Clearing Operations Manager - Business Solutions
Robinhood
Nov. 2017 - nowadays
Business Solutions Group and Clearing Communications Manager:
- Internal Controls and Business Continuity Planning
- Managing Shareholder Communications - proxies and prospectuses, confirms and statements.
- Managing Clearing Ops related projects.
- Business Support.
- Access Management.
- New Product deployments and enhancements.
- Overall change management for back office.
Project Manager
Deutsche Bank
Nov. 2015 – Nov. 2017
Jacksonville, Florida Area
Worked on both local and global projects related to change management and regulatory controls for the bank.
Regulatory projects - level 1 controls and audits.
Financial Control - strategic initiatives, Front Office to Back Office and Ledger reconciliations.
Handled various PMO functions such as resource tracking, project updates, project assignments, closures, etc.
BNY Mellon
Project Manager
Oct. 2013 – Nov. 2015
Orlando, Florida
Project Manager, Global Collateral Services June 2015 – November 2015
Responsible for handling new collateral services related projects with Collateral Dealer clients such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. Implementing new product enhancements, upgrades and changes due to new regulatory requirements. Planning and Defining Scope, creating new test plans and strategies, time estimating, monitoring and reporting the Progress of new projects assigned. Managing Risks and Issues and providing accurate timeframes and deadlines to the client and ensuring those deadlines are being met.
Project Analyst, Bridgewater On-Boarding Team October 2013 – June 2015
Responsible for processing and monitoring OTC derivative life cycle events in the Summit and STAR/Eagle systems. Responsible for various controls and audits within the Derivatives team. Worked with a team to apply new changes to the OTC derivatives products to reflect the new Dodd Frank regulation. Maintaining collateral balances at multiple prime brokers to avoid regulatory action and margin calls.
Handling FX Netting of Non-CLS & NDF FX trades.
Handling Security Master Set up for Total Return Swaps, FX Options and CDX’s.
Clearance and Settlements
Sept. 2011 – Oct. 2013
Working directly with clients and handling clearance and settlements as well as purchase and sales related issues for fixed income, treasuries and equity products.
Co-Founder/Managing Partner
Taifi Haynes Capital Group LLC
May 2009 – Feb. 2010
Monitoring and managing daily operations of the company. Contacting potential clients interested in getting our services and providing support to new and existing customers. Providing multiple real estate and mortgage services.
FX Broker
iTradeFX
2007 – 2009
Assisting new investors in opening their FX trading accounts. Monitoring, training and assisting the performance of other team members, and conducting weekly sales meetings.
