EXPERIENCE ALLY FINANCIAL, INC (Vaco Detroit, LLC) Detroit, MI
Feb – Dec 2016 Senior Business Systems Analyst IIII, IT Compliance Projects - Formal Agile PM
Led Alert Generation Project (AGP) business analysis related to all AML Operations scenarios as foundation of creating new AGP system, including documentation of all business requirements, 30pg+ Production Runbook & Scenario glossary, etc
Led all training efforts and content creation for Fraud Salesforce-based tool - Case Management Next Generation 2013 – 2015 JPMORGAN PRIVATE BANK New York, NY
Program Manager (Vice President), Regulatory Consent Order AML Team - Scrum Master
Co-steered global High Risk Client Remediation Project – Led global training program, conducted business requirements gathering, managed user acceptance testing, handled vendor relations and compiled wkly PMO status reporting
Led Global Remediation Training Program, including logistics and coordination of training of 1K+ Private Bankers, etc globally: created 170pg+ Know Your Client (KYC) Remediation tool manual, coordinated training calendar, locations, etc
Created innovative AdobeConnect role-based video tutorials highlighting KYC Remediation Tool functions and capabilities; presented and demonstrated Tool functionality globally in over 20 training sessions, including remotely
Created internal global support website and managed weekly updates of critical content. Hosted weekly Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) Office Hours for six months; documenting FAQs with signoff from GFCC 2011 – 2013 CITIBANK, N.A. New York, NY
Project Manager (Vice President), North America (NAM) Compliance Officer: AML Discovery Analytics (ADA)
Led NAM Retail Bank ADA team in program planning, execution and management. Conducted reviews across all business sectors and assisted NAM ADA Head in escalating cases to Global Investigations Unit, Transaction Monitoring team and provided guidance to the Country AML teams on observations/recommendations as noted from reviews Project Manager (Vice President), Data Analytics Lead Analyst, Citi Shared Services (CSS) – Information Solutions
Led Issue Management & Resolution (IMR) Improvement Program made up of 3 Projects; Created new IMR Prioritization Protocols for Data Quality (DQ) assessment and drafted business requirements document for HP Quality Center
Co-steered global/enterprise-wide GFCID DQ Project. Liased with senior management to facilitate more accurate reporting 2010 – 2011 EXL SERVICE New York, NY
Senior Project Associate (Assistant Manager), Risk & Financial Management (RFM)
Assisted team on end-to-end process documentation, business requirements identification and advising remediation for financial reporting of intercompany transactions and the acompanying systems enhancements for controllers as part of Morgan Stanley undergoing transformation into a Bank Holding Company (BHC) 2008 – 2010 ERNST & YOUNG, LLP New York, NY
Project Associate, Financial Services Office Advisory
Assisted team compiling of notionals reporting business requirements documentation for audit review, consolidated data and information for a strategic build solution to support the new notional reporting process for controllers of Goldman Sachs 2005 – 2007 JMORGAN CHASE & CO. New York, NY
Financial Analyst, Corporate Financial Reporting
Co-steered cross-functional team to define business requirements for Earnings per Share (EPS) database, drafted calculation requirements documents to communicate with London Access development team. Assisted user-acceptance testing of intermediate tool for business-as-usual (BAU) reporting, reduced monthly processing time by 2 days and added SOX controls
Assisted SEC Reporting team compilation of 2006 Annual Report by making recommendations to improve the quality of presentation to shareholders and the public, later implemented by SEC Reporting team
Performed monthly and quarterly BAU EPS reporting, including analysis of Access data output, back-testing of calculations, preparation of the actual Basic and Dilutive reporting workpapers; Drafted 1Q07 EPS Footnote in SEC submission Intern, Global Credit Risk Management
Co-steered cross-functional team of Special Credits Group (defaulted loans) officers to formulate strategic and tactical recommendations for watermark reports. Delivered recommendations in senior management presentation
Developed and designed reporting standard for Special Credits Group form reporting process and trained officers and analysts on implementation; deployed by IT as Special Credits Group form reporting standard 2003 – 2006 CHELSEA RHONE, LLC Ann Arbor, MI
Associate, Underwriting & Risk Management
Designed process flow and output specifications for account database holding 1000 client accounts, resulting in a senior management report and subsequent implementation of my recommendations
Initiated quarterly consultant feedback report to align annual incentive compensation with various performance measures; analyzed, reconciled and trended client accounts
EDUCATION
2007 – 2009 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, School of International and Public Affairs New York, NY Master of International Affairs, International Management, GPA: 3.6/4.0 2002 – 2006 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Stephen M. Ross School of Business Ann Arbor, MI Bachelor of Business Administration with Distinction, Finance and Accounting, GPA: 3.5/4.0 ADDITIONAL
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified – 3/2017; Formal Agile, Waterfall and hybrid PM experience
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Visio, Project, Spotfire, Salesforce, Clarity, Version One, SPSS/STATA, SAP, Oracle, Google
Published in Columbia Journal of International Affairs: jia.sipa.columbia.edu/authors-listing/author/julia-kotlyar
Fluent in Russian; interned at UN in Geneva, CH; traveled throughout 28 countries in Americas, Europe and Asia JULIA (KOTLYAR) VOLKOVICH, PMP
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