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London, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Consultancy to Financial Services industry.We are a specialist in project IT business analysis, solution design and strategic software development. Thanks to over 15 years of experience across Asset Management and Investment Banking, we are able to offer unique, unbiased and realistic appraisals of projects for agile & waterfall methodologies.Previous.

London, United Kingdom

Senior BA working across multiple strategic systems from Front to Back Office.Analysis conducted across trade messaging including appraisal of market standards (FpML) for multiple asset classes including equity, swaps and fixed income.Analyst on Position Service providing accurate start of day trading positions to Front Office order execution platforms for.

London, United Kingdom

Global multi-project implementation of Microgen Accounting Hub for Financial Markets products including Interest Rate, FX Option derivatives and Exchange Traded issuances.Detailed top-down & bottom-up analysis of global SUMMIT and Murex MxML messages / events for data attributes required for downstream mappings, logic and extract delivery.Local requirement.

Business Analyst at Royal Bank of Canada and Co-op Financial Services.Global strategic sub-ledger implementation joining multiple trading & settlement systemsDesign of technical standardisation and functional specs for incoming trade eventsLink between technical and functional business teams explaining requirements & queriesUAT with Product Control for.

IPV project to install independent pricing verification systemBusiness requirement documentation and data gathering for in-scope instrumentsRe-write of Functional Specification to update following constraint workshopsIT liaison for compliance of data feeds and application functionality to meet specificationsGAP analysis mapping the current architecture to.

European-wide strategic 5 year project to install Sophis Value systemRole between Business Users and IT Systems support to manage project targetsDesign in-depth strategies / test cases to cover live scenarios for business teamsEnsured go-live User requirements met with 100% instrument set-up success rateDay 1 valuations correct with no impact to front.

Multiple high yield portfolios & clients across combined mandatesCompletion of daily P&L for all loan positions & high yield assetsCollation of trading marks and market news for senior portfolio managersAnalysis of distressed high yield debt portfolio incl. revolving credit loans Project analyst for installation of Loan IQ system with remit on business.

Launch of Virgin Superannuation Fund, review of legal contracts & SLA'sUAT on performance of new pricing environment to be rolled outYear-end & month-end client reporting to AAS requirementsAccount management liaising direct with internal & client stakeholders Training of senior staff for retention of knowledge within team

Responsibility for 5 Fund Accountants calculating daily NAVs Validation of income, capital & stock reconciliations for custodian packsDaily NAV sign-off of UK & Global OEIC funds (FSA Threshold Competent)Issuance of prices to internal & external clients ensuring deadlines are metMentoring & training of new staff to expected standardsLiaise with custodians.

Accounts production for UK based OEIC funds, Unit Trusts and UCITsPreparation of year-end & interim accounts in accordance with UK SORPWorking to extended trial balance and cost sheet reconciliationsAutomation project for extensive statistical reporting for national associationsProject on custodian conversion involved with compatibility testsRedesigned.

B.Sc (Hons), Business Economics & Finance

Activities and Societies: Upper second class degree attained. Modules studied include: Financial Economics, Managerial Economics, Business.

Ceritified, Prince 2 Project Management

Activities and Societies: Foundation & Practitioner qualified

Iaq, Securities & Investments; Oeic Administration; Imro Regulatory Environment

A-Level & Gcse

A-level: German (C), Mathematics (C), Economics (D), General Studies (C) Advanced Ordinary Level – Mathematics (B) 10 GCSEs including.