Richard Kidd

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Lead Technical Business Analyst ๐Ÿ’ฅ 14+ Years BA Experience ๐Ÿ’ฅ Data Analyst ๐Ÿ’ฅ BSc in Computer Science ๐Ÿ’ฅ Banking, Finance, Energy Trading ๐Ÿ’ฅ Market/Credit Risk ๐Ÿ’ฅ Programmer/Developer background @ Howard Lock Consulting Ltd
Richard Kidd's Location
Tewin, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Richard Kidd

My experience working as a technical Business Analyst since 2010 means I bring a deep understanding of both technical and business environments. This knowledge has allowed me to bridge the gap between IT and business teams, ensuring that project requirements are clearly defined and met. Prior to my career in business analysis, I spent over ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ years as a ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ and ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ, giving me a solid foundation in software development, system design, and the technical intricacies of various platforms.Throughout my ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ year career in the financial services sector, I have gained extensive experience in delivering technology-driven solutions tailored to the unique needs of this industry. My expertise spans more than a decade working in both ๐€๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž and ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ environments, ensuring flexibility and efficiency in project execution. I also possess strong leadership and management skills, having led teams for over 5 years to successfully deliver complex projects, such as those at LCH and Lloyds, on time and within budget.I have over 20 yearsโ€™ experience with ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค and ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค which gives me a deep understanding of the business and technical aspects of ๐•๐š๐‘, ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‚๐•๐€, and regulatory requirements such as ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ and ๐Œ๐ˆ๐…๐ˆ๐ƒ. This experience has been attained in ๐๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž and ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ .My technical proficiency includes hands-on experience with ๐’๐๐‹, ๐„๐“๐‹ processes, and databases such as ๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐’๐ฒ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž, and ๐’๐๐‹ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, enabling me to conduct in-depth data analysis. I hold a ๐๐’๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, which has underpinned my success in financial trade analysis and business ownership, further evidenced by my track record as an entrepreneur. As a member of the Royal Institution, I am also deeply committed to scientific literacy, continuous learning, and critical thinking.๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, UML, SDLC, RAD๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž:SQL, Oracle, MS Office, VB, C++, Unix, Python, Power BI, Qlik Sense, Business Objects, MS Visio, JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Zoom, Perl, BASH, Excel๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:MS Azure, MS SQL Server Management Studio, MS PowerBI, Business Intelligence, Data mapping, CRM, Python, HTML, JSON, APIs๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ:Market Risk, Credit Risk, VaR, Financial trade analysis, Business Process Modelling, Project Management, Communication, Stakeholder Management, Critical Thinking, Strategic Thinking, Data Analysis & Interpretation.

Richard Kidd's Current Company Details
Howard Lock Consulting Ltd

Howard Lock Consulting Ltd

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Lead Technical Business Analyst ๐Ÿ’ฅ 14+ Years BA Experience ๐Ÿ’ฅ Data Analyst ๐Ÿ’ฅ BSc in Computer Science ๐Ÿ’ฅ Banking, Finance, Energy Trading ๐Ÿ’ฅ Market/Credit Risk ๐Ÿ’ฅ Programmer/Developer background
Richard Kidd Work Experience Details
  • Howard Lock Consulting Ltd
    Associate Business Analyst
    Howard Lock Consulting Ltd Jan 2024 - Present
    London Area, United Kingdom
    I am an associate of Howard Lock Consulting Ltd offering professional business analysis services on a contract / freelance basis.๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Market Risk reports for energy trading client๐Ÿ”น Analysed the existing trade and risk reporting systems for the clints LNG, Power and renewable (wind and solar) trading systems๐Ÿ”น Gathered requirements from Front Office, Desk Heads and Risk Managers for new reports, and wrote new reports in Power BI and Qlik Sense๐Ÿ”น Training and handing over reports to permanent staff members๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Created and documented extensive list of backlog items for market risk reporting
