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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Headed the onboarding of new Institutional clients to the Aladdin ecosystem, including Public Assets via Aladdin Enterprise Solutions and Private Markets via eFront.• Facilitated the Aladdin enterprise implementation of a $150 billion multi-national Insurance company while owning the Middle Office and Configurations methodology channel, globally. Furthermore, onboarded 500+ custodians via SWIFT to allow for cash and position reconciliations.• Spearheaded the implementation of… Show more Headed the onboarding of new Institutional clients to the Aladdin ecosystem, including Public Assets via Aladdin Enterprise Solutions and Private Markets via eFront.• Facilitated the Aladdin enterprise implementation of a $150 billion multi-national Insurance company while owning the Middle Office and Configurations methodology channel, globally. Furthermore, onboarded 500+ custodians via SWIFT to allow for cash and position reconciliations.• Spearheaded the implementation of multiple Venture Capital Firms to the BlackRock eFront application, including eFront Invest and Insight. Set a new benchmark for a mid-size General Partner implementation by delivering within 8 weeks (4 weeks earlier than estimated).• Frequently partnered with the senior sales members of the Business Development team to analyze prospective client's workflows, gather requirements, identify gaps, and propose product delivery roadmap.• Led weekly C-Suite Program Steer-Co meetings with a focus on managing stakeholder expectations, generating executive reports, and identifying project risks – all with the goal of delivering the program on time and within budget.• Conducted comprehensive data analysis and data visualization using SQL to present conversion metrics to stakeholders.• Worked with BlackRock developers to highlight functional gaps and collaborated on designing the solutions to deliver optimal results to end users.• Helped train new Enterprise clients on the usage of the Aladdin Applications Suite, including front to back office.• Executed and managed a team-wide strategic global initiative to enhance and optimize product implementation methodology to improve scale and consistency of project deliveries. Show less

New Jersey, United States

Microfocus Retirement – project entailed retiring a 3rd party vendor product that was soon to be out of compliance standards and migrating the Trades Confirmation Generation functions to the Quartz Platform.• Led a $5M decommissioning program. Provided regular status updates to steering committee, stakeholder groups and senior leadership to keep all parties up to date.• Developed comprehensive monitoring of issues, risks, dependencies, contingency plans, and availability of… Show more Microfocus Retirement – project entailed retiring a 3rd party vendor product that was soon to be out of compliance standards and migrating the Trades Confirmation Generation functions to the Quartz Platform.• Led a $5M decommissioning program. Provided regular status updates to steering committee, stakeholder groups and senior leadership to keep all parties up to date.• Developed comprehensive monitoring of issues, risks, dependencies, contingency plans, and availability of resources to remove roadblocks and result in a targeted 99% on time achievement rate.• Targeted outcomes included realizing cost savings for both the operations and technology teams while reducing operational risk through centralized, real-time reporting. Show less

Jersey City, New Jersey

Collateral Master Plan (CMP) – a strategic platform where Repo Trades, Futures & Options, OTC, and Prime Brokerage products can be booked, margined, and settled through a streamlined process.• Managed the migration of Collateral Repo Margin Components from existing FIS Vendor Application to the Strategic Collateral Platform, saving the bank $1.8 million over 5 years due to license cost avoidance.• Responsible for streamlining process flows, implementing efficiency improvements… Show more Collateral Master Plan (CMP) – a strategic platform where Repo Trades, Futures & Options, OTC, and Prime Brokerage products can be booked, margined, and settled through a streamlined process.• Managed the migration of Collateral Repo Margin Components from existing FIS Vendor Application to the Strategic Collateral Platform, saving the bank $1.8 million over 5 years due to license cost avoidance.• Responsible for streamlining process flows, implementing efficiency improvements and enhanced reporting which delivered target metrics of 90% straight through processing.• Minimized the manual addition of new collateral entities from 500k to 50k per month. Show less

Jersey City, New Jersey

New Jersey

Business Application Analyst for the Capital Markets Technology Group where I managed functional requirements and assisted project managers with multiple projects, with a few listed below.Sophis System Upgrade - $3 million project initiated by Markets ISA Group. Sophis is a vendor system supporting FX OTC Options and Listed Futures & Options products for MUFG - Market Risk, Back office, and Middle office group.• Increased system efficiency by 90% for booking OTC and FX trades, P&L… Show more Business Application Analyst for the Capital Markets Technology Group where I managed functional requirements and assisted project managers with multiple projects, with a few listed below.Sophis System Upgrade - $3 million project initiated by Markets ISA Group. Sophis is a vendor system supporting FX OTC Options and Listed Futures & Options products for MUFG - Market Risk, Back office, and Middle office group.• Increased system efficiency by 90% for booking OTC and FX trades, P&L reporting, and settlements for market risk, middle, and back-office analysts.• Reduced production issues and vendor cost dependency by upgrading to the latest Sophis application version.Droit Regulatory Enhancement - Droit (Pre-Trade Rule Engine system), Customer Surveillance Database enhancement.• Facilitated the upkeep of Droit to adhere to regulatory updates for Dodd-Frank, EMIR, and Margin Regulatory requirements for internal systems.Canadian Regulatory Reporting - Canadian Derivatives Regulation enhancement for trades in-scope for Canadian clients.• Facilitated bringing BTMU into compliance with the Canadian regulatory requirements.• Successfully on-boarded trades with Canadian counterparties.Overseas Banking System Implementation - UAT P&L Testing.• Validated the P&L reports for the Market Control team while retiring their old system.• Revamped the Market Control team system with the new General Ledger system. Show less

7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St

Joined Moody’s Investor Services as college graduate as a Financial Data Associate for the Credit Estimate Desk. After 3 years growing in the role, I transitioned to the Chief Administrative Officer Team where the company was spearheading the Target Operating Model (TOM) – an Enterprise-wide initiative to review all of Moody's operational processes and realign them to the correct work-stream.

7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St

Bronx