SCOTT PARKINS
***** *. ******* **., *********** Park, IL 60803
309-***-**** (C)
*************@*****.***
EDUCATION
Western Illinois University
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**** ******** *f Science, Finance
LANGUAGE SKILLS Spanish-Basic understanding
EXPERIENCE
2005 to Royal Bank of Scotland (Formerly ABN Amro), Chicago,
IL
Present FX PRODUCT CONTROL, OFFICER
Financial reporting support of the foreign exchange trading
groups. Manage spreadsheets responsible for trading desk
support in a secure online warehousing application. Key
responsibilities and accomplishments:
. Manage the daily global reporting of PnL to Front Office
and Upper Management for Chicago FX trading desks for FX
Forwards, Futures, Swaps (FX and Interest Rate),
Options.
. Reconciled subsystem reports to the General Ledger on a
daily, monthly and annual basis.
. Liased with FX Sales teams to provide monthly analytic
reports.
. Created and managed Month End analytic reports for Local
Market trading team.
. Reconciled month end PnL to include extraordinary and
miscellaneous charges and compensation such as
overdraft, brokerage and various business related back
office adjustments.
. Confirmed all PnL and Rate/Price testing with the
trading desks and risk departments in accordance with
SOX guidelines daily and monthly.
. Varied interaction with all aspects of FX trading,
including Risk limits/positions, Back Office clearing
and adjustments, Financial Control.
. Assisted in implementation and testing of all new
systems/upgrades including new GL implementation,
spreadsheet warehousing, trading system upgrades and
platform migrations.
. Currently own all FX PnL Reporting (2 years).
. Investigated and resolved outages in cooperation with
the Front and Back Offices and IT in an efficient and
timely manner.
2001 to H&R Block, Buffalo Grove, IL
2002 FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Financial Planning Sales
. Cold called for new clients and reviving stagnant
relationships.
. Prepared Sales presentations for new investment ideas.
. Guided clients investment decisions based on proprietary
research and current market conditions.
. Customized comprehensive financial plans - retirement,
speculative and college savings.
. Earned Series 6, 63 and 7 licenses.