Ted Larkin Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Data analysis consultant: the bank's project focused on risk data modeling and risk data management for regulatory reporting and addressing an MRA (Matter Requiring Attention).I collaborated with the Data Users, Data Owners, and Technology Teams to understand and assess their computational information, processes, and technology. Supported strategic data initiatives, remediated deficiencies, and drove business requirements. Escalated issues to appropriate owners.To validate the processes and procedures for data models, data quality controls, and data lineage, I consulted with process owners, subject matter experts, end users and stakeholders to document the current and target state business process, data attributes and data sources, control features, and interfaces with upstream and downstream systems.

New York, New York, United States

• Broadridge Financial Solutions: information systems vendor for global Asset Management clients. • Led SDLC workflow from requirements analysis through design, development, testing, training, and deployment.• Performed data analysis and created SQL data extract reports to reconcile monthly and quarterly invoice billing. Implemented new system and user interface reporting to automate billing and invoice reconciliation, resulting in increased accuracy and reduced user workload. • Created invoice analysis reports to streamline customer fee waivers, improving client’s customer satisfaction and significantly reducing manual user effort. • Led development and client teams in recalculation of historical client invoicing. Over 100,000 client account transactions were rebilled to correct fee errors and were completed within regulatory compliance deadlines.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Designed database schemas and data mapping for financial software system development.• QA team Leader: designed and performed tests, issue tracking/reporting methods, and resolution procedures.• Created macros for downloading, reporting and storing financial data; enhancements reduced manual steps and increased analytical capabilities for traders/users.• Advised on entrepreneurial proposals for venture capital investment in the financial and computer software industries.• Researched industry news for equity derivative trading and public financial podcast; podcast guest speaker.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Global investment firm: Performed mapping and data analysis for back office conversion. Managed vendor delivery of trading, portfolio, and security data files: data field mapping, file design, testing, data quality/QA, and implementation.

New York City

Lead solutions from concept to implementation by partnering with Technology and Business to ensure requirements were satisfied and delivered on time. Utilized the SDLC methodology to ensure project successes, including developing and managing change plans. One example project benefit: we increased shareholder reporting asset coverage from 90% to 99% of holdings.• Analyzed business and technical processes and issues to suggest improvements, identify actionable opportunities and define requirements for strategic solutions.• Wrote and evaluated business requirements for delivering new or enhanced software systems, documented the system requirements, and measured the implementation successes.• Partnered with cross-functional teams to analyze, decompose and map current state processes and determine improvement opportunities including creation of target operating models.• Worked with senior management to develop and refine recommended solutions, summarize findings and help implement improvements.• Facilitated discussions to support corporate strategic planning & management (including current state process mapping, future state process design, and root cause analysis).• Built and developed business relationships vital to project success.• Delivered presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of stakeholders.• Participated in build-or-buy analysis for business facing solutions.• Project team won audience award for best innovation in 9 team Hackathon competition (see picture!).

Greater New York City Area

Managed projects: planned timelines, assisted development, and resolved issues/problems. • Escalated issues and provided remediation paths to return projects to planned schedule.• Assisted with vendor and consultant management; performed recruiting and interviews.• Documented project adherence to Software Development Life Cycle policies.Implemented firm’s exposure risk system for Dodd-Frank Enhanced Prudential Standards reporting requirement. • Designed database sources to replace manual calculations, resulting in increased financial accuracy and systems reliability. • Translated business user requirements into effective technical requirements and test cases.• Documented business cases and requirements. Provided user training on bank systems and financial regulations. • Coordinated testing and quality control reviews to ensure accurate and stable deliverables.

Greater New York City Area

Bank of America, American Equities Compliance Group• Appraised and documented alert reports produced by brokerage transaction surveillance systems to ensure compliance by bank’s trading desks, client accounts, and employee accounts. Wrote business requirement specifications for IT development and compliance project management.• Analyzed monitoring processes, regulations, thresholds, and parameters to ensure business rules were appropriate for business lines, client types, and transaction volumes. • Reviewed documentation and system functionality with Global Compliance department for UAT and signoff approval. • Supported IT project managers and coordinated global development teams.• Managed compliance software enhancements in Oracle PL/SQL environment.• Team reduced development backlog from 27 to 15 issues in 3 months.• Decreased firm exposure and improved regulatory compliance: the team implemented 12 model logic upgrades in 3 months to increase surveillance and enhance system performance.• Interviewed prospective candidates and summarized hiring evaluations for management.

