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Portfolio And Program Management Group (Asia Pacific)

• Spearheaded a newly formed Portfolio and Program Management Group in Asia Pacific by building confidence in strategic execution with global and regional leadership. • Partnered with Asia COO, CFO, Business and Country heads as well as functional workstreams (Product, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Corporate Properties, Technology, etc) in structuring and executing large and complex strategic initiatives.• Represented Asia Program Management Office in… Show more • Spearheaded a newly formed Portfolio and Program Management Group in Asia Pacific by building confidence in strategic execution with global and regional leadership. • Partnered with Asia COO, CFO, Business and Country heads as well as functional workstreams (Product, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Corporate Properties, Technology, etc) in structuring and executing large and complex strategic initiatives.• Represented Asia Program Management Office in regional management meeting/committees such as the Asia strategy sessions, Asia Infrastructure Committee, etc. • Drove program governance, budgeting, disciplines and decisions across all levels of stakeholders from Senior Executives to Functional Leads to foster communication, teamwork and trust. • Led project managers and external vendors within a program to ensure on time, budget and quality delivery of different initiatives (i.e. Regulatory, Strategic, Product, Process, System, etc.) aligned to enterprise methodology. Show less

Treasury Services - Liquidity Solutions Management Group

• Managed liquidity business portfolio to drive changes across Asia Pacific - New Product Rollouts, Platform Build-outs, Process Enhancements and Risk Mitigation projects. • Directed Large/Complex work-streams (Operations, Technology, Sales, Product Mgt, Client Service, Implementation, Finance, Compliance, Risk, etc.) from different regions through the JP Morgan’s Projects Framework methodology (i.e. Business Case, Budgeting, Requirement, Design, Build, Test and Implement milestones)

Global Transactional Banking - Global Payment & Cash Management (Asia Pacific)

• Formulated sound cash management solution by understanding and evaluating clients’ businesses, processes and requirements.• Partnered with top-tiered customers’ Regional Treasurers and Financial Controllers to implement complex cash management solutions (Receivable/Payment/Liquidity) for multiple country/products.

Hsbc Private Bank (Global Wealth Solutions),

• Migrated backend accounting processing to HSBC Data Processing Guangzhou for transactions such as Capturing of Purchases and Sales of Trust Investments which includes Fixed Income, Equity, Deposits, Foreign Exchange, Funds, Derivatives.

Oracle Consulting Services

• Created implementation proposals to potential clients based on functional requirement study resulting in identified solution, scope, timeframe, technology details, etc

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

>Business Process Outsourcing Management• Developed and prioritized business cases for company strategic objectives using tools such as NPV, Payback Period, etc. • On-boarded outsourcing clients into a China data center of over 100 local staff.• Hosted steering committee meetings with project sponsors and stakeholders to report on project KPIs, status, issues/risk mitigation, deliverables, quality reviews, etc.>Process Improvement and Quality Programs… Show more >Business Process Outsourcing Management• Developed and prioritized business cases for company strategic objectives using tools such as NPV, Payback Period, etc. • On-boarded outsourcing clients into a China data center of over 100 local staff.• Hosted steering committee meetings with project sponsors and stakeholders to report on project KPIs, status, issues/risk mitigation, deliverables, quality reviews, etc.>Process Improvement and Quality Programs Management• Designed a Six Sigma process improvement strategy to drive operational excellence across different back-office processes. • Implemented and positioned ISO 9001:2000 as the quality assurance strategy for the BPO center of over 100 staff dealing with corrective/preventive actions, management reviews, document and record control, control of non-conformance, internal audit, etc. Show less

Consulting Services

>Oracle Financial Accounting ERP Implementation (General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, and Cash Management Systems) • Led project stages covering Requirement Study, Design/Prototype, Configuration/Development, Testing, Training and Implement >Business Process Reengineering• Interviewed customer’s Senior Management to Process Owners across lines of businesses to generate improvement initiatives.• Flowcharted details on BPR Current State Processes and Conceptualized… Show more >Oracle Financial Accounting ERP Implementation (General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, and Cash Management Systems) • Led project stages covering Requirement Study, Design/Prototype, Configuration/Development, Testing, Training and Implement >Business Process Reengineering• Interviewed customer’s Senior Management to Process Owners across lines of businesses to generate improvement initiatives.• Flowcharted details on BPR Current State Processes and Conceptualized improved Future State Processes flows. Show less

Sales Consulting

• Presented functional ERP solutions (Financial Accounting/HRMS/Business Intelligence/CRM/Self Service) to prospective clients.

United States

• Obtained unique experience in building a business from ground up. • Established a network of over 30 Chicago-land universities and colleges by selling the value proposition to College Career Placement Directors to reach over 30,000 students.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Bachelor’S Degree