Project Manager Management

James Christopher Carter

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S U M M A RY

I am an adaptable and resourceful Project Management Professional specializing in Financial

Services with extensive project management experience in Risk Management, Margin Derivative

Variances, Credit Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Asset Reconciliation,

Financial Analysis and Reporting, Market Trends, and Communication Management. I have

performed high-levels complicated financial calculations to identify discrepancies and recommend

implementing cost-effective plans. I also classify myself as a creative and pragmatic thinker who

envisions and implements innovative systems to increase functionality like BASEL, GMI, SAP.

Undertakes multiple simultaneous responsibilities to ensure the timely achievement of corporate

goals and propel overall organizational success.

OVERALL PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Creating and documenting process improvements templates to achieve efficiency in operations, financial

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reporting, and Compliance projects.

Planning and coordinating test plan requirements to eventually integrate new technology into department’s

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work flow using both standard PMBOK and Agile methodology.

Managing implementation project plans to deliver optimal results.

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Monitoring and Controlling budgets to analyze forecasting trends and financial variances.

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Managing scope refinements to ensure cost schedule, and high level quality are continuously met and

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promoting company’s strategy.

EXPERIENCE

SPR COMPANIES- MPS PARTNERS THRU Chicago Career Tech, Chicago, Illinois

Project Manager under MPS Partners Division Project Management Office (PMO) -2012

Worked with division Vice-President to formalize and centralize standards documentation and practices within newly

formed PMO Office to ensure Project Managers (PM) work at the most efficient levels. I formulated responses to PM’s

inquiries about potential issues arising from respective projects concerning scope, time, and cost mainly using an Agile

methodology. Tracking weekly trends for higher risk projects and updating Risk Register to determine if project will

meet original estimates or if a change order is required. I participated in the formal development of instituting project

management methodology in each project phase to prevent scope creep.

Created 15 process improvement templates to achieve consistency in project’s function practice.

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Monitor and Controlled over 50 projects budgets to ensure consultants are meeting client’s quality, time and

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cost guidelines.

Perform Risk evaluations to determine if projects are operating with original budget standards and developing

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risk insurances strategies if project budget goes over 10% deviation based on Budget at Completion estimates

Review Work Breakdown Structure ensuring estimated work will be completed to meet schedule baseline

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within calculated Activity Duration Deviation as outlined in Scope Statement and Statement of Work.

Analyze Statement of Work documentation to ensure project scope and expectations are clearly defined

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during project’s planning phase.

Performed Change Management functions analyze impact change would have on project before changes were

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integrated into the project plan.

T he Northern Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois

Project Derivatives Consultant, 2011-2012

Managed the calculations on derivative daily margin variation for portfolio managers to determine daily available-to-

trade calculations and provide necessary collateral to cover margin calls to respective counterparties. Designed and

implemented test scripts to execute tests for identifying technical and operational risks in GMI trade flow. I led the

project team to resolve outstanding client issues on futures, options, and T-bill issues. Accountable for daily status

reporting, client communication, and coordination with project management team for timely completion and quality

project maintenance.

Led and coordinated software development testing project using both standard PMI and Agile Methodology

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throughout the project’s life cycle to ensure close monitoring of the project I was managing.

Contributed to derivatives operation growth by 5% identifying procedures to update for streamlines

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department efficiency.

Provided critical financial analysis on futures and options trade modules and provided recommendations to

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derivatives operation management to aide in management decision-making process.

Use Project Management Methodology to develop UAT test scripts have them executed, controlled, and

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provide quality reports.

R obert W. Baird Co ., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Senior Risk Financial Management Project Manager and Analyst, 2010

Managed inventory accounts to identify and alleviate risk counterparty issues liable to expose firm to potential

financial risk for both equities and fixed-income products. Identified and emphasized to senior management important

unrealized risk factors with direct or indirect impact on management areas. Restructured current Business continuity

services emergency action-plan to increase efficiency during various crises. I organized and managed a high-level

project advising senior management on highly concentrated securities position in client accounts.

