Mark Nicholls Email & Phone Number

Kingston Upon Thames, Gb

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Within Professional Services providing project management, business analysis for client implementations across Securities Reference Data, Security Pricing and Corporate Actions Manage multiple client projects from inception to go live, supporting sales and product teams Run client workshops and steering committees, ensure project governance across implementations. Clients include UBS, ADIA, KAS Bank, RBC and KIO Projects covering Cloud and onsite client installations Track… Show more Within Professional Services providing project management, business analysis for client implementations across Securities Reference Data, Security Pricing and Corporate Actions Manage multiple client projects from inception to go live, supporting sales and product teams Run client workshops and steering committees, ensure project governance across implementations. Clients include UBS, ADIA, KAS Bank, RBC and KIO Projects covering Cloud and onsite client installations Track and manage project financials and project margin Work with teams globally, US, UK, Austria, Luxembourg & India Show less

Head of programme delivery working in the Investment Services & Fund Accounting IT application group managing major application projects and programmes.Manage multiple IT application projects from inception to implementation within Investment Services & Fund Accounting technology, responsible for annual budget of $10M Chaired steering committees for senior business stakeholders, to manage scope, status and budgetManage resources globally in UK, and India Offshore teamImplemented… Show more Head of programme delivery working in the Investment Services & Fund Accounting IT application group managing major application projects and programmes.Manage multiple IT application projects from inception to implementation within Investment Services & Fund Accounting technology, responsible for annual budget of $10M Chaired steering committees for senior business stakeholders, to manage scope, status and budgetManage resources globally in UK, and India Offshore teamImplemented key process changes for improving processes around project delivery lifecycleMajor Projects/Programmes ManagedProgramme to implement TCS BaNCS asset servicing package to replace existing Corporate Actions application used within the front and back office globally. Budget of $6-7M. Roll out to front and back office business teams globally.Strategic IT programme to provide a multi-vendor solution for pricing securities enhancing an in house developed Global Pricing Workstation Platform, budget $2M. RFP process initiated to replace with EDM solution.Implement the capabilities within ISFA to provide investment services for externally managed fundsStrategic IT programme to centralise Fund reference data across Fidelity, budget $2.5MManage the developments required to process new instruments from front to back office, such as Interest Rate Swaptions and Credit Default Swap Index. Major upgrades to the Sungard Invest One Fund Accounting platformSignificant upgrade to Sophis application, which supports pricing OTC Derivatives, $1.5M budget Show less

Senior project manager on the application rationalisation programme, covers all Citi's business lines in EMEA, responsible for15 countries in Middle East and Eastern Europe Set up programme governance, including reporting and stakeholder governance meetings. Discover opportunities to reduce applications across the region, to meet cost reduction targets Understand and drive application strategies to deliver consolidation of applications Plan, track and negotiate system… Show more Senior project manager on the application rationalisation programme, covers all Citi's business lines in EMEA, responsible for15 countries in Middle East and Eastern Europe Set up programme governance, including reporting and stakeholder governance meetings. Discover opportunities to reduce applications across the region, to meet cost reduction targets Understand and drive application strategies to deliver consolidation of applications Plan, track and negotiate system retirements across multiple IT and business teams Show less

A contract role, managing a Global programme (UK, US & Singapore) to find a strategic solution for Instant Messaging Recording within the Compliance Technology Group.Manage the end to end programme to deliver a fit for purpose solutionPerformed a vendor selection RFP process to find the strategic solutionLiaise and negotiate with Front Office Traders, business stakeholders, compliance and support teams in the UK, US & Singapore, including the running of a Governance Board… Show more A contract role, managing a Global programme (UK, US & Singapore) to find a strategic solution for Instant Messaging Recording within the Compliance Technology Group.Manage the end to end programme to deliver a fit for purpose solutionPerformed a vendor selection RFP process to find the strategic solutionLiaise and negotiate with Front Office Traders, business stakeholders, compliance and support teams in the UK, US & Singapore, including the running of a Governance Board and working groupPlan testing, implementation and rollout of new application globallyLead separate streams of activities to provide short term tactical remediation Show less

A contract role, managing multiple application development projects within Barclays Wealth covering Payment strategy for Compliance & Risk.Manage projects from inception to implementation, across multiple business jurisdictionsResponsible for a budget of over £1MM across projectsStrategic migration of a Global Payments/SWIFT/SEPA platform from Geneva to the UK, & standardising the sanction checking of payments. Multiple technologies including vendor packages, middleware… Show more A contract role, managing multiple application development projects within Barclays Wealth covering Payment strategy for Compliance & Risk.Manage projects from inception to implementation, across multiple business jurisdictionsResponsible for a budget of over £1MM across projectsStrategic migration of a Global Payments/SWIFT/SEPA platform from Geneva to the UK, & standardising the sanction checking of payments. Multiple technologies including vendor packages, middleware (WMQI & bespoke built), network interfacesLiaise and negotiate with business stakeholders, compliance and application teams in the UK, Singapore & GenevaDeveloped & deployed the Single Credit Proposal System, within 3 months, using an Indian Offshore vendor, allowing the legacy application, Lending Advisor, to be decommissioned.Managed a release for the Logical Access Tool (LATTE), to meet SOX regulator obligations Show less

A contract role with responsibility to migrate 700 servers & 3000 application environments to a new data centre facility. Winner of 2008 Banking Technology industry award.Liaise and negotiate with 12 business lines, application teams and stakeholders, to agree migration plan & secure resources Create & maintain the overall server migration plan to be executed over fixed 6 month periodProduce a detailed plan for each weekend migration, with 60+ servers moving, allowing… Show more A contract role with responsibility to migrate 700 servers & 3000 application environments to a new data centre facility. Winner of 2008 Banking Technology industry award.Liaise and negotiate with 12 business lines, application teams and stakeholders, to agree migration plan & secure resources Create & maintain the overall server migration plan to be executed over fixed 6 month periodProduce a detailed plan for each weekend migration, with 60+ servers moving, allowing for application inter dependenciesManage & liaise with 3rd parties for each migration weekendPut in place the governance to support the programme, including stakeholder management, status reporting, risk & issue tracking. Provide information & support to programme PMO Show less

