Profil professionnel
Vue d'ensemble
Expérience
Formation
Compétences
Informations complémentaires
Langues
Personnalisé
Chronologie
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Sara CONFALONIERI

Sara CONFALONIERI

BUC

Profil professionnel

Experienced banking profile with relevant risk experience (credit, portfolio and sovereign mainly on developing countries), but also succesfull relationship and sale experience, as well as project and management abroad. Passionate for economics and politics, sustainable finance and business development. Enthusiastic and self-motivated learner with great adaptability and natural relationship capabilities. Ambition to move fowards in front positions related to investment financing, corporate credit, as well as strategic business consulting, by breaking out of comfort zones.

Vue d'ensemble

23
23
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Expérience

Correspondent Banking Relationship Manager and Sale

BNP PARIBAS SA
Paris
11.2021 - Actuel
  • Manage correspondent banking relationships accounting for 30% of team's volumes and revenus, focused on Germany, Austria, South Europe and Insrael clients.
  • Granting 10% of yearly portfolio growth (both organic and prospects).
  • Managing the end-to-end Request for Proposals.
  • Negotiate legal account agreements and define pricing policy.
  • Represent the bank during global financial events (BAFT, SIBOS, EBA ecc).

Economic Research Senior Economist

BNP PARIBAS SA
Paris, France
11.2012 - 10.2021
  • Evaluate developing economies to establish a sovereign internal rating (Latin America and African countries).
  • Prepare forecasts and country reports to support the bank strategy.
  • Present assessements in Management Committees to support Investment Banking business requests.
  • Contribute to the external papers and press interviews.

CIB Credit Management Coordinator

BNP PARIBAS SA
Paris, France
07.2011 - 10.2012
  • Support CIB Senior Credit Manager in Country Committees preparation.
  • Assist the Bank's Country Heads to calibrate their credit consumption needs and reallocation exercises.
  • Consolidate strategic memos from CIB business lines.

Senior Strategic Risk Portfolio Analyst

BNP PARIBAS SA
Paris, France
07.2009 - 06.2011
  • Support Group Risk Management Executives' decisions with appropriate portfolio analysis and risk assessment, working in project mode.
  • Prepare documents for Regulators, Central Banks and rating agencies.
  • Assist Investors Relations Department in preparing quarterly results documents related to the Group Cost of Risk.

BNP Paribas Securities Services Risk Manager

BNP PARIBAS SA
Chennai, India
11.2008 - 06.2009
  • Set up of the Hub's Business Continuity Plan for Audit Inspection.
  • Creation of Hub's Risk Department, implementation of procedures, controls and risk assessment for each business lines
  • Assist the Head of Risk and Compliance in monitoring and reporting risks and Internal Controls.
  • Management of one employee under my responsabilities.
  • Risk training for local staff and management experience.

Credit Risk Analyst on Financial Institutions

BNP PARIBAS SA
Paris, France
07.2006 - 10.2008
  • Assess counterparty and credit ratings for financial Institutions and present recommendations in Credit Committees or Annual Reviews.
  • Support the delocalisation process to Rome by training local analyst as well as the local manager.
  • Conducting due diligences to banks under my portfolio.

Asset Management Performance Analyst

BNP PARIBAS SA
Paris, France
11.2003 - 06.2006
  • BNP Asset Management funds' performance reporting (Equity, Fixed Income, Fund of funds) and support asset management allocation.
  • Performance attribution and Value at Risk analysis, gap investigation.
  • Support Institutional Clients needs.
  • Participating to recruiting team process.

BPSS Corporate Actions Analyst

BNP PARIBAS SA
Paris, France
09.2001 - 10.2003
  • Monitor Corporate Action events (IPO, spinoff, OPA, Division, Attribution, Redemption) and process Institutional Clients' events though swift notifications.
  • Support Account Managers with trades investigations.

Formation

Certificat - Sustainability Essential for Business

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
on-line certificate
06.2023 - 08.2023

Green Economy & Inclusive Economic Indicators

UNITAR (United Nation Institute for Training)
03.2021 - 08.2021

Master C.E.M.S. - International Management

HEC, ESADE, Bocconi
01.2001 - 12.2003

Graduate Degree (MSc equiv.) - International and Development Economics

Bocconi Business School
09.1994 - 12.2000

Compétences

  • Multicultural & international profile
  • Salesforce
  • Analytical mindset
  • Client focus
  • Strong adaptability
  • Team player
  • Synergic leadership management
  • Willingness to challange confort zones

Informations complémentaires

  • Teacher for children from 6 to 10 yrs old
    Dorcas Primary School in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
    (mai 2003 - mai 2003): Visiting teacher for opening kids to european cultures (French & Italian), with practical activities.
  • Analyst for Microfinance ratings
    PlaNet Finance (sept. 2004 - juil. 2005): Assess microfinance institutions ratings for Planet Rating (planet Finance affiliate).
  • Member of BNP Paribas Mixcity, association for enhancing women involvement into finance world.
  • Music: part of a Polyphonic Choir in the past as soprano, playing piano.
  • Travelling

Langues

Italian
Bilingue
English
Bilingue
French
Bilingue
Spanish
Bilingue
Portuguese
Opérationnel
Russian
Intermédiaire
German
Intermédiaire
Japanese
Débutant

Personnalisé


  • Fundamentals of Corporate Financial Statements, Fitch Rating, London, United Kingdom, 2019-11-01
  • Introduction to Structured Finance, BNP Paribas CIB, Paris, Île-de-France, France, 2010-11-01
  • Project Management, BNP Paribas SA, Paris, Île-de-France, France, 2010-06-01
  • First Time Managers, InspireOne -TMI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 2009-04-01
  • Intensive Financial Institutions Analysis, Fitch Ratings, London, United Kingdom, 2006-12-01
  • Business Project on Operational Risk Management, Worldwide Integration Network (WIN Program for High Profiles) by BNP Paribas HR, 2002-10-01

Chronologie

Certificat - Sustainability Essential for Business

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
06.2023 - 08.2023

Correspondent Banking Relationship Manager and Sale

BNP PARIBAS SA
11.2021 - Actuel

Green Economy & Inclusive Economic Indicators

UNITAR (United Nation Institute for Training)
03.2021 - 08.2021

Economic Research Senior Economist

BNP PARIBAS SA
11.2012 - 10.2021

CIB Credit Management Coordinator

BNP PARIBAS SA
07.2011 - 10.2012

Senior Strategic Risk Portfolio Analyst

BNP PARIBAS SA
07.2009 - 06.2011

BNP Paribas Securities Services Risk Manager

BNP PARIBAS SA
11.2008 - 06.2009

Credit Risk Analyst on Financial Institutions

BNP PARIBAS SA
07.2006 - 10.2008

Asset Management Performance Analyst

BNP PARIBAS SA
11.2003 - 06.2006

BPSS Corporate Actions Analyst

BNP PARIBAS SA
09.2001 - 10.2003

Master C.E.M.S. - International Management

HEC, ESADE, Bocconi
01.2001 - 12.2003

Graduate Degree (MSc equiv.) - International and Development Economics

Bocconi Business School
09.1994 - 12.2000
Sara CONFALONIERI