Professional Documents
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Professional History
• The process review for both individual and wholesale Institutional accounts included, search
of relevant news, suspicious, fraudulent, and/or/criminal activity engagement, via the
PCR/RDC tools (Preventive Crime Research and Regulatory Data Co).
• Responsible for all phases of KYC (Know Your Customer) files remediation
process.
• Augment or otherwise enhance the relevant anti-money laundering data maintained in
customer’s files; this data could be related to customer identification records, source of
wealth, anticipated account activity or any number of other topics.
• Identify missing, insufficient or stale dated documentation. Contact relationship
managers and
provide them with schedules of missing information and documentation for each of their
assigned clients.
• Conducted daily Trade Support and Product delivery management (Settlements, Loans,
Returns, Collateral maintenance, Corporate Actions events, Mark to Market, Third Party
Lending, Reconciliation, etc.), while coordinating with borrowers and clients
conversions/novations, from Deutsche Bank Book of business to State Street, including
securities and cash collateral transmissions' movement.
• Built a progressive career path, advancing to a position with responsibility for a team of 23
Operations specialists, including 4 unit managers.
• Responsibilities included: Trade Support, Settlements, Clients' Sales Process, Third Party
Lending Support, Proof & Reconciliation, Tech Support/Operation liaison. Institutional
clients’ Credit/Operational Risk review, mitigation and resolution, transactions
monitoring/investigation, Compliance review of all ad hoc (Not-straight through)
processing.
• Operations' Manager. Responsible for all aspects of the Domestic Product Delivery/Trade
Support unit, including: Settlements, Cash/Assets Collateral maintenance, Proof and Control
activities, Coordination with Custody Income and Corporate Action groups for the
collection, update and reconciliation of related payments for both Government &
Corp/Equity products.
• Handled customer queries regarding claims, collateralization, coupon interest, etc., for both
Custody and Trust clients.
• Created a US Government and Corp/Equity Product Delivery team to support a $60 billion
Domestic loan volume outstanding,
• Designed internal Mark to Market (BSL/GSL) methodology. The new process
implementation resulted in staff reduction by 2 FTE's, and relevant decrease of the number
of cash differences.
• Re-engineered the Securities Lending core system to help eliminate duplicate entries. The
enhanced process largely reduced Lender's vs. Borrowers' discrepancies.
• Modified and enhanced the Corp/Equity Mark to Market process to satisfy the proper daily
collateralization levels.
• Designed and developed a new Corp/Equity Loan Return process to accommodate a 100%
increase in transactional volume.
• Prepared and developed a “gap analysis” report, Ops procedures & controls for the
NationsBank/Boatmen’s book of business conversion as well as for the Deutsche
Bank/Bankers Trust conversion.
• Acted as liaison between S/L Ops and Technology Support unit for all Trade Support related
Tech productivity initiatives.
• Acted as the unit's "Business Continuity Plan" coordinator, as well as the unit's Systems
Security Administrator
• Coordinated all clients' conversions/novations, from Deutsche Bank to State Street,
including securities and cash collateral transmissions' movement.
Unit Supervisor
Supervisor, Domestic Securities Lending Operations (U.S. Equities & Corporate)
SKILLS/SYSTEMS
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, BSL, GSL, POLARIS, AIMS,
Prime
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Italian, basic Spanish
AWARDS
Five time Excellence Award winner for extraordinary job performance
Entrepreneurial Award for designing and implementing cost saving initiatives
EDUCATION
Computer Programming Diploma - Albert Merrill School, New York, N.Y. 1974
Robert Morris Association Seminars, Roundtables on Securities Lending: New York,
Nashville, Boston, New Orleans, Boca Raton, etc.
Bankers Trust Company/DB Training Programs, New York, N.Y. Computer Skills;
Presentation Skills; Writing Skills