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  • Shell Energy
    Business Analyst
    Shell Energy Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
    London, England, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Energy Trading - IT transformation & Market Risk๐Ÿ”น Analysed the existing trade and risk reporting systems for Shellโ€™s LNG, Power and renewable (wind and solar) trading systems๐Ÿ”น Scrutinised the existing trade populations in SQL and provided figures for trade analysis spreadsheets๐Ÿ”น Defined the new data models for the migration of Aligne trading data to ENDUR & Databricks๐Ÿ”น Facilitated workshops with middle and back-office staff to elicit and define reporting requirements๐Ÿ”น Defined and planned trade migration and testing processes๐Ÿ”น Gathered requirements from Front Office, Desk Heads and Risk Managers for new reports๐Ÿ”น Conducted analysis of changes required to redesign existing reports for 15 minute pricing๐Ÿ”น Documented, executed, and logged defects for the testing of new price feeds from Refinitive and stored in Zema ๐Ÿ”น Documented the existing FX and rates feeds and how they are stored in the Aligne database๐Ÿ”น Analysed the existing gas storage reporting processes and advised where automation could reduce manual overrides ๐Ÿ”น Gathered requirements and documented all future market risk reporting needs๐Ÿ”น Training and handing over reports to permanent staff members๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Assisted with the Introduction of Azure DevOps for Agile kanban boards and backlog items๐Ÿ’Ž Created and documented extensive list of backlog items for market risk reporting๐Ÿ’Ž Produced multiple new trade and PnL reports for the Market Risk and trade desks in PowerBI and Qlik sense๐Ÿ’Ž Provided Excel spreadsheets and SQL reports to assist with trade reconciliation and investigation๐Ÿ’Ž Created parallel data load of Aligne trade data into Oracle DB in Python.
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  • Bnp Paribas
    Business Analyst
    Bnp Paribas Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
    London, England, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Trade Acceptance and Client Clearing TRACC๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with product owner and other Business Analysts to elicit and document requirements for system enhancements๐Ÿ”น Documented user stories and backlog items in Jira๐Ÿ”น Conducted detailed analysis of Repo, Swap and CFD trades for VaR, IM and VM calculation investigations๐Ÿ”น Liaised with CCPโ€™s and trading clients to interpret new regulatory requirements and document solutions ๐Ÿ”น Investigated and analysed trade processing bugs and anomalies ๐Ÿ”น Wrote spreadsheets and SQL to identify, document and assist testing of bugs and enhancements๐Ÿ”น Participated in Agile meetings and wrote user stories and backlog items in Jira๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with Developers and support staff on production releases ๐Ÿ”น Assisted with interpretation of MIFID 2 regulations on trade acceptance and client clearing.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Managed the testing, development, and release of many backlog items to enhance the client clearing system๐Ÿ’Ž Updated and expanded the documentation of the client clearing system๐Ÿ’Ž Assisted with the delivery of a project to double client trade transaction throughput๐Ÿ’Ž Assisted with the delivery of a project to implement MIFID 2 report requirements.
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  • Citi
    Business Analyst
    Citi May 2021 - Dec 2021
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Implementing a new market and credit risk reporting system๐Ÿ”น Analysis of existing Equity and Fixed Income trade populations and providing statistics for migration๐Ÿ”น Created SQL reports and Excel spreadsheets of trade statistics to document findings for management ๐Ÿ”น Investigation and documentation of non-functional requirements๐Ÿ”น Facilitating meetings to resolve conflict between senior stakeholders and IT development staff ๐Ÿ”น Writing Agile user stories and creating backlog items in confluence Jira๐Ÿ”น Defining test procedures, documenting expected results in Excel and logging defects๐Ÿ”น Managing production releases on existing system and ensuring adequate fallback procedures๐Ÿ”น Analysis of existing systems to ensure efficient integration๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with project manager and produced MI and project reports.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Handled interactions between management in New York and London IT development to reduce conflict๐Ÿ’Ž Implemented a product backlog to prioritise work between the new and existing systems๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered project management reports to appease senior management in New York.
