Aymane Benslimane Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Canada

Formerly known as IT Finance Canada (www.itfinancecanada.com), Tech Talent Sphere (www.techtalentsphere.com) is a vanguard in global IT recruitment and consulting. With over 15 years of experience, we have become the nexus where innovation, technology, and talent converge. Our mission is to enable businesses and professionals to thrive in the ever-evolving digital landscape.Our ValuesIntegrity: We operate with honesty and adhere to the highest standards of moral and ethical values. Trust is the cornerstone of our business.Excellence: Our commitment to excellence is unwavering. We continually strive to exceed expectations and deliver outstanding results.Innovation: We embrace innovation, encouraging creative solutions and futuristic thinking in the ever-evolving landscape of IT.Diversity: We celebrate diversity, fostering an inclusive environment that enriches our global reach and insights.Collaboration: We believe in the power of partnership and collaborative efforts to achieve common goals.Partnerships That Speak VolumesOur portfolio is studded with success stories of innovation. We've been instrumental in the growth of firms like Société Générale across AMER and Europe, delivering solutions that resonate with efficiency and foresight. Our work with PSP Investment and AIM Software showcases our capability to drive transformational changes.Our clientele speaks to the trust we've cultivated. Institutions like LCH Clearnet and Hydro Quebec chose us for our relentless pursuit of excellence and our unwavering commitment to delivering the future today.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

As a Talent Strategy Expert at Tech Talent Sphere, I was integral in a strategic alliance with Société Générale, focusing on talent acquisition for their Corporate & Investment Banking division in Canada. My role spanned 38 hiring managers and 9 Executive Committee members. Key responsibilities included:Overseeing the full recruitment cycle in collaboration with HR, the executive committee, and hiring managers.Establishing strong relationships with Exco members and hiring managers, enhancing credibility.Developing a proactive sourcing strategy and pipeline projects aligned with Société Générale's business and HR strategies, focusing on Diversity & Inclusion, role prioritization, and adapting to departmental and technological changes.Serving as a recruitment coach and advisor, refining selection criteria and processes, and embedding HR initiatives like diversity & inclusion and remote interview experiences.Promoting Société Générale's culture locally, creating a robust candidate pool.Analyzing recruitment and market data to inform high-impact initiatives for Exco and HR.Setting and tracking key performance indicators for continual improvement.Managing vendor relationships for contractor requisitions (13+ vendors).Achievements:Enhanced IT requisition fill time by 20%.Improved hiring manager adherence to hiring initiatives and sourcing strategies.Conducted market analysis of pandemic impacts, leading to employer branding adaptations and targeted pipeline projects.Implemented new KPIs and reporting mechanisms for executive and managerial levels.Technical Proficiencies: Taleo, LinkedIn Recruiter, ServiceNow, Excel, PowerPoint.

As part of our consulting services at Tech Talent Sphere and our Data Management practice, I played a key role as a Presales & Account Manager at AIM Software, which is the fastest growing and award-winning provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) business applications to the buy-side. My main responsibilities included:- Develop sales plans specific to individual clients- Identify opportunities to grow pipeline in Europe and North America- Sell appropriate data management and data analytics products and services and maximizerevenue- Maintain a good relation to customers- Help maintain positive relationships with clients by appropriately directing any service,delivery and billing issues- Identify new business opportunities within existing clients by cold calling and leveragingexisting (internal and external) relationships- Market products and services to existing client firms- Independently oversee and complete all aspects of the sales process from pre-qualificationto completionMain achievements:- 5 year subscription contract worth around 1M$ p.a to a lead custody firm in Europe.- “Farmed” deeper relations with existing clients.

Montreal, Canada Area

Main responsibilities:- Manage full lifecycle of recruiting for IT roles, including sourcing, screening, assessing, interviewing, evaluating, and closing candidates.- Help the management define new strategic initiatives related to Talent acquisition processes- Work with HR and hiring managers to develop job descriptions and job specifications- Post job specifications in applicant tracking system (ATS) and on external job boards- Develop and execute sourcing strategies, and provide regular updates on search status- Source and recruit candidates through a variety of resources including databases, social media, networking, cold calling, etc...- Screen candidates by reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, and administering assessments- Use ATS to manage candidates, collect recruitment data, and generate reportsTechnical environment:In-house ATS Database / SQL , Linkedin Recruiter, Excel, Powerpoint. Main achievements: Average hiring rate of 3 to 4 candidates / Week.

Montreal, Canada Area

Main responsibilities:As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) acting between Business stakeholders and IT for change management and new business requirements rated to Master Data Management, my main responsibilities included:- Propose high–value tactical and strategic initiatives, influencing priorities and solutions’ choice, based on relevant business cases and gain versus effort estimations.- Team capacity planning- Hold operational meetings with Data and Software providers- Lead meetings with business stakeholders to analyze new requirements- Document business requirements and functional specifications related to data management business needs.- Daily follow up with IT and Business regarding data management and data quality issues and new changes, using agilemethodologies- Reporting to directors and project managers- Projects risk management- Define key performance indicators and monitoring dashboards to insure projects follow-upand process enhancementsMain achievements:- Increased projects efficiency by 20%- Increased business and commercial stakeholders satisfaction, regarding projectdeliveries and issues resolution.- Contributed to process enhancements and cost reduction by 5%

Paris Area, France

Main responsibilities:- Participate in the pre-sales and help the company to develop its business offer- Apply the company project management methodology, with high quality requirements.- Insure business and technical expertise role to prospects.- Help CEO taking business decisions.- Train end-users.Main achievement:New client needs related to improving a regulation process:I was responsible of gathering the client needs and proposing a data management business solution that led to a new module implementation.I had after this project a proposition to join the client teams as a Master Data Management Advisor.

Paris Area, France

Main responsibilities:- Product whole life-cycle implementation for international clients (3M$+ projects)- Insure business and project management expertise- Insure clients’ support coordination- Train end-users (Trading desks and Middle/ Back offices)Main achievement:In a very high demanding and challenging environment, I could manage several roles that require different multi-tasking skills, and I was top rated by my clients:- Account and Support coordination for 5 international clients.- Interest Rate Derivatives expertise and support to Traders.- Product Implementation for 2 international clients.

Paris Area, France

Main responsibilities and achievement:As a business analyst, I lead under the supervision of the Risk Department the implementation of a Risk Clearing solution for European Credit Default Swaps, in terms of risks calculations and margin call processes.I was involved in the phase from the functional specifications to the post Go-Live enhancements.The solution (CDSClear) has today the broadest European CDS portfolio coverage, with portfolio margining across all indices and single names subject to prevailing regulatory requirements.The volumes since inception are around 449G€ (Gross notional as of October 10th, 2021)

Engineer'S Degree, Computer Science

Master'S Degree, Financial Engineering

Exchange Program, Computer Science