Project Manager Management

WILLIAM .A. LARBI

** ******* **, **********, ** *8505. ********@*****.*** 908-***-****

SUMMARY A team-oriented management professional with over eight years

management & hands-on experience in the Financial Services

Industry, with a focus on variety of Reference

data Applications development & implementation of technology solutions for

Portfolio

analysis & decision support, Compliance, Security

Protocols, Risk Management, Sales & Trading & Reporting performance

systems.

EDUCATION

2003-2005 PACE UNIVERSITY (School of Computer Science and

Information Systems)

NEW YORK, NY

MSc Management Information Systems

NOV-2007 Certified Six Sigma Team Member

MLU

2006 Management Training in Technology & Brokerage Ops

Management, Project Management & Securitization

MLU

1994-1998 UNIVERSITY OF GHANA (BA Business Administration)

LEGON-GHANA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nov 2008 - Jan 2010 BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL SERVICES.

PRINCETON, NJ

Credit Business Analyst -Consultant (EQUITY

& FIXED INCOME GROUP) Capital Structure Project (Web Base Application)

. Supported project team in developing & maintaining project

documentation (Project plan, Flow charts, UAT scripts)

. Facilitated & led JAD, RAD & DRP sessions as & when requested

by project manager.

. Performed gap analysis on legacy system & provide

constructive, development & improvement ideas for the new

system

. Consulted with Companies (Including Off-Shore) to demo

prototype product & seek opinions for the final deliverables

. Wrote queries (SQL & Access) on as needed basis to satisfy

requests for specific data (Reports)

June 2005- Oct 2008 MERRILL LYNCH & CO, INC.

NEW YORK, NY

Business Analyst -Vice-President (GMI-

FIXED INCOME COO Management Group)

. Coordinated all BA's activities for the development of the

first web base GMI-FICC global multi-product Sales & Trading

platform (OMS) by supervising all aspects of SDLC, training,

including requirements gathering & delivery

. Consulted with Senior Management to updated to identify needs

& evaluate alternative business solutions using PM tools

. Gathered business requirements & translated them into

specifications for conversion projects & system enhancements

. Performed high level data profiling, analysis, querying, &

system flow diagramming & mapping on multiple platforms

. Acted as the liaison between the business units, technology

teams & support teams (Off-Shore) by managing expectations

. Developed & implemented standards & processes for Users

Training materials, & System Quality Assurance scripts.

. Responsible for the enforcement of project deadlines,

schedules & project deliverables through various

methodologies

2001-2003 HUDSON UNITED BANK (TD Bank) MAHWAH, NJ

Junior Business Analyst - IT Network Development Project Group

. Gathered business requirements & translated into technical

specification documents & workflow charts for the developers

. Maintained overall project task list that included

tasks/issues/risks across & created update reports for

Project Manager

. Facilitated project initiation & monitored project progress

through follow ups, status review, status communication

. Documented & provided solutions to issues raised by users

during roll-out face through analysis & innovative approach

1999-2001 MERRILL LYNCH & CO, INC. SOMERVILLE, NJ

Senior Specialist - (GPC-Wealth Management)

. Researched, reconciled & reported on investment management

accounts for clients

. Worked with product managers to provided continuous update

reports for clients and Senior Executives

. Performed rigorous due diligence to prevent irregularities on

clients financial statements

1998-1999 WALFRED FINANCIAL SERVICES (MEMBER GHANA STOCK EXCHANGE)

ACCRA, GHANA

Business Development Associate

. Created local marketing strategies, organized focus group

discussion and researched project leads

. Determined the credit worthiness of different accounts by

analyzing their profitability

. Provided constructive ideas in promoting online services and

contacted potential clients by phone, mail and walk-ins

. Played an integral part in increasing company's sales turnover

50% ($100K)

TECHNICAL SKILLS: PC skills (Excel, Word, Access, Office, Project,

SharePoint, Visio), Experience utilizing a variety of Proprietary

Developed Applications (MTS, Loan IQ, Matrix,

Aurora, FXTS, Etc) HP Quality Center, UML,2005 SQL, IBM Rational Ros

& Web Sphere, Hyperion, Cognos, Crystal Market

Data System & Bloomberg Professional. Experience in JAD, RAD & DRP

NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS: Strong business acumen, Leadership & Training skills,

excellent communicator (oral & written), Advance

Knowledge in Security Products, ability to

lead a team, Knowledge of trading systems & trade clearing, strong

analytical skills &

Ability to understand & adapt new

technologies & share with colleagues. Ability to build & maintain broad

working relationships

throughout an organization..

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