Fimasys software suite (ProFinance).
Business analysis, workshop and gap analysis, specifications, prototyping, developments' follow up, integration and maintenance.
Other : technical expertise, technical validation for recruitment, management.
2002 - 2003Business analysis, prototyping and development of softwares modules for ProFinance suite.