Data Financial

Jack Low, MBA, PMP

Massapequa, NY ***** ************.***@*****.***

646-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/jack-low-646-***-****

BUSINESS ANALYST (BA)

Expertise in broad-based project management with extensive experience in driving projects, and leading cross-functional teams to meet key program deliverables in support of the financial sector. Adept at identifying change, supporting and enhancing business value from concept to completion. Capacity for maintaining focus on achieving bottom-line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology and business solutions to meet a diversity of needs.

•Project Management

•Requirement Specifications Gathering (e.g. BRD)

•Documentation of Design and Processes

•Data Sourcing/Financial Regulatory Reporting (CCAR reports:FRY11, FRY9C, FRY14A, FRY14Q, FRY 14M)

•Risk Management/Operational/Internal Controls

•Knowledge of E2E Trading Lifecycle and Operations workflow in Stock Borrow/Loan

EXPERIENCE

LevelUp Sep - Dec 2018 Financial Business Analyst (assign to Societe Generale)

Analyze and review client database system for new Fed Reserve Liquidity reporting requirements in Liquidity Coverage Ratio calculation (5G reporting)

Standardize client type identification process for the client onboarding team

Led effort to assign proper client type for active clients in current reporting process

Credit Suisse 2010-2018

Vice President, Finance Change

Managed key project deliveries on financial products for regulatory financial reporting requirements. Products include Repo, Security Lending (Stock Borrow/Loan), Listed and OTC Derivatives, Treasury notes, Loans, Residential and Commercial Loans, etc.

Led sourcing effort of global P&L Repo and Security lending Financing data to the financial data strategic hub. Work extensively with Collateral management system IT to source Repos/Reverse Repos/Triparty Repos for regulatory reporting group. Diverted 2 headcounts in the financial reporting group that previously had to manually gather the information for financial reporting.

Guided Listed Derivatives enhancement project to improve posting mechanism for balance sheet de-recognition. Reduced 80% of painful monthly and quarterly manual adjustments on the balance sheet.

Sourced additional data attributes in OTC derivatives to support CCAR regulatory reporting

Automated treasury funding for alternative investment process. Implemented automation process for funding activities between alternative investment entities and Cayman.

Eliminated regional posting engine (Spectral) and implemented global posting rules, provided annual saving of CHF 1mm of operational cost.

Redirected “Accepted and Unaccepted” commitment loan data into existing LIQ strategic finance architecture, leveraging the PC, FA, and BMR analysis and reporting tools.

Automated the Alternative Private Investment business process, incorporating Front Office data automation into the new business process and enabling new process into firm finance reporting architecture for IHC reporting requirements.

Delivered specific attributes on Residential Mortgage Loans to support CCAR FRY14M reporting.

Disseminated granular portfolio attributes on Residential and Commercial loans to calculate HFS loan losses for CCAR FRY14A.

Celerity IT, LLC 2007-2010

Business Analyst (assigned to Credit Suisse)

Examined and reviewed the data sourcing of US Regulatory Migration System within the framework of Financial System Initiative.

•Implemented process to improve data defect on the Repo and Security Lending finance data. Saved financial reporting a day in their month-end process.

•Integrated customer referencing data into the financial strategic architecture and retired 4 legacy referencing systems, saving $200,000 maintenance cost.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Goldman Sachs & Co. 1994-2007

Associate, Global Control/Product Control

Managed reconcile team focusing on operational/internal controls

Reconciled GS security positions with external clearing houses (e.g. DTC and Chase)

Implemented new accounting and control procedure for Stock borrow/Loan to be in compliance with firm global strategic control requirement.

Managed problem-solving team using root cause analysis methodology to reduce Settlement Operations control break exceptions by 90%. Created and implemented procedure to prevent repeat occurrences.

MetLife

Financial Services Representative

Morgan Stanley (Asia) Ltd.

Business Units/Financial Controller/Product Controller

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in International Management

Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, AZ

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Brigham Young University – Hawaii Campus, Laie, HI

Associate of Science, Computer Science, Brigham Young University – Hawaii Campus, Laie, HI

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION

Project Management Professional (PMP Certified)

Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Excel, Word, Access, Project, Visio, and PowerPoint

Technical skills : SQL, JIRA, SDLC process

Fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, and Knowledge of Japanese

Team leader of community teamwork volunteer effort at Goldman Sachs & Credit Suisse

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