Ibrahim Khalif  Maraade, Senior Project Manager

Ibrahim Khalif Maraade

Senior Project Manager

Banque Saudi Fransi

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Information Systems Management
Experience
41 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :41 years, 5 Months

Senior Project Manager at Banque Saudi Fransi
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since August 2009

August 2009 to date: Banque Saudi Fransi, Riyadh, Senior Project Manager, Corporate Operations Division, In-charge of Capital Markets Operations Projects

Project Manager, responsible for the delivery of all the projects within approved timelines and budget.

Main activities include but not limited to end to end management of projects, requirements gathering and documentation, system test strategy and test plans, preparation of test scenarios and test cases, leading test execution team, preparation of user manuals and user training. Support users after system implementation

Major Projects successfully implemented

• Integrated Payments Platform (IPP)
• Treasury Systems Upgrade to support front to back flow of deals
• Corporate Loans and Deposits Management in Treasury Systems Kondor (K+)
• Legal Files Documents Management in a Documentum system
• Government Institutions Documents Management Module in a Documentum system
• Development and delivery of a Corporate Loans and Deposits Management system with interfaces to CIS, Limit Management Systems and Treasury Systems
• Derivatives Products Back Office System implementation
• Decommissioning of a main frame based Treasury Back Office system to Kondor Trade Processing system K+TP
• Decommissioning of legacy accounting system and implementation of accounting in Oracle GL system with specific emphasis on Treasury related products
• Credit Support Annex (CSA) Project, Implementation of Credit Support Annex (CSA) agreements for OTC Derivatives and exchange of Margin as a regulatory requirement.
• EMIR Project, Implementation of EMIR regulatory requirements for OTC Derivatives to be traded through a clearing system and exchange of Margin Call through a Clearing Member
• Creation of a special purpose vehicle SPV Project, Implementation of an external entity in a country with netting rules to support OTC Derivatives Trading
• Corporate Loans and Deposits migration to Regions and Branches, Introduction of a paperless process to allow branches and regions to process Corporate Loans and deposits through Loans and Deposits portal
• Intra Day Liquidity Management Project, BASEL 3 requirements under the BCBS 248 for banks to develop Intra Day Liquidity Tools

Major Projects/Activities in progress
• Calypso Treasury System Project, Implementation of Treasury system Front to Back in Calypso Treasury System
• Enterprise Liquidity Management Project, Implementation of an Intra-Day Liquidity Management system at Enterprise level
• Corporate Loans and Deposits Portal Roll out to Regions and Branches
• Change Management and Control -Banking Operations, Head of change management and control in the Banking Operations Group.

Senior Project Manager at AlRajhi Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 1993 to May 2009

March 1993 to May 2009: AlRajhi Bank, Riyadh, Senior Project Manager, Treasury and Trade Finance systems.

Company Industry: Banking
Job Role/Department: Technology Management

Major Projects successfully implemented during the period
• Electronic Funds Transfer system implementation in Saudi Arabia (SARIE)
• Integrated Branch System Implementation
• Implementation of Islamic Investments products in Globus system
• IPO management system implementation
• Implementation of Express Remittances system
• Payments through Remote Channels, ATM, IVR, WAP and Internet implementation.
• Treasury Rates management system implementation
• Islamic Term Deposits Management system implementation
• Islamic Syndication Loans project implementation
• Tawarooq through metals project in Globus system implementation
• Re-engineering of accounting interfaces between Globus and Bank General Ledger
• MIS Reporting Design and data extract methods project implementation
• Globus system Development Manager
• Stabilization of Globus system, Corporate and Treasury modules to resolve major issues
• Implementation of Treasury and Asset Management products in a new system replacing Globus System
• Corporate Lending Products and Trade Finance systems Implementation
• Business Relationship Manager- Corporate and Treasury Systems

Supervisor Foreign Exchnage Department at Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd
  • Kenya
  • April 1979 to August 1989

April 1979 to Aug 1989: Barclays Bank of Kenya, Nairobi, Supervisor Foreign and Clearing Departments in Middle Size Branch

Responsibilities Supervision of Branch Foreign Exchange and Clearing activities with over 7 staff members

Education

Master's degree, Information Systems Management
  • at University of Liverpool
  • June 2009

An online Masters degree in Information System Management

Diploma, Business Management and Finance
  • at Kenya Institute of Managemen
  • December 1995

A higher diploma in Business Managemnt and Finance

High school or equivalent, Basic and Human Sciences
  • at Garissa High School Certificate of education
  • December 1978

High school basic education

Specialties & Skills

Business Process ReEngineering
Leading Change
People Skills
Project Management
ASSET MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Development, Implementation & Maintenance of Payment Systems
Statistical & Business Analysis Skills, Project Management, Change Management
Various Banking systems eg. Kondor, Calypso, SIB2000, Globus
SWIFT Customer Payments and localized payment systems and processes for major global payment centres
Business plans, Business case and forecasting and Strategy development
Strong Presentation Skills with vast Cross-cultural and Interpersonal Communication Capabilities
Profound understanding of banking operations, processes, systems and methodologies
Islamic banking products Knowledge
Microsoft Office Applications
Microsoft tools
CAPITAL MARKETS
DOCUMENTATION
TREASURY
System Requirement Definition, Systems Analysis and Re-engineering, User Testing Delivery

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
Swahili
Expert

Memberships

PMI.ORG
  • 1976031
  • April 2015

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2017
Valid Until:
March 2020

Hobbies

  • Reading
    reading and swimming are my main hobbies