Executive summary

Financial Systems Operations / Project Management / Business

Intelligence

Strategic Planning/ Accounting / Corporate Finance

Seasoned business and operations executive, driving rapid

corporate strategic goals and objectives. Expertise in

financial accounting, regulatory reporting, and strategic

planning to support rapid growth and create quantifiable

metrics for performance assessment and analysis. Led

cross-functional team development to support business unit in

operational efficiency and effectiveness. Established

standardized training and operational protocols to increase

efficiency of business operations. Exceptional analytical and

communications skills, building internal organizations and

lasting business partnerships. Global experience and

world-class negotiator for new technology based business

solutions.

Over fifteen years of progressively responsible experience in

financial analysis, innovation and automation of business

intelligence and process, project and operations management.

Accomplished in directing and managing projects and

implementation of innovative tools for effective business

process and task completion including envisioning, setting,

and achieving goals, research and development, and

team-building.

education

2007 Drexel University - LeBow College of Business

Philadelphia, PA

Master of Business Administration (Management Information Systems)

GPA (Cumulative) - 3.98/4.0 - Summa Cum Laude

1985 Philippine School of Business Administration Manila,

Philippines

BS, Business Administration (Accounting Degree)

With Pennsylvania Board of Education certification

Career history

10/2013 - Present

JP Morgan Chase Wilmington, DE

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Develop project plan and execution approach. Utilize a rigorous process of

defining requirements and project specifications. Analyze and discuss the

potential risks/benefits involved in using the specified technology

solution to address the business requirement

Responsible for managing and leading one or more complex, cross functional,

cross LOB projects or programs that have significant impact on the

business.

Responsible for managing the project budget, including assistance with the

business case, project estimates, and management to the approved spend.

Communicates effectively on technical and non-technical issues with all

internal and external interfaces.

Defines key roles and responsibilities and works with LOB's to ensure

appropriate resources are assigned to the program throughout its life.

Establishes project requirements, priorities, and deadlines. Ensures

project is completed in accordance with all Risk, Architecture and other

relevant firmwide guidelines. Coordinates resources (staff, equipment,

vendors and consultants) across one or more projects.

Develops and manages integrated project plans, including an executive

dashboard which summarizes plans, progress, and issues/risks.

Functions as an escalation point to keep all parties aware of overall

project impact, and facilitate management decisions at the earliest

possible time, to address issues and risks.

Works effectively at all levels of a project, understanding and tracking

progress, issues and risks, as well as providing holistic updates to

executive management on a regular basis.

4/2007 - 10/2013

The Vanguard Group Malvern, PA

Business Technology Group Project Manager - Equity Investment Management

Line Manager - International Business Systems Development

Project Manager - New Fund Initiatives

Security Access Administration Manager - Fund Financial Services

Business Technology Production Support Manager - Bus Initiative Management

(Fund Financial Services)

Support Canadian & Irish fund initiatives for Front Office operations.

Implemented a separate instance of fund accounting system for Offshore and

international business unit

Developed and executed scalable technology solution to support Fund

Financial Services global business

Developed and implemented a production support database for standardization

of reporting and managing issues as well as providing clients a systematic

way of tracking status of reported, in progress and completed production

issues.

Implemented production support dashboard for metrics tracking.

Participated in formulation of department's annual mission statement,

strategic planning and business briefs.

Evaluated team performance by participating in calibration meetings and

bonus planning.

Successfully communicated progress, issues, and solutions to management and

business clients to obtain their input or buy-in as appropriate.

Responsibilities:

Led & managed implementation of various technical and non technical

business project in support of Equity Investment Management Group.

Provided crucial project management services to develop, execute and manage

various Front Office technology enhancements and new business requests.

Collaborated with operations and IT to improve and enhance various systems

and applications as it relates to data management, portfolio management,

order management, risk and compliance management.

Provided on going support for technology solutions to support international

business requirements and global fund accounting services. Accommodate

international business timeline and support accounting and reporting

operations in Australia and Europe. Provide cross functional teams in the

US and abroad access to the same real time systems and enterprise

technology for ease of use and above class straight through processing.

Established security access administration for the business unit. Includes

logical access as well as assessment of segregation of duties. Made

possible the implementation of company wide security initiative for the

department.

