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Closter, Nj, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Business analyst for projects to move records of firm’s Private Wealth client accounts from vendor applications to inhouse-managed proprietary systems, including:* Testing of daily vendor-provided files and mapping of data fields between data sources and data repository.* Enhanced application to enter requests to raise cash for disbursements to account holders.* New application to set up new accounts, including identification of account asset management strategies; specification of account funding amounts; and initiation of analyses on non-cash assets transferred into Neuberger Berman accounts, to determine sales of securities that do not conform with selected asset management strategies.

New York, Ny, Us

* Business analyst and program manager for suite of initiatives related to administration of testing for teachers, teaching candidates, and non-instructional staff.* Project and QA manager for project to automate updates of teacher class assignment data from external application to Workday; reduced time to roster teacher assignments by 50 percent.* Member of team for project to increase efficiency of onboarding of high school teachers, including administration of required assessments.

* Project and program manager for delivery of technology changes for firm's Asset and Wealth Management applications and workflows, including definition of enhancements, testing of system changes, implementation of system changes, and communication of changes across fixed income and infrastructure programs.o Oversaw project that enhanced ESG offerings for client accounts on vendor platform, including project management, quality assurance and implementation; increased number of ESG restriction categories offered from eight to 26, with capacity to add more categories for client portfolio restrictions.o Managed pilot project that enabled reporting of account performance for firm's dual contract clients, with plans to expand performance reporting to over 1,000 accounts.o Manager of project for reporting of net cash flows for International Private Bank across all global asset management offices.* Analyst for processing of Consumer and Community Banking wealth management portfolio monthly bills.* Business analyst and project/program manager for Corporate project to enhance and expand headcount reports across bank.

West Hollywood, Ca, Us

Business analyst for multi-year implementations of firm’s wealth management client reporting system:* System design for global insurance firm: screen and report design, system specifications, and customization of financial planning application.* Project lead for multi-tiered initiatives for major domestic asset management firm: -- Configuration and implementation of firm's testing environment to enable testing of end-to-end system processing of transactions and account positions. -- Integration of processing and reporting for accounts of firm's highest-net-worth clients with those of remaining clients, to enable consistency of reporting of positions and transactions across all portfolios managed by firm.

New York, New York, Us

Business analyst for implementation of BPS equity trade support and settlement platform at major global wealth management firm.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Regulatory testing analyst for firm's regulatory compliance programs: Regulation W, enterprise stress testing, IT asset management, and customer tax payments.

New York, Ny, Us

Business analyst and project manager for Mortgage department projects, including migration and storage of legacy platform data, Mortgage desk loan pricing reporting, and weekly system change reports.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

• Lead business analyst and quality assurance analyst for project to convert bank’s main mortgage-backed security trade processing and allocation system from in-house to vendor system, saving $6 million over seven years.• Managed project to enhance reporting of alternative trading system and tender option bond trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, saving over $250,000 per year from fines from failure to report trades.• Oversaw upgrade of bank’s mortgage-backed security processing systems to allow for central counterparty clearing of trades with FICC. • Automated complete trade flow of General Collateral Financing trade flows, enabling reallocation of a full-time resource to other areas.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Project manager for firm's infrastructure-oriented initiatives.

London, Gb

• Technology manager on engagement for major global bank to resolve Collections Litigation (CL) errors and Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) violations, including management of a team of associates and analysts.• Contributed to Consumer Compliance project to identify and rate metrics for the resolution of Unfair, Deceptive or Abusive Acts and Practices (UDAAP)-related issues and violations.• Management and support of marketing and practice development efforts for firm’s Fraud practice.

*** Consultant with Navint Partners ***Project manager and business analyst for improvements to bank program to ensure improved compliance with Federal Reserve Regulation W.• Managed user acceptance testing for project to implement automated solution suite for improved monitoring for and reporting of Regulation W-applicable transactions.• Oversaw plans to implement new Compliance department and business unit procedures, centralize reporting and implement surveillance checklists.• Managed in-person and online training for bank employees who work in areas subject to Regulation W; more than 2,300 employees trained in person and over 10,000 trained online from August 2013 to March 2015.• Maintenance of all Regulation W-oriented documentation for all bank departments in Compliance SharePoint site.

London, Gb

*** Consultant with Lighthouse Technology ***Project manager and business analyst for bank project to implement financial system changes for support of Federal Reserve Regulation W reporting.• Managed project work stream for improvement of governance of Regulation W program, including updates to bank policies and procedures and charter of steering committee responsible for management of Regulation W program.• Successfully closed approximately 80 percent of Regulation W-related issues reported during 2012.

New York, Ny, Us

• Supervised team of analysts responsible for service of the firm’s trading, risk management and accounting systems (for traders, trade support staff and back office), including resolution of issues and system development.• Led project to report and minimize risk and risk exposure by conducting comprehensive assessments of the firm’s financial applications and providing recommendations for implementation of additional system controls.• Oversaw upgrade of anti-money laundering system to process SWIFT 7 transaction messages.

Business analysis and project manager for bank project to consolidate and simplify foreign exchange rate feeds (project was cancelled early September 2010).

* Business analyst/project manager for bank project to replace legacy fixed income trading system (project cancelled May 2010).* Quality assurance team member for a variety of bank initiatives.* End user support for vendor applications.

New York, New York, Us

• Business analyst and project manager for initiative that replaced obsolete trade matching and trade break management systems with SmartStream trade matching and break management vendor application; reduced time required to match trades by 85 percent and fines incurred by bank for trade settlement fails by 90 percent.• Delivered to trading unit new module that automatically calculates length of settlement time period for extended settlement domestic and international security trades, reducing settlement and failed trade risks.• Business manager for projects to reroute domestic and international trades through applications with greater trade volume capacities, enabling the retirement of less efficient trade routing systems.