Senior Consultant
Deloitte & Touche Usa
New York, Ny
* Lead a team of consultants to identify and evaluate business process and technology risks, internal controls that mitigate risks, and related opportunities for internal control improvement for a wide variety of financial services clients, including many large broker/dealers.* Worked with numerous areas within brokerage operations, including trading (trade capture), trade support / middle office / order room, purchase and sales / clearance, settlement, reconciliation / stock record, account administration, pricing, margin, dividends and interest, reorganizations, transfers, account re-registration, contributions, distributions, client communications, month-end closing, month-end reporting, information security (including network, applications, and database assessments), computer operations, change management and disaster recovery. * Consulted clients in the readiness/attestation work for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and issuance of SAS70 Reports.* Managed a team of consultants in process documentation, risk-based control identification, as well as identification of client considerations.* Provided consulting services to major global clients to meet the client business objectives as well as performance of gap analysis.* Monitored engagement progress and profitability to ensure completion of projects within aggressive timelines.* Prepared and delivered presentations to client and internal management regarding project status, observations and findings.* Coordinated the planning and delivery of education and training programs* Coordinated global consolidation of observations across various practices for reporting to senior client management.* Clients include JPMorgan Chase, Interactive Brokers Group, Greenwich Capital, Bear Stearns, UBS, Blasland Bouck & Lee, Master Card International, Markit, Ziff Brothers, Lehmann Brothers, and Atari Inc.