DAVID WALKER
*** ********* ****** **********, ** 45205
201-***-**** acfiqr@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
Accomplished Banking/Brokerage Sales Professional with proven ability to
effectively manage demanding high priority areas. Possesses excellent
communication skills to enable effective interaction with all levels of
staff and management. Knowledgeable with the following systems: Gloss,
Rolfe & Nolan, SunGard/Phase 3, Broadridge/ADP Packages: BPS/ADP,
Workflow/ADP, ICI/Impact, and CICS/ADP
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Focus Workforce Solutions LLC - VP Business Development (12/11- Current)
Building market position by locating, developing, defining, negotiating,
and closing business relationships. Locates or proposes potential business
deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring
opportunities. Develops negotiating strategies and positions by studying
integration of new venture with company strategies and operations;
examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals.
Closes new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and
negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business
operations.
Consulting Engagements
BNY/Mellon/Pershing LLC - Risk Assessment/Business Analyst
(04/10-11/11)
Global Clearance and Settlement- Risk based model review of all process
flows. Current risk, Existing controls, Best practices, Process mapping,
Control matrix, Gap analysis, between NJ and Florida sites(COD, ADR/ORD
Arbitrage, Rule 144 Sales, F/X settlements, Govt/ Fixed income settlements,
DTC settlements groups, and International settlements).
JP Morgan Chase Test Mgr/Business Analyst
(10/08 - 05/09)
System Integration and Management of the Broadridge/BPS-User Acceptance
Testing teams. Work with client for the creation of Test plans and Test
scripts. Management of Test Scripts and, execution of Test Scripts for
given Workstream, tracking all issues/ defects in relation of assigned
areas (Trading, Listed Options, and Settlements). Drive stakeholder
engagement, leadership alignment, impact analysis, learning/training,
communications, deployment, and adoption measurement. Work with Project
Managers and Test Analyst to ensure all testing dates are clearly defined.
Ensuring all defects have been resolved prior to progressing to next stage
of testing. Perform a quality check on the level of testing initiatives
within each workstream. Attend regular project meetings to gain
understanding of future plans and deliverables. Help re-align the Test
teams, its people, and their actions with critical business imperatives and
specific objectives.
Deutsche Bank Securities -Business Analyst -
(05/07 - 07/08)
Worked with clients and prime brokers on break resolution for open items,
supporting the conversion of new clients into the company. Working with
external and internal business users and clients to define and document
data needs, provide data management, Training plans, analysis, report
generation enhancements. Acting as an interface between Options business
unit and the platform development and implementation areas, involved in
creating and assembling detailed business requirement specifications for
new products/applications and product/application enhancements.
BankAmerica Securities -Business Analyst -
(04/06 - 3/07)
Served as an analyst in the UAT and Data mapping exercises for the Options
CMTA (trade) allocation tool of the InstaQuote trading system for
Institutional Derivative products. 75% of the day was spent on testing
various aspects of data output including bug detection, system
performance/response time, reporting and frequent interaction with IT and
various user groups. Provided primary liaison between
business/operations/vendors, and development teams. Project Management and
SDLC/Testing Quality Assurance, QA Experience, trading processes and
instrument valuation/pricing. Assist in generating the methodologies,
practices and processes for data quality and reporting by partnering with
area managers.
Fiserv/NFS Clearing Business Analyst -
(02/05 -1/06)
Assisted in the conversion of all operating systems from Fiserv (to NFS
Clearing, due to the takeover by NFS. Broadridge/BPS conversion
responsibilities included data scrubbing and clean-up and UAT of data feeds
from Fiserv legacy systems to NFS Clearing systems. Map the process
workflows and analyze the scope of improvement. Involved in Requirement
Scoping and analyzing high priority requirement for implementation.