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  • Deutsche Bank
    Business Analyst
    Deutsche Bank Apr 2020 - May 2021
    London, England, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Data governance project๐Ÿ”น Evaluated current data storage processes and identified areas of legislation non-compliance๐Ÿ”น Documented non-compliance and recommended system or procedural changes to rectify๐Ÿ”น Facilitated meetings and workshops between IT and business staff to identify areas for enhancement๐Ÿ”น Attended meetings with legislation authorities and documented actions๐Ÿ”น Researched upcoming legislation and investigated potential area of concern for DBโ€™s systems๐Ÿ”น Analysis of existing databases and authoring reports in SQL to gather statistics๐Ÿ”น Production and maintenance of business objects reports management information packs๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with Product Owners and IT teams to plan and prioritise.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Produced MI reporting pack and dashboard which led to greater compliance๐Ÿ’Ž Creation of database procedures in SQL to gather data for reporting๐Ÿ’Ž Produced documentation packs for management and IT development.
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  • Logical Llp
    Managing Director - Business Owner
    Logical Llp Oct 2018 - Apr 2020
    Hertford, England, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Started the company in addition to my BA duties๐Ÿ”น Selected, viewed, and organised purchase of two additional properties๐Ÿ”น Arranged and managed mortgages and conveyancing๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with local authority to get planning and HMO licences ๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with architect to plan conversion into separate flats and split titles๐Ÿ”น Managed multiple tradesmen and suppliers to ensure developments completed on budget and timescales๐Ÿ”น Identified and solved multiple technical problems๐Ÿ”น Produced marketing documents and plans for estate agents๐Ÿ”น Produced all compliance documentation for HMO licensing๐Ÿ”น Managed letting marketing and negotiation.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Improved the cashflow and profitability of the business by 20%๐Ÿ’Ž Reduced debt level of the company by 25%๐Ÿ’Ž Enabled the company to be self-sustainable๐Ÿ’Ž Reduced day to day involvement by use of insurance and mentored family members๐Ÿ’Ž Gained NRLA professional landlord status.
  • Six
    Senior Business Analyst
    Six Jul 2018 - Oct 2018
    Zรผrich Area, Switzerland
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Requirements Definition of new clearing system๐Ÿ”น Facilitated workshops and gathered requirements for new clearing functionality๐Ÿ”น Analysed the existing trade populations in SQL and provided figures for trade analysis spreadsheets๐Ÿ”น Gathered requirements from settlement system staff๐Ÿ”น Conducted gap analysis๐Ÿ”น Wrote user stories and backlog items๐Ÿ”น Presented findings to Nasdaq staff and assisted with functional and non-functional requirements.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Produced a stakeholder map for all actors involved in the new system๐Ÿ’Ž Updated documentation on the existing system and stored it in confluence๐Ÿ’Ž Gained valuable insight into the differences in UK and Swiss clearing.
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  • Lloyds Banking Group
    Business Analyst
    Lloyds Banking Group Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
    London, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:FRTB project๐Ÿ”น Analysed the entire trading population using SQL extract procedures and split them into separate entities based on regulatory directives๐Ÿ”น Produced detailed trading and MI reports to highlight trade splits๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with quant and accountancy teams to refine trade splits๐Ÿ”น Gathered and documented requirements from trading desks๐Ÿ”น Facilitated meetings between traders, quants, accountants, and management๐Ÿ”น Produced reports in excel and SQL to value trades๐Ÿ”น Defined and executed and refined test scripts to run the trade split process๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with test and production management teams to iteratively run the conversion process๐Ÿ”น Mentored permanent staff and handed over all documentation๐Ÿ”น Provided post implementation production support, investigation, and validated results.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered the FRTB project on time and with zero incidents๐Ÿ’Ž Ensured all permanent staff were fully conversant with the process and documentation.
