Financial Product Manager
FinKeyZ
Total years of experience :12 years, 0 Months
As FinKeyZ founder, I crafted B2B SaaS and B2B2C AI-driven fintech solutions for millennials, Z Gen, and Alpha in the Moroccan and GCC markets. Utilizing agile methodologies and collaborating with banks, payment gateways, and marketplaces, I established and sustained successful partnerships. Our innovative solutions, featuring financial education, empower end-users to optimize their personal finances, resulting in a remarkable 40% savings boost.
● Orchestrated impactful sales meetings, securing three contracts averaging $75, 000 each with financial institutions.
● Applied agile methodologies to streamline FinKeyZ, achieving a commendable 25% reduction in project creation and validation
time.
● Enhanced the business model through strategic market research, resulting in a noteworthy 30% increase in annual revenue.
● Contributed to ongoing product innovation through the development of user-friendly features.
● Demonstrated effective project management, maintaining a 95% on-time delivery rate, and achieving a 10% cost savings.
● Facilitated collaborative design thinking and UX/UI workshops.
● Led cross-functional teams in developing a buy-side virtual financial assistant algorithm, resulting in a 30% increase in end-user
decision-making speed and a 20% rise in investment return.
● Developed comprehensive business cases for fintech verticals, including banking, retail, travel, and real estate.
As founder of B-sensei, my team and I collaborated with BNP Paribas Morocco to develop and deploy a fintech solution for 500, 000 Moroccan clients, aimed at promoting financial inclusion and savings. We secured $450k in pre-seed funding.
● Collaborated with an 8+ manager to transform the product vision into user stories and a backlog.
● Facilitated communication and coordination between business units.
● Project oversight (risk, budget quality) and the setting up and monitoring of KPIs (CAC, TTM, revenue growth, etc.)
During my four-year career at BNP Paribas, I led significant initiatives while excelling in two critical roles that showcased my agility and strategic thinking.
● Assisted in the successful launch of two financial education and inclusion products with over 50, 000 users.
● Develop and cement relationships with the local ecosystem (ten start-ups, five incubators, and three tech accelerators)
● Contributed to the development of a new mobile banking app that digitized loan grants, reducing approval time by 80%
● Identified four market business opportunities with a combined value of more than $5 million.
● Achieved the conversion of five prospects into clients by tracking performance objectives.
● Conducted financial analysis on projects in the real estate, industry, and agriculture sectors.
● Appraised and evaluated the credit portfolio's quality for ten companies.
● Ensured KYC, KYD, KYT, and AML compliance in all customer interaction.
● Secured a $1.5 million loan to fund the future real estate projects' financial needs.
● Led the marketing team that converted over half of the prospects for four housing projects into buyers.
● Manage internal processes such as collaborating with diverse stakeholders, mentoring 10 individuals, and conducting two
workshops.
● Participated in the implementation of the accounting, financial, and monitoring framework for the $780 billion European bailout fund.
● Created financial statements that followed IFRS standards for ten EIB clients in Eastern Europe and Africa
● Produced Excel management reports for monitoring ten bank mandates.
● Establish, analyse, and implement the daily profit and loss report for the desk's manager (derivates, plain vanilla products)
● Reported on and covered positions using an intra-desk borrowing approach, averaging $30 million per day.