J P Morgan Chase- Business Analyst
(03/04 - 11/04)
Participated as an analyst during the conversion of Fixed Income Products
from JPMC legacy systems to the ICI Impact system. Responsibilities
included UAT of various process flows between the 2 systems and reporting
to the PMO of all findings. Work with IT to develop functional
specifications based on Business Divisions requirements
UBS Securities Conversion Analyst -
(01/03 - 11/03)
Participated as an analyst in the implementation of a new securities
settlement and reporting system for UBS, the ADP/Broadridge workflow
system. Responsibilities included data mapping, business processes and
process enhancements, UAT and script writing. Tested various functions and
security types including Options clearance, Government Securities,
Corporate Fixed Income and OTC settlements.
JB Oxford & Co -Conversion Analyst-,
(03/00 - 01/03)
Operations AVP
Assigned to UAT of various aspects of a conversion of the Broadridge/BPS
system to SunGard
Phase3. Responsibilities included bug detection, reporting and frequent
interaction with IT and the business lines. Upon completing of the
conversion, became responsible for the daily Operational Management
functions for the P&S Dept, Options Dept, Stock Loan Dept., Security Master
File Dept (Reference Data Group), Corporate Action Dept (day to day
processing of corporate actions including redemptions, mergers, tenders and
acquisitions).
- SBC Warburg, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Banc Boston Robertson Stephens
Operations Analyst
(08/96 - 03/00)
(Contract Work thru Various Consulting Firms)
Handled day-to-day operational functions: listed securities, government
securities/fixed Income, bonds, mortgage-backed securities, OTC
comparisons, CNS balancing, Options clearance. Additional responsibilities
included foreign exchange settlements, emerging market settlements,
(receive and deliver) and DTC settlements international/domestic and Bond
comparisons, Dividend operations. Project implementation conversion team
for P&S, futures, Options group and private banking divisions. Phase3 and
Broadridge/BPS conversion. Data mapping and field-testing. Assisted in the
analysis and development of new products. Recommended changes and updates
for security master file enhancement. Reconciliation of Futures, exchange
Swaps and Options positions held on various exchanges. Coordinated with the
technical staff to determine workflow requirements, and timelines for
completion of projects.
Jefferies & Co -Trading Support Desk-.
(12/94 - 07/96)
Performed reconciliation and distribution of customer account allocations
from OTC traders (heavy phone contact); OTC clearance includes: step
outs/meetme's CNS and non-CNS balancing, regional exchanges, and
correspondent clearing. Additional responsibilities included maintenance
of firms Security Master File databases.
Kidder Peabody -Assistant Manager OTC/Options Clearance-
(09/91 - 12/94)
Managed over-the-counter clearance; Trade comparisons; CNS and non-CNS
balancing; Position and money reconciliation; Trading support; Trade
corrections; Option expiration weekend; Exercising of options; Assignment
process; Firm margin requirements and Clearing member trade agreements.
Managed a group of six.
Friedberg Mercantile Group -Commodity Trading Desk-
(02/90 - 09/91)
Responsible for client daily trading activity, evaluating current and
future financial market positions vs. margin requirements.
Newbridge Securities, Inc- Senior Options Operations Specialist-
(12/85 - 01/90)
Responsible for all aspects of options clearance; Firm position and money
reconciliation; Expiration weekend procedure; Exercising of options;
Assignment process; Escrow pledges;; Conversions; C.M.T.A.; Daily review
and analysis of trading activity and overseeing client service inquiries
using the ADP system.
Pershing & Company/DLJ -Senior Options Clerk-
(10/84 - 12/85)
Performed daily reconciliation of firm suspense accounts; balancing of
uncompared trade differences; pledging and releasing of securities to OCC
vs. margin requirements.
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc Senior Options Clerk-.
(06/79 - 10/84)
Responsible for options clearance operations; exercising and assignment
process; expiration weekend; clearing member trade agreements; research and
investigation of all trade corrections; broker to broker position
transfers.
EDUCATION
Lehman College - Bronx, New York, B.B.A, 1980