Cranford, New Jersey
(516)637-5482
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/danriverapmp/
Email: DanRivera28@gmail.com
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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
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* Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 9 years’ experience working in PMOs
* Master of Science in Information Systems
* Experience in improving business processes within the Corporate Finance, Banking, Product Development and Government sectors.
Experience working on Syndicated Loans, Corporate Finance, Regulatory Reporting and Treasury related projects
* Solid communications skills and experience working with geographically distributed and culturally diverse teams.
Able to interact with all levels of an organization and building relationships with business and technology.
* Outstanding presentation skills to various audiences such as management, key stakeholders and outside service providers
* Experience in Agile, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall and Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodologies
* Excellent leadership and team management skills. Ability to lead but also work collaboratively in a team environment
* Roles have included project management and governance, program management, budget planning, resource allocation, project forecasting,
performance analysis & metrics design, process improvement, relationship management, and management reporting
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TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
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MS Project, CA Clarity, JIRA, SharePoint, Eclipse (CVS), Rational CQ, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Automated Commercial Banking System (ACBS), Money Transfer System (MTS), DELL Alert Find tool
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EDUCATION
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PACE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY
Master of Science in Information Systems (1998-2002)
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (1990-1995)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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MIZUHO BANK January, 2014 – August, 2014
Project Manager, America Systems and Operations Division
* Managing a multi-year program to automate Mizuho bank payments and transfers using internal and third party technologies such as Automated Commercial Banking System (ACBS) and Money Transfer System (MTS).
* Responsible for project plan and business case creations, project status reporting, budget planning and fore-casting; utilized MS Project Professional for planning.
* Work closely with Business partners to prioritize strategy, suggest process improvements and technology to be leveraged.
* Manage project status communication to senior management regarding: budget, timeline, issue resolution and risk management.
* Coordinate with vendors from AT&T and Advantage Technologies to estimate budget for new equipment required for Lender Fax Notification infrastructure.
* Prepare preparation decks to senior management and technical teams outlining issues for resolution and risk factors.
* Facilitate communication and meeting arrangements across front, middle and back offices.
* Manage development and sign off of project artifacts such as project plans, business requirements, and Head Office approvals.
* Develop agendas and meeting minutes to ensure all project tasks are on track and within budget.
* Maintain strong relationships with key personnel in each functional area; Partner with business team members in the research and resolution of system and process problems.
TAP ROOT FOUNDATION, New York, NY April, 2013 – November, 2013
Project Manager - Disabilities Network of New York City (Pro Bono Volunteer):
* Managed a website project for the Disabilities Network of New York City (DNNYC) so that their mission statement was properly visible and visitors may donate money, participate in volunteering events, and contact politicians regarding issues affecting disabled people in New York City.
* Interviewed and negotiated with business users for gathering user and business requirements.h
* Apply Unified Modeling language (UML) methodologies to design Use Cases.
* Manage a testing team to ensure that the developed functions, as per the base lined requirements, are working as they should.
* Developed Data Models, Dataflow diagrams, Entity Relationship Diagrams, and use Cases using MS Visio.
* Identified and developed alternatives and recommendations for project-related and operational risks.
* Liaised with the team, customers, Accounting Personnel in driving customer requirements into business requirements and functional specifications.
* Liaised between DNNYC staff, users, and developers to assist in defining objectives, requirements, and priorities of applicable business system-related projects.
* Worked closely with Project Manager to prioritize tasks and develop a project schedule using MS Project.
REVAL, NEW YORK, NY August, 2012 – January, 2013
Project Manager, Product Management Group
* Managed program project plans for the Market Data Pricing, derivative valuation and hedge accounting services division
* Managed communications between Reval Customers, Operations and the technical teams to ensure customer satisfaction
* Presented weekly program status to the Senior Executives of Product Management
* Facilitate status meetings with technology groups, managed capacity planning for a release and the delivery of actionable items
* Worked with change management and incident management groups for tracking reported issues and to resulting capture enhancements
* Utilized JIRA to manage schedule and update project dashboards to track project tasks. Used Sharepoint for organizing program documents
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK., NEW YORK, NY February, 2011 –February, 2012
Project Manager Consultant, Treasury Department Technology Services Group
* Managed the program budget for Treasury group. Was responsible for creation and maintenance of business process documents including requests for proposal, statements of work(SOW), project plans and project status reporting
* Created project plans and estimations in consultation with technology, infrastructure and treasury governance groups.
