SlideShare a Scribd company logo
1 of 8
Daniel F. Mancini
PROFFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Mr. Mancini has over eighteen years of experience in Business Systems Analysis, Software Development,
Business Management Consulting, and Project Management. His qualifications include industry specific
knowledge in Financial Services, particularly Asset Management including expertise in the areas of
Private Wealth, Institutional, Insurance, Index Funds, Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds. Experience in
several functional areas including but not limited to Portfolio and Order Management, Trading, pre and
post-trade Compliance, confirmation, settlement and Straight-Through Processing (STP), risk, operational
processes and accounting across multiple instrument types. Daniel’s experience has provided
opportunities to gain technical skills as a programmer, functional skills as a software designer and
business process analyst and administrative skills as a team lead and project manager. Daniel has
experience communicating with all levels of the organization from end users to C level management. He
is well versed in all phases of the software development life cycle and is a certified Project Management
Professional (PMP®
).
CONSULTING SUMMARY
Project: Equity Order Management System Strategic Future State Architecture Assessment
Duration: March 2015 – Present
Description: The client, Capital Group, is analyzing the current state architecture that supports the entire
global equity order management and compliance processes. The analysis includes a definition of all
business capabilities, a mapping of systems to processes in the overall value chain and a recommendation
of a path forward that includes a mix of buy/build/integrate best of breed solutions to support future state
requirements.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Provide subject matter expertise on Equity order management, compliance, portfolio
management, trading execution and allocation and integration with upstream and downstream
processes.
 Provide an outside-in perspective to highlight capabilities available in 3rd
Party vendor packages
in the OMS space.
 Provide an outside-in perspective in regard to sample peers and how they designed and
implemented architectures to support similar processes.
Project: OMS Implementation
Duration: March 2014 – March 2015
Description: As part of the Fixed Income Transformation Program, the client, Neuberger Berman,
implemented Blackrock Aladdin across their Investment Grade, High Yield and Multi-Manager books of
business. Aladdin replaced ThinkFolio and an internal, proprietary Portfolio and Order Management
system.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:
 Provided subject matter expertise, analysis, requirements gathering, documentation and system
configuration of Aladdin (Green Package, Portfolio Construction, PRISM, AladdinView,
Portfolio Monitor, Dashboard) related to the portfolio management function including:
o Exposure evaluation and analysis.
o Client Services and Reporting, including the full recreation of the existing front office
daily report package for the High Yield and Bank Loan desks.
o Order Generation and rebalancing.
o Risk Analytics.
o Pricing.
o Gap analysis between current and future states.
 Provided subject matter expertise, analysis, requirements gathering, documentation related to
Operations functions including IBOR reconciliations and derivatives end to end processing.
 Assisted in the creation of the post go-live Front Office support model for Aladdin. BAU
Support process flows included new security set up, custom sectoring, order/trade related issues,
risk analytic issues and Aladdin system configuration ownership and maintenance.
Project: OMS Implementation
Duration: February 2012 – March 2014
Description: The client, Vanguard, is planning, designing and implementing a Buy/Build/Integrate Best
of Breed future state architecture for the entire Equity Investment Group’s end to end global investment
platform. This includes a combination of third-party packages as well as custom development and
integration of a proprietary portfolio management system.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Provide subject matter expertise, analysis, requirements gathering, documentation related to the
portfolio management function including:
o Exposure evaluation and analysis.
o Investment Risk.
o Order Generation.
o Index Management.
o Pricing.
o Currency Hedging.
o Futures Equitization.
 Mr. Mancini also played a lead role in the completion of a thorough review of Blackrock’s
Aladdin platform as an alternative delivery strategy. The review consisted of an exhaustive RFI,
Proof of Concept, gap analysis, implementation plan including resource and project cost and final
recommendation.
