SUMMARY:

• A seasoned and hard - working professional with proven operations, management, and leadership experience. Highly creative and resourceful. A self-motivator who possesses the ability to work efficiently and effectively both autonomously and in teams. Can easily adapt to varying work environments and performs well under pressure.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Business Consultant

Confidential (Jersey City, NJ)

Responsibilities:

• ICI Impact system consultant testing the upgrade version 9.2.9 to 9.3.1 version. Verifying that the system
• Enchantments did not compromise connectivity with other system.
• Tested and completed the connectivity with Impact and Confidential system was not compromised.

Senior Business Consultant

Confidential (Manhattan, NY)

Responsibilities:

• Executed test cases and validated results for the upgrades to the Impact system from version .
• Tested and completed the connectivity with Impact and Confidential system was not compromised.
• Tested and completed the connectivity with Finance Pro and Impact to ensure the upgrade was successful. l
• Tested and completed the connectivity with Bloomberg and Impact system to ensure the upgrade was successful
• ICI testing from 9.1.7 to 9.1.9. This also includes UAT for Confidential Tri-party reform and MBSCCP (Central Counter party).
• Tested, reconciled and verified the flow of ICI / Finpro Tri-party shells with Confidential (Accessedge). Automated the previously manual testing process.
• Tested, reconciled and verified TPMG reports from Broadridge and Confidential manual reports.
• In a Project Manager role, led Status meetings with end-users and maintained Project Dashboard.
• Educated the project manager, Controllers and Operations on the future state workflow and alerted them of the control points that must be addressed through the implementation of additional reconciliations.
• Wrote functional specifications for required reconciliations as a result of the implementation of Impact product for new Fixed Income business.
• Created functional specification to detail a reconciliation of the cash balances in the Impact sub-ledger. Built a tactical solution for this reconciliation to support BAU post Go-Live and subsequent proposal/ build/ testing/ production rollout of a strategic solution.
• Created functional specification to detail a reconciliation of the trade and position detail within Impact. Built a manual/tactical solution to support the business post Go-Live and subsequent design/ build/ test of a strategic solution.
• Proposed daily cash reconciliations for new businesses at State Street Corporation as they related to trading activity within Impact system. Designed and documented reconciliation and reports to perform cash control process.

Consultant

Confidential (New York, NY & Jersey City, NJ)

Responsibilities:

• Member of the Fixed Income Operations group at a leading, international investment bank.
• Directly responsible for the clearance and settlement of all Treasury Note trades, which totaled in the tens of billions of dollars daily
• Completed front office / back office reconciliations, reduced and resolved balance breaks, researched trade issues, liaised between sales and middle office groups as well as counterparties.

Assistant Vice President

Confidential (New York, NY & Jersey City, NJ)

Responsibilities:

• Managed the bank’s Government Operations team for FRB, Clearstream, and MBS Clearance, which included repo tracking, position adjustments, P&I payments, and customer adjustments.
• Supervised reconciliations and queues with GSCC, GCF, net funds, and unmatched trades.
• Performed daily reconciliation of firm’s internal system (Calypso) versus Confidential, Confidential, and DTC systems.
• Charted, analyzed, and reported daily DOD charges and monthly fees.

Senior Operations Specialist

Confidential (New York, NY)

Responsibilities:

• Completed reconciliation of GSCC reports, buy/sell/repo trades, net funds, and unmatched trades.
• Compared internal systems (both READQ and ICI/Broadridge Impact) versus bank system daily and resolved issues.
• Examined and approved daily Fed funds and Canadian wire transfers.

Senior Operations Specialist

Confidential (New York, NY)

Responsibilities:

• Managed cash box positions and market-related cash receipts/disbursements to support the Finance Desk of a primary dealer of Government Securities.
• Reconciled with GSCC reports and between the firm’s internal systems and the bank system, handled the clearance of outright and repo trades, and oversaw net funds.
• Confirmed unmatched trades, rate/pricing differences, and term dates with customers/counterparties and GSCC.
• Generated and resolved daily P&L reports through reconciliations with the traders and/or counterparties.
• Settled discrepancies involving trades of Treasuries, MBS, futures, options, and swaps.

Government Securities Clearance Administrator

Confidential (New York, NY)

Responsibilities:

• Balanced bank figures, which included all book entry transfer figures and principal and interest payments.
• Conducted quality and operational control tests with customers for the bank’s Confidential Clearing System.
• Provided demonstrations to prospective and existing customers on the capabilities, features, and advantages of the BONY Clearance System, as well as performed system enhancement tests.
• Processed and monitored all book entries for Government Securities clearance transactions.
• Managed all activity within customer accounts, including domestic Fed Fund Wires and CHIPS payments.