* Implemented best practices in project management and requirements management based on guidelines from the Project Governance office
* Managed project quality assurance meetings to determine if projects were in compliance with the PMO Governance office mandates
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., NEW YORK, NY August, 1995 – August, 2010
Corporate Finance - Project Manager, Corporate Comptroller’s Department - January, 2002-August, 2010
Regulatory Reporting and Monitoring Projects
* Responsible for managing a program budget of over $3.5 million, creating project plans and resource allocation
* Managed Regulatory Reporting budget including business case completion; providing planning input; monitoring project progress and adjusting resources and priorities accordingly.
* Managed meetings with the Chief Regulatory Officer, Global Regulatory Manager, and Executive Steering Committee to establish priorities relating to regulatory body details, filing requirements, meetings with regulators.
* Ensured project is completed in accordance with all Risk, Architecture and other relevant firm wide guidelines.
* Worked with the Financial Controls Manager and Comptroller to document the product’s vision, project’s scope, timeline and risks in the Business Case document.
* Served as project manager for transitioning the global strategic report to company’s auditors; Translated strategic business goals and initiatives into tactical project solutions, assisted in issue management, risk management, monitoring and mitigation, and project and task prioritization
General Ledger and Financial Consolidation Projects
* Managed the high-level project requirements, scope estimation and scheduling sessions with the Comptroller, Technology and SMEs; Utilized CA Clarity to manage a $2.5 million budget
* Worked with functional partners to identify the right resources, content experts and decision makers to meet goals
* Developed and managed detailed project plans, including definition of roles, responsibilities and milestones
* Created program reporting and tracking documentation; functioned as escalation point to keep all parties aware of new and ongoing tasks
* Create business cases, evaluated vendor tools and managed project status communication to stakeholders and senior management.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
* Worked with Directors from Global Operations, Investment Accounting, Derivative Accounting and Financial Reporting to perform business impact analysis and to identify key personnel for each of their business units
* Utilized DELL Alert Find to keep track of employee terminations, hires, and establishment of key personnel. Managed the coordination of testing scenarios where emergency response messages were sent to a test population
* Directed and coordinated communications and meeting planning activities for AIG Business Continuity initiatives, training, forums, newsletters, surveys, and intranet site content
* Coordinated, gathered and maintained all Business Continuity documentation and communicated project status to the IT Director and Global Operations Director
* Coordinated disaster recovery tests (on and off-site) of core applications and infrastructure used by the Corporate Comptrollers area
* Collaborated with the infrastructure team to create technology recovery plans that included: user recovery, facilities recovery, and network & data recovery
Derivatives Accounting
* Manage a portfolio of projects to support the quarterly financial reporting of the Derivatives Accounting Group. The group was responsible for the accounting of all derivative instruments such as interest rate swaps, foreign exchange options, and forwards.
* Facilitated high-level project requirements sessions with the IT Director, Derivatives Accounting Director, Derivatives Valuation Analyst, and Hedge & Non-Hedge Accounting Managers.
* Managed the program budget, created in coordination with the IT director and established in the Business Case. Estimations included budgets for: development, infrastructure, third-party service level agreements, consulting, and risk overhead.
* Presented a Risk Management strategy to the executive steering committee that identified risks, categorized risks, analyzed risk impact, and risk planning
Corporate Finance – Business Analyst, Corporate Comptroller’s Department - August, 1997 - August, 2002
Corporate Finance – Software Developer, Corporate Comptroller’s Department - August, 1995 - August, 1997
JP MORGAN, INC. NEW YORK, NY AUGUST 1993 – AUGUST 1995
Technology Intern
