
Finance/IT Consultant
Greater New York City Area

Finance/IT Consultant
Greater New York City Area
Wall Street veteran, fluent in Japanese, with international experience; Project Management, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX/JSOX) Compliance, MS-Excel expert (macros and VBA); Exchange floor experience in futures and options (energy, metals and softs), budgeting & forecasting; Licenses: NASD Series 7 & 55.
Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Compliance, Wall Street & Technology, Market Data, Futures & Options, International Experience, Japanese Fluency, Real Estate Investment and Management, Commercial Multifamily Properties.
(Real Estate industry)
February 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)
• Owned and operated 4 commercial multi-family properties in New Jersey with a total of 48 units.
• Started up real estate investment firms to acquire and manage commercial multi-family properties.
• Analyzed income & expense statements for over 100 properties for investment decision.
• Management activities include overseeing staff and contractors, advertising, tenant screening, bookkeeping, maintenance, financing and legal issues.
(Public Company; PRU; Financial Services industry)
September 2008 — February 2009 (6 months)
• Performed QA testing on Japanese help desk ticketing system currently in development.
• Conducted Change Management and Problem Resolution support for Japan Subsidiaries.
• Responsible for managing high impact problems and changes to the firms global technology environment.
• Work as part of the “Japan Team,” charged with monitoring a data center consolidation project for two Japanese subsidiaries.
• Translate technical documents relating to Change and Problem Management for Japanese business subsidiaries.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
October 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 1 month)
• Information Technology Auditing, Sabarnes Oxley (SOX) Compliance
• Performed Information Technology Audits on General Controls and numerous applications; including planning and scoping, information requests, fieldwork and testing, reporting and exception monitoring, while tracking and adhering to budgets and project scope.
• Consulted on firm-wide Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance project. Create Fixed Income Operations trade process flows and narratives. Created reference binders documenting internal controls and operational risk.
• Wrote audit reports detailing deficiencies and remediation recommendations. Follow up on remediation to ensure exceptions are corrected. Communicate findings to senior management.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)
September 2004 — December 2004 (4 months)
• Managment Consultant: Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Compliance, Fixed Income Trade Processing
• Created fixed income products trade flow diagrams in Visio and narratives showing internal controls for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance project. Communicated results to management.
• Created Excel database with VBA Code to track, monitor and report SOX testing data.
• Supervised bank operations personnel in testing and recording results for SOX control points.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LEH; Investment Banking industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years)
• Managed a $20,000,000 annual budget for a key global technology division, including planning, forecasting, new funding requests and reconciliation of budget to actual costs. Gathered requirements from business users and IT project managers, to create budgets.
• Communicated regularly with senior management division’s goals and achievements. Implemented monthly reporting of division’s accomplishments and support statistics.
• Operated post-9/11 Help Desk in temporary hotel offices; providing technical and logistical support to thousands of Investment Banking staff during four month transition period following the destruction of Lehman’s headquarters.
• Achieved Y2K Readiness for Lehman Asia with 1,000+ applications, through extensive interviewing, inventorying and testing; including Mainframe, UNIX, Vendor Products, Desktop Computing, "Street-wide" Testing, Contingency Planning, Disaster Recovery budgeting and administration.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Publishing industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
• Project-managed client installations, including training, tech support and upgrades for Telerate Platform. Supported sales by answering Requests For Proposal, making network diagrams and giving client presentations; generating additional revenue, closing sales and retaining customers.
• Created custom Excel applications using market data and VBA Code for clients including The New York Stock Exchange and Bank of Tokyo.
• Researched and managed integration of third party software into Telerate Platform. Cultivated relationships with software developers, including contract negotiation and joint marketing efforts.
• Wrote marketing communications including bulletins, brochures, proposals and presentations. Implemented on-budget media plan. Organized and worked complex trade shows and events.
New Jersey Apartment Association, Political Action Committee (NJAA/PAC)