Jeffrey Adams
Tel: 917-***-****
*** ********* *****, ********, ** 28036
SUMMARY
• Senior finance expert with more than ten years of success in domestic and international banking working
with lines of businesses from trading floor, credit risk, product control, technology, & finance
• Communicates effectively from analyst to managing director level, institutes initiatives and creates
positive change, efficiencies and increased profitability
• Commentator to upper management on risk exposure both counterparty and market
• Monitors and develops Fixed Income risk mitigation strategies
• Transforms organizations by driving projects from concept to completion to maximize business
performance
• Leads initiatives ensuring quality, timeliness and functionality
• Builds upon strengths of sales, marketing, operations and financial teams to drive efficiency, performance
and shareholder value
EDUCATION
Southern Connecticut State University June 1998
• Bachelor of Science: Social Sciences & Economics
UK Security & Derivatives Exams (Series 7 equivalent) 2003 & 2008
CFA Candidate 2008
FINRA 99 2011
SKILLS
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Bloomberg Key Client Relationship Management
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Capital Markets Team Leadership
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Trading Desk Experience Training and Mentoring
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Financial Risk Management Project Management and Implementation
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Self-starter Marketing and Sales Strategies
• Management
Goal-orientated
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• Re-engineering of Mission Focus
Fixed Income & Equity expert
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• Risk mitigation
CDS, IRS, ABS, MBS, Bonds, SPVs,
• Business Intelligence
Equities
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Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Change Management
PowerPoint, Visio
EXPERIENCE
Bank of America (Charlotte) September 2013-Present
Project Manager (Contract with Pionear)
• Responsible for providing project management and analytical support in the execution of various sourcing
and vendor management initiatives in Enterprise Services
• Project focuses on reducing vendor risk for the bank
• Main project related to uncontracted services with vendors. Involved in all Six-sigma phases Working
with GreenBelt and BlackBelt
• Use Visio to document all future state processes
• Project in translation services Working with vendors to make the document translation more automated
• Final approver in all office supply requests working closely with external vendor
• Work closely with business partners to identify quality improvements, deliver value and minimize risk
• Managing Uncontracted Engagements Project: analyzing spend and implementing controls to reduce
maverick spend
Gaggle October 2012 - May 2013
Northeast Regional Client Relationship Manager
• Reported into the Director of sales, collaborated with the leadership of both public and private school
districts to provide safe and effective online learning solutions, and communications tools
• Negotiated an early service upgrade with one district, adding an additional $10,000 in revenues
Barclays Capital (New York& London) May 2009 - July 2012
Vice President January 2011 - July 2012
Secondary Loan Closing Manager
• Managed a team of corporate loan closers in the capital markets middle office handling all weekly
meetings and appraisals
• Worked with Head of Trading Desk reducing book risk exposure turning a $3million loss to a $7.5m
profit
• Managed Assets at Risk process
• Worked closely with Technology and Change teams to improve internal systems reducing internal system
risk
• Created project tracking all balance sheet movements for the trading desk daily and weekly
• Created risk mitigation programs to lessen the bank’s exposure
• Designed and implemented risk matrix tracking loan buys and sells, ensuring bank assets that funded
were kept to a minimum
Assistant Vice President May 2009 - January 2011
• European Credit & Emerging Sales Assistant Middle Office Manager
• Working on the Capital Markets Fixed Income trading floor managed 25 sales assistants across Europe
• Handled risk reporting for credit default swaps and primary and secondary bonds
• Worked closely with Technology and Change teams to improve internal systems reducing internal system
risk
• Led and directed controls project, consolidated sign off sheets for SAs, created manager sign offs,
conducted daily monitoring for final end of checks to Management
• Ran Assets at Risk meetings with Trading Desk/Senior Management and created targets to reduce
• Chaired an industry wide meeting regarding bond processing on a quarterly basis, increasing the
credibility of the firm brand
• Created central heat map of all controls and presented to Senior Management
• Developed monthly MIS pack, capturing monthly volumes, throughput, allocations, amendments, trends,
and queries
• Key point of contact for premier clients, arranging and facilitating weekly calls with important
stakeholders
JP Morgan (London) January 2009 - May 2009
Novations and Affirmations Manager (Contract)
• Led and directed a team who were responsible for reducing the firm’s risk through trade affirmation
• Created risk algorithm for trade book to determine firm risk exposure to prioritize work
• Eliminated $100 million exposure by creating a risk algorithm for trade book to determine firm’s risk
exposure to prioritize work
Lehman Brothers (London) August 2006 - November
2008
Sales and Pricing Manager / Assistant Vice President
• Working on the Capital Markets Fixed Income trading floor led and directed a team
• The team assisted 30 Fixed Income (ABS, MBS, SPVs, CDS, bonds) sales people in the United Kingdom
and Europe
• Involved in the valuation and pricing of SPVs, MBS, ABS, CDS, and High Yield bonds
• Discovered a flaw in the bank’s margin charging. We were not charging client $7B worth of margin and
exposing the bank to counterparty risk
• Covered CDS trading desk booking trades and capturing the trader’s P&L and risk
• Saved firm revenue of approximately $20 million by intervening and saving a key client that had
announced its intention to leave the firm
• Chaired an industry wide discussion on CDS affirmation and confirmation increasing the brand of the
bank and making us more recognizable as an industry leader
• Led Assets at Risk update meetings with Heads of Trading desks
Morgan Stanley (London) April 2005 – August 2006
Verbal Affirmation & Documentation Manager / Assistant Vice President
• Led and directed a team affirming Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transactions, IRS, CDS trades
reducing the firm’s risk
• Created an affirmation matrix tracking each team member’s outstanding trades, giving them greater
accountability and creating a goal oriented environment. Reduced outstanding trades by 70% allowing
the process to be outsourced thereby saving expenses. This reduced the bank’s risk exposure
• Discovered $60 billion of trades not being affirmed by locating flaw in the documentation process for
ASCOTs
• Because of early discovery, team affirmed trades and no money was lost
UBS (London) November 2004-April 2005
Documentation Specialist (contract)
City Equities (London) January 2004-Oct 2004
Equity Dealer
• Sold small-cap shares to high net-worth private clients
• Built client base
Edward Jones (London) June 2003-Dec 2003
Trainee Stockbroker & Financial Advisor
Barclays Bank plc (United Kingdom) May 2002-May 2003
Premier Client Account Manager
Connecticut State Legislature Jan 2001-Oct 2001
Legislative Assistant (Banking & Finance)
Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program July 1998-July 2000
Assistant English Teacher, Nanakojo, Japan