Danielle GUIAKAM
Deputy Director in charge of Middle Office - Financial Operations Department at BEAC- Claim this Profile
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French Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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Capital Markets Graduate Certificate
The George Washington UniversityMay, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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BEAC
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Banking
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400 - 500 Employee
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Deputy Director in charge of Middle Office - Financial Operations Department
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Feb 2018 - Present
▪ Define, implement and execute the risk management framework for foreign exchange and gold reserves management, reporting to the investment committees, internal audit and Board.▪ Main Responsibilities:- Credit, Market and Operational Risk management.o Monitoring of markets and continuously providing recommendation for risks limits (sensibility, value at risk, etc)o Daily control of transactions negotiated by Front Office in order to verify that they are made with authorized counterparties and to control the confirmations and the settlement with the Back office.o Daily monitoring of portfolios to ensure that they respect all the limits. o Periodic conformity review on back office activities in line with procedures.o Daily reporting including portfolios MtM and risk measures, transactions, settlements, and failures. o Management of users and static data including counterparties definition, counterparties and Central Bank’s SSI, counterparties information, accounts, securities definition, etc.o Interact with correspondents and counterparties on KYC questionnaires or issues (MSCQ, Worlfsberg questionnaires, etc.)- Organization of monthly Investment Committee.- MO Team management▪ Key Achievements:- Successful definition and execution of the risk management framework for foreign exchange and gold reserves management and related governance.- Built and implemented an operational controls framework with internal audit in order to assess whether Front and Back Office activities are carried out in accordance with procedures. - Elaborated risk management procedures for foreign exchange and gold reserves management.- Created and implemented new reportings for risk management.- Built an internal framework for credit analysis in order to select and follow-up counterparties and issuers. - Digitalization of risk reporting: led a cross functional team to develop (specifications, development, tests, acceptance) a digital solution for Middle Office reportings. Show less
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Supervisor - Back Office - Financial Operations Department
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May 2017 - Jan 2018
▪ Responsible for leading 3 Back Office teams in charge of Cash management, Messaging and Accounting.▪ Main activities and achievements: - Messaging using SWIFT for reconciliation of confirmations and settlements related to market transactions.- Cash management to verify the settlements and resolve failure issues.- Daily control of cash, securities and gold positions using statements sent by correspondents and custodians.- Daily cash-flow forecasts in order to ensure the availability of funds for the settlements of various external financial commitments of the Central Bank, the public administrations and credit institutions. - Accounting for market transactions and transactions between CEMAC countries and the IMF. - Participation in the implementation of a new integrated Front to Back IT solution as key Back Office user.- Back Office team management. Show less
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Head of Accounting Service - Back Office - Financial Operations Department
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2009 - May 2017
▪ Managing a team of 3 people in charge of accounting Market transactions and IMF operations. ▪ Financial Operations Training for new staff joining through the graduate Program.▪ Main activities and achievements:- Accounting for Market Transactions relating to purchases/sales of securities, spot exchange, cash and gold deposits.- Reconciliations of statements from the general ledger with statements received from correspondents and custodians.- Monitoring and accounting of operations between CEMAC countries and the IMF - Facilities, quotas, SDR allocations, purchases / sales of SDRs, IMF accounts in national currency.- Preparation and follow-up of the budget of the Financial Operations Department.- Update of the accounting services procedures for market transactions and IMF operations.- Key Back Office user in Summit FT (Front to Back integrated IT solution) implementation project. Show less
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Back Office team member - Back Office - Financial Operations Department
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2007 - 2009
▪ Back Office activities controls including accounting, messaging and cash management.▪ Main responsibilities:- Messaging using SWIFT for reconciliation of confirmations and settlements related to market transactions (P/S Securities, Money Market deposits, FX spot, Gold deposits).- Control of settlements and solutions for failure issues.- Daily cash-flow forecasts in order to ensure the availability of funds for the settlements of various external financial commitments. - Daily control of cash, securities and gold positions using statements sent by correspondents and custodians.- Accounting for market transactions and transactions between CEMAC countries and the IMF. Basics – Your passport to SWIFT Customer credit transfers and Cash management Show less
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Training program for Central bank managers
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Jan 2006 - Dec 2006
* Extensive exposure and experience at various Central bank departments – Monetary policy, Issuing banknotes, Foreign Reserves management, etc... Graduate into the Manager level position
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Education
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2003 - 2004
IGR-IAE de Rennes
Master, Financial and Law Engineering -
1999 - 2003
Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion - Agadir, Morocco
Bachelor's degree (4 years), Financial Management and Accounting -
Lycée Classique de Bertoua - Cameroon
General Certificate of Education, Mathematics & Physics
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