Richard E. Leclézio

New York, NY

ac9lho@r.postjobfree.com 646-***-**** https://www.linkedin/in/richardleclezio/

PROJECT MANAGEMENT – PROJECT MANAGER / PMO

Extensive experience in executing full life-cycle development projects; ramping-up projects within time, budget & quality parameters as per project management & best practice guidelines

PROFILE SUMMARY

Senior transformation professional with 15+ years of global experience in financial services delivering material cost efficiencies through strategic planning and focused execution in investment banking operations and financial services. An ambassador of change with the distinction of successful business process re-structuring, implementation of business solutions in organizations within preset budgets and deadlines. Resourceful in monitoring delivery of high-quality customer experience & elevating customer satisfaction while adhering to standards and work processes while managing cost-effective operations. Exceptional communications, presentations & mentoring skills with distinguished abilities in leading teams for developing business continuity plans, procedures & service standards for business excellence.

Key areas of expertise: Project Management Supplier Management Portfolio Management Team Management Stakeholder Management Tooling & Reporting Financial Management Process Implementation Financial Governance MS Office MS Project MS Visio Clarity SharePoint JIRA HP ALM SDLC PMO Agile Methodology Scrum

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DEUTSCHE BANK (New York) 2005-2019

PMO - Infrastructure Transformation (2016–2019)

Member of the global leadership team, responsible for prioritizing and implementing critical programs from efficiency and regulatory perspective facilitating the deployment of resources, investment governance and control governance framework across risk, treasury and finance projects.

Strategic Planning: Created and implemented a service operating model by providing thought leadership in project selection, prioritization, sequencing. Initiated the standardization of project management methodology (SDLC) and reporting across technology, process improvement, data strategy, and data quality. Championed control governance framework model that is compliant with audit and regulatory requirements (Axiom). Identified opportunities for improvement and made constructive suggestions for change.

Resource Management: Recruited, trained, and managed a team of 70 resources (skill competency matrix, resource tracking, on-boarding) as it pertains to finance change project lifecycle. Reduced staff attrition rate by 95% creating high-performing resource pool.

Investment Governance: Organized investment governance process across risk, treasury, finance, focusing on benefits (KPI) and measures of success (ROI) to drive prioritization for budget allocation. Reduced manual processes driving efficiency and cost savings on a $30M budget.

Project Manager - Strategy and Architecture (2014–2016)

Managed and supported overall program governance and for finance deliverables involved in collaborating with leadership on architecture design, testing strategies and execution.

Project Management Office: Produced Project Financials (budget, forecast, actuals), managing team’s book of work for core roles and responsibilities, business functional alignment (Process Mapping -Visio) and dependencies to cover regulatory deliverables. Successful in meeting target deliverables for program critical path milestones while reducing risks and issues (Management decks for SteerCo and Working Groups). Clarity Management (timesheets, resource tracking). All programs completed within budget.

Testing Management: Controlled project coordination including initiation, planning, implementation, closure and support across all workflows (Reference data, Trade booking, sub-ledger, general

Richard E. Leclézio

New York, NY

ac9lho@r.postjobfree.com 646-***-**** https://www.linkedin/in/richardleclezio/

ledger, financial reporting, regulatory reporting (Axiom)), while ensuring that security, risk and compliance requirements were met. Delivered project needs on time and within the agreed acceptance criteria in a hybrid methodology environment. Managed project status reporting for waterfall (Runbook tracking, SIT, UAT, dry-runs, parallel runs) and agile (Burndown, Velocity charts, defects, sprint backlog) methodologies for team working groups and business stakeholders (RAID, critical milestones, dependencies).

Compliance: Created testing strategies and manage UAT execution, supporting and validating E2E test strategies plans/ test cases/ execution, entry/ exit criteria, and governance.

Shaped and implemented a robust platform representing key strategic architecture and regulatory financial reporting deliverables identifying resource impact. Standardized EUDA (end user developed applications). remediation process that is leveraged globally across all programs.

Project Manager - Valuation Services Group (2008–2014)

Motivated and unified a successful team of 20 pricing specialists in New York, Jacksonville and Bangalore. Designed and implemented a global client service valuation model that is controlled, robust and scalable to provide T0 pricing.

Relationship Management: Briefed on valuations as subject matter expert (SME) in external client meetings with trading, sales and service relationship management.

Promoted and marketed valuation space as a commercial business to increase revenues which resulted in landing the second largest JPM Equity deal since 2007.

Compliance and Regulatory: America’s lead on all external client valuation compliance, audit, and regulatory initiatives. Introduced high-level planning, controls, procedures, for daily pricing of products for external clients.

Formed a global quality control framework with complex risk tolerance logic around daily pricing for valuations.

Chaired senior management forums on valuation progress reporting, valuation and pricing smart sourcing, pricing automation. Reduced 1000 manual statements by 90% and pricing accuracy by 80%.

Business Analyst – Valuation Services Group (2005–2008)

Founded a new Valuations Group with Americans Head to develop key business strategies. Designed and created infrastructure and pricing models, including hiring a 6-person team of Senior Valuation Specialists and Analysts to provide timely, accurate and consistent pricing of structured illiquid credit and securitized products.

Supervised new valuation request process through UAT with front office and business area controllers

Tested and integrated DB’s internally developed analytical libraries and pricing models through Excel spreadsheets

Trained new staff to use DB Analytics and pricing models

Maintained continuous contact with Sales and Trading to take on valuations and improve business processes

Managed new staff in daily production of valuations

EXPERIENCE (MILITARY)

South African Defense Force, Bloemfontein, South Africa - Rifleman - Special Forces – One Parachute Battalion

EDUCATION

Northlands Boys High School, Durban, South Africa - Matric – Activities and Societies: First Team - Cricket, Rugby, Swimming, Basketball, Athletics, Natal Men’s Basketball, Durban and Districts Athletics.

Rapid Results College, Durban, South Africa - Diploma of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators – Credits in Communication and Economics.

CERTIFICATIONS

Scrum: Advanced Waterfall to Agile Project Management Lean Six Sigma Green Belt: Training Blockchain Masterclass.

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