Consultant Resume Profile

SUMMARY

OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager

Large scale, major or complex types of projects
Delivered projects at Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Accenture, HSBC, State Street, AEGON, and Citi
13 years of financial, consulting, and legal US Marines background
Proven track record of collaboration with stakeholders - COOs, SMEs, managers, Ops, IT, etc.

EXPERTISE:

Business and Legal Entity Optimization, Change Management, Compliance, Regulatory, AML / KYC / CDD / EDD, Onboarding, and Operational Enhancements, Dodd Frank, Risk Management
Project Management - Current State Assessment, Gap Analysis, and Remediation Roadmap Development

CONSULTING C2C / 1099

Confidential

Project Manager

This major Des Moines insurance and asset management firm is experiencing strong growth across its global footprint and needed t optimize its global entity structure for improved flexibility
Driving the below three projects:
Entity Optimization: Developing plans t optimize firm's entity structure across the US, UK, LATAM, APAC
Corp Accounting: Driving a current state assessment, gap analysis and remediation engagement for the firm's Controller function: expense allocations, forecasting, financial statements and operating expense modeling
Supporting the standing up of a Multi-Notional Cash Pooling structure

Confidential

Project Manager

HomeServices Lending, a joint venture with Wells Fargo, had transitioned t become a wholly-owned subsidiary of HomeServices America, and needed t build out its compliance and AML functions
Partnered with the firm's Operational Risk Manager t build out a risk-based AML compliance program
Developed CIP / CDD / KYC / AML due diligence policies, procedures, controls and processes
Designed and launched enhanced due diligence EDD , escalation and reporting procedures and processes

Confidential

Project Manager

Successfully conducted a global assessment of the firm's AML compliance structure across North America, EMEA, and APAC. Designed a global Shared Service function t be rolled out across business lines
Managed five project workstreams t analyze the firm's global AML compliance operating structure
Developed a comprehensive audit framework t perform current vs best-in-class gap analysis
Collaborated with FO, MO, B and Compliance stakeholders
Designed and delivered deployment project plans for a target state Shared Service global unit
Esablished strategies t maintain effective communications with all key stakeholders

Confidential

Project Manager via Geneva Consulting

Managed a team t conduct a strategic review of the firm's onboarding processes and support functions
Supported the Chief Operating Officer - HSBC Global Bank
Assessed the firm's global banking onboarding structure
Investigated and identified key regulatory, operational and processing gaps
Collaborated with Ops, Finance, and other BO/M stakeholders t develop remediation plans
Design and delivered a target state model t implement an Accounting Controller unit
Facilitated steering committee, working sessions, and provided regular updates t senior executives
Legal entity optimization project: assessed entity structures t identify an optimized structure for separating HSBC Bank from the same entity that held HSBC's Derivatives Swap Dealer
Responsible for driving multiple workstreams t document entity restructuring impact
Interviewed SMEs across Operations, Accounting, Finance, and IT t document pros and cons of the various global legal entity options

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Client: BNYM Effectively led one of three workstreams t identify 200 million in cost savings
Managed tw Business Analysts t conduct a deep dive analysis of BNY Mellon's 3rd party vendor expenses
Worked with Subject Matter Experts t identify industry benchmark metrics for vendor rates
Validated firm's 3rd party vendor cost against industry benchmarks, and identified savings opportunities
Client: Citigroup Successfully delivered a 3 year plan t deploy Citi's target state AMLoperating model
The OCC had placed Citigroup under regulatory review for major AML deficiencies. Citigroup operated under a siloed KYC model with BUs having vastly different AML programs
Developed a detailed rollout plan t deploy firm's AML/KYC future state operating model
Worked with a wide range of project stakeholders t identify organization readiness milestones

Confidential

Lead BA

Client: Transamerica Led various project phases t implement an OTC trading platform
Managed the Design and Build phases for migrating derivatives and trading data t MUREX
Developed and delivered the data migration rollout deployment plan
Documented business requirements and worked with IT t document technical requirements

Confidential

Consultant

Supported the design and launch of Goldman Sachs' first ever Intercompany Collateral Group
Worked across functions t design and structure this highly essential business unit
Day-to-day function: supported firm's Wealth Management Risk Management functions