Chad Sellier

Email: abqrq1@r.postjobfree.com

Address: Greenwood Lake

City: Greenwood Lake

State: NY

Zip: 10925

Country: USA

Phone: 917-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $140,000

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Chad T. Sellier

Greenwood Lake, NY 10925 * 917-***-**** * abqrq1@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/chadtsellier

Professional Summary

Results-oriented, multi-skilled professional with 12+ years' progressive expertise in thought leadership and leveraging technology to deliver high performance workflow and process solutions for the securities and financial technology industry. Demonstrated track record as a value-adding, proactive management professional effectively streamlining operations and enhancing revenue performance, and moving projects from conception to successful completion. Exemplary interpersonal skills with success cultivating collaborative relationships with external clients to help them achieve their specific goals, and internal stake holders of varying levels of seniority to drive and influence decisions for business or organizational initiatives.

Core Competencies

Strategic planning

Workflow process analysis

Quality Assurance

Risk Management

Client & Staff Relationship Management

Team development/leadership

Effective interpersonal skills

Electronic and algorithmic trading

Global equities securities operations

Order management systems (Bloomberg, MIXIT, Fidessa, SS&C Tradeware)

Diverse IT competency

FINRA Series 7, 63, 55, 99

Certified PMP (Project Management Professional)

Professional Experience

Pragma Securities, LLC, New York, NY 2010 - 2012

Pragma is a New York-based financial services firm and an established provider of innovative trading solutions to buy-side and sell-side clients.

Project Management Accomplishments:

Recruited to set-up and build out "soup to nuts" the back office operations of Pragma's pilot Executing Broker Dealer business line including the integration of external systems with proprietary technology, implementing structure around middle and back offfice operations, and development of order management database and management reporting tools.

Employed domain expertise to provide strategic direction and give guidance on problem resolution during implementation stage of order management system; captured necessary system functionality and introduced scalable platform for future enhancements.

Detailed functional specifications and articulated required features to development team during the technical design and construction phases of operational and financial web reports; resulted in improved trade execution performance and more robust expense management.

Led workshops on trading operations workflow for project team and senior management which facilitated obtaining consensus on objectives and imbued a motivational spirit throughout project life cycle.

Developed and implemented functionality allowing NYSE floor broker "blue line" member firms to trade Nasdaq, ETF and non

NYSE-listed securities while maintaining workflow consistent with their current operating procedures.

Through collaborative relationships conducted interviews and developed business case which resulted in gaining consensus and necessary resources from customer, external vendors and senior management for development and implementation of new functionality; introduced additional revenue stream for clients and firm.

Developed workflow specifications and worked with external vendors to implement system enhancements which resulted in streamlined, automated and consistent process for all stakeholders.

Instructed and trained clients on new functionality.

Functional role: Operations Manager

Oversaw client on-boarding and integration, and system enhancements conducting needs assessments, defining business requirements and functional test scenarios, and liaising between external and internal parties to ensure requirements were met.

Analyzed business processes to identify areas of reducing operating costs and improving efficiencies; implemented processes which resulted in decreased operational cost and developed real-time reporting tools to optimize transaction costs.

Managed back office operations (New Accounts, Middle Office and Settlements) including administration of client on-boarding KYC due diligence and AML review process, OMS database/website for trade and operational support, and management reports to senior management; intimate, hands-on review of workflow to improve efficiencies.

Trade support for both NYSE and Executing Broker Dealer; gained functional expertise of logistical area.

G-Trade, LLC - A ConvergEx Group Company, New York, NY 1999 - 2010

G-Trade is a New York-based agency broker that offers technology-enabled executing and clearing services in various markets internationally.

Project Management Accomplishments:

Led global project management team that developed and implemented a seamless process where Introducing Broker Dealer (and underlying institutional clients) had a single point of entry into ConvergEx with access to multiple products and trading desks while maintaining consolidated settlements and reporting.

Conducted interviews with global cross-functional teams to collect requirements, define workflow and develop work packages, coordinated production of deliverables and oversaw testing, quality control and client training, and managed stakeholders and project communications; successfully "bridged" workflow between disparate trading systems.

Articulated innovative workflow solution including technology, operational and compliance impact to senior management; gained organizational consensus to implement project plan.

Completed project on schedule/budget, delivering annual client revenue of $2+ million.

Key member of global project management team that migrated G-Trade's international portfolio trading desk's middle and back office in-house from affiliate company including development of proprietary back office settlement system and integration with settlement agent (Pershing LLC).

Serving as a functional expert captured business process flow and created requirements documentation, assisted in GUI design and navigation rules, quality tested application, and conducted functional testing; resulted in a smooth and seamless migration of several hundred client accounts from affiliate company.

Liaison between external affiliate and project team to validate system functionality to ensure matched defined specifications; effective quality assurance and quality control lead to negligible rework post production launch.

Completed project on schedule/budget, realized over $1 million dollars in annual savings.

Functional roles:

Vice President, Chief Administrative Office 2006 - 2010

Assistant Vice President, Financial Manager Business Services 2003 - 2006

Technical Operations Supervisor 1999 - 2003

Oversaw Front and Middle-Office system enhancements and new product implementations and business initiatives analyzing requirements, developing project strategy and implementing project plans while managing risks, resources, quality, and budget requirements.

Engaged in process re-engineering projects providing both positive bottom line results and technology solutions to business challenges.

Supervision of teams that oversaw client on-boarding and integration, middle and back office operations, and administration of various financial, operational, compliance and risk reports to senior management.

Citibank, NA, Global Clearing Securities Services, New York, NY 1997 - 1999

Citibank is the #1 provider of innovative and integrated solutions in cross-border securities clearing serving the needs of broker/dealers globally.

Functional role: Client Services Officer

Coordinated with multiple departments to develop new processes resulting in reporting efficiencies and reduced costs.

Developed management reports utilizing Microsoft tools to track client performance for quality initiative projects.

Analyzed data to eliminate process defects, and constructed trend lines to ensure sufficient data messaging capacity.

Education, Certifications, Technical Skills & Organizations/Activities

Education Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Baruch College, New York, NY, 1999, cum laude

Certifications Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) FINRA Series 7, 63, 55, 99 JLPT (Japanese

Language Proficiency Test) Level III (Beginner-Intermediate)

Technical Skills Strong competency in Microsoft Office Suite, Project, Visio, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, Salesforce

Hands-on knowledge with algorithms, FIX protocol, and OEMS (SS&C MarketTrader, Mixit, Fidessa

TOP, Bloomberg EMSX)

Organizations/ Project Management Institute Licensed NYS/NYC Marriage Officiant Home Renovation Entrepreneur

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