Mark Mcgrath Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• The US team includes developers working on the Central Counterparty Clearing (CCP) program and support resources responsible for covering US hours for the PB (Foreign Exchange (FX) & Interest Rate Swap (IRS)) and CCP.
• US management responsibilities of 3 direct and 3 indirect reports include maintaining job descriptions, confirming clear regional and functional reporting lines, ensuring completion of compliance training and.
• Project Manager responsibilities include post-trade deliveries to the UK & US Client Clearing businesses which went live in February 2013. Responsibilities of the ongoing team include supporting client testing.

Greater Chicago Area

• Project manager for the pre-trade integration between RBS and CCP’s ((CME) Chicago Mercantile Exchange & (LCH) London Clearing House) to support US & UK Client Clearing of Interest Rate Swap (IRS) products.
• Completed LCH membership documentation for RBS Securities, Inc
• Set-up all Markitwire accounts required for testing with the CCP’s
• Managed MQ connectivity set-up and testing between RBSSI & CCP’s
• Assessed the impact of upcoming CCP changes and provided technical requirements to developers.
• Analyzed, documented and tested all CME & LCH workflows. Trained Operational staff on use of internal middleware application and CCP workflows

Greater Chicago Area

• Acted as the lead interface between IT and the North American based Business and Operations on departmental-wide projects on a tactical and strategic basis across all supported products, processes and systems.
• Coordinated the novation of twenty ABN PB client trades onto RBS systems. ABN PB (FX) business was the first ABN business to complete migration onto RBS systems.
• Managed the North America workstack and coordinated with global Change Management team to prioritize initiatives for PB IT.
• Collaborated with IT on all requested changes and delivered business solutions
• Worked with Clients, PB Sales, Product Development, Operations to develop clearly defined requirements for all initiatives.
• Worked with Business Continuity Management team to define workplace recovery plan for North America PB team.

Greater Chicago Area

Primary IT contact for GM Front Office and IT Support Teams for enhancement and project work, as well as escalation point for support issues. Monitored and reported daily performance of major trading systems. Improved technology-related process across various vendors and related systems. Devised tactical and strategic plans for primary systems. Oversaw.