A contract role, with the responsibility to migrate 250 technology roles to an Indian offshore vendor.Plan the transition activities within the application development, maintenance and infrastructure areas, to cover Knowledge transfer and offshore acceptance criteria.Redesign the project delivery framework for application development in the new IT organisation.Reviewed engagement and added processes to improve controls & delivery by vendorPut in place the governance to… Show more A contract role, with the responsibility to migrate 250 technology roles to an Indian offshore vendor.Plan the transition activities within the application development, maintenance and infrastructure areas, to cover Knowledge transfer and offshore acceptance criteria.Redesign the project delivery framework for application development in the new IT organisation.Reviewed engagement and added processes to improve controls & delivery by vendorPut in place the governance to support the offshore model, including SLAs & KPIsManagement of the engagement, negotiate work products & vendor estimates Show less

Responsible for application development and programme developments within the technology group, supporting Worldwide Securities Services (WSS), including fund accounting, global custody & securities lending, responsible for annual budget $17MMTotal ownership of Securities Services applications, including production support & developmentEnsured strict compliance with programme governance, Sarbannes Oxley & SAS70 standardsWorked closely with key stakeholders & senior… Show more Responsible for application development and programme developments within the technology group, supporting Worldwide Securities Services (WSS), including fund accounting, global custody & securities lending, responsible for annual budget $17MMTotal ownership of Securities Services applications, including production support & developmentEnsured strict compliance with programme governance, Sarbannes Oxley & SAS70 standardsWorked closely with key stakeholders & senior managers to produce business cases & strategiesImplemented a release management process for 40 applications, which included a release scheduleFocused on control of a resourcing strategy for the group, utilising a portfolio of offshore vendorsManage releases from outsourced suppliers, 3rd parties, consultants & vendors including SungardMajor Projects/Programmes ManagedResponsible for strategic Global Programme for Asset Servicing - Corporate Actions Centre of Excellence with a budget of $10MM. Creating a central Corporate Action Announcement reference data hub.Led financial messaging developments (including CREST, Message Express & SWIFT) globally, utilising a middleware messaging hub, for internal and external network routing. Delivered key trade capture projects giving operational efficiencies through innovative STP solutionsProgramme Manager for Instruction Management (trade capture) Programme, a $25mm initiative, subscribing to Global Market Reference Data Implementation of central Broker (counterparty) Reference Database, to aid STP initiatives Managed developments within the Securities Lending business, including SLX, Global OneDelivered key IT components for Investment Operations Outsourcing, including Third Party Custodian Interfaces (TPCI) - trade instructions & settlements & Asset Servicing solutionManaged the migration of holding reconciliations onto Smartstream (SSR)Leadership role within the Barclays Global Investor outsourcing deal, supporting negotiations Show less

Responsible for all aspects of strategic systems management, including application development Focused on delivery of a portfolio of large-scale application development projects within the bankLeadership, management of motivation of teams of internally-based & offshore outsourced staffMajor Projects/Programmes ManagedManaged the EMEA region implementation and rollout of the Global Market Reference Data programmeImplementation of the Managing Service Excellence project… Show more Responsible for all aspects of strategic systems management, including application development Focused on delivery of a portfolio of large-scale application development projects within the bankLeadership, management of motivation of teams of internally-based & offshore outsourced staffMajor Projects/Programmes ManagedManaged the EMEA region implementation and rollout of the Global Market Reference Data programmeImplementation of the Managing Service Excellence project which produced client scorecardsManaged the migration of WSS clients onto a centralised Payments platformRan a strategic initiative which provided a SWIFT messaging hub for investor servicesSuccessfully converted to SWIFT ISO15022 standard, allowing JPMC to become the market leader, implemented middleware technology as a strategic messaging platform for the Bank.Designed & implemented a real-time cash forecasting data warehouse for cash management groupImplemented IT solutions to raise STP rates on Trade Capture from 25 to 90%+Acted as JP Morgan representative on the Technology Committee for the GSTPA industry initiative Show less

Appointed to key project management role within the Global Investor Services systems divisionLeadership, management & motivation of a multi-functional team of IT / project support staffIT Project Manager for the system migration after the merger between Chase & Chemical BankLed a major 2-yr Intra Day Risk project to develop a real-time current account repository (CAR)Deployment of project involving multiple business lines, stakeholders and technology groupsManaged… Show more Appointed to key project management role within the Global Investor Services systems divisionLeadership, management & motivation of a multi-functional team of IT / project support staffIT Project Manager for the system migration after the merger between Chase & Chemical BankLed a major 2-yr Intra Day Risk project to develop a real-time current account repository (CAR)Deployment of project involving multiple business lines, stakeholders and technology groupsManaged the IT development required to set up new branch in Frankfurt Show less

Responsible for project delivery & development of Asset Servicing systems within Chase ManhattanDesigned new products within the global custody platform, including Dividend AutocreditProject planning, analysis, development, implementation & resource deployment managementLed deployment of new reporting products to secure investor services market leadership positionDeveloped innovative new capabilities including proxy voting & offshore funds processing facilities

Responsible for delivering enhanced interfaces to both SWIFT and CHAPs networks for BarclaysAppointed as a Graduate Trainee to train as a COBOL / Assembler developer to support systemsFocused on working on internal Money Transfer Systems and back-office payment infrastructure

Honours, Chemistry & Maths

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