Piotr Koczar

Supporting major banking groups in implementing functional and technological solutions with responsibility for end-to-end delivery of international initiatives in corporate banking.

Delivered projects and roles:

IT Project Manager – Top-tier European Bank

• Oversaw the implementation of a corporate FX trading platform across CEE countries.
• Gathered and refined business requirements, coordinated analysts and developers, and managed stakeholder reporting.
• Led SIT and UAT coordination, handled change requests, and supervised the production deployment process.
• Successfully delivered 5 go-lives, fully aligned with internal policies and technical standards.

Project Manager – Global Japanese Bank

• Delivered a new trade finance operating model across multiple European entities as part of a strategic business transformation.
• Led process harmonization across jurisdictions, ensuring full regulatory compliance.
• Coordinated legal, compliance, operations, and front-office stakeholders to define and implement the target-state process.
• Managed UAT planning, execution, and post-go-live stabilization; the new model was launched on time and is fully operational.

Business Analyst / Project Manager – German Global Bank

• Implemented regulatory reporting and data reconciliation tools built with ETL processes and Java-based architecture.
• Collected and developed business requirements in cooperation with end users and data teams.
• Managed a team of developers and test analysts; coordinated comprehensive test cycles.
• Ensured alignment with regulatory frameworks and internal data governance policies.

Responsible for selling and promoting trade finance solutions to corporate clients, with a strong focus on revenue generation, custom structuring, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Delivered consistent sales performance exceeding annual targets in trade finance products, including letters of credit, guarantees, collections, factoring, and supply chain finance.
• Built and maintained direct relationships with corporate clients, tailoring product offerings to individual business needs and transaction structures.
• Partnered with relationship managers, risk officers, legal advisors, and operations teams to structure non-standard transactions and ensure regulatory and operational feasibility.
• Acted as a front-to-back liaison, proposing and driving improvements in operational processes and electronic banking solutions.
• Conducted multiple training sessions for clients and internal stakeholders, fostering trade finance awareness and operational alignment across departments.

Managed end-to-end lifecycle of factoring and supply chain finance products, with responsibility for regulatory alignment, process design, documentation, and custom transaction support.

• Owned product documentation and compliance processes, including contracts, procedures, terms & conditions, and internal manuals.
• Collaborated with sales, legal, operations, risk, and IT to structure non-standard transactions and adapt product capabilities to individual client needs.
• Supported back-office teams in resolving transaction processing challenges and driving operational improvements.
• Integrated factoring into multi-product framework agreements.
• Co-developed and launched the first fully digital supplier finance solution on the Polish market.
• Participated in UAT testing of trade finance functionality within the bank’s electronic banking platform, ensuring business-readiness and system alignment.