Vice-President, Project Manager Resume Connecticut - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Financial services professional with over twenty years of experience in Back Office, Middle Office, and Product Control. Collaborative problem solver with an expertise in identifying root causes of issues and translating complex processes into clear, understandable, and actionable steps.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Connecticut

Vice - President, Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Key member of project team to migrate RBS US Back Office fix income operations to Broadridge; cost reduction estimated at over £3 million pounds per year
Evaluated and recommended strategic and tactical implementation options to manage business risks in system implementation
Worked with FO, MO, trader control, ledger control, finance, internal IT and Broadridge to perform gap analysis, to gather and document business requirements, process flows, and operating models
Coordinated testing which including Unit, Integration, Parallel, UAT, and Conversion. Work streams included Flash P&L, Final P&L, Carrying Cost allocations, FOBO reconciliations, real time balance sheet utilization, P&L Attribution, and Inception P&L

Vice-President, Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Completed multiple projects across all Operations Functions: Client Lifecycle Management, Onboarding, Middle Office, Transaction Management, and Futures Operations
Delivered a 50% headcount savings while enhancing controls and meeting regulations through scaling to volumes, restructuring of current operating model, location strategy, functionalization / creation of utilities, process reengineering / simplification and technology / change delivery

Vice-President, Finance Change

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Delivered 51 regional and global control enhancements (P&L Attribution, Independent Price Verification, Balance Sheet Substantiation and People / Culture issues) in response to internal & regulatory mandates (Markets Control Remediation)
Implemented both Americas’ regional and global P&L attribution technology used for Front Office and Volcker Reporting
Implemented Interactive P&L reporting systems (Flash, Final, Hypo, Clean and Inception P&L) used by FO and BUC
Decommissioned Legacy Systems used for ABS and ABX derivatives (Flow Credit, Rates)
Led ABN migration of credit and interest derivatives; in charge of systems’ selection, curve comparison and pricing
Implemented an integrated technology platform for Credit Derivatives trading, reporting and valuation

Confidential - NY

Assistant Vice-President

Responsibilities:

Planned, implemented, and provided training for new applications: Interest Rate Swap Desk Trading Blotter; Swapswire System for Canadian Desk for FRAs and interest rate swaps; Spread Trade Validation and Booking System
Evaluated and recommended controls to trade flow and reconciliations
Performed cost benefit analysis on outstanding projects and enhancements

Confidential - New York

Associate

Responsibilities:

Participated in pilot rotational program within Global Derivatives targeting top performers for management development
Implemented enhancements to streamline processes within FX and Client Valuations Department; reported daily risk, P&L, and VARs for commodities, interest rates derivatives, and FX
Led department initiative to introduce Key Performance Indicators (KPI) tracking
Conducted data flow analysis on upstream, downstream, and reporting systems
Managed rollouts of new enhancements and developments on risk management system; created spreadsheets to independently reconcile P&L and risk numbers

Confidential, New York

New York Collateral Analyst

Responsibilities:

Tracked loan availability and account trends for credit facilities totaling over $390 million
Facilitated and monitored multi-million dollar transactions for assigned accounts
Prepared loan portfolio reports in determining client loan policy
Consulted several NGOs on various loan schemes based on the Grameen Banking System
Led business and entrepreneurial seminars in Swahili
Co-founded business for Taveta School for the Mentally Handicapped