New York, Ny

• Analyzed historical transaction data to determine optimal scoring values for new rule implementation; achieved a new category of suspicious activity surveillance with a report volume increase of less than 10%, which enabled the Compliance department to increase transaction monitoring without increasing staffing. • Reviewed surveillance systems and defined requirements to align departments, customer categories, and client activity. • Evaluated and resolved alerts produced by Anti-Money Laundering (AML) transaction surveillance system. • Reviewed international correspondent and bank to bank activity. Investigated and resolved alerts generated in the compliance transaction monitoring system. • Liaised with foreign head office and other branches concerning transaction surveillance related issues. • Wrote business specifications for IT and Compliance project management. • Performed annual transaction review of high risk clients. Assessed patterns with enhanced due diligence profiles and risk profiles and recommended proper course of preventive action and solutions based on risk assessment.• Supported other areas within the bank’s Banking Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, and Global Sanctions teams.

Greater New York City Area

• Performed business analysis for configuration and deployment of brokerage compliance surveillance models. • Collaborated with clients for solution configuration and product gap correction. • Coordinated requirement analysis and project development with offshore teams. • Augmented models to ensure accuracy and performance. • Used SQL for quality assurance testing of software packages. • Organized defect queue for the project manager and achieved improved levels of customer satisfaction.• Facilitated data and quality analysis including data mapping reviews, data validation and remediation, and alert validation.

Greater New York City Area

• Partnered with business users, analyzed workflows, and identified manual processes for automation. Developed design specifications from business requirements. • Supported offshore development teams with requirement analysis and project coordination. • Utilized SQL for database analysis, applications conversion, and data migration. • Facilitated quality assurance testing of software enhancements.

Greater New York City Area

Served as the development supervisor for web-based compliance systems. • Managed offshore outsourcing and coordinated with in house development.• Wrote SQL testing scripts and functional and technical requirements. • Led efforts to monitor employee trading, money laundering, and adherence to rules of conduct.

Greater New York City Area

• IT Group provided provided trade support processing and clearing for brokerage firm back office of 100,000 accounts and over 100,000 transactions per day. • Coached consultants on firm best practices. Trained staff in Application Development Methodology and department standards. • Managed quality assurance and compliance initiatives.• Managed trading support schedule for front and back office systems.• Subject Matter Expert in correcting trades and enhancing order management systems.• Delivered application improvements, changing backlog queue direction from growing to decreasing.• Played a key role in correcting trades and enhancing order management systems.• Implemented FIX and in-house formats for transmitting trade files, creating and deconstructing transactions.• Supervised 6 developers and 24-hour on-call schedule.

Greater New York City Area

• Captured, processed, and transmitted the trade and money transactions for the firm’s brokerage accounts. • Developed, expanded, and managed applications to support portfolio performance measurement.• Tracked and reported account activity to managers and clients. • Created systems to calculate commissions and settle trades with clearing agencies. • Developed real time equity trading interface on existing user inquiry system including trade orders and updates transmitted through SuperDOT and Common Message Switch (CMS) on listed exchanges. Trade executions received and allocations created in front and back office systems.• Handled portfolio management reporting including data capture and compliance analysis systems converted from mainframe to UNIX server platforms.• Created fundamental data manipulation utilities incorporating into over 200 application programs.

• Configured and tuned systems, created proposals, performed customer solution installations.• Negotiated terms, coordinated activity with business partners and subcontractors. • Trained sales staff in products & services developed ordering, tracking and billing procedures.

Manhattan Metro and New York Retail: new account and mainframe marketing branch offices. • Examined customer business operations, identified opportunity areas and solution benefits. • Wrote ad hoc reports and C shell scripts for Informix relational database. • Performed Quality Assurance testing of business partner software.