Developed project requirements to coordinate economic stress testing on bank’s products to determine if

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products are meeting the executive stakeholders’ requirements regarding risk and quality.

Directed market-related risk issues on senior-management level to prevent operational and financial risk to

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firm on counterparty accounts with equity less than 70-percent and below Standards and Poor AA-rating.

Analyzed current market trends in fixed income and equity capital markets to identify any potential trend

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impact on conservative business model.

Leading project research on impact European Economic Crisis will have on counterparty accounts from a

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Compliance perspective.

Hart Schaffner Marx, Chicago, Illinois

Project Credit Analyst, Contractor, 2009

Reconciled past-due accounts to reduce $40,000,000 outstanding balance and strengthen accounts receivable.

Recreated account balance between databases 9CI and SAP to determine accurate past-due balances on over 200

accounts. Audit SAP Financial Software and discovered nearly two years of inaccurate journal entries created by lack

of accounting staff training.

Planned and executed a six month stress test on certain accounts to determine if account’s likelihood of

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default.

Monitored and controlled over 200 accounts to track progress of vendors meeting their financial obligations

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within the project.

TrustWave, Chicago, Illinois

Finance Project Leader, Contractor, 2007-2008

Senior management and I managed a project to standardize collection process by implementing strategies for Sales

Team to accept accountability and responsibility after deal completion. $6-million in all outstanding past-due balances

analyzed through accounting software PORTIA to determine collectable portion of $6,000,000 balance based on client

profile, behavior, and payment history.

Worked with Sales Staff to review and revise client setup process during the initiating and executing sales

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leads.

Provided weekly status reports to analyze the develop trends stemming from the different phases of this

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project’s implementation based on established scope baseline schedule within the overall project management

plan.

C harles Schwab & Co. Inc., San Francisco, California

Quality Improvement Project Manager and Senior Margins Analyst, Margins and Risk Services, 2000-2007

Analyzed accounts for trading violations and possible collection items to stay within compliance of NYSE regulations.

I led project planning and executing requirements on escalation and reporting of outstanding risk-related regulatory

issues to finance and compliance groups. I coordinated the proper risk strategy responses for minimizing liability

mitigation to firm daily through identification, analysis, and resolution of risk issues and problems. Researching and

resolving problematic short-stock scenarios created by system anomalies on internal transactions. Client and firm risk-

exposure determined through analysis of fixed-income products and equities. I served as risk advisor to executive

partners. I evaluated junior staff on bi-annual basis to determine professional and leadership developmental needs.

As a Quality Assurance Analyst led efforts to ensure daily deliverables complied with industry and GAAP

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guidelines.

Led Enterprise project of developing a newly acquired bank using Project Management methodology to

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develop production and test schedules.

Trained new managers and staff on day-trading and cash trade account rule and served as enterprise Subject

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Matter Expert in Risk, Finance, and Operations.

Functioned as Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Auditor, reviewing and revising several departmental procedures

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to eliminate redundancies and mitigate operational risk in 13 areas.

E D U C AT I O N

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Illinois

Professional Certification, Project Management, Management of Applied Sciences 2012

T he University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois

M.B.A., Finance, 2010

Howard University, Washington, D.C.

B.A., Finance and Journalism, 2000

C E RT I F I C AT I O N S

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (November 2012)

NASD Series 7 & 63

COMPUTER SKILLS

ReportsPro, Portia, BASEL,Hyperion Solution, GMI, Oracle Financial, PeopleSoft, SAP, Microsoft Project

2010, Big Time

C O M M U N I T Y S E RV I C E / P H I L A N T R O P H I C A C T I V I T I E S

National Association of Black MBAs-Chicago-Co-Chair for Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) Mentor

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Program

Management Leadership of Tomorrow (MLT)

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Project Management Institute

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