Project Manager Front End

John McPherson

Port Monmouth, NJ

SME - Consultant

** ***** ** ********* *******, Dividends Processing, and Reconciliations

Areas of Expertise

Corporate Actions

BPS System

Banking & Brokerage

Dividends Processing

Client Systems Training

Control Systems

Reconciliation

International Relations

Securities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SME Corporate Actions - Dividends - Reorganization

BNY/PERSHING, Jersey City, NJ

March 2020 - Present

On contract to start with delays due to COVID-19 pandemic.

SME - Corporate Action, Dividends, & Reorganization

MITCHELL MARTIN, INC, New York, NY

January 2019 - August 2019

Supported HSBC with management of BPS System-Reviewed Bi for reorganization and the new division system. Balanced Reorg and Dividend accounts with daily processing adjustments.

Resolve client issues with the BPS system in dividends, interest, and corporate actions.

Eliminated cash and position breaks with processing flow testing.

Processed all corporate actions and dividend types.

SME - Dividends & Reorganization

BROADRIDGE, New York, NY

April 2017 - July 2017

Guided client in use of TAPS system for dividend and reorganization. Utilized vendor API for dividend and reorg announcements. Educated client on navigating system in margin (MRGI) stock record (SINR) Master Security Database.

Assisted clients in solving issues with the BPS system in dividends, corporate actions, and reconciliations.

Implemented autobook for domestic dividends on P/D for customer accounts and date for inventory accounts.

Implemented operational controls for each product in the system with B1 Values.

Set up offset accounts for dividend processing, stock splits, stock dividends, interest, spin offs, and reorg.

Aided client in selecting FII and DTCC for domestic announcements and EXTEL for international announcements within the BPS reorg system, REOR.

Aligned pay inventory dates to match client requirements in the BPS dividends system, Global Framework (GUI).

Trained client in reorg, dividends, and interest in BPS system.

Conversion Specialist

BROADRIDGE, Jersey City, NJ

February 2016 - December 2016

Served as SME in corporate actions and dividends. Processed all mandatory corporate actions in REOR system including name changes, mergers, cash, stock, and reverse splits. Performed income processing in new dividend system including cash dividends, PNI payments, bond interest, forward splits, spin off, and stock dividends.

Educated client on use of BPS system for reorg, dividends, and interest.

Established voluntary corporate actions, tenders, exchanges, 144 exchanges, warrants, and rights.

Reconciled all reorg and dividend processing accounts.

Senior Corporate Actions Consultant - Middle Office Processing

E-TRADE, Jersey City, NJ

September 2015 - February 2016

Managed BPO processing for daily C/A and dividend events.

Input trading information in E-Trade front end system to monitor symbol change and other data.

Advised trading on X-Date reverse splits and forward splits.

Processed Proxy, international corporate actions, and dividends.

Senior Corporate Actions Consultant - Reconciliation Project

BNY MELLON BANK, Brooklyn, NY

July 2015 - September 2015

Led reconciliation project to research cash backs from 2014 through 2015.

Reconciled variance breaks in general ledger accounts.

Corporate Action Reconciliation & Trainer for Broadridge BPS System

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY TECHNICAL SERVICES- FITS, INC, New York, NY

April 2013 - December 2013

Steered Wells Fargo training in BPS Systems, reorg, and DVNDVSY. Aided client in complying with impact of conversion from Phase 3 system to Broadridge GPS System (Impact and BPS).

Guided clients on BPS system processing, reconciliations, corporate actions, and income products.

Contributed expertise and insight to meetings on process improvements and systems enhancements (SSR). with Wells Fargo management team, Broadridge conversion team, and product support

Reviewed corporate actions and income processing for REOR and DIVSY.

Reconciled aged cash and position breaks for GPS and BPS.

Educated team on improving daily processing with the use of exception and error reports in REOR and DIVSY.

Provided daily reconciliations of security and cash breaks in BPS and Impact.

Consultant – Project Manager

BROADRIDGE, Jersey City, NJ

January 2011 - January 2013

Created current and future state workflows to assist client in conversion of system for corporate actions and dividends.

Facilitated client classes on use of BPS applications, client authorizations, and complete testing.

Project Manager Corporate Action Control - Reconciliation Control

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, Jersey City, NJ

January 2009 - January 2011

Completed reconciliations of aged breaks cash, securities, and international corporate accounts.

Provided system development on corporate actions for both international and domestic.

Established and trained administrators on processing voluntary and mandatory corporate actions in ADP REOR BPS system.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, Board of Directors, Reorganizations, and Division of STA

Corporate Actions Group

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