John T. Ryan
**** ****** ****** • Raleigh, NC • 201-***-**** • add5i9@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland November 2018
Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
University of Delaware, Newark, DE May 2007
Bachelor of Science in Finance
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Constellation Digital Partners, Raleigh, NC April 2019 – November 2019
Client Support Consultant
Established new client support procedures for receiving inquiries from the Credit Union client base
Developed escalation strategies and procedures for 2nd and 3rd level support requests for a 24x7x365 service level requirement
As an Administrator, created Zendesk Forms for client issue ingestion and escalation
Trained and supervised new client support team members
Consulted with the Constellation Technical Development and Engineering teams and performed UAT for new functionalities and enhancement requests
Created the 1st “New Client Support Employee Handbook” to assist with acclimating and onboarding new employees
Reviewed and procured the company-wide telephony system
Completed vendor risk assessments when onboarding new vendors
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, New York, NY December 2013 – September 2017
AVP – Credit Risk Monitoring
Monitored approximately 40 counterparties with a total risk exposure over $37.5. Billion within Financial Institutions Credit Risk (FICR) with a focus on U.S. based Broker Dealers, Banks, and Exchanges
Assisted in the creation of credit approval memoranda to approve new and amend existing loan commitments and trading lines while ensuring they were processed accurately through the various bank systems downstream
Independently developed a funds availability model to calculate funds available to lend for secured overnight loans
Led a Global project designed to capture and integrate billions of dollars of potential Exchange risk exposure into monitoring systems
Confirmed interest rates with clients and provided approval for secured and unsecured overnight loans
Provided daily monitoring of collateral positions and approval of collateral release requests for loans secured by marketable securities averaging ~$40MM
Reviewed Credit Agreements and ensured all loan covenants were tracked according to bank policy within a portfolio of approximately 50 credit facilities
Standard & Poor’s, New York, NY April 2009 – December 2013
Lead Product Support Specialist
Served as primary contact for the Global Credit Portal, RatingsXpress Data Feed, Structured Finance Interface and CreditModel applications
Hired, trained and supervised new client support teams
Consulted with Product Management team and performed UAT for new product launches and enhancements to the client facing site the Global Credit Portal
Researched complex credit topics for institutional investors to develop industry wide in-depth commentary reports
Assisted clients in creating custom portfolios for research updates and credit rating alerts
Standard & Poor’s, New York, NY October 2007 - April 2009
Issuer Services Consultant
Managed credit and collection of receivables for institutional clients averaging $10 million to $16 million annually
Handled all aspects of client servicing including responding to all inquiries, compiling financial data for clients, preparing new account documentation, reconciling accounts, and maintaining contact management databases
Initiated and processed a variety of accounting adjustments
Reviewed daily wire reports for received payments that required additional research
Collaborated with senior level clients regarding account issues including non-payment, explanation of products and services, service cancellations, and fee calculations for the Public and Structured Finance business units
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND OTHER
Citizenship: Irish and America
Proficient in: Salesforce, Zendesk, Capital IQ, Bloomberg, Jira, Loan IQ, ACBS, DTC Settlement Web, Syndicated Loan Deal Sites, ECN Foreign Exchange Platforms, S&P Credit Mode