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• Supervisory leadership over the finance and income tax department from process planning and managing workload through execution
• Responsible for the oversight, coordination, and administration of all operations, including finance, human resources, compliance, and technology
• Perform analysis, manage resources, and communicate results to clients, both orally and in written reports
• Assist in the preparation of financial statements
• Review tax returns and supporting work papers for individuals and small businesses

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, US

• Developed, monitored, and tracked project plans for the Citigroup consent order to ensure on time and on budget project delivery
• Interacted with senior management and communicated (written and verbal) status of deliverables
• Provided structured project management and assistance (i.e. wrote and reviewed scoping documents and closure wrappers) to team members
• Worked with the Dev Tech team to create comprehensive Jira stories for the Top Risk and Risk ID Tools
• Participated in sprint planning and reviews

Oversaw the day-to-day operational functions (Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing, and Sales) of the business; advised on long-term business and financial planning; negotiated with vendors; designed and implemented the business plan; and established policies and procedures that promoted company culture and vision.

Chicago, IL, US

• Performed Fixed Income Trading and Client Accounting department reviews of asset management firm, providing an examination of the policies and procedures, and Management Oversight and Controls Infrastructure
• Worked with clients to conduct regulatory control identification, performed walkthroughs, created test plan, and performed testing for middle office operations
• Performed operational risk management assessment for asset management firm and financial institutions, evaluating management’s existing fraud risk assessment model and providing recommendations
• Conducted evaluations of the investment and accounting/tax divisions and helped to enhance the internal controls over financial reporting in order to remediate significant deficiencies
• Worked with clients to perform testing on compliance with provisions of AML/BSA, FATCA, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, and Regulation 9 laws
• Created and developed audit programs and test steps to suit a client’s specific environment

London, GB

• Project Manager on the Global Banking & Markets – Global Standards division focused on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standards (CRS) remediation planning effort for Latin America.
• Liaised with Information Technology, Compliance, Legal, and Tax in order to provide business risk reduction, process improvements, and timely status reporting.
• PMO for the Global Banking & Markets – Global Standards, Americas division; provided centralized support to the Project Managers of the Americas Region; managed program governance and control; issue/risk identification.
• Provided updates to senior management regarding the projects assigned to the Project Managers within the division

Garden City, NY, US

Co-facilitated research (i.e. venture capital impact on regional employment); analyzed and proofread research papers to verify and structure data.

Conducted market and industry research and analysis for proprietary trading model; monitored risk and P&Ls for trading team; and executed trades for manager model.

M.B.A., Finance And Management

B.S., Computer Science With Business Administration