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Nicolas Trojanowski

Financial Engineer | Investment Bank Operations & Regulatory Specialist | Marketplace Founder

Debt Capital Markets
Tax Structured Finance
Financial Modeling
Accounting & Finance
Business Development (Web)
Professional Status
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About Me
⚑ Immigration Status:

✈︎ Moving to Miami, FL on June 2019 from Luxembourg

✈︎ EU citizen - French nationality

✈︎ USA Permanent Resident - Holder of the US Green Card


✾ Bio:

▸ 10+ years international experience in Investment Banking where I have assumed various roles, such as: Regulatory Project Manager, Senior Agency & Transaction Manager, Quantitative Analyst and Operations Specialist.

⭐︎⭐︎ I have developed expertise in managing highly structured financial transactions and banking regulatory projects.

▸ 2 years experience as a Digital Entrepreneur: I have engaged in the project of creating and launching a website that helps Surfers improve their surfing skills.

⭐︎⭐︎ The website keeps expanding worldwide.

⭐︎⭐︎ Currently looking for a permanent job in Miami, FL as my wife and I are relocating there in June 2019.
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  • Simply Surfers connects surfers worldwide.
  • Successfully built & launched the Simply Surfers website from scratch. (currently running version 4.1)
  • Winner of the Arcadier Inspire Challenge Award in the category Fan Favorite Marketplace of the Year
  • Rapidly grew the marketplace over 4 continents: Europe, Africa, South America & Asia
  • Deployed marketing and sales strategies to grow the business
  • Drafted a full set of legal documents to raise investor's seed money through the issuance of SAFE instruments (French eq. to BSA Air)
  • Managing all Regulatory, Legal, Financial and IT aspects of the project
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  • Responsible for conducting the implementation of regulatory projects for the Securitization and Tax Structured Finance business lines, within the Capital Market division of the Bank
  • Regulatory projects I have worked on include: EMIR, Volcker Rule, FGDR, Basel III, Liquidity Risk Management and FATCA.
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  • Responsible for the pre-closing and closing processes of new transactions as well as transaction restructuring and unwinds
  • Coordination of the transactions approval process with various departments of the Bank: FO, Risk, Legal, Tax, Accounting, Finance, Operations and Compliance
  • Overall coordination of the booking of deals: interfacing with support functions to find booking solutions with regards to highly complex financial products
  • Management of a portfolio of over 10 highly structured transactions: P&L calculation, cash-flow management, risk and covenants monitoring
  • Management of over 10 Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPV”): day-to-day activity, cash treasury management, organization of board of Directors and other "substance" aspects
  • In charge for training and supervising my teammates
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  • Provided proficient quantitative analysis to include cash flows, profitability, pricing models and previsional financial statements
  • Performed extensive analysis of assets to be utilized as collateral against financing transactions
  • Actively participated in the approval process of the transactions
  • Facilitated the execution of closing deals by acting as the principal liaison between our Business Line, Trading Desks and Operations
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  • Created and managed a new Middle Office desk for the Tax Structured Finance business line within the New York Branch
  • Creation and implementation of new processes and controls in the context of the Kerviel affair
  • Effectively handled transactional activity within the deals portfolio:
    • Coordination of new deal closings/ restructuring/ unwinds
    • Development of P&L pricing models
    • Management of periodic cash flows
    • Management of US based SPV's
    • Monitoring of financial, legal, tax and regulatory risks
  • Developed expertise in being a global coordinator between groups of the bank, counsels and clients
  • Successfully built excellent relationships with the several stakeholders involved in the deal flows
  • Created a new set of procedures to manage the deals portfolio
  • Direct involvement in the negotiation process of several deals with clients seeking investors or companies to acquire
  • Analysis of business plans, valuation of companies and market research
  • Cash management within the Treasury Team
  • Financial Markets
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Financial modeling
  • Project Management
  • Business Development (Web)
  • Investment Banking
  • Structured Finance
  • Banking Regulation, Legal, Tax
  • Marketplace Founder
  • CSS, JavaScript
  • Reliable
  • Adaptable & Fast Learner
  • Problem Solver
  • Team Player
  • Proactive Mindset
  • Execution & Goal Oriented
  • International experience USA-FR-LU
  • International mobility capabilities: EU citizen + US Green Card holder
  • Bilingual: English, French (native)
  • Spanish, elementary proficiency. Currently re-learning

Level 1 exam of the CFA Program

CFA Institute

February 2015 to June 2015
I passed the level I CFA exam on my 1st try

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Finance - Certified Financial Engineer

Université de Cergy Pontoise

1999 to 2002

Certification: How to Finance and Grow Your Startup – Without VC

Coursera - University of London & London Business School

March 2018 to May 2018
Licence RKC5TLZNCUH9

Certification: Design Thinking for Innovation

Coursera - University of Virginia

January 2018 to March 2018
Licence 3G4W6CDVU2MA

Certification: How to Start a Startup

Stanford Online - Startup Class by Sam Altman (Y Combinator)

January 2017 to March 2017
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  • Admin of a User Community Group related to a SaaS tool
  • Elaboration of business plans
  • Equity investments
  • Europe, North/Central America, LatAm, Africa, Asia
  • Surfing, yoga, golfing, fitness, running, windsurfing, sailing, basketball...