RENATO R. ABARY
Addr: Old Bridge, New Jersey Mobile +1-908-***-**** Email: ******@*****.***
Summary
Seasoned Business Analyst/Project Manager supporting Custody Portfolio Services with exposure to business operations, technology and management activities or functions.
Accomplished and consistently contributed to business support, process efficiencies, meets/exceeds goals while adhering to business, technology and project requirements. Supervised and headed project enhancements globally; ensuring project management milestones are met from requirements definition, functional specification/design through implementation. Effective manager with strong analytical, problem solving, mediating and time management skills. Influenced performance and deliver results as an effective leader and team player.
Proficient in the following:
Project Management and Implementation
Elicitation, creation, analysis & validation of required Project / Change Documentations (BRD, BFS, etc.)
Functional Process Flow Analysis & Modeling, Data Mapping
Development of Market Directed Releases/Changes (e.g. SWIFT Releases)
TATA NCS System (BNY)
Microsoft Office Applications & VISIO
Back Office Operations for Capital Market Collateral Mgmt Desk, SWAPS & Global Custody Operations
Strong communication, mediating & leadership skills to interact with all levels of stakeholders
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Distributor (Business Owner) - Kangen Water System May 2015 - Current
Marketing of Kangen water filtration system
Setting up demonstrations to educate and train other representatives
Maintaining bookkeeping records
Shadow Financial System, Business Analyst October 2015 - May 2016
Documented corporate action event requirements for enhancing existing application.
Created corporate action event data mapping for ETL (Extract Transform and Load) developer on new vendor feed.
Performed code testing on enhancements developed.
Updated Sharepoint site with requirements and procedural documents.
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, Business Analyst/Project Leader January 2000 - February 2015
PSS Project Lead-Business Analyst (PSS - application administering Corp Action / Income processes)
Supervised more than 4 PSS program version enhancements annually to production for the past 10 years that resulted to cost savings and data management integrity.
Coordinated the initiation, planning, control, execution and implementation of PSS changes/projects while working with multiple business ops, technology and vendor.
Acted as a PMO lead for the PSS User Acceptance Testing (UAT) environment; managing technology support comprising of more than 22 applications (incl; datacenter, vendor & outsource resources).
Mediated a mutually agreed solution between business users and the various technology representatives in the development and testing phase (e.g. SIT, UAT, DCAT, etc.); resulting to on time delivery.
Business Analyst - Global Transaction Management (GTM) Group
Created Functional Specification document (FSD), solicited all applicable sign-offs for development requirements for SWIFT messaging conversion.
Administered and managed GTM’s Data Mapping/Conversion document to support legacy and customized client message record formats into the new SWIFT ISO15022 message transaction types. Identified ISO07775 data fields could be mapped to the new ISO105022 and verified/created new BNYM data fields to support and comply with ISO15022. Created new mapping for ISO15022 Message Types for MT 54X & 56X records to support the bank's new application.
Business Analyst - Portfolio Services System (PSS) Group
Created Business Functional Specification (BFS) document for notification and instruction modules and solicited business sign-offs in time; for vendor's review.
CONTROL ASSOCIATES, INC. April 1998 – October 1999
Lead Consultant - Bankers Trust Company
Summary
On time project completion have resulted to additional business between the client and consulting company.
Reconciliation Project
Managed a reconciliation project team for resolving backlog issues related to global income
Reported and implemented a detailed MIS report for management
Business User Liaison – EMU Conversion Project
Analyzed and documented the established EMU standard to various Global Custody Operations group
Authenticated the EMU standard test results that were developed/implemented by systems and verified Y2K functionality enhancements
BARCLAYS BANK PLC - BZW OPERATIONS GROUP August 1996 - April 1998
Independent Contractor
Summary
Cost savings was attained by effectively streamlining the process of more than 2 resources.
Directly reported to the Capital Market Operations Managing Director
Managed and administered the collateral desk for BZW Swaps Group
Analyzed daily outstanding swap valuation positions and evaluated the bank’s exposure as defined by ISDA and CSA agreements against various counter parties
PANACHE RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS March 1994 - August 1996
Consultant
Supervised a reconciliation project team and reported directly to ING management
Re-created ING’s daily bank reconciliation for a period of 3-years on the daily cash activity due to an enormous out of balance position that exposed bank credibility
Assigned to BZW-SWAPS Group back-office operation to administer Resets/Payments and Reconciliation
Assisted Shepro Braun Hedge Fund system programmers in their system conversion project for a high network client
Managed and supervised Custody’s local staff at CITIBANK, Malaysia
Established CITIBANK’s control processes to adhere/comply with the SLA, implemented the Local Operating Procedures, addressed/resolved aged items
Designed and implemented a MIS reporting tool for CITIBANK, Malaysia Custody Ops to anticipate the daily trade volume and scheduled deadlines for upcoming income, corporate action, and registration processes
FUJI BANK AND TRUST COMPANY November 1992 - January 1994
Associate – Income Collection and Corporate Action, Trust Department
Administered foreign and US corporate action changes and income allocations to various client account holdings. Verified and maintained pre-payment factors, coupon rates from different trustees and paying agents.
Prepared and reconciled the “Trust Accounts” daily cash balances and general ledgers
Notified the Trading Desk with the available cash position for overnight placement
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, Global Securities Services June 1988 - November 1992
Global Securities Reconciliation Analyst
Prepared and reconciled monthly / bi-monthly asset holdings for global custody accounts for various markets
Coordinated the group’s daily reconciliation assignments
Assisted in the development and implementation of an automated securities reconciliation system
Corporate Action and Income Global Administrator
Administered corporate action changes and income distribution to various portfolios on securities held in various markets
EDUCATION
B. S. Marketing, San Beda College, 1985, Manila, Philippines