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London, England, United Kingdom

Albany Beck is a Consultancy firm that specialises in the execution and delivery of clearly defined programmes of work and transformation projects.As a Consultancy we operate within:➢ Digital Transformation➢ Systems Implementation / Integration➢ Robotic Process Automation (RPA)➢ Data Engineers / Data Science / Data Analytics➢ Cloud implementation and integration➢ Migrations➢ Business Operations➢ Financial Crime➢ Financial and Non-Financial RiskWe manage disruption and enable transformation through our unrivalled network of Consultants who combine deep industry and practitioner knowledge with change management expertise. We offer a unique Consultancy experience that delivers immediate value whilst also addressing your long-term permanent augmentation problems.As a remit we have a global footprint and recruit into:London | New York | Paris | Frankfurt | Amsterdam | DublinCurrently deployed on a programme via Albany Beck at RBC with a view to deliver the Client Migration activities for the SCUBA Programme, the migration of the Custody and Banking business to a single architecture.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for ownership and accountability of the implementation the long-term Target Operating Model (TOM) within a leading financial services provider. Appointed to programme director role with a key client which manages AUM of £186bn in assetsFocused on achieving the Business Benefits of the programme namely that the implementation of the TOM to help ensure the future operating model delivers the appropriate Level of resources to deliver the enhanced ISMA services agreed with Prudential UK&E, a Technology platform for an AUM of c£186bn & Governance structures to support the integrity of the operating model. Day-to-day management responsibility & control for the deliverables of the IT Workstream. An important component of the TOM is the introduction of ‘fit for purpose’ technology systems across order management, risk management investment, legal, compliance, and investment modelling. The technology enhancements, and an enhanced data model, are required to enable the business to deliver its full services, provide robust controls and reduce the reliance on manual processes. The systems are:-o Aladdin Green Package: BlackRock Solutions (‘BRS’) system delivering risk analysis, performance measurement, compliance management and monitoring. o Cornerstone: An in-house built and managed digital platform and data warehouse for all PPMG investment data, delivering a single version of truth to all PPMG processes and systems. Cornerstone has been developed to deliver all functionality required to support Green Package operations as well as a multitude of additional analytics and reporting needs of the business. o Full Aladdin: A BlackRock Solutions (‘BRS’) system delivering portfolio modelling and order management capability.• Leadership, management and motivation of a multi-functional team of programme and project staff• Top-level stakeholder engagement and management, including governance, reporting and delivery

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for global programme leadership within a world-leading Global custodian bank.C-Level stakeholder engagement and management, including governance, reporting and deliveryDay-to-day management responsibility & control for the both IT & Operational business deliverables in a large-scale and high profile global programme that seeks aims to bring together a variety of client asset safety requirements to a common standard across all regions. Leadership, management and motivation of a multi-functional team of programme and project staff

Large and complex programme of work to On-Board a new client onto Citi’s global best of breed platforms. Day to day Management responsibility for the IT deliverables across the multiple work streams delivering the transition of data and services to Citibank. The project entails the migration of Investment Operations, Fund Accounting, Custody, Client Reporting, Fund fact Sheets, Collateral Management, OTC processing, & Trustee Services to multiple Citibank International locations (UK, Dublin, Paris and Luxembourg). The client manages AUM of £76.5 billion in assets.

London, United Kingdom

EMEA’s largest programme of work to On-Board a new client onto State Street’s newly developed Enterprise Architecture. • Management responsibility for the 14 programme work streams delivering the transition of data, services and people to State Street. Each work stream is made up of multiple projects staffed by both IT & Operations staff with a total programme budget of US$35.6m. • The Project teams undertaking the work are located in many Centres’ Of Excellence throughout, Europe, USA & Asia.• The project entails the migration of Investment Operations, Fund Accounting, Custody and Transfer Agency, Client Reporting, Performance Measurement, KIID Reporting, Fund fact Sheets, Collateral Management, OTC processing, & Trustee Services to multiple State Street International locations (UK, Dublin, Paris, Frankfurt, Netherlands and Luxembourg). The client manages AUM of £106 billion in assets. • Dual Reporting lines directly into UK Head of Territory & Global Head of On-Boarding in US.• Programme management undertaken via the creation of internal & client facing governance structure, project budget and reporting framework for the successful delivery of the programme.

High profile programme to deliver 550 Change controls and new services for the company’s 2nd largest client. Day to day management responsibility for the 4 programme work streams, Target Architecture Deployment, Service Enhancements, New Product Development & Client Transition. Each work stream contained multiple projects, with project teams comprising both IT & Operations staff with a total budget of £23.5 million pounds. New services for integrating both FX Execution & Cash Management services into the BNP Paribas core banks treasury operations, and also OTC Services for Collateral Management, Affirmation/Confirmation & CFD financing/Accruals into Investment Bank operations. Programme management undertaken via the creation of internal & client facing governance structure, project budget and reporting framework for the successful delivery of the programme. IT development undertaken in multiple countries utilising standard methodology and deploying applications into both local operation teams and global hubs. Migration of Investment Operations, Fund Accounting, Custody and Transfer Agency, following Client acquisition, to BPSS (UK, Dublin and Luxembourg). Investment Operations: 114 funds (institutional mandates & retail funds) AUM c. £8bn. Custody & Fund Accounting: 37 funds transitioned with an AUM of £5.5bn.

