Mel Vollweiler
*** ****** ****** ? Staten Island, NY 10306
***.**********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
. Trade Administration and Operations professional with a demonstrated
track record of supporting front middle and back offices across
multiple product lines simultaneously in a mission critical
environment
. Instituted processes and procedures that increased performance and
functioning for a middle office handling over 200 business users and
over 1000 transactions on a daily basis
. Responsible for working across multiple business lines and products
including equities, fixed income and derivatives, corporate actions
. Specific product knowledge on trade lifecycle on Swaps, Muni's,
Options, MBS, ABS, CDO, CMO and FX
. Proven leadership abilities managing staff supporting market desks,
global trading desks and clients
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Credit Suisse, New York, NY
2008 - 2009
Consultant
. Investigated complex trade fail issues for the domestic algorithmic
trading team
. Identified and handled 1200+ trade fails and implemented corrective
action and reporting for clients including Hedge Funds
. Collaborated with brokers, operating groups and trading desks
concerning settlements
. Developed comprehensive fail reporting system for clients that
resulted in the reduction of reporting backlog
Bank of New York/Mellon, New York, NY
2002 - 2008
Middle Office Manager
. Provided innovative solutions to support 200+ users including
portfolio managers, traders, and administrators which included the
design and implementation of a new firm-wide trading and
reconciliation platform
. Liaised with technology managers and compliance groups to provide
subject matter expertise (SME) on the design of systems that
incorporate new protocols and regulatory requirements in a rapidly
changing environment
. Guided the team and provided hands on support for several front end
trading platforms consisting of the ITG XIP, Blackrock and Bloomberg
POMS
. Collaborated with equity, fixed income and short term money desks to
formulate and execute plans for operational efficiency and trading
process
. Supported trading in fannies, freddies, asset backs, mortgage backs,
CPs CDs, FXs, T-bills, Notes, Corp, Conv, muni bonds and all types of
equities
. Led the domestic and international trade settlement, trade
confirmation and trade corrections
. Security master and password maintenance, compliance, corporate
actions including stock splits, stock dividends, cash dividends,
tenders and position reconciliations
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1985 - 2002
Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
International Trade Support Manager
. Main support person for the active equity, hedge fund, arbitrage and
international trading Desks
. Point person for Thompson OASYS and ALERT systems
. Guided Operations team for the Macgregor Multi Currency Trading System
(ITG XIP).
. Maintained securities databases and all functional system attributes
. Collaborated with IT concerning ITG XIP system updates
. Led team of five subordinates and provided support all Domestic and
International accounts
. Liaised with international brokers to provide settlement of foreign
exchange trades
. Produced and provided ad hoc reports for upper management pertaining
to trade performance
Education:
Kingsborough College; Significant coursework in Accounting
American Institute of Banking; Commercial Banking Major
Noble Desktop Graphic Designs
SKILLS:
Office Applications: MS Office Suite, Intermediate Excel, MS word
Trading/Settlement Applications: ITG s XIP Bloomberg and Blackrock trading
systems
Ops Processes: Global settlements and FX transactions, Buy Ins, Alert,
Oasys, ADP, DTC Smart Track, Fails Control, Licensed NY Life Insurance
Agent/Broker Series 10-51, Certified in Adobe Suite including Dreamweaver,
Flash. Fireworks and Photoshop.