SUMMARY
Accomplished, proactive senior operations, financial, and business leader with skills in operations and technology strategy, business process design, risk management, financial analysis and control, project management, and independent management reviews in both domestic and international settings. Ability to partner with senior management teams to develop and execute strategic programs to gain competitive advantage, improve service levels, identify key risk indicators, reduce costs, and improve communications. Led several strategic initiatives including redesign of P/L statements, compliance/risk reporting, client and vendor management, and data governance and rationalization. Hired and managed diverse staffs.

• Senior Level Business Analysis/Metrics
• Risk Management/Internal Controls
• Financial Planning and Analysis
• Program/Project Management/Delivery
• Business and Technology Strategy
• Regulatory Compliance
• Vendor Management
• Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity

EXPERIENCE

Confidential,
New York, NY and Charlotte, NC 2009 – Present
Independent Consultant – Project Manager

Project Manager for this multi-billion dollar asset management firm. The overall goal is to re-design P/L reporting to align with market expectations; part of a larger effort to improve response to new business opportunities for pension services. A key element of success is data and process integration with key stakeholders - Finance, Business Unit Controllers, Actuarial, and Operations. Responsible for business aspects of the overall initiative, developing financial and business analysis for integration into firm-wide architecture, alignment and enhancement with the Long Range Planning model, identifying risks and mitigation strategies, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, software vendor selection, and developing analysis for Board level review.

Confidential,
New York, NY 2006 – 2009
Senior Manager Consultant

Responsible for defining scope and deliverables for financial services clients of this boutique management consultancy specializing in the capital markets industry.

• For Cigna Health Insurance, developed PMO for long range IT strategy implementation projects. This included financial and business analysis of the project portfolio, SLAs, risk management metrics, balanced scorecard, and developing appropriate operational, risk, and financial controls.
• For Citigroup, program managed the targeting of global IT initiatives for spend reduction, with subsequent testing, risk and control monitoring tools, and operating metrics.
• For Barclays Global Investors (now Blackrock), developed cost-based analysis, SLAs, risk control, and decision tools to measure the financial and processing impacts of outsourcing.
• For Barclays Global Investors, developed business rules for the use of ‘golden copy’ reference data for equities, fixed income, FX, and derivative products, and then streamlined the incorporation of cleansed reference data into the production stream.
• For Royal Bank of Canada, gain acceptance of a plan to merge fixed income operations, IT, prime broker, and administrative functions of the bank and its acquired broker dealer, Dain Rauscher.
• Developed a Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plan for a metropolitan university’s IT and Operations functions.

Confidential,
Charlotte, NC (now Wells Fargo Bank) 2004 - 2006
Vice President, Integration Manager

Responsible for managing the enhancement and production of budget, monthly, and quarterly bank-wide unit cost and expense allocation reporting information on Oracle Financial platform.

• Designed and managed department-wide SOX testing and compliance plan.
• Developed and implemented department business continuity plan.
• Developed outsourcing and divestitures policies, standards, and metrics.
• Managed application and database upgrade calendar.

Confidential,
New York 1999 - 2004
Senior Vice President/ Lead Engagement Manager

Responsibilities included management of P/L and complete project life cycle for multiple programs/projects for this systems development consulting firm. A major element of the position involved building customer relationships in both private and public sectors.

• Led and designed remedial systems re-engineering to comply with regulator findings.
• Developed automated performance metrics for senior management briefing.
• Program managed a web-enabled time tracking system to manage compliance with mandated business rules and HIPAA data privacy.

Internal management responsibilities included chief of staff level assignments such as firm-wide finance and controller, HR, marketing, audit, legal, billing, physical relocation, and administration.

Confidential,
New York (now HSBC) 1996 - 1999
First Vice President, Profitability Reporting Project Manager

• Designed enhanced organization, business line, and customer P&L reports.
• Successful conversion from mainframe general ledger and supporting feeds to server-based platform (Oracle Financials).

Confidential,
New York (now JPMorgan Chase) 1989 - 1996
Associate Director, Price Risk Manager (1991 – 1996)

• Developed daily and monthly independent valuation of firm and individual trading desk price exposure. Client desks included fixed income, repos, convertible bonds, derivatives, FX, and equities.
• Designed and managed development, testing, and implementation of an enhanced security master.
• Integration of the process included linking the database to the risk, treasury, analytics, audit, prime broker, controllers, and operations areas to support business objectives.
• Vendor management of reference data providers.

Vice President, Costing Manager (1989 – 1996)

• Successful design and implementation of PC-based ABC costing and allocation systems in New York and Europe operations for fixed income and equity transactions.
• Supported pricing proposals for new fixed income and equity clearing business.
• Calculated and proposed service level agreements.
• Development of budget process and calendar for the Operations organization.

Confidential,
New York (now JPMorgan Chase) 1984 - 1989
Second Vice President, Assistant Controller
Responsible for the implementation of profitability reporting procedures and systems in New York, Asia, and Europe.

Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Six Sigma Green Belt

Pace University Graduate School of Business New York, NY
M.B.A., Finance / Information Systems
Fordham University New York, NY
M.A., Economic Development
Fordham University New York, NY
B.A. Political Philosophy facing, CISA