Project: OMS Implementation
Duration: November 2008 – January 2013
Description: The client, SwissRe Asset Management, is implementing Blackrock’s Aladdin order
management and trading application across all front, middle and back office business units located in
New York, London, Zurich and Bratislava. The main focus of the implementation is the client’s domestic
and international fixed-income asset management book of business. The implementation involves
installation and configuration of the Aladdin package as well as internally developed interfaces to the
client’s HiPortfolio accounting system and a variety of other proprietary and third-party applications.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Perform all business analysis tasks and produce deliverables including business process reviews
based on interviews with Portfolio Managers, trader and Operations personnel, application
landscape diagrams, use case diagrams, functional workflows, future state design documentation,
testing, training and user procedure documentation for the following functional areas:
o Bond Trade Capture, including ECN notices of execution (TradeWeb, Bloomberg,
VCON, BARX).
o Mortgage Backed securities processing, including trade capture, pair-offs, pool allocation,
rolls, Electronic Pool Notification.
o Derivatives processing, including trade capture, ISDA agreements, legal confirmation
processes, payments and Collateral management. Asset types included exchange traded
and OTC derivatives (CDS, IRS, TRS, CDX).
o Bond Processing, including OASYS and CTM matching and confirmation, SWIFT Trade
Notification and reconciliation processes.
o Cash and Holdings reconciliation processes comparing Aladdin to bank MT950 and
MT535s.
o Pricing, including pricing provider vendor selection and configuration of Aladdin pricing
hierarchy as well as exception processing.
o Outsourced Equity Asset Management, including trade, position and price file
specifications, operational workflows, testing and production support.
o Exotic OTC Derivatives processing (Decommissioning Murex and moving all assets onto
the Aladdin platform), including external valuations, risk analytics and operational
processes for all accounting and trade lifecycle events.
Project: Equity Order Lifecycle Workflow Analysis
Duration: October 2011 – December 2011
Description: The client, JP Morgan Investment Management, is analyzing their current state processes
and architecture around the end to end Equity Order lifecycle. This includes Portfolio Manager
Instructions to the Investment Assistants, communication with the Trading Desk, order creation, trading
via EMS and Compliance.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Documenting Current state landscape including workflows, prioritized issue/enhancement
requests and end to end processing around front office and trading communications.
 Documenting Future state with gap analysis to address issues. Issue resolution will involve
process improvements, custom development or system upgrades.
Project: Non-Traditional Assets Workflow Analysis
Duration: June 2011 – September 2011
Description: The client, Bessemer Trust, is analyzing their current state processes and architecture
around the end to end lifecycle for non-traditional assets, including exchange traded derivatives, OTC
derivatives, FX, coins and precious Metals.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Documenting Current state landscape including workflows, prioritized issue/enhancement
requests, identification of potential risks and end to end processing around non-traditional assets.
 Documenting Future state with gap analysis to address issues. Issue resolution will involve
process improvements, custom development or system upgrades.
Project: OMS Upgrade and User Satisfaction Improvement
Duration: June 2010 – November 2010
Description: The client, BNY Mellon Private Wealth Management, is upgrading to Linedata’s LVTS
version 6.7.4. In addition to the upgrade, the client is providing enhancements related to the usability of
the application for all Private Wealth Portfolio Managers across the firm’s US offices. Enhancements
include simplification of LVTS views for all processes as well as increased functionality for order entry
and rebalancing.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Provide subject matter expertise on the LVTS application.
 Perform end-user interviews with focus groups to gather all requirements.
 Configure and implement views for the LVTS Appraisal, Manager Blotter, Order Preview,
Security Cross Reference, Compliance Detail and Order Preview functions.
 Conduct testing and training for end-users.
Project: OMS Implementation
Duration: July 2008 – December 2008
Description: The client, Angelo Gordon, is implementing Linedata’s LVTS version 6.6.5. The client is
moving all equity trading processes onto the LVTS platform and integrating LVTS with their existing
Beauchamp Fund Manager application. The client is also enhancing LVTS to accommodate post-trade
allocation rules per trading strategy.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Provide subject matter expertise on the LVTS application.
 Perform testing.
 Participate in enhancement design.
 Conduct training for end-users to leverage existing functionality.
Project: OMS Implementation and Upgrade
Duration: July 2007 – March 2009
Description: The project has two main phases. Phase I - The client, JP Morgan Investment
Management, is migrating their trading functions from Linedata’s LVTS version to 6.3.7 to LVTS version
6.6.1a and 6.6.2. Phase II - The client is moving all compliance and portfolio management functions
from proprietary or third-party systems onto the LVTS platform. The LVTS application has over 50
custom applications that it will interface with for various functions. In addition to the OMS
Implementation and Upgrade, the client is also undertaking the following:
 Interfacing OMS with EMS applications (FlexTrade and ITG-Triton).
 Enhancing list trading capabilities.
 Implementing real-time pricing feeds.
 Extending rebalancing capabilities to accommodate 100/30/30 strategy as well as tax and risk
aware optimizations.
