James W Benford
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Experience
Jan 2015 – Present
Deutsche Bank
Jacksonville, FL
AVP Sales Reporting (2019-Present)
Reporting and analytics for Debt and Equity Sales teams in Asia, Europe, and the Americas with a focus on revenues by product, client, and organizational sector
Lead project teams and provide impact analysis for companywide changes as it relates to major static/reference data restructurings
Transition reports into Tableau which were not already automated through Cognos
Reduce complex processes and prevent errors by building macros in Access
As a Project Management Lead, I coordinated across 30 IT platforms, gathered technical requirements and organized them through JIRA, set deadlines and assignees, and organized UAT test cases.
Business Information Security Officer (2015-2018)
Created tracking system for my team’s key performance indicators (KPI) in order to develop dynamic reporting to drive key behaviors and ensure timeliness.
Managed the information security of 50 software applications which included risk assessments, monitoring of user-recertifications, and assigning functional taxonomy rules to quickly identify noncompliant users through MIS reporting
Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 JP Morgan Chase Jacksonville, FL
Business Analyst II
Met with the business managers to gather requirements for reporting
Developed preliminary reporting for user acceptance testing and validation
Promoted code to the development team for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports to be built
Aug 2009 – Jan 2014
Everbank
Jacksonville, FL
Reporting Team Lead
Oversaw a team of 7 analysts responsible for investor, management, and audit reporting
Requirement gathering for new and existing reports as well as backend automation processes
Participated in project plan teams from development through production
Organized internal and external audit requests to show company compliance
Senior Reporting Analyst
Developed and automated daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting with a focus on mortgage delinquency, bankruptcy, foreclosure and loan modifications
Performed analysis on departmental/cost center budgets by mining data from general ledgers; reporting past performance as well as forecasting using regression models.
Sep 2004 – Jul 2009
VyStar Credit Union
Jacksonville, FL
Report Analyst / Quality Control
Reported on the Collection department’s statistics on delinquency, charge offs, repossessions and bankruptcies
Prepared monthly memo to the board of directors with corresponding reporting package
Quality Assurance call monitoring
Performed analysis on general ledgers as it related to expenses, revenue, and payment histories; reporting past performance, forecasting, and budgeting.
Education
1999 – 2003 University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Business Management
Studies: Finance, economics, management, accounting, marketing, human resources and logistics
Additional Coursework
Microsoft Excel Level 4 Florida Community College of Jacksonville
Microsoft Access Level 2 New Horizons Computer Learning Center
SQL Querying Level 2 New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Visual Basic New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Blue Prism Vendor facilitated (on site)
Skills
Microsoft Programs: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, and SQL Server
Reporting Tools: SQL Server, SSRS, Toad, Oracle, Tableau, Cognos, Crystal Reports, ACL, Passport, QlikView, Clickhouse, Tabix
Account Management Systems: LPS Desktop, AS400, D4000, MSP, Smart Collector, PSCU
Call Monitoring Systems: Envision, Click to Coach, Aspect/ALM