Day to day management responsibility for all IT project & Support work, 110 staff, with an annual total budget of £18.5 million pounds. Major budget cost cutting exercise completed sourcing significant savings:Contractor costs cut - annual saving of £1.305m, 21% of the Contractor costs; Local Group IT recharges for BP2S globally reduced by £586k, a 6% annual saving; Global Group IT recharges for BP2S reduced by £768k. The UK recharge reduced by £430k, a total saving of £1.354m or 14%.Creation of tools to support multiple migrations from client acquisitions and new client on-boarding. Culminating in a complex migration, with global reach across BP2S (UK, France, Luxembourg, King of Prussia, Singapore, & Chennai) of 340 Portfolios worth £38 Billion AUM, completed over 7 migration events, on time and to a high standard. CMMi level 2 audit passed with no issue or recommendations. CMMi Level 3 embedded into BAU process and awaiting audit for accreditation. Subsequently achieved in Qtr1 2010.

Day to day management responsibility for both the Institutional IT development projects and UK Transversal IT teams of 80 staff with a total budget of £15 million pounds. Adopted standardised project methodology across all projects and achieved CMMi Level 2 accreditation. Deployment of 24 hour operating model for core Fund Accounting and Middle Office platforms to support clients Follow the Sun trading requirements. Re-platform onto new Hardware located in Paris Data centres and creation of support & operating models to deliver correct levels of service for multiple time zone operations.Outsourced IT development capabilities to new offshore development organisation in India.

Day to day management responsibility for the 10 individual projects within the programme and with a total budget of £12.5 million pounds. Proactively managed software suppliers, DST, to deliver 2200 Man days of development to cater for US Fixed Income processing within Fund Accounting and Data Warehouse applications in 4 phases. This necessitated 2 full releases of both applications within 12 months along with the upgrading of all satellite applications both upstream and downstream of core applications.Installed 2 new Sun Fire 6900 servers for HiPortfolio and cascaded old hardware to other core applications. Created multiple end to end Test environments to handle development, system testing, application testing, Business User Acceptance testing and client testing. Oversaw 3 migrations of Data covering 825 Funds and £60 Billion of funds. Developed and delivered a core program of internal training for all the new functionality delivered by the development programme. Automated Asset creation functionality to cater for enhanced volumes of trading brought about by new fund migrations.

Managed the IT relationship with BNP Paribas's large Institutional clients, acting as senior IT liaison. Day to day management responsibility for up to thirty five BAU and project staff and a budget of £10 million pounds. Created a new support structure for Institutional Systems, industrialising processes and procedures via automation and internal development. This allowed the tracking of all KPI deliverables for both Internal and External clients and installed a service-level team culture.Wrote and implemented service-level agreements with BNP Paribas 3 largest external clients, Internal Business teams and also Group IT suppliers. Morley Fund Management Morley Fund Management Limited (MFML) is the asset management arm of Aviva Plc.

Managed day to day support for Core business applications systems including Hiportfolio, STP, COBAS, and other packages and bespoke systems. Proactively managed application software suppliers (DST, Braid etc.) to deliver enhancements and software fixes within agreed service levels.Project managed upgrades to all STP hardware and software for Swift 2001 release.Managed and developed the application support team so as to improve overall performance, facilitate teamwork and introduce a shift environment to meet business requirements.Administered optimisation of all Numa machines to provide maximum processing power to business application.Aviva PLC Aviva is a leading provider of life and pension products in Europe (including the UK) with substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world's sixth largest insurance group.

Managed day to day I.T operations and maintenance of Hardware & Software. Managed implementation of new Management Information system, new Group Insurance processing system and Replacement Cargo Insurance system.Identified and Prioritised Core processing system change requests and ensured development and delivery by external software companies.Administered outsourcing arrangements and 3rd party relationships.Forecasted and managed annual IT budget (£2m) and monitored actual expenditure against plan.Developed 5 year IT plan and budget to match Business requirements.Undertook operational Review and implementation of recommendations.

Devised joint business and IT strategy for achieving Year 2000 compliance in 10 Asian territories.Undertook full impact assessment of Year 2000 projects and created detailed project plans in conjunction with local project managers.Monitored and reviewed all territories progress against project plans on a monthly basis and summarised into project status reports for senior management. Evaluated and implemented regional strategies for Hardware & Software compliance.Monitored actual and planned costs of Y2K projects for region on a quarterly basis.Formulated procedures for the creation of Business Continuity Plans and testing methodology.Planned and managed the IT System Migration from Commercial Union system to General Accident system for merged CGU Indonesia.