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Leveraged deep industry experience as business analyst for IT department at industry-leading global bank and financial services provider, Mizuho. Partnered with IT equity derivatives managing director to analyze trade processing operations and transaction value chain to identify issues, assess risk, and create actionable solutions for scaling equity-linked swap services. Liaised with key vendor to pursue opportunity for implementing web application tool to support this new product offering.• Analyzed legacy process to identify areas for process improvement and transform value chain, leading risk assessment and business strategy to initiate transition to new web-based system tool.• Delivered targeted solutions with workflow strategy to position Mizuho to execute successful project management, earning trust with leadership to oversee additional business operations and continuous improvement activities

Paris, Fr

Led operations and strategic planning for NYC location of global investment bank based in Paris, France, to develop and optimize highly successful Secured Financing Services desk with 12 capital markets traders, driving $120M P&L. Partnered with 4 COOs working with 40+ traders on key initiatives impacting entire equity division. Spearheaded projects of varying sizes, overseeing project teams and coordinating cross-functional departments, including legal, IT, and compliance, to accelerate business development, optimization and protection, and industry changes initiatives.• Adapted quickly in high stakes work environment to create solutions for myriad challenges, including disruption to trading or IT services, operational or commercial incidents, data breaches, and business continuity plan execution during a global pandemic. Continuously provided immediate transaction reviews and risk validations to traders.• Captured $2M in annual savings by engaging internal stakeholders and working collaboratively with external regulators to win approval to implement new margin methodology to fulfill trading requirements.

Paris, Fr

Promoted from Paris HQ to oversee and elevate operational management at NYC office. Led 25 member team providing operational support to equity department trading desk, including trade booking and trading positions management; daily P&L oversight; and report generation to assist traders in decision-making. Represented operations stakeholders on business development and optimization project teams.• Reduced operational losses by up to 97% by establishing a corporate action and special events support desk with dedicated team of highly skilled financial experts with deep experience in navigating these critical tasks.• Maintained team size and resource utilization throughout tenure while trade volume tripled by collaborating with developers working in Python programming language to build tools to automate tasks and scale business, including developing specifications for and validating these tools.

Masters, International Finance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services