Tara Dotson Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

• Understand client business needs and help design and build solutions to include requirements, configuration, and testing.
• Engage with clients at all levels to ensure business needs are understood and incorporated into the design.
• Support internal and external teams during development, testing and implementation phases of provided designs.
• Communicate solution design plans to internal and external sponsors using prescribed functional design formats.
• Review investor policy and industry related compliance regulations. Report on changes and communicate on areas of impact to CLARIFIRE.
• Provide knowledge around features and functions of the CLARIFIRE Application to make necessary best practice recommendations.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Reporting and Data Governance manager overseeing a team of professionals to analyze and design reporting suites for Citi’s enterprise of data controls and concerns to regulatory (OCC and FRB) examinations regarding.
• Project Lead responsible for remediating and closing IA (Internal Audit) CAP (Corrective Action Plan) findings.
• Governance in technology integration within the FCRO (Finance Credit Risk Officer) organization.
• EUC (End User Computing) monitoring and governance for ESG (Enterprise Scenario Group), ensuring all EUC controls are compliant with Policies and Procedures.
• Collaborate with the DART (Data, Analytics, Reporting & Technology) organization by creating and managing Operational Procedures and MCAs (Management Controls Administration).
• Champion technology changes for FCRO in relation to MS Teams and SharePoint 0365 creation and migrations

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Draft and analyze Business Requirements for Production Issues, System Enhancement and Business Process Improvements, including functional designs and process flows
• Initiate and manage new projects using SDLC methodologies, including conducting health checks on project milestones ensuring deadlines are met
• Document current Operating instructions and procedures regarding Business Operations and Processing
• Manage and track system issues and enhancements within TFS to provide weekly reporting for software release planning and sprints
• Conduct daily, weekly and Adhoc meetings with the business and IT, along with documenting meeting agendas and minutes while capturing action items
• Testing software deployments for both UAT and Production sites

Saint Petersburg, FL

• Complete end-to-end testing designed for XML review and data integration with Client web sites, including vendor management of Investor reporting and Property Evaluation companies. Execute tests on client automation.
• Test Web Services initiated through process automation and business rules require by Client specifications. Perform SQL queries to review software scripts, web service logs and error logs to report successful code.
• Compose, revise, and verify quality standards and test plans for program design and product evaluation.
• Compose technical specifications and functional documents for software development to ensure Business Requirements meet or exceeds client expectations.
• Review new or modified programs including documentation, diagram, and flow charts to determine what new code releases are needed, according to Client and end-user requests that conform to regulatory guidelines.
• Develop product expertise to facilitate and manage software implementations by providing analysis and management of processes that result in efficiency, quality and effectiveness.

• Responsibility as a subject matter expert to publish Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Loss Mitigation, and Collection Policies to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations and best business practices.
• Reviewed and provided compliance feedback and approval for Operational Procedures and Communications with current Corporate Policies and State or Federal Regulations.
• Spearheaded projects when compliance risks were identified and needed immediate resolution.
• Completed gap analysis reports for Federal, State, and Law regulations to ensure company policies and procedures were in sync with requirements.
• Counseled the business and initiated executive meetings with outcomes of State examinations and findings.
• Evaluated and conducted risk assessments in the production areas to document gaps between policies, procedures, and best practices.