PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Accomplished financial services professional with proven track record in financial analysis, risk management, applied technology, and sales with over 15 years dedicated to a multinational diversified financial services sector. Achievements and strengths as market risk consultant include: -
• Strong interests and strengths in portfolio management and analytics, ability to lead, gather and interpret relevant ideas, data and analysis to achieve goals
• Effective communicator of ideas and concepts with proven success in leading internal partners to complete complex projects under demanding deadlines
• Successfully led, enhanced rating methodology and implemented the conversion of Issuer and Issue ratings to a new risk platform - it was a major update of the structure and waterfall of logics, and quality of credit data providing marketers and credit officers better data access to make effective decisions on credit portfolios
• Successfully analyzed and implemented counterparty collateral positions (initial margin) for risk aggregation providing business desks the ability to price their proposals competitively as a result of understanding the cost structure of the trades
• Led Foreign Exchange projects through various phases of migration allowing more products to be included to the risk calculation model. By quantifying the risk to these products, it allows businesses to understand how individual trades impact the overall portfolio and how it may impact the risk appetite of the bank
• Partner on team to successfully implement PFE model for interest rate swap business. This significantly brings the business in line with industry best practice and with a more accurate representation of the firm’s risk
• Received the Golden Coach Sales Award for being one of the top 5 Business Specialists in the Bay Area
• Strong ability to understand and to think out of the box when analyzing business data using SQL and Excel. Working with business partners and developers to formulate the necessary steps to implement business rules

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Consulting

Responsibilities:

• Analyze business portfolio submissions (Derivatives, Repo, Securities Trading and Securities Financing) to identify potential risk impact on Basel calculations and reporting
• Identify and communicate data gap issues and business requirements in the input data to the Basel Calculator
• Organize Basel input drivers to create analytics reports
• Perform complex analysis of Basel calculation outputs and cross- checks/validations with other system sources
• Assist in developing scenarios across asset classes for implementation validation
• Query/Extract information from Oracle databases necessary for management reporting and analysis
• May assist other team members with risk weighted asset forecasting, management reporting, allocation analysis
• Ensures compliance to data management regulations and policy framework.

Confidential

Co-Founder

Responsibilities:

• Co-founded interactive bilingual language-based education program
• Develop soft strategic launch
• Source and launch product testing
• Conducted product focus group with positive client feedback

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Market Risk Consultant / Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw counterparty credit risk for Derivative, FX, Security Trading and Security Finance portfolios. Evaluated statistical results from risk analytics/models to communicate to internal partners (traders, marketers, credit officers, and other business partners) that supported pricing measures
• Provided expertise regarding trading products and risk management in potential future exposure, aggregation methodologies and risk processes and systems. Team member to bring the new PFE model for interest rate swap product to fruition
• Provided consulting in business analysis, IT business systems projects, risk management, and regulatory needs in the subject matter of product risk represented by PFE (potential future exposure)
• Performed portfolio data analysis for risk projects, and defined data validation rules to identify market risk issues for appropriate recommendations. Reviewed and recommended consistent methodologies for accurate measurement of credit/market risk
• Designed, analyzed and implemented necessary measures to enhance business data
• Led and coordinated inter-departmental projects with Front Office, Middle Office, IT and Operations teams to ensure appropriate risk analytics were implemented. Worked closely with Credit Risk Analytics, Credit Risk Technology and other risk management groups on risk methodology, strategic initiatives, data sourcing and mapping issues

Risk Management Consultant / Assistant Vice President

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw, recommended and designed the web based Credit Reporting site as a derivative business reporting tool for WFS that was used as a model to launch a consolidated reporting platform for all products.
• Involved in the Steering Committee to design, to analyze and to implement the risk reporting tool for corporate risk
• Reviewed, monitored and analyzed risk relating to the credit exposure for derivatives portfolios
• Designed business analysis tools using Calypso application and repository data to meet business line/unit needs which involves the provision of methodology to display inherent risk and collateral data (demonstrate the total unsecured risk) for pricing purpose
• Provided complex financial analysis to support management decision-making and to serve as expert consultant to the group
• Acted as liaison between the Front Office, Sales and Back Office to anticipate any foreseeable issues to improve efficiency
• Supported the daily calculation of the Trading P&L for Interest Rate derivatives portfolios
• Performed detailed trade reviews of the rates portfolio to identify and to mitigate any trader errors

Derivatives Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Ensured that all assigned personnel were coordinating their activities with the appropriate participants and worked to establish collaborative relationships within the group, as well as with internal and external customers
• Recommended and led technological change implementation, such as extracting and uploading information from Calypso to the general ledger resulting in reducing processing time by 50%
• Researched and resolved complex accounting issues to consistently meet and exceed business line goals

Business Banking Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Received the Golden Coach Sales Award for being one of the top 5 Business Specialists in the Bay Area
• Acted as a liaison for Wells Fargo business customers and the company by resolving inquiries regarding complex and routine financial services and banking transactions, while offering product resolutions to improve the customer’s banking experience
• Partnered with internal business groups to consistently exceed sales goals
• Led full customer life cycle