YU (Alexander) Chen
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FINANCIAL PRODUCTS ANALYST and CONTROLLER
Financial Product Analyst and Controller with demonstrated background in
Fixed Income Securities, Swaps and Commercial Lending. Strong at process
improvement, project implementation, automation. Deep knowledge of visual
basic application, financial controls and reporting. Ability to analyze
current processes and recommend improvements and efficiencies in cost
effective manner.
Key Skills & Experience
Process Improvement ? Project Management ? Financial Controls ? Financial
Analysis
Risk Assessment ? Loan Reconciliation ? Fixed Income Securities ?
Commercial Loans
Financial Reporting ? IT Coordination ?SWAPS ? Collateral
Experience
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK (BAYERNLB), New York 2001 - 2014
Assistant Vice President - Credit Risk Control and Collateral
Administration (2008 - 2014)
Developed Access Database to facilitate the $20 billion loan portfolio
analysis (Corp, Project Finance, Real Estate, and Public Finance) and
various reports based on OCC and management requirements, and reduced 80%
processing time
. Monitored in-house credit rating upgrades/downgrades and prepared loan
facility movement report
. Automated and reconciled loan facility details and general ledger
monthly balances. Identified and documented discrepancies on
individual customer level.
. Modified database and finished $3 billion Interbranch lending
breakdown in two days after OCC's request
. Designed, and automated IFRS 7 report with Access Database, reducing
report error rate from 10% to 0.1%
. Interacted with IT and Accounting for capturing loan details in new
external database
. Registered credit applications into systems, verified loan collateral
entries, documented WatchList reports, and worked with Accounting for
special loan loss provision
Assistant Vice President - Accounting Department (2001 - 2008)
. Developed migration strategy, created the account schemas for
transferring 1,100 Fixed Income securities ($20 billion portfolio,
including Corp, US treasury, ABS, MBS, CMBS, CDO, etc.) to Summit from
MIDAS
. Created and documented test plans and test results in UAT cycle for
the completeness of transaction life cycle
. Provided German Accounting Logic to IT with program algorithm,
completed this data extract in two weeks, and the data extract became
the benchmark to verify the accuracy of the project
. Reprogrammed VBA code in Access Database for Mark-to-Market rule
change during financial crisis, ensuring the latest market price and
impairment information captured on time in accounting reports
. Generated the Mark-to-Market valuation for Swaps (Plain Vanilla, Cross
Currency, TRS, CDS), Fix Income Securities, and Financial Futures with
Excel VBA while reducing product control expenses by $700k
. Automated bank reconciliation process for middle office reducing
process time from three hours to 10 minutes
. Analyzed, reconciled, and automated accounting P&L between IFRS and
German accounting results eliminating external auditor's comment on
this issue year over year
. Generated fixed income securities' profit and loss based on IFRS and
German accounting standard
. Monitored daily economic profit and loss on fixed income securities.
Investigated and explained large P&L fluctuations to Head office
DEUTSCHE BANK, Jersey City, NJ 2000 - 2001
Financial Specialist - Pension Service Group
MITSUI & CO, USA, INC., New York 1997 - 2000
Financial Analyst - Finance Department
Education
New York University (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance (1997)