Daniel Powers Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Selected by the COO and CTO in 2020 as a recognized top performer for a newly created operations role as the bridge between technology teams and the $350B business – de facto head of global data transformation, data governance and US technology infrastructure. Initially brought on board in 2017 as a trusted business partner and liaison, translating business needs into functional system requirements to elevate performance. Executed company-wide strategic initiatives and managed a 24-member team with 4 direct reports (directors) across client reporting, business analysis and data transformation. ➤ Reduced costs $7.5M annually by outsourcing accounting on $250B in assets to Clearwater Analytics as the lead for the data and reporting workstream, plus additional IT and Operations sub-streams. ➤ Defined and executed the robust data governance and data transformation infrastructure to support the spin-off of Fortitude Re. Increased data quality by 50%, restructuring data governance and data oversight with proactive, targeted controls. ➤ Accelerated AIG RFP response by 70%, from 10 days to 3 days by creating sustainable, scalable automated business processes that increased AIG’s responses for third-party asset management 200%.➤ Delivered the mission-critical data transformation, data infrastructure and reporting systems required to outsource $90B in investments to Blackstone, with direct data feeds into AIG accounting providers and systems. ➤ Enriched risk management, data governance and regulatory compliance companywide by creating bi-annual walk-throughs with all audit partners, risk partners and stakeholders in support of the Public Credit Desk. Achieved $250K annual cost reduction while elevating performance and enriching decision making by implementing Microsoft Power BI for dynamic reports and dashboards for Investments.➤ Accelerated delivery 25% (8 months to 6 months) on Brexit infrastructure to meet new regulatory requirements.

New York, Ny, Us

Fulfilled a long-time ambition to explore a new career direction as commodities broker focused on gasoline blendstocks. Developed a renewed appreciation for a rich understanding of data governance, data transformation and business analysis in the finance and investment industries.

New York, Ny, Us

Promoted to a role as Investments data and reporting tech lead – primary liaison from IT for the front office and CIOs. Leveraged rigorous business analysis skills within the technology vertical, combined with ability to discuss complex technical concepts with business leaders. ➤ Built a dynamic, top-performing 16-member team from the ground up that still functions at the highest level today – earning a reputation for always delivering, no matter how daunting the challenges. ➤ Quickly unified a disparate group of individuals into a cohesive team with high employee engagement.➤ Transformed data governance with Investments Portal, a single “point of truth” to ensure every stakeholder was working with highly accurate, uniform data.

New York, Ny, Us

Selected by the CFO as technology and operations lead for a new asset forecasting platform to support CCAR, delivering the project in 9 months vs. 18 months – well ahead of 10 other workstreams. Team lead for the development of the Financial Projections Platform in support of the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) project, which included cash-flow projections across all asset classes, forecasted future profits and losses under multiple scenarios, and reinvestment allocations.

New York, Ny, Us

Led the 8-member team overseeing the pricing process for $700B+ in assets, including liaising with third-party market data vendors, brokers and internal analytics teams. ------Foundational experience with The Bank of New York Mellon.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management Information Systems And Services

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance, General