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Manager Life Insurance

Location:
Staten Island, NY, 10306
Posted:
April 29, 2010

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Resume:

Mel Vollweiler

*** ****** ****** ? Staten Island, NY 10306

917-***-****

***.**********@*****.***

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.



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