SUMMARY

• Program Management Lead with 15 years of experience in the domain of brokerage operations, financial applications, capital markets, investment banking, wealth management, and M&A/Divestitures
• Team leader with consistently demonstrated problem - solving and project management skills including budgeting, resource management, cost-benefit analysis, and scope/change control for large enterprise finance business operations and technology projects
• Extensive experience in Capital Markets, in both business and technology domains of Front-Office Trading / Middle-Office Risk Management / Back-Office Accounting and Operations across Equity, FX and Derivatives
• Full Project Life Cycle Management including scope, timeline, budget, governance, resources, risks, stakeholder/vendor management, business case development, project planning, executing, controlling and monitoring
• Successfully led multi-disciplinary business & technology teams in complex large-scale systems development and implementation, strategic planning, team development, SLA management, offshore teams and vendor management

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Program Management
• Strategy Definition & Execution
• Business Architecture
• Process Re-Engineering
• Broker / Dealer Operations
• Product Development
• Change Management
• Technology Management
• Project Lifecycle Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Accreditation: Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Financial Products: FX, Equities, Derivatives (FX & Equities), CFDs

Regulatory: SOX, Dodd Frank, Volcker, MiFID 2, KYC / AML

Technology: Workflow Systems, Business Intelligence Tools, Blockchain, Front & Back End Trading Systems, Compliance Systems

Project Management: MS Project, HP PPM, Clarity, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Part of the Technology Regulatory Program Management team supporting global capital markets trading systems with regulatory change initiatives. Facilitated and coordinated the deployment of MIFID 2 across all asset classes for the global organization.
• Part of the Operations Change team supporting the On Boarding and KYC department with the Fed Transformation program and global initiatives rolled out of Paris. Led the re-organization of the On Boarding team and was PMO for the Transformation Program deliverables to the Fed.
• Part of Capital Markets Change team assigned to front office controls. Acted as regional lead for Americas on a global project to deliver Cancels & Amends activity across 17 trading systems and 7 countries.
• Part of US IB Change team working on Dodd Frank, section 165 compliance. Delivered an integrated plan for a multi-year $200 million program. Managed a team of management consultants to define program scope and delivery standards.

Confidential

Principal

Responsibilities:

• Conducted feasibility study on transferring wealth management clearing & settlement systems / operations to the Investment Bank to realize cross asset and cross functional synergies. Delivered a multi- year road map to accomplish target operating model.
• Managed the Implementation of in-house built Portfolio Management and Order Management System project for the wealth management Financial Advisors. Delivered a plan for business and support group operational readiness for product launch. Managed a team of employees & off shore consultants to provide product testing support

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a project portfolio of $20+ million across multiple lines of business. Provided thought and concept leadership in business case definition and program inception.
• Defined and executed a business case to deliver on a multi asset (Exchange and OTC) trading platform along with outsourced services and a hosted back office solution.
• Delivered multi-million-dollar savings across the technology and operations functions and consolidated vendor spend. Conducted product and revenue analysis to identify new areas of opportunity and realize the potential of the existing client base.
• Defined the future state roadmap for the institutional FX platform and conducted competitor analysis. Executed on key middle ware changes to enhance order execution. Resulted in $6 million annual savings on vendor spend.

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed the identification and separation plans of shared services between all Divested Business Units (50+) and Corporate Confidential within 8 weeks. Managed a diverse team of business users, finance professionals and management consultants to develop and present exit strategies associated to divested businesses
• Executed firm target operating model to attain synergy of process, data and automation associated to the quarterly financial close. Re-engineered existing data and process flows to attain a future state vision of 70% reduction of effort and time

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the analysis, design and implementation of a daily P&L and revenue estimate forecast application for Equity, and Options trading for senior management and other selected company officers using Essbase
• Managed development and analyst staff, validating the technical and business feasibility of each requirements through liaison with the business and technology stakeholders

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed business and technical feasibility studies for solutions, led feasibility results from concept to prototyping. Documented the existing process, performed analysis, identified gaps, and provided remediation plans for the processes
• Maintained the existing ERP application and set up integration between downstream systems and the general ledger. Managed communications with offshore development teams and operations groups, communicating business needs and addressing technical issues.