Data Manager

JOSEPH SEVITA

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New York, NY 10003 www.linkedin.com/in/josephsevita ************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Senior Director - Program Management specializing in Data Quality, Reference Data, Treasury, Regulatory and IT. Expertise working within matrix organizations, team building, business and technology architecture and C-Level client relations. Skilled in collaborating with Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Finance and IT for the hands on strategy, architecture and implementation of enterprise programs. Strong technical skills coupled with excellent business acumen and a productive delivery focused style. Previous management consulting experience at a Big 4.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AXELON CONSULTING @ BNP PARIBAS New York, NY Jan 2016 – June 2016

Program Manager, Data Trace

Data Trace Program Set Up

Set up program to manage testing of migration from Reg Reporter to Axiom for Fed Reporting

Work with finance to define the process of mapping general ledger accounts to MDRMs on regulatory reports

Work with data providers to define remediation process

Establish IT and business processes to prove business events from initiation to Regulatory Reporting in Axiom

Define test procedures for data quality on the “Call Report” FFIEC 002/s, FR 2900 and FFIEC 019 for BNPP branches

Define test procedures for data quality on FR Y9C and FR Y 14A in Axiom for IHC

Work with Data Stewards and IT to create a Data Quality Operating Model

Set up off-shore operational processes

CREDIT SUISSE, New York, NY 1998 - 2015

Director - Program Manager

Program Manager - Data Quality and Governance Program

Data Governance – Compliance and Regulatory

Set up program identifying a community of Data Stewards

Gathered all requirements current and future state

Developed a data dictionary, metadata, data lineage process, data dashboards and data attestation processes

Defined Data Quality Rules, led QA team to ensure accuracy, tracked issues, led UAT

Chaired project working groups and steering committees to present data quality metrics

Discovered missing product, client and book data preventing trades from inclusion in key AML and Surveillance reporting

Developed a plan of action and budget that was accepted by senior Business and IT management

Led a matrix project team of over 50 Data Stewards, BAs, developers and QA managers, managed all aspects of administration including budgets (> 50 million USD staff budget), forecasts, staffing, task assignment, executive reporting

Led IT in sourcing missing data elements managed key metrics for accuracy and completeness

Reference Data/Collateral Management Program

Set up program identifying a community of Data Stewards

Gathered all requirements current and future state

Developed a data dictionary, metadata, data lineage and data attestation processes and data dashboards

Lead program to identify key issues with product, counterparty, book, legal entity and ISDA contracts

Led implementation of an MDM architecture using various components (Oracle BPM, Java, Asset Control, Orchestra Networks) for mastering and distributing governed reference data

Set standards and policies for data quality, completeness and QA processes. Kept metrics of products and reference data by attribute

Led a matrix project team of over 100 staff, Data Stewards, BAs, developers and QA managers, managed all aspects of administration including budgets (> 50 million USD staff budget), forecasts, staffing, task assignment, executive reporting

Won an award from the trade journal “Bank Systems and Technology” in the category of Best Data Management

Program Manager - Basel2/3/CCAR Architecture and Delivery

Advised the Capital adequacy and IT Regulatory on how to proceed on a stalled project using specific best practice engineering techniques

Designed and implemented a global standard technical architecture that was able to deliver all calculations and reports bottom up on a t+1 basis as required by FINMA.

Rolled out a component based framework for agility to meet changing requirements

Set up a multithreaded, clustered parallel processing environment for extreme high performance and scalability

Managed over 80 Business Analysts, Technical Experts and QA in NY, Singapore and China, managed all aspects of administration including budgets, forecasts, staffing, performance reviews, executive reporting and client relationships

Designed and implemented a user maintained rules engine allowing real time rules entry for analysis, transformation, remediation and threshold management of all data classes (Loans, Repos, Governments, Corporates, OTCs, etc.)

Establish data governance practices and implemented a Data Governance Dashboard for data profiling, data lineage, life cycle management and metadata management.

Won the Corporate Basel2 Award for Best in Class Finance Application

Head of Treasury IT

Collaborated with Treasury to enhanced and upgraded the Firm’s Corporate Treasury Liquidity Risk Reports; reduced the time to production to one day versus three months in arrears as required by the NY Fed

Worked closely with Treasury to identify all aspects of liquidity

Gathered requirements and translated into functional and technical specifications

Designed and implemented a user maintained rules engine allowing real time rules entry for data quality analysis, data transformation, remediation and threshold management of all liquidity classes

Established a multi-dimensional reporting process that allowed the Firm to respond within 30 minutes of a NY Fed inquiry, versus the previous time of four hours

Project team consisted of Technologists, BAs, and Testers; managed all aspects of project management including budgets, forecasts, staffing, workload management, executive reporting and client relationships

Head of Global Finance IT

Managed more than 250 people supporting approximately two dozen applications including

Worked extensively with senior clients throughout the Finance Department to understand their business needs

Managed all aspects of administration including budgets, forecasts, staffing, executive reporting and client relationships.

Initiated an application reduction program, retired over one dozen applications saving the firm over $50 million

Developer, PL/I, C++, DB2

COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P., New York, NY 1997 – 1998

Management Consultant

Assisted a major Broker Dealer with the development of a client services sub-ledger, allowing external clients to inspect their portfolios on-line on a real time basis

Performed an assessment of the Stock Loan Desk P&L for a London based broker dealer subsidiary of a major European bank, ensuring traders were being charged the proper costs of their trades

Assisted a New York based broker dealer with price testing of emerging markets debt instruments to ensure the prices used by the traders for their P&L was in line with prices being used by the ledger and regulatory reporting

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, emphasis in Finance and Information Technology; New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business; Stern Scholar, GPA 3.97; Member Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society;

Bachelor of Science; Cornell University;

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