Jeffrey Adams

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SUMMARY

• Senior finance expert with more than ten years of success in domestic and international banking working

with lines of businesses from trading floor, credit risk, product control, technology, & finance

• Communicates effectively from analyst to managing director level, institutes initiatives and creates

positive change, efficiencies and increased profitability

• Commentator to upper management on risk exposure both counterparty and market

• Monitors and develops Fixed Income risk mitigation strategies

• Transforms organizations by driving projects from concept to completion to maximize business

performance

• Leads initiatives ensuring quality, timeliness and functionality

• Builds upon strengths of sales, marketing, operations and financial teams to drive efficiency, performance

and shareholder value

EDUCATION

Southern Connecticut State University June 1998

• Bachelor of Science: Social Sciences & Economics

UK Security & Derivatives Exams (Series 7 equivalent) 2003 & 2008

CFA Candidate 2008

FINRA 99 2011

SKILLS

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Bloomberg Key Client Relationship Management

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Capital Markets Team Leadership

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Trading Desk Experience Training and Mentoring

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Financial Risk Management Project Management and Implementation

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Self-starter Marketing and Sales Strategies

• Management

Goal-orientated

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• Re-engineering of Mission Focus

Fixed Income & Equity expert

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• Risk mitigation

CDS, IRS, ABS, MBS, Bonds, SPVs,

• Business Intelligence

Equities

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Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Change Management

PowerPoint, Visio

EXPERIENCE

Bank of America (Charlotte) September 2013-Present

Project Manager (Contract with Pionear)

• Responsible for providing project management and analytical support in the execution of various sourcing

and vendor management initiatives in Enterprise Services

• Project focuses on reducing vendor risk for the bank

• Main project related to uncontracted services with vendors. Involved in all Six-sigma phases Working

with GreenBelt and BlackBelt

• Use Visio to document all future state processes

• Project in translation services Working with vendors to make the document translation more automated

• Final approver in all office supply requests working closely with external vendor

• Work closely with business partners to identify quality improvements, deliver value and minimize risk

• Managing Uncontracted Engagements Project: analyzing spend and implementing controls to reduce

maverick spend

Gaggle October 2012 - May 2013

Northeast Regional Client Relationship Manager

• Reported into the Director of sales, collaborated with the leadership of both public and private school

districts to provide safe and effective online learning solutions, and communications tools

• Negotiated an early service upgrade with one district, adding an additional $10,000 in revenues

Barclays Capital (New York& London) May 2009 - July 2012

Vice President January 2011 - July 2012

Secondary Loan Closing Manager

• Managed a team of corporate loan closers in the capital markets middle office handling all weekly

meetings and appraisals

• Worked with Head of Trading Desk reducing book risk exposure turning a $3million loss to a $7.5m

profit

• Managed Assets at Risk process

• Worked closely with Technology and Change teams to improve internal systems reducing internal system

risk

• Created project tracking all balance sheet movements for the trading desk daily and weekly

• Created risk mitigation programs to lessen the bank’s exposure

• Designed and implemented risk matrix tracking loan buys and sells, ensuring bank assets that funded

were kept to a minimum

Assistant Vice President May 2009 - January 2011

• European Credit & Emerging Sales Assistant Middle Office Manager

• Working on the Capital Markets Fixed Income trading floor managed 25 sales assistants across Europe

• Handled risk reporting for credit default swaps and primary and secondary bonds

• Worked closely with Technology and Change teams to improve internal systems reducing internal system

risk

• Led and directed controls project, consolidated sign off sheets for SAs, created manager sign offs,

conducted daily monitoring for final end of checks to Management

• Ran Assets at Risk meetings with Trading Desk/Senior Management and created targets to reduce

• Chaired an industry wide meeting regarding bond processing on a quarterly basis, increasing the

credibility of the firm brand

• Created central heat map of all controls and presented to Senior Management

• Developed monthly MIS pack, capturing monthly volumes, throughput, allocations, amendments, trends,

and queries

• Key point of contact for premier clients, arranging and facilitating weekly calls with important

stakeholders

JP Morgan (London) January 2009 - May 2009

Novations and Affirmations Manager (Contract)

• Led and directed a team who were responsible for reducing the firm’s risk through trade affirmation

• Created risk algorithm for trade book to determine firm risk exposure to prioritize work

• Eliminated $100 million exposure by creating a risk algorithm for trade book to determine firm’s risk

exposure to prioritize work

Lehman Brothers (London) August 2006 - November

2008

Sales and Pricing Manager / Assistant Vice President

• Working on the Capital Markets Fixed Income trading floor led and directed a team

• The team assisted 30 Fixed Income (ABS, MBS, SPVs, CDS, bonds) sales people in the United Kingdom

and Europe

• Involved in the valuation and pricing of SPVs, MBS, ABS, CDS, and High Yield bonds

• Discovered a flaw in the bank’s margin charging. We were not charging client $7B worth of margin and

exposing the bank to counterparty risk

• Covered CDS trading desk booking trades and capturing the trader’s P&L and risk

• Saved firm revenue of approximately $20 million by intervening and saving a key client that had

announced its intention to leave the firm

• Chaired an industry wide discussion on CDS affirmation and confirmation increasing the brand of the

bank and making us more recognizable as an industry leader

• Led Assets at Risk update meetings with Heads of Trading desks

Morgan Stanley (London) April 2005 – August 2006

Verbal Affirmation & Documentation Manager / Assistant Vice President

• Led and directed a team affirming Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transactions, IRS, CDS trades

reducing the firm’s risk

• Created an affirmation matrix tracking each team member’s outstanding trades, giving them greater

accountability and creating a goal oriented environment. Reduced outstanding trades by 70% allowing

the process to be outsourced thereby saving expenses. This reduced the bank’s risk exposure

• Discovered $60 billion of trades not being affirmed by locating flaw in the documentation process for

ASCOTs

• Because of early discovery, team affirmed trades and no money was lost

UBS (London) November 2004-April 2005

Documentation Specialist (contract)

City Equities (London) January 2004-Oct 2004

Equity Dealer

• Sold small-cap shares to high net-worth private clients

• Built client base

Edward Jones (London) June 2003-Dec 2003

Trainee Stockbroker & Financial Advisor

Barclays Bank plc (United Kingdom) May 2002-May 2003

Premier Client Account Manager

Connecticut State Legislature Jan 2001-Oct 2001

Legislative Assistant (Banking & Finance)

Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program July 1998-July 2000

Assistant English Teacher, Nanakojo, Japan

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