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  • Lch
    Technical Business Analyst
    Lch Apr 2016 - Oct 2017
    London, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Fixed income and market risk๐Ÿ”น Conducted analysis on MIFID 2 regulations and their effects on Repo Clearing๐Ÿ”น Documented the As-Is current state and To-Be future state, and delivered gap analysis reports for EquityClear๐Ÿ”น Produced detailed documentation on the move of RepoClear to Paris office๐Ÿ”น Conducted detailed analysis of the As-Is data models using SQL and UML๐Ÿ”น Produced high level design documentation for VaR, IM and VM reporting systems๐Ÿ”น Created Agile user stories and backlog items๐Ÿ”น Facilitated workshops and elicited requirements for all fixed income projects๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with offshore IT team to move EquityClear to an innovative technology platform๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with other LCH teams to ensure successful integration of RepoClear and EquityClear with sponsored clearing๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with onshore and offshore it staff to define and execute testing, log, and managed defects๐Ÿ”น Represented fixed income in all release meetings and prepared release documents.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered the Sponsored Clearing project on time and to budget, allowing clearing services to be offered to a wider range of counterparties๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered the move of RepoClear services to the Paris office thus conforming to European regulation directives๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered the re platforming of EquityClear allowing for significant cost savings.
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  • Santander
    Business Analyst
    Santander Mar 2014 - Apr 2016
    London, England
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Market Risk IT๐Ÿ”น Conducted analysis on FX, Equity, Fixed Income, Swaps and Repo trades in Oracle SQL๐Ÿ”น Produced worked examples of trade flows, valuations and VaR exceptions in Excel๐Ÿ”น Wrote user Agile stories and Jiraโ€™s for system enhancements and support fixes๐Ÿ”น Documented business user and IT requirements for backlog items๐Ÿ”น Wrote detailed technical specifications, user stories and system documentation for a variety of backlog projects๐Ÿ”น Led the Volker regulatory reporting project to produce all the metrics and trade information prescribed in the Volker rules๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with front office trading desk heads and Risk Analysts to prioritise requirements and enhancements๐Ÿ”น Facilitated communication between senior business stakeholders and IT management๐Ÿ”น Documented and specified enhancements of sensitivity reporting from 5 separate trading systems into one system๐Ÿ”น Represented market risk IT in release meetings and prepared release documents.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Implemented the Volker reporting suite for FX, Equity, Fixed Income, Swaps and Repo trades๐Ÿ’Ž Managed the reduction of backlog items from hundreds to dozens๐Ÿ’Ž Managed the roll out of the merger of different sensitivity reporting systems to single suite thus reducing complexity and support cost.
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  • Bank Of America Merrill Lynch
    Technical Business Analyst
    Bank Of America Merrill Lynch May 2012 - Feb 2014
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Market risk reporting system๐Ÿ”น Provided analysis and system support to front office traders and risk analysts for VaR and scenario analysis reporting systems๐Ÿ”น Managed the specification and creation of new reports in Microstrategy๐Ÿ”น Documented business requirements and system specification of existing reporting systems๐Ÿ”น Produced detailed process maps๐Ÿ”น Elicited requirements from desk heads and Risk Analysts for system enhancements๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with users and production support on production problems and solution design๐Ÿ”น Managed testing and release process.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered a reporting dashboard as a single point of access for all desks and financial instruments๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered a suite of new VaR reports in Microstrategy๐Ÿ’Ž Documented existing system documentation and created an on-line Wiki.
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  • Rbs Global Banking & Markets
    Cem It Business Analyst
    Rbs Global Banking & Markets Feb 2011 - May 2012
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Credit Trading system๐Ÿ”น Provided analysis and technical support in a โ€˜Rapid Application Developmentโ€™ RAD team, on the Credit Valuation Adjustment CVA system๐Ÿ”น Analysis of CDSโ€™s market data systems to be used as hedging for credit trades๐Ÿ”น Facilitated communication between the credit trading (CVA) desk and risk analysts, IT development, and production support๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with original system developer to document As-Is and To-Be processes ๐Ÿ”น Elicited and documented requirements from desk heads for system enhancements๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with quant team to produce regular regulatory BoE capital adequacy reports๐Ÿ”น Managed testing and release procedures๐Ÿ”น Led a team of 2 contract support analyst developers.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Stabilised the development and enhancement process to allow Agile sprints rather than continuous development๐Ÿ’Ž Enhanced the market data load process to allow the use of multiple source providers๐Ÿ’Ž Created a rigorous testing and release process๐Ÿ’Ž Produced dashboard in business objects for regulatory reports.
