JOSE DEGUZMAN
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SUMMARY
Substantial expert experience analyzing and preparing complex financial statements, including researching and evaluating counterparty risk and making recommendations for credit approvals.
Earned a reputation with senior management as highly analytical, detail-oriented, quantitative problem solver, team player and individual contributor with a unique ability to work cross-functionally and entrepreneurially in deadline-driven environments.
Consistently ranked at top of peer group.
Solid background in Credit and Risk.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Amphora, AMPS, Business Objects, Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Crystal Report, FAS Software, FRX, Great Plains, Hyperion Financial Management, JD Edwards, FAS software, JD Edwards-One World Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, Moody’s, Monarch, Oracle, PRISM, Prophix, ProSystems, Quickbooks Pro, Quicken, Reflections, Right Angle, S&P, Solomon III & IV, SUNGARD, Turbo Tax, S&P, SQL, VBA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PERKIN ELMER – Shelton, CT July 2015-Sep 2015
Credit Analyst- Consultant
Review, analyze and research the Parent-Subsidiary hierarchy relationship of customers SAP Credit Project
CARTUS - Danbury, CT APR 2014–APR 2015
Senior Credit Analyst/Senior Pricing Analyst
Prepared, researched, evaluated counterparty Credit Reviews based on financial statements, market and industry trends, current events and various independent resources such as credit rating agencies
Make Credit Review recommendation and presentation to senior management with regarding counterparty’s creditworthiness, credit terms and credit risk grades.
Model various pricing scenarios to accommodate challenging client relocation needs and requirements
Coordinated with various groups such as finance, supply chain etc. to gather and collection accurate financial information for client needs for pricing, RFP’s
Analyze client profiles and make recommendations on best pricing scenarios to ensure clients receive best pricing for client needs
GE CAPITAL- Energy Financial Services – Stamford, CT JULY 2013- JAN 2014
Risk Analyst- Consultant
Data Governance: Review and clean-up of legacy data in portfolio system.
Assist with closing-out open items from gap analysis including writing related procedures
Perform reconciliations and audit between risk and finance data
Documented, updated and presented the LGD project business objectives, requirement and results per the BASEL III and US GAAP
Managed LGD project (Includes PD, EAD, risk ratings etc) from beginning until completion.
Coordinated with various groups such as IT, account management, finance etc. to be able to analyze, assess and understand the requirements, possible resolutions, goal and time line for the project.
Produced, created and provided management a user interface guidance to ensure that proper steps and procedures are done to assure the quality and integrity of data
Assisted and provided support in stress-testing scenarios (CCAR)
NOBLE AMERICAS CORP – Stamford, CT JUNE 2011- JULY 2013
Credit Risk Analyst – Consultant
Researched, reviewed and evaluated counterparty status, relationships, guarantees
Responsible as a Credit Administrator for the global commodities
Responsible for researching, coordinating issues with global AR over dues, accounting issues
Responsible for the weekly consolidated global MTM/ PFE calculation and reporting for various commodities (i.e. aluminum, cocoa, coffee, cotton, grain, power & gas, sugar)
Responsible for margining/ margin calls, margin analysis, issued payment and receipt instructions thru cash, letters of credits, prepayments, collaterals
Gathered and updated the documentation for various requirements for credit risk and market risk (such as procedures, various metrics, instructions etc.)
JP MORGAN CHASE/RBS SEMPRA COMMOD. - Stamford, CT SEP 2008 – JUNE 2011
Analyst – Global Credit Risk Management
Prepared, researched, evaluated counterparty Credit Reviews based on financial statements, market and industry trends, current events and various independent resources
Make Credit Review recommendation to senior management with regarding counterparty’s creditworthiness, tenor limits, LGD’s and credit ratings/ grades.
Approved Credit reviews, tenor limits, credit grades based on independent research and evaluation
Spread-headed the documentation, collection and updated the various regulatory credit requirements due to the Joint-venture of RBS and Sempra Energy Trading
SANTA ENERGY CORP - Bridgeport, CT APR 2007- AUG 2008
Senior Financial Analyst – Senior Accountant
Responsible to Budget, Forecast, Trend, Variance and Financial Analysis
Responsible for the maintenance and reconciliation of Fixed Assets
Responsible for recording Mark to Market Calculation and analysis
Inter-Company and inventory reconciliation
Responsible and prepared Consolidated Financial Statements
TEREX CORPORATION – Westport, CT MAR 2006 – APR 2007
Senior Accountant
Reconciled and analyzed Consolidated P&L, Balance Sheet
Reconciled and analyzed Retained Earnings reconciliation for restatement purposes
Prepared financial reports and analysis for 10-Q, 10-K purposes
Responsible and researched 2005 and prior issues for restatement purposes
Resolved and assisted issues with international entities regarding financial data entry to HFM, to account analysis
PREMCOR, INC./ VALERO - Old Greenwich, CT DEC 2003 – FEB 2006
Lead Accountant
Responsible for inventory, valuation and Mark- to- Market calculation and analysis
Analyzed and prepared inventory reports such as Position Reports, Roll-Forward and Weighted
Average Cost
Reconciled the sub-ledger to Oracle
H. MUEHLSTEIN & CO., INC. – Norwalk, CT FEB 1999- DEC 2003
Senior Accountant
Analyzed and prepared Balance Sheets and Profit & Loss Statements for Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, and Canada
Converted foreign currency Financial Statements to US GAAP
Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements
Prepared and analyzed Financial Statements for the Securitization Companies
Performed hedging of foreign currency transactions
Reconcile Inter-Company transactions and perform account analysis
EDUCATION
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY FAIRFIELD, CT
MBA Major in Finance - May 2003
BS Accounting - May 1998