Ralph Skaff Email & Phone Number

Canada

• Manage a team of 5 senior analysts and consultants who are overseeing the end-to-end Product Control & IPV process for interest rate trading desks• Supervise and review the daily P&L preparation and related activities: review and analyze new trades, associated risks and the P&L generated, also understand and analyze the P&L coming from market moves on the existing portfolio of trades• Overseeing the Month-end Independent Pricing Verification, and Bid-Offer Valuation Adjustment processes along with revaluing the trading books impacted when control thresholds are not satisfied• Ensure that all deliverables are met, regulatory deadlines are kept, and audit rating is satisfactory• Work closely and establish excellent business relationships with all areas of the Finance department, liaising with the Trading Desk, Risk Management, Accounting, Operations, and IT teams• People manager responsibilities including succession planning, new employee hiring, team member coaching and career development• Implemented a standardized large scale automation solution that triggers overnight P&L processes to finalize daily P&L results through the use of Alteryx, VBA, and Tableau in order to enhance stakeholder experience, and increase analyst reporting production capacity, all while eliminating offshore services due to synergy (resulting in conservative annual savings of $1M to the enterprise)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Liaising with Finance and Capital Markets stakeholders on a daily basis to provide insight and results on derivative pricing adjustments• Undertaking analytical enquiries on derivative pricing and explaining variances based on market data from Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters• Understanding, presenting, and revaluing portfolios based on the underlying price drivers of MTM differences• Drafting, reviewing and consolidating commentary as part of the month-end valuations report for distribution to stakeholders

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Prepared daily P&Ls for both CIBC FX trading and FX Sales teams (for Asian, UK, and North American regions)• Investigating derivative contract mispricing or any incorrect losses/charges reflected on P&L when applicable• Providing daily commentary to front office, management, and risk teams for any material P&L inconsistencies identified • Implementing a Global FX management report reconciliation process, grouping all FX businesses into one cohesive Global FX management report• Consistently ensure that all P&L and management reports are delivered in a timely manner meeting strict daily deadlines• Establish multiple controls and process workflows on all reports in order to help maintain reporting accuracy and integrity• Assisted in month-end and quarter end GL reconciliation / closing process by providing insight to the capital markets accounting team, explaining any differences found between the daily P&Ls issued and the GL data reported• Liaising with front office executives, report stakeholders, and various business units in order to communicate, innovate, and improve current reporting processes and logic in order to adapt to ever-changing business and regulatory requirements.• Improved the management reports’ month-end true-up process into a more streamlined workflow and reducing process time allotment by 40%• Provided Ad-hoc reports to clients requesting further insight the performance of a particular line of business

Toronto, Canada Area

• Support regular and ad-hoc individual performance reports• Provide bilingual inquiry support to frontline employees• Produce performance recognition and referral reports• Investigate data discrepancies and provide analytical support• Review and recommend data adjustments• Complete period-end top of the house fees reporting, billing, and reconciliation processes• Apply required adjustment entries in accordance to regulatory guidelines• Use of complex technical tools including Essbase, Alteryx, Tableau, and Oracle to produce as well as provide analytical support and insight• Creating, running, and validating financial reports for management utilizing Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access• Assist with business initiatives and projects that entail process improvement in performance recognition, referral tracking, and individual weekly performance reporting• Aid with the development of new reports, control policies, and testing of new changes to ensure accuracy and completeness• Train and lead team members to complete initiatives for reporting development and optimization on a project basis

Toronto, Canada Area

• Recording and extracting data from forms and multiple disparate systems such as Essbase and Coins• Ensuring absolute accuracy when dealing with all forms of data through various methods of validation• Consolidating the data into cohesive reports measuring retail banking performance and compensation for all eligible referrals conducted by frontline partners• Communicating in English or French with frontline representatives as well as cross-departmental functions when investigating & explaining discrepancies

Toronto, Canada Area

• Providing a variety of administrative services/activities of an advanced and complex nature.• Communicating and building relationships with vendors and support functions. • Delivering various support services entailing administrative tasks such as item set-up, as well as maintenance in databases and replenishment. • Train and/or assign work to junior staff.

Bachelor’S Degree, Specialized Honors B.A. Financial And Business Economics

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honor Society, York Chapter.

High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society