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
Available soon
Available
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.
✈︎ 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.
Founder of a Marketplace Website
SimplySurfers.com
Since August 2017
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
- 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
Bank Regulatory Project Manager
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
January 2016
to August 2016
Full-time
Paris
France
- 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.
Senior Agency & Transaction Manager - Tax Structured Finance Middle Office
Societe Generale Bank & Trust
February 2011
to January 2016
Full-time
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
- 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
Quantitative Analyst - Tax Structured Finance Front Office
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
September 2008
to January 2011
Full-time
New York City
United States - New York
- 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
Middle Office Manager - Tax Structured Finance
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
April 2004
to September 2008
Full-time
New York City
United States - New York
- 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
- Coordination of new deal closings/ restructuring/ unwinds
- 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
Middle Officer - Tax Structured Finance
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
June 2003
to March 2004
Internship
Paris
France
- Created a new set of procedures to manage the deals portfolio
M&A Analyst
IDC & Associés
June 2002
to September 2002
Internship
Paris
France
- 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
Assistant Treasurer
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
June 2000
to September 2000
Internship
Paris
France
- 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
I passed the level I CFA exam on my 1st try
Master's of Financial Engineering, Finance & Financial Management Services
University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
2002
to 2003
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
- 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...
