Project Manager Sales
Resume:
C U RTIS A . J OHN S ON
***************@*****.***
Jamaica, NY 11432
Ph: 646-***-****
Professional Experience
Barclays Capital, New York, NY June 2012 – Present
Analyst (Consultant) - US Interest Rate Derivative-Trade Support
Perform data cleansing on Interest Rate Swaps, Interest Rate Swaption, Cross Currency Swaps, and Inflation, for a
total trade population of 95,000 to migrate trades to internal trade capture system.
Mitigate operational risks by identifying and reporting to management trade discrepancies between front office and
back office trade capture systems.
Amend and rebook trades for Summit Data Cleanse Project to ensure trades flow downstream to back office systems.
Tie out risks and PnL attributed to actions necessitated by trades being migrated from back office to front office trade
capture systems.
Submit weekly and end of day reports to senior management summarizing current trade population and projected
timelines for completion.
Perform ad hoc reconciliation and due diligence reporting, supporting Derivative products such as on Interest Rate
Swaps, Interest Rate Swaption, Cross Currency Swaps, and Inflation.
Liaise with Traders, Trade Support, and Operation Groups and provide analysis on key risks associated with project
life cycle events.
Work closely with Rates Middle Offices globally to ensure project timelines are met, rebookings processed on time.
Participate in on-going efforts to stream line and improve trade capture systems, participated in UAT testing and
Liaising with IT and assisting in facilitating accurate trade capture practices and protocols.
Response Companies, New York, NY Aug 2011 – Nov 2011
Executive Recruiting and Business Development Manager
Recruited talent and located prospective clients in the areas of Accounting & Finance, Banking, & Mortgage Banking,
Human Resources, Securities and Compliance.
Sourced candidates through contacts, and direct recruiting .
Interviewed candidates to evaluate their skills and understand their job preferences.
Marketed and Prospected for new client business via networking, referrals and contacts.
Bank of America, New York, NY Mar 2011 – June 2011
Legal/Business Analyst (Consultant) - ISDA documentation Review Project
Reviewed ISDA documentation for key credit and legal terms.
Ensured that key terms in a variety of SPVs were correctly identified and captured.
Reconciled SPV terminology across SPV types.
Coordinated with Credit, Legal, Documentation Management and L ines of Business to resolve documentation issues.
Various Consulting Roles Unrelated to Finance Jan 2010 – Feb 2011
Barclays Capital Plc, New York, NY June 2009 – Dec 2009
Senior Derivatives Analyst (Consultant) - Interest Rate Derivatives Middle Office Trade Support
Performed trade validation back to independent sources of fixed income derivatives products such as Zero Coupon
Swaps, Cap/Floors, Swaptions, Currency and Bespoke trades.
Reconciled Broker trades against ISDA confirmations to ensure accuracy of the trades in the risk management
systems.
Identified and proposed corrections of trade discrepancies to the corresponding trades and sales support groups,
ensuring proper trade flow downstream.
Liaised with Sales, Trading and Documentation groups to validate trade details.
Created weekly MIS reports to track progress of trade reconciliation for Zero Coupon Swaps circulated to senior
management.
Barclays Capital Plc, New York, NY Sep 2008 – Oct 2008
Senior Derivatives Analyst (Consultant) - Interest Rate Derivatives Middle Office Trade Support
Reconciled traders' positions against the firm's books and records.
Reconciled Broker trades against ISDA Confirmations to ensure the accuracy of trades in the Risk Management
Systems.
Assisted Interest Rate Derivative Middle Office with trade discrepancies (economic and non-economic) by
collaborating with clients and Sales assistants.
Followed-up daily on discrepancies with clients for Broker Confirmations.
Obtained allocations for booking client transactions.
Lehman Brothers, New York, NY Sep 2005 – Mar 2008
Derivative Operations Senior Analyst - Transaction Management Group
Drafted confirmations of various derivative products including, but not limited to CDS on Loan, Credit
Default Indices, Interest Rate Swaps, FX, Options, Structured, Corporate Bonds and CCY
Researched and reconciled trade details to ensure accuracy in the confirmation process.
Affirmed 200 to 300 trades daily and increased client services by reducing risk of trade discrepancies in fixed income
derivatives products such as Zero Coupon Swaps, Cap/Floors, Swaptions, Currency, Structured, Credit and Bespoke
trades.
Assisted Markit as project manager for development of new trade affirmations system for trade capture by providing
them with User Acceptance Testing necessary for project completion.
Morgan Stanley, New York, NY Feb 2005 – Sep 2005
Credit Derivative Confirmer (Consultant) - Fixed Income Group
Recorded and tracked documentation of Credit Derivatives, ISDA Master Confirmations, Broker Confirmations and
Swaps accounts.
EDUCATION
St. Johns University, Queens, NY May 2004
Bachelor of Arts in Theology
SKILLS
Self starter with great verbal and written interpersonal communication skills
Knowledge of Fixed Income trading and booking process
MS Word, Excel, Outlook, V-lookups, Pivot Tables, Sales Work Bench, Summit, Markit, Moody's, Trade Tracking System
(TTS), Trident, Docmanager, Trade Capture Workflow (TCW)(eT NY), eT Lite, Bloomberg Agreement Term Sheets
(ATS), DTCC and Markit Wire.
HONORS
Member of the St. John’s University NCAA Division I Big East Men’s Basketball Team (2001-2004).
3 time NCAA Division I Academic Big East All-Star, awarded for maintaining one of the highest G.P.A. annually in Big
East Athletic Conference.
Recipient of SJU Sportsmanship Award, given to the player who most exemplifies the ideals of Sportsmanship
Stanley P. Sotos Scholarship, awarded for maintaining a 3.0 G.P.A. and above in a semester.
2002 and 2003 Vincentian Award, awarded to recognize the dedication of students who have embraced the
Vincentian spirit of giving and charity.
ACTIVITIES
Played professional basketball abroad
Mentored inner city youth regarding the importance of team building and structure in sports.
Coached kids summer basketball camps.
Volunteer monthly at food pantry to help under privileged families
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