Managed production support team in the implementation of new services or

enhancements to existing services that impact the Fund Accounting

production environment. Coordinates activities associated with the

production environment and interacts extensively across departmental lines.

Acts as a liaison between departments, attending staff meetings, working

with key business resources and ensuring that all issues raised have been

properly addressed.

Ensured controls are in place that responds to compliance and audit

concerns regarding the production environment -- its integrity and security

-- for both new projects as well as on-going system and production

services. Represent Fund Accounting as the Security Champion. Provide

written and verbal communication to many different organizations and

audiences within Vanguard on the status of assigned projects. Develop

strong working relationships with the various business units and partners

of Fund Accounting, Production Center of Excellence, Financial Management

Systems, and Audit. Works to insure that service level commitments are

met.

Responsibility included accountability for support of financial system for

daily pricing of Vanguard funds, treasury & banking functions and

reconciling systems.

Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

6/2002 - 4/2007

ING, USA West Chester, PA

Manager - Financial Systems Operations (Retail Life Division - USFS)

Implemented business owned applications resulting in significant

improvement of accuracy and timeliness.

Increased metrics development and tracking of common new business platform

to help senior management in profitability and effectiveness assessments

and measures.

Developed and spearheaded business processes and financial projects.

Positioned business unit to be "best in class" among all other finance

groups of the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

Develop and manage the day-to-day financial systems operations of retail

life finance division including creation of business intelligence and

architecture requirements, operational steps, project management, customer

relationship and effective communication. Enhance existing processes to

support growing and ever changing financial analysis and reporting

requirements. Customize programs for specific finance departments (cost &

budget, finance operations, finances SOX/ORM and controllers group) to

maximize accuracy and improve timeliness of deliverables. Act as subject

matter expert on technology based solutions to effective analysis and

reporting. Oversee finance division's system operations to be "best in

class" status in the enterprise. Oversee financial and business analysts.

Accountable for the immediate and high quality response to finance and

accounting system requirements and upgrades. Perform critical information

gathering and interpretation to ensure divisions requirements are met and

addressed at the corporate level. Accountable for tracking the resolution

of system issues, maximizing business relationships, and identifying

efficient and effective process improvement.

3/1998 - 6/2002

Advanta Corp., USA Springhouse, PA

Bank Reporting Manager - Advanta National Bank, DE

Implemented automated and effective use of general ledger functions as it

relates to regulatory accounting and reporting.

Strengthened analytical delivery by improving variance and capital ratio

analysis.

Developed and spearheaded preparation, development and maintenance of

separate Regulatory Financials through PeopleSoft Financials.

Positioned regulatory reporting group's delivery to be accurate and timely.

Responsibilities:

Management of regulatory accounting and reporting for Advanta National Bank

including the preparation of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual

financial reporting packages, bank schedules, reports for corporate

consolidation, quarterly audit committee packages, reporting to various

regulatory agencies (FRB, FDIC, OCC, etc.) and coordination of internal and

external audits.

Led initiatives of bank related regulation, procedure and policy inquiry

from both internal and external sources.

Managed regulatory bank strategic planning and forecasting of bank

activities on a calendar basis and a rolling 12 month basis including

preparation of annual plan for submission to the Board of Directors - ANB.

2/1998 - 3/1998

Fleet Financial Group Horsham, PA

Accounting Operations Analyst - Credit Card Accounting

Successfully set up, develop and integrate PeopleSoft Financials to Fleet's

Oracle based general ledger.

Responsibilities:

Primary support for the set up and development of a new general ledger

system for the Credit Card Division of Fleet Financial Group using

PeopleSoft. Includes conversion of PeopleSoft ledger activity of credit

card division to MSA ledger for consolidation roll up to Fleet Financial

Group (parent office), conversion of MSA ledger information from the parent

office to PeopleSoft ledger of the Credit Card Division, maintenance & set

up of general ledger accounts and variables in PeopleSoft. Responsible for

development and maintenance of various queries and Nvision reports

(Financials) for the Credit Card Division through PeopleSoft and daily,

weekly and monthly close and reconciliation of general ledger postings and

activities.

Advanta Corp.,USA Horsham, PA

2/1996 - 2/1998

Financial Analyst II - Corporate Planning & Forecasting

1/1994 - 2/1996

Financial Analyst I - Credit Card Securitization Accounting & Reporting

8/1990 - 1/1994

Senior Investor Accountant - Investor Accounting & Reporting

Developed and spearheaded technology based business processes and financial

projects.

