Project Manager

Project Manager, Vice President : Fixed Income and Derivatives Brexit Programme; End of Day (Sept 2018 - Jun 2019).In addition to being the delivery lead for all fixed income and fixed income derivatives as part of our Brexit Implementation, I also run the consistent End of Day Transformation book of work - related to trader end of day P&L ('flash')

My role in EOD:
I was responsible to analyse blockers to flash roll out to individual trading heads, working as a liaison between Trading and various Technology teams to problem solve and define solutions to technology and operational problems.

My role and achievements in Brexit Programme:
Single point of contact for all Front office and Middle Office system and associated Operating Model changes.
• Organized 80+ resources into a change delivery structure, ~3.5 m GBP investment spend, led end to end delivery
• Played multiple roles - business analysis, project management, quality assurance (design and requirement) , Op Model
Design. I cut across asset class specific verticals and designed Brexit Implementation Technology Strategy as the ‘Brexit
Product Owner’ while balancing the plan with the Transformation Technology Strategy.
• Successfully delivered all change into production, including stakeholder and end user workshops, across 10+ apps for
the stand-up of NatWest Markets N.V. per the agreed Business Operating Model.
• Ensured all heads of trading desk were aware of and understood the changes due to this implementation and was the
first point of contact post implementation in collaboration with standard production management teams.
• Identified and managed risks in the Business Operating Model in collaboration with the Business Design, Technology,
Compliance and Operations stakeholders.
• Key stakeholder in incident management calls, signing off on production patch releases and taking on the risk.
• Successfully migrated customer business from NatWest Markets Plc. to NatWest Markets N.V – no customer impact.

Vice President: Project Manager/Business Analyst, Fixed Income ICB Ring-Fencing; Brexit Programme (Mar 2018 - Sep 2018).
Project Manager/Business Analyst Hybrid Role.
Responsible for Front to Back Fixed Income and Derivatives Change Delivery for ICB Ring Fencing Legislation
Responsible for Fixed Income and Derivatives Change for the Brexit Programme.

My role and achievements in Brexit Programme:
Single point of contact for all Front office and Middle Office system and associated Operating Model changes.
• Organized 80+ resources into a change delivery structure, ~3.5 m GBP investment spend, lead end to end delivery
• Played multiple roles - business analysis, project management, quality assurance (design and requirement) , Op Model
Design. I cut across asset class specific verticals and designed Brexit Implementation Technology Strategy as the ‘Brexit
Product Owner’ while balancing the plan with the Transformation Technology Strategy.
• Successfully delivered all change into production, including stakeholder and end user workshops, across 10+ apps for
the stand-up of NatWest Markets N.V. per the agreed Business Operating Model.
• Ensured all heads of trading desk were aware of and understood the changes due to this implementation and was the
first point of contact post implementation in collaboration with standard production management teams.
• Identified and managed risks in the Business Operating Model in collaboration with the Business Design, Technology,
Compliance and Operations stakeholders.
• Key stakeholder in incident management calls, signing off on production patch releases and taking on the risk.
• Successfully migrated customer business from NatWest Markets Plc. to NatWest Markets N.V – no customer impact.
Vice President: Business Analyst/Project Manager, ICB Ring Fencing - Fixed Income (Oct 2017 - Apr 2018).
Looking after Front to Back Change Implementation for Fixed Income Instruments in accordance with Ring Fencing Rules.

My role and achievements in ICB:
• Responsible for execution of implementation plan for NatWest Markets Fixed Income Business to be compliant with
the UK’s ICB Ring-Fencing Regulation – including rename of ‘The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc’ to ‘NatWest Markets Plc’.
• Key stakeholder in incident management calls, signing off on production patch releases and taking on the risk.
• Planned and managed execution of 2 customer migrations (FSMA scheme), legal entity rename changes, and NatWest
Bank stand up with no customer impact (including 5 Dress Rehearsals). 10+ Apps, ~ 1m GBP spend, organized ~ 50+ resources for delivery.
Vice President: Business Analyst/Project Manager Collateral and Margin (Apr 2017 - Oct 2017).
*Migration from legacy collateral management platform (Algo) to the chosen strategic platform (Calypso)
*Phase 1 & Phase 2 EMIR go live
*ICB Ring Fencing Change for Collateral Management

My role and achievements in C&M:
• Designed the customer migration plan and runbook from ‘Algo’ to ‘Calypso’ – critical to meet regulatory compliance
(EMIR, Dodd Frank and JFSA Margin Rules). The runbook was developed in incremental prototypes with feedback from
key functions.
• Facilitated sign off workshops for Directors and VPs across Technology, Operations, Compliance, Audit and Trading.
• Executed 2 Front to Back migrations – 15+ apps, 30+ people with no customer impact.
Business Analyst, Collateral and Margin  (Nov 2016 - Apr 2017).
Business Analyst across the Collateral estate - front office, collateral valuation operations, finance,
risk and reporting systems.