SUMMARY

• Global operations professional with over 20 years of experience in fixed income derivative documentation and operations, client service, leadership and event planning.
• me maintain a track record of successfully managing teams, efficient process control, completing global strategic projects, oversight and execution of derivatives conferences, and recruiting and retaining top talent.
• me is versed in various derivative legal agreements and contracts, teh operational process and regulatory landscape to significantly reduce risk, increase operational efficiency and provide top service to clients.
• me is currently seeking a new and challenging position within a firm where me can apply my skills and experience .

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Applications: MS Office Suite, Excel, Outlook, Access

Vendor Systems: Bloomberg, DTCC, MarketWire

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Global Head of Conferences

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all of ISDA’s derivative and regulatory conferences globally including teh Annual General Meeting for up to 1,000 delegates, regional conferences in New York, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and Tokyo, daily financial conferences in all North America, Europe and Asia, receptions and social events.
• Contributed to teh creation and enhancements of conference agendas, most specifically Dodd Frank and EMIR regulatory rules and updates. Partnered with Legal, Policy and Regulatory staff to create, update and advertise all conferences.
• Leadership and management of 13 conference professionals in New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
• Managed teh overall budget of teh Conference Department.
• Oversaw teh coordination of all facets of each event including pre - event research, site visits, planning, budgeting, communication, sponsorship, exhibition and event logistics. Negotiated contracts with hotels, sponsors, banquet facilities, designation management companies and caterers. Negotiated various agreements with outside vendors (audio/visual, promotional item orders, signage and meeting space set up).
• Established and maintained professional relationships with senior industry leaders, sponsors, speakers, delegates, and vendors.

Confidential

Director

Responsibilities:

• Managed teh KYC and on-boarding documentation process for new and prospective high priority clients on a newly formed Interest Rate Derivative and Cash trading desk. Worked with a new sales force to coordinate teh entire documentation process and was responsible for teh creation of a client service team for this desk.
• Liaised with Legal and Credit Departments to prioritize and coordinate credit line reviews, ISDA and Repo documentation execution.
• Managed a small static data team responsible for updating trading systems, confirmation and settlement platforms with securities templates, client data, settlement instructions and trader information.

Confidential

Executive Director

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall global process consistency and cost efficiencies. Directly responsible for managing operational risk, cost control initiatives such as maximizing teh use of automated platforms for trade processing (e.g. MarketWire, DTCC), activity based costing and smart sourcing.
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to all Legal and Compliance requirements, Sarbanes Oxley and various audits including teh Federal Reserve Audit and internal audits.
• Managed a global team of 65 professionals, located in New York, London, Budapest, Tokyo and Singapore, responsible for teh confirmation process for interest rate and credit derivatives.
• Built a highly effective and cohesive staff through extensive mentoring, training using a supportive management style. Maintained an exceptionally high rate of staff retention by creating a team-oriented environment and fostering an open door policy. Responsible for all aspects of compensation, promotion evaluation process, career development and coaching, as well as e-mail screening and review

Confidential

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Managed an OTC Derivatives Documentation team consisting of 20 individuals who drafted ISDA confirmations for all Interest Rate, Credit, Emerging Market and Municipal swap transactions.
• Co-managed a Client Service and Retrieval team located in Baltimore, Maryland. Coordinated process improvements and assisted in resolving trade inquiries and discrepancies between teh New York and Baltimore teams.
• Managed and developed staff including performance evaluations, promotion and compensation decisions.
• Involved with working groups dedicated to future state development of straight through processing initiatives, enhanced systems capabilities and process improvements. Coordinated front office and operational requirements for new clients and products.
• Spent six months working with teh Transaction Management Group learning to negotiate ISDA Master Agreements, FEOMA’s and Credit Support Annexes.
• Designed and implemented daily and monthly metrics to better manage and control operations.

Senior Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a staff of ten individuals responsible for entire confirmation process for interest rate derivative trades, repurchase transactions and treasury trades. Reviewed and approved all outgoing confirmations for these various derivative products.
• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated new language for structured transactions and liaised with teh Legal, Credit and Collateral Departments to insure accurate documentation.
• Worked closely with sales and trading providing ISDA support and discrepancy resolution for their clients.
• Assisted in teh creation and maintenance of teh Scrittura automated confirmation system; Edited html templates to support various derivative products within teh system. Provided ongoing training and user testing. Assisted in teh development of an online E-Ticket system at teh user level to automate teh generation and processing of trade tickets.

Confidential

Assistant Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Managed a staff of five individuals responsible for teh entire confirmation process for interest rate derivative trades.
• Reviewed and approved all outgoing confirmations. Drafted structured confirmations and created new language for structured trades. Drafted derivative confirmations for vanilla swaps, swaptions, caps/floors, collars, cross-currency swaps, emerging market and OTC bond options, indexed principal swaps, treasury locks, and total return mortgage swaps. Acted as intermediary on negotiations between swap traders, marketers, lawyers and clients.
• Prepared and maintained management reporting for all outstanding confirmations.
• Participated in global projects resolving documentation backlogs and teh creation of a client database.
• Prepared facility applications, proposals and statistical reports for prospective Fortune 500 companies seeking corporate loans. Assisted Loan Administration initiating payments, drawdowns and rollovers of Eurodollar and Prime rate loans. Managed all accounts payable, preparation of monthly reconciliation and financial reports for Head Office in Switzerland and executed international transfers of funds.
• Handled all confidential personnel records including payroll and employee insurance benefits.