Delivered "best in class" financial analysis, accounting and reporting.

Experienced SEC, regulatory and management accounting.

Proven leadership, team player and customer relationship.

Responsibilities:

Performed stress testing/range forecasting on all significant elements of

the income statement including; charge-offs, excess provision (impaired

assets), yield/spread compressions and receivable build... Provided

guidance for capital needs/excesses based upon monthly forecasts and stress

testing work...REMIC swap valuation and calculated monthly Intercompany

Hedge Transaction as it relates to REMIC Swaps to determine

opportunity/risk to forecast...Updated Accounting Policies & Procedures for

Credit Card Securitization...Provided necessary OCC and Board of Directors

presentation slides for both Bank and Corporate Planning and Forecasting.

Modeled and designed Lotus Spreadsheets for the financial accounting

(daily, monthly, etc.) of Multi-Entity Master Trust (Master Trust

II Responsible for all facets of financial accounting (daily, monthly,

etc.) of securitized master trust portfolio totaling $2,15OMM including

internal and external reporting requirements, reconciliation to general

ledger accounts as well as bank accounts...Tracked & forecasted m-t-d,

q-t-d and y-t-d securitization activity for discreet trusts and master

trusts total portfolio of $10 Billion Prepared different monthly

reports and analyses (Cash, MAP, GAAP & RAP) for Monthly Credit Card

Securitization Statistics prepared for managers and upper

management...Assisted Deloitte & Touche in initial testing and formulation

of required variables to smoothly implement the securitization software for

Credit Card Securitization Servicing...Automated general ledger journal

entries for securitization group...Provided spreadsheet modeling and design

for automated amortization and reconciliation of Securitization Transaction

Expenses...Updated Procedures Manual for Credit Card Securitization

Accounting & Reporting.

Prepared monthly investor and REMIC remittance reports... Reconciled and

analyzed REMlC distribution reports prepared by the different Trusts to

determine compliance with remittance requirements and securitization

contracts and identify and resolve discrepancies... Analyzed and monitored

REMIC cash flows including review of Trustee bank statements... Prepared

Trend Analysis of different REMIC investors to track flow of funds and

delinquency information... Responded to investor inquiries regarding

monthly remittances and regulatory needs...Performed financial accounting

of all custodial accounts and investor advances... Reconciled custodial

bank statement of 30+ accounts to LSAMS banking system... Reported,

explained, and corrected out-of-balance differences in custodial banking

Produced custodial liability reconciliation of monthly posting to the

general ledger...Reviewed daily cash balancing reports used to move

deposits from payment clearing account to proper investor custodial

accounts... Reviewed Pinnacle transactions input and

transmission...Prepared monthly SWAP reports to Prudential Global

Funding... Prepared monthly wire sheets and notify corporate accounting of

monthly distribution amount...Prepared reconciliation of various problem

accounts and balanced new investor accounts or securitization.

10/1986 - 7/1990

US Army Ft Carson, Colorado Springs, CO

Accounting Specialist - 4th Finance Corps

Efficient development, management and delivery of budgeting process.

Supported finance field operations.

Responsibilities:

Forecasted annual budget requirements by correlating statistical data

pertaining to previous operations, - analyzed workload factors and

evaluated costs... Monitored budget performance of various departments and

provided advice and liaison for managers in areas related to financial

management.

Reconciled daily cash and check disbursements... Prepared vouchers for

payment... Prepared treasury checks and bonds for issuance... Reconciled

accounts at month end.

Achievements/Awards

Bonus Program - Vanguard, 2007 - Present

Cash Incentive Program - ING, USA, 2002 - 2007

Cash Incentive Program - Advanta Corp., USA, 2000 - 2002

Award: Achievement Bonus - Advanta Corp., USA, 1995 - 1999

Award: (2) Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM): US Army, 1989 & 1990

Honor Graduate: US Army Primary Leadership Course, 1990

Academic Scholarship: Philippine School of Business Administration,

1983-1985

Professional memberships/Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute (PMI) - single and local chapter member

BETA GAMMA SIGMA - International Honor Society for Collegiate Business and

Management programs

Green Belt Certification - Six Sigma (Drexel University)

ING Project Management Committee (Retail Life Division) - Committee Member

References

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