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  • Lch
    Business Analyst / Developer On Risk Management Team
    Lch Sep 2009 - Jan 2011
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Risk Reporting Systems๐Ÿ”น Wrote database reports in Sybase SQL for IM, VM and VaR calculations on client risk reports for the market risk team๐Ÿ”น Wrote Business Objects reports using the Sybase stored procedures๐Ÿ”น Wrote Unix scripts for the reporting system in Perl and BASH๐Ÿ”น Wrote C++ and VB code for reporting system front end GUI๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of Oracle ETL processes for integration with other LCH systems๐Ÿ”น Analysis, documentation and user stories of system enhancements and project work๐Ÿ”น Facilitated meetings and workshops between business users and IT for projects๐Ÿ”น Analysis and Solution Design for new projects and financial instruments (CDS, Equity Derivatives)๐Ÿ”น Managed and executed testing of code and release procedures๐Ÿ”น Provided overnight technical production support.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered new exchange systems for Carbon, Freight and CDSโ€™s๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered multiple new reports for the LCH Member Reporting system in business objects๐Ÿ’Ž Created WIKIs for system documentation.
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  • Nyse
    Application Support & Business Analyst
    Nyse Feb 2009 - Sep 2009
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:๐Ÿ”น Provided system support and development to the NYSEโ€™s LIFFE Trade Reporting System TRS, which routes trades from tradersโ€™ desks to LIFFE and then on to LCH or ICE ๐Ÿ”น Moved to LIFFE to assist with the integration of LIFFE to LCH trade reporting system๐Ÿ”น Development work on projects to enhance the member and client reporting systems between NYSE, ICE and LCH๐Ÿ”น Wrote code in VMS, C++, SQL, and control M batches๐Ÿ”น Provided overnight technical support.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Improved the relationship between LCH and LIFFE by improving the technical interface.
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  • Lch
    Analyst Developer On Repoclear Team
    Lch Sep 2007 - Feb 2009
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:RepoClear team๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development work in VMS, Unix, C++, VB, and Perl๐Ÿ”น Analysed, documented, and coded all technical aspects of changes required to RepoClear database and batch processing ๐Ÿ”น Elicited requirements from business users and presented proposed solution designs to management๐Ÿ”น Documented proposed solution design and obtained sign off from users and management๐Ÿ”น Data Analysis for system changes and identification of performance enhancements๐Ÿ”น Planned testing, wrote test scripts and documented results in HP Quality Centre๐Ÿ”น Managed code releases, wrote scripts and represented team in production change meetings๐Ÿ”น Overnight technical support.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Completed the replacement of Thompson Reuters Capital system thus saving half a million in support and licensing costs per year, on time as planned๐Ÿ’Ž Implemented the Euro denominated General Collateral โ€œEuro GCโ€ project, to expand the collateral types used in Repo contracts๐Ÿ’Ž Improved the throughput of changes into production, improving the user satisfaction of the team.
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  • Hsbc
    Application Support For Risk Systems
    Hsbc Mar 2007 - Sep 2007
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Market Risk IT๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C++, Unix scripts, Sybase, and Oracle SQL code for the Market Risk IT systems๐Ÿ”น Analysis and solution design for backlog of changes and enhancements to Market Risk system๐Ÿ”น Created Excel sheets to test trade valuations and VaR calculations๐Ÿ”น Investigated causes of errors from production releases and proposed solution๐Ÿ”น Overnight technical support.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Reduced the backlog of system enhancements๐Ÿ’Ž Changed the release procedures to eliminate numerous common problems.
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  • Reuters
    Analyst / Developer โ€“ Reuters Dealing 3000
    Reuters Jan 2006 - Mar 2007
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Reuters Dealing 3000 team ๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C++, VMS, Unix scripts, Sybase, and Oracle SQL code for the conversational dealing system๐Ÿ”น Analysis and solution design for major system upgrades to cope with massive increase in volumes ๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with System Managers and Network Managers to agree performance upgrades๐Ÿ”น Investigated causes of errors from production releases and proposed solutions๐Ÿ”น Overnight technical support.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Improved the trade throughput by 2 orders of magnitude๐Ÿ’Ž Moved the database from Sybase to Oracle๐Ÿ’Ž Moved the codebase from VMS to Unix.
