Financial Services Project Management

Colin Busteed

*****.*******@*****.*** *** Bogert Road, River Edge, New Jersey 07661 201-***-****

SUMMARY

Experienced Financial Services professional highly effective at delivering large scale complex programs and initiatives in Wealth Management (Banking, Managed Accounts, Equity Compensation, Technology and Operations).

Excellent communications skills and relationship building within all levels of the organization from senior management to project team.

Proven leader in establishing Project Management governance from strategic concept through marketplace launch with effective transition to production teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UBS 1990 - Present

Banking Products, Strategic Change Lead 2010 – Present

Executive Director

Direct management of high exposure initiatives with oversight of project managers on Banking projects (Deposits, Mortgages, Client Account, Cards and Security Backed Loans).

Led the consolidation of $10B from various UBS legal entities into UBS Bank USA.

Managed initiative to in source the Mortgage platform which enabled the portfolio to double in size in 4 years and receive excellent client satisfaction and high Net Promoter Scores (NPS).

Managed the creation of a new method on account billing process to generate $100M+ in annual revenue to the firm.

Managed development of new Market Linked CD offering requiring coordination across multiple divisions and legal entities (Wealth Management and Investment Bank).

Lead strategic projects throughout the project life cycle and effectively interact in an open and collaborative manner with multiple stakeholders (CAO, Senior Product Managers, Subject Matter Experts, Operations, Legal/Compliance and Technology teams).

Conduct effective facilitation sessions with multiple stakeholders across business and technology teams to drive projects forward while managing risks and interdependencies.

Expert at delivering projects using waterfall or Agile methodologies.

Lead, coordinate and adhere to internal Governance when creating new products or making significant process changes while working with Control Functions (Finance, Treasury, Risk, Tax, Operations and Technology)

Investment Solutions, Project Manager 2006 – 2010

Director

Directed global initiative to create and implement on-boarding and trading platform for all managed account products.

Led implementation to branch network from a pilot branch to

general availability phase including training teams and cross functional

partners in other applications.

Matrix managed 7 work stream team leaders in the business analysis and

user acceptance process keeping teams accountable for their responsibilities.

Communicated complex topics that take place from start to finish in the

platform in a way that is appropriate and meaningful to the level of

the audience.

Conducted core team meeting of 35 team members to provide project status

and keep all team members informed and on schedule.

Equity Compensation - Trading Product Manager 2001-2006

Corporate Vice President

Directed the design, development and implementation of integrated strategies for equity compensation vehicles for institutional, individual and internal clients.

Responsible for management of trading platform that interfaces with brokerage firm trading infrastructure.

Directed staff of 7 business analysts.

Partnered with senior sales managers on client and prospect presentations.

Instituted sound project management discipline for product delivery.

Collaborated with institutional clients from design elements of product offering through implementation.

Created asset transfer process that resulted in a $350M stock plan asset-transfer consisting of 75,000 accounts to UBS.

Advised senior steering committee regarding project implementation.

Corporate Actions - Department Manager, Business Analyst, Developer 1990- 2001

Divisional Vice President

Managed staff of 23, including 3 Section Managers.

Advised and directed processing of all corporate actions (Expirations, Mandatory, Dividends and Interest).

Leveraged firms’ inventory during tender offers to maximize stock loan profitability.

Extensive experience and expertise in brokerage operations.

Partnered with Technology teams to document requirements to increase efficiency within the process.

Developed programs and document system dependencies.

EDUCATION / LICENSES

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Master of Business Administration

Major: Finance / Concentration: Financial Markets and Institutions

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania - Bachelor of Science

Major: Marketing

Licenses - Series 7 and 63

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