SUMMARY:

• Performance - driven professional with over 13 years of experience implementing technical solutions across the financial services industry
• Proficiency within the banking and financial services domain with specific focus on reference data management and capital markets
• Key contributor throughout the entire software development lifecycle (proposal, analysis, system detailed design, development, testing and deployment)
• Natural ability to bridge business and technical needs in order to develop strategic or tactical solutions
• Expert at bringing clarity to complex systems, building strategies and frameworks for system development
• Strong analytical background complemented by methodical documentation and presentation skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: SQL, Shell Scripting, AWK Scripting, VOS PL/1, Asset Control Desktop, Formula Engine

Hardware: Unix Sun Solaris 5.9, Linux 2.6, Mainframe System - Stratus (Hardware fault-tolerant), Continuum, V-Series

Software: Sybase, Oracle, Jira, Confluence, ALM/HP Quality Center, SVN, Fisheye, TeamCity, Autosys Scheduler, Asset Control Desktop 2.5.24, Artifactory, Argon Middleware Messaging system, Bloomberg-PolarLake, SmartCo DataHub, SQLDeveloper, DBArtisan, Informatica MDM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,New York, NY

Business Analyst and Project Manager

• Leading the implementation of the ground-breaking MiFID II regulation changes throughout the strategic Client Reference Data platform
• Collaborating with IT and business units (Front Office, Operations, Finance, Compliance and Legal) across leadership levels to validate proposals and enforce regulatory adherence
• Finalizing integration strategy and documentation to ensure deliverables (data lineage, core rules, user interface, process changes, client impact, etc.) are approved by stakeholders
• Spearheading successful project delivery including release cycle execution, process improvement, milestone reporting and risk control using Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Directing resources across multiple development teams, prioritizing risks and dependencies
• Engineered the logical modeling of multiple regulatory programs in the proprietary rules authoring tool

Confidential

Business Analyst and Project Manager

• Remodeled the Master Data Management (MDM) platform which is part of the KYC/AML process within Dodd-Frank and is responsible for identity resolution and risk exposure across lines of business
• Partnered with diverse stakeholders to integrate external feeds and provided architecture and framework for business units along with vendor specific feeds (Legal Entity Resolution)
• Designed integrated solutions for data feed suppliers and outbound consumers, modeling their requirements in Informatica MDM and arranging relevant documentation (BRD/FRD)
• Leveraged data forensic skills to resolve risk and regulatory data quality issues arising from inconsistent validation practices within source feeds or applications
• Managed internal client expectations and Agile release cycles while working with development and production support teams throughout the software development lifecycle

Confidential

Regional Lead and Analyst

• Assessed and implemented the upgrade, performance and capacity of DTS as a centrally provided shared service
• Communicated with internal teams to verify the scope, business requirements and framework for migration during the onboarding phase to the DTS environment
• Coordinated with strategic partners, including the support and business teams, to migrate systems onto the DTS application suite
• Tested DTS applications and tools to guarantee the integrity of the existing system
• Supported, maintained and formalized resolutions with team leads during outages

Confidential,Amsterdam, NL

Lead Functional and Business Analyst

• Drove strategic and business as usual initiatives for the MRD group which provided instrument and price data services to risk and compliance teams
• Aligned with the business team to shore up requirements including querying, extracting and formatting reference data and providing subsequent diagnosis
• Evaluated and provided architecture and framework for solutions that dealt with vendor specific feeds (Bloomberg and Reuters) and in-house MRD applications
• Built a bespoke cross-reference service, as the lead architect, analyst and functional tester, that delivered Reuters and Bloomberg generated static data to the bank’s risk and compliance departments
• Drafted IT project plans, handled expectations of business owners and enforced adherence to deadlines
• Authored and reviewed functional design and technical specification documentation, followed by acceptance testing of delivery
• Oversaw incident allocation, management and closure, along with providing causal analysis to the senior executive team

Confidential

Team Leader - Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Implementation

• Headed a specially created taskforce of eight team members assigned to develop and test the solution for disaster recovery of a fully automated, screen-based, floor-less trading system for Money Market, Equity Capital Market and Derivatives market instruments
• Ascertained dependencies and optimized results for BCP during user acceptance testing Module Leader - Execution
• Helmed a team of five in the critical module of the trading system, conceptualizing business requirements, technical specifications and delivery schedules
• Liaised with business users to gather requirements and evaluate the feasibility of proposals