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  • Lch
    Analyst Programmer
    Lch Sep 2003 - Dec 2005
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Market Risk IT๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C, C++, VMS, Unix scripts, Sybase and Oracle SQL code for various clearing systems and projects๐Ÿ”น Analysis and solution design for member reports in Business Objects ๐Ÿ”น Managed all analysis, solution design and documentation for enhancements and bug fixes on the risk management system๐Ÿ”น Database Analysis and design to improve speed and fault tolerance๐Ÿ”น Worked on disaster recovery systems design and coding๐Ÿ”น Investigated production problems and coded fixes and code releases๐Ÿ”น Managed the testing, documentation and release procedures for all systems worked on๐Ÿ”น Produced documentation, including System Specifications, Design and Testing specifications๐Ÿ”น Consulted with third parties to solve problems with feeds and trade data๐Ÿ”น Overnight technical support.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered major upgrades to FX Clearing and energy trading๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered new interfaces to IPE and EDX exchanges๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered new and improved margining and VaR functionality for Market Risk.
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  • Bnp Paribas
    Analyst / Developer
    Bnp Paribas Sep 1998 - Sep 2003
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Equity Trading and Risk IT ๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C, C++, VMS, DCL, Sybase, and Ingres SQL code for the equity trading system๐Ÿ”น Analysis and solution design for regulatory reports๐Ÿ”น Managed all analysis, solution design and documentation for enhancements for the Equity Trading system๐Ÿ”น Database analysis and design to improve speed and fault tolerance๐Ÿ”น Implemented disaster recovery and failover systems for the equity trading system๐Ÿ”น Investigated production problems, coded fixes, and code releases๐Ÿ”น Managed the testing, documentation, and release procedures for the equity trading system๐Ÿ”น Produced documentation, including System Specifications, Design and Testing specifications๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with market data providers to incorporate trading data๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with Fidessa team to assist in migration of Equity Trading system to Fidessa๐Ÿ”น Overnight technical support๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of code and database procedures for the new market risk system๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of code for new market data system to provide golden source for all Paribasโ€™ systems.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered a new Market Risk system on new hardware and software using new methodology๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered market data system saving support costs and eliminating inconsistencies๐Ÿ’Ž Decommissioned the inhouse Equity Trading system and replaced it with Fidessa.
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  • Bankers Trust (Now Deutsche Bank)
    Analyst Programmer
    Bankers Trust (Now Deutsche Bank) Apr 1997 - Aug 1998
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C, C++, VMS, Unix scripts, Sybase, and Oracle SQL code for derivative trading systems๐Ÿ”น Managed all analysis, solution design and documentation for enhancements๐Ÿ”น Performed forensic investigation of trades and PnL to verify positions๐Ÿ”น Investigated production problems, coded fixes, and code release scripts๐Ÿ”น Managed the testing, documentation and release procedures for all systems worked on๐Ÿ”น Produced documentation, including System Specifications, Design and Testing specifications๐Ÿ”น Overnight technical support๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered major upgrades to derivative trading system๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered performance and reporting dashboard.
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  • Bnp Paribas
    Analyst Programmer
    Bnp Paribas Nov 1994 - Apr 1997
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Equity Trading and Risk IT ๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C, C++, VMS, Unix, Sybase and Ingres SQL code for the bond, repo, and equity trading systems๐Ÿ”น Analysis and solution design for batch and reporting processes๐Ÿ”น Database analysis and design to improve speed and fault tolerance๐Ÿ”น Investigated production problems, coded fixes, and code releases๐Ÿ”น Managed the testing, documentation, and release procedures for all the trading systems๐Ÿ”น Produced documentation, including System Specifications, Design and Testing specifications๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with market data providers to incorporate trading data into bespoke trading systems๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered a new bond trading system used by all trading desks, increasing trade flows, and reducing running costs๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered code to directly interface the bond trading system to the GLOSS settlement, reducing IT support work and costs.
