Dawid Kuciński

Led business analysis and product delivery for payments validation, AML payments process, and client master data enhancements, reducing transaction errors and introducing semi-automation across workflows. Managed cross-functional teams and established reusable validation and data governance frameworks to improve regulatory compliance and data integrity.

Founded and led development of proptech and gamified learning platforms (lokale.app, developolis.pl), delivering MVPs to market within months and achieving early revenue and positive cash flow. Owned product lifecycle, compliance with Polish developer law, security measures, and go-to-market strategy.

Redesigned Service Management processes including vulnerability management and incident escalation, standardizing RACI and improving risk transparency for global stakeholders. Delivered simplified workflows, dashboards, and operating guides to support a global service governance rollout.

Delivered compliance transformation and ERM change requests for HSBC, conducting impact assessments, stakeholder management, and solution proposals to align systems and dashboards with regulatory requirements. Managed project activities and recommended technical and documentation changes.

Consulted on financial operations and payment gateway performance, implemented PayFac model, prepared financial reports and forecasts, and led integrations and CAPEX calculations to improve profitability and operational efficiency across the Straal group.

Elicited and validated business and non-functional requirements for the Public Procurement Gateway and Contract Award Service, created Figma mock-ups, coordinated a 20-person development team, and tested APIs using Swagger and Postman to ensure integration and 2FA journeys.

Led projects including new account category launch, Centralized Branch Manager process and Portfolio Construction Framework, delivering GAP analyses, user stories, training materials and a mutual fund trading platform rollout with a $2M budget in Canada.

Worked with C-level to drive payments transformation, automation and process optimisation; created financial models and dashboards for the Board and implemented settlement processes that reduced settlement time by 70%.

Managed operational readiness and project communications for Middle Office onboarding and change initiatives, produced Steering Committee reports, and coordinated testing and releases for projects involving up to $300M of client funds.

Tested mobile app iterations, resolved customer brokerage account issues, updated website content and supported cross-departmental product feature proposals for instruments listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Completed MSc Management with specialization in strategic company development and entrepreneurship; thesis on digital assets and electronic money transfer and their strategic impact on traditional financial markets.

Postgraduate studies in Business Analysis combining IT and business disciplines; thesis analyzing onboarding processes in a FinTech company and proposing automation for pricing model assignment.

Completed BSc in Finance & Accounting with specialization in Corporate Finance and International Capital Markets; thesis assessing effectiveness of selected investment funds using Markowitz's theory.