ROBERT J. LAINO

** ******** ****** • Merrick, New York11566 •

abj98i@r.postjobfree.com • www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-laino/5/157/97a/ • 516-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Finance professional with over 15 years of experience as a research and data analytics professional. Expertise include

structured finance products, and providing analytical & strategic solutions to meet various business needs. Product

Management experience includes the transition of utilizing XML over pdf and excel data increasing efficiencies in

processing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

STANDARD & POOR’S • New York, New York 4/2011 Present

Research Specialist – Structured Finance, Data Strategies & Operations

Data Professional responsible for managing timely, accurate and complete data sets for the Structured Finance ratings

departments.

Manage the performance data & collection process for over 1k Collateralized Loan

Obligation/Collateralized Debt Obligation (CLO/CDO) deals.

Build and utilized relationships with trustees to gather information used for internal

databases feeding external markets and clients.

Lead, work and train offshore teams with on mission critical processes and data collection

activities for CDO’s.

Coordinate efforts amongst various trustees to ensure market standard files (SIFMA

Securities Industry Financial Market Association files) are mapped properly to our internal systems. S&P is now able to

leverage these efforts for daily collection of CDO data.

Review and analyze solutions on underlying securities within SF data sets that feed internal

and external products.

Coordinate mapping efforts to properly align loans in MarkIT to in house repository

(CORE).

Run models, evaluate results and provide feedback on solutions to enhance internal data

tools to support S&P analytics.

Analyze and scrub the Primary Structured Credit Analytical newly rated CLO portfolios by

utilizing quantitative and qualitative factors.

Research Analyst – Structured Finance, Data Solutions & Operations 10/1998 –

4/2011

Updated internal databases with monthly performance data for structured finance products.

Coordinated the timely, consistent and accurate evaluation, normalization, collection, and

validation of data for internal surveillance.

Provided timely data solutions to support S&P analytics and feed internal and external

products.

Analyzed initial rating documents and monthly trustee/servicer reports.

Supported Ad Hoc data related requests from the Structured Finance business units.

Coordinated efforts amongst various trustees to ensure standardized data files (Sifma files)

are mapped properly to their internal systems. S&P is now able to leverage off these efforts to incorporate into our daily

collection of CDO data.

Managed data auditing for Standard and Poor’s branded fixed data platform online for

global investors. Responsible for developing various internal projects.

Created data validation processes and draft business rules for data quality while assisting in

managing overseas data vendors in India. The processes were created to ensure data quality & data assurance overseas.

Performed peer studies of public disclosures for management analysis and potential enhancement to firm’s disclosures.

Responsible for gathering information, preparing statistical analyses, and compiling

financial exhibits for use in analytic research and reports.

Inputted, maintained, updated and assisted in the redesign of relevant analytic databases to

improve customer access to equivalent web products for residential mortgage backed securities and asset backed

securities: Auto Loans, Auto Leases, Marines, Recreational Vehicles, Credit Cards, Wholesale, CBO, CLO, CDO and

EMCBO.

Tested the design and information of Standard and Poor’s web based product (Ratings

Direct) with Ernst & Young which has transformed into the Global Credit Portal.

EDUCATION:

Iona College, New Rochelle, NY

Bachelors of Business Administration Finance May 1998

Zeta Kappa Chi Fraternity

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