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  • Kidder, Peabody & Co.
    Analyst Programmer
    Kidder, Peabody & Co. Mar 1994 - Nov 1994
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Bond Trading and Accounting System (BTAS)๐Ÿ”น Analysis of BTAS for a forensic accounting project๐Ÿ”น Database analysis to gather evidence of trading irregularities๐Ÿ”น Investigated problems, coded fixes, and documented findings for evidence in court case๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with investigating accountants and produced reports based on unauthorised trades๐Ÿ”น Produced documentation, including System Specifications, Design and Testing specifications for move to new owner, Paine Webber.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Discovered a massive accounting hole, caused by a rogue bond trader๐Ÿ’Ž Produced data used in court case๐Ÿ’Ž Assisted with take-over of the company by new owners.
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  • Harvey Nichols
    Systems Manager, Rising To Head Of It Department.
    Harvey Nichols Nov 1992 - Mar 1994
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:Rising to Head of IT๐Ÿ”น Managed a team of 15 staff๐Ÿ”น Managed roll out of new EFTPOS hardware and software from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)๐Ÿ”น Analysed existing retail systems and produced documentation for Project Management๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of migration processes for migration of warehouse system to new systems๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with DEC team to manage the migration of sales, ordering, warehouse, delivery, customer and accounting data ๐Ÿ”น Promoted to Head of IT on previous headโ€™s departure๐Ÿ”น Attended board meetings to agree IT strategy for store expansion programme๐Ÿ”น Collaborated with managing director to hire, train and mentor my replacement.๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered, installed, and configured full set of new EFTPOS systems for the store๐Ÿ’Ž Manged the IT department during a period of change and expansion๐Ÿ’Ž Streamlined sales reporting resulting in a reduction of 80% on time spent producing sales and PnL reports๐Ÿ’Ž Improved warehouse reporting system resulting lower stock losses and timely delivery to store.
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  • Credit Suisse
    Analyst Programmer
    Credit Suisse Sep 1990 - Sep 1992
    London Area, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C, C++, VMS, Basic, COBOL, Unix code for a variety of trading systems๐Ÿ”น Attended multiple IT training courses in Digital (DEC) systems๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development for new general ledger systems๐Ÿ”น Produced documentation, including System Specifications, Design and Testing specifications๐Ÿ”น Wrote several VMS Forms screens to automate trade input and storage (Pre windows GUI).๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Assisted with the installation of a new general ledger system๐Ÿ’Ž Delivered multiple user screens to control trade entry and store data in file systems (Pre database).
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  • Bae Systems
    Student Appentice
    Bae Systems Aug 1984 - Nov 1990
    Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
    ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:๐Ÿ”น Attended HNC Computer Science course at Luton College, Pass๐Ÿ”น Attended BSc Computer Science course at Hatfield Polytechnic, Lower Second 2:2๐Ÿ”น Worked in many departments including, missile guidance, aeronautics, electronic guidance, software design, aircraft assembly, engine testing and weapons systems๐Ÿ”น Completed training courses in IT and aeronautical systems๐Ÿ”น Analysis and development of C, C++, VMS, Basic, COBOL, Unix code for a variety of aviation systems๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:๐Ÿ’Ž Attained a private pilotโ€™s license๐Ÿ’Ž Gained lots of valuable industrial experience as well as Computer Science BSc.
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Richard Kidd Education Details

  • Hatfield Polytechnic
    Hatfield Polytechnic
    2:2
  • Luton College
    Luton College
    Pass

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Richard Kidd's current role is Lead Technical Business Analyst ๐Ÿ’ฅ 14+ Years BA Experience ๐Ÿ’ฅ Data Analyst ๐Ÿ’ฅ BSc in Computer Science ๐Ÿ’ฅ Banking, Finance, Energy Trading ๐Ÿ’ฅ Market/Credit Risk ๐Ÿ’ฅ Programmer/Developer background.

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