John Kords Email & Phone Number

Montpelier, VT

• Supported and assisted process owners and business managers in the identification and verification of internal controls over operational risk.
• Facilitate periodic process owner risk and control self-assessments.
• Lead and assist on internal audit engagements.
• Analyze business processes for effectiveness, efficiency and compliance with corporate policy and procedures, state and federal regulatory authorities.
• Develop detailed working papers to provide sufficient evidence of work completed in the development, analysis, execution and reporting of the audit program and testing results.
• Execute test plans of key controls through inquiry, observation, examination, and/or re-performance. Document test results according to Internal Audit testing standards and communicate results to management.

Montpelier, VT

• Executed domestic and international equity trades for mutual funds with over $5 billion in assets.
• Analyzed and compiled corporate news, earnings and relevant Street research in daily morning note to portfolio managers prior to market open.
• Contributed to actionable trade ideas by providing market, stock and trading feedback to portfolio managers.
• Created and maintained custom reports to track research and soft dollar budgets.
• Implemented and tested the integration and updates of numerous third party trading platforms as well as the trading desk’s order management system.
• Insured the timely settlement of international and domestic trades by working with brokers and custodian banks.

Montpelier, VT

• Business Analyst, (2001-2004)Worked as a liaison between business units and IT team to develop in-depth business specifications, test plans and end user training.
• Created user requested daily report jobs using COBOL and SAS.
• Modified existing COBOL, SAS and NOMAD programs.
• Developed Access databases for business units and IS management team.

Montpelier, VT

• Worked with agents and agency offices around the country to insure completion of all necessary licensing and contracting documentation.
• Worked with state insurance departments on agent license and appointment application requirements
• Team leader for a new distribution channel including: hiring and training new home office employees, training new agency personnel on home office systems, establishing operational procedures, monitoring procedures and.
• Created testing plans for the licensing and contracting system
• Worked with IS and other departments to test new and updated companywide system applications.