 Moving all Post-Trade Compliance Rules from Charles River Compliance Master to Linedata
Compliance.
 Extending use of the application for all institutional and Private Client portfolio managers.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:
 Provide Subject Matter expertise on the LVTS and Linedata Compliance applications as well as
the custom workflows to business users, the client’s internal QA and production support staff.
 Design and conduct end user training for various workflows and end users.
 Create requirements/specifications for custom development. (Development work is being
completed by Client’s internal IT staff as well as third-party vendors).
 Provide go-live support as different functions go into production.
 Work with internal and vendor staff to resolve issues.
 Perform several data maintenance tasks including creation of trading desks, workgroups, account
groups and compliance rules.
Project: OMS upgrade
Duration: October 2007 – October 2008
Description: The client, Bank of America’s Columbia Management Group, is upgrading their third-party
OMS (Linedata’s LVTS version 6.3.5 to LVTS version 6.6.1a.) The upgrade consists of two separate
instances. In addition, due to a major acquisition, the client is migrating several users from a proprietary
OMS application to LVTS.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:
 Identifying pertinent workflows that would be impacted by the upgrade as well as identifying
workflows that can be improved by extending the use of LVTS or by enhancing the core
application.
 Assist in testing phase for the Upgrade project.
 Provide go-live and end user support for traders and portfolio managers in New York, Portland,
OR and Boston.
 Develop workflow for Convertible Bond processing to capture bid/offers from various broker
dealers as well underlying security prices and delta between winning bid/offer and underlying
price.
 Transition PMs from existing OMS to LVTS.
 Establish international broker commissions and fee schedules to enable the client to trade in 22
foreign markets.
Project: OMS End User Training
Duration: - 2 months (June 2007 – August 2007)
Description: - The client, AllianceBernstein, was upgrading all users to a new version of a third-party
Order Management System (Client was migrating from Linedata’s Longview 2000 application to LVTS
version 6.5). The client had an aggressive time-line and needed to ensure all end users received proper
training before using the new version of the application.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:
 Conducted training sessions for approximately 240 users located in New York, Chicago,
Cleveland, San Francisco, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong on
new functionality pertinent to workflows for trading, portfolio management, trade support,
compliance and data administration.
 Created all training documentation including agendas, quick reference guides and documentation
highlighting workflow changes.
 Organized training schedule and delivered all classes (classroom and Microsoft Live Meeting.)
Project: Evaluation of existing workflow to create and replicate orders
Duration: - 2 months (June 2007 – August 2007)
Description: The client, AllianceBernstein, was looking for opportunities to enhance their existing
workflows to make the order generation and execution process more efficient. The client utilized
Linedata’s LVTS application to generate and execute orders but also interfaced LVTS with Latent Zero’s
Sentinel application for pre-trade compliance.
Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:
 Conducted several interviews with Portfolio managers, sleeve and sector managers and assistant
portfolio managers.
 Provided client with recommendations to extend the current use of their third-party OMS (LVTS)
as well as their proprietary Portfolio, Tax and Risk optimization software to enhance order flow
and decrease time for order creation and execution.
PREVIOUS PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to consulting, Mr. Mancini worked for Mellon Financial Corporation (now BNY Mellon) in the
Private Wealth Management division. Mr. Mancini was primarily responsible for new development and
production support for applications (internal and third party) utilized by Private Wealth Managers,
traders, compliance and operations personnel. During his tenure, Mr. Mancini was the Product Manager
for the Longview Trading System (LVTS) as well as the Lead Business Analyst/Subject Matter Expert on
various OMS projects. LVTS was used by approximately 500 portfolio managers, traders and compliance
personnel across Mellon’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) organization. The organization consisted
of approximately 500 individuals managing approximately 42,000 accounts and over $100 Billion in
Assets under management in 28 regional locations. Mr. Mancini was actively involved in all phases of
the initial selection, implementation and on-going support of the LVTS application. Mr. Mancini led
strategic initiatives associated to Portfolio Management, Trading and Compliance in regard to the
company’s use of LVTS and other third party and proprietary tools.
Major Projects included:
OMS Vendor Selection - Mr. Mancini’s Roles, Responsibilities and tasks included:
 Creation of initial RFI which was sent to twenty-three OMS Vendors. RFI included Mellon
specific requirements as well requirement priority weighting for all functional and technical
requirements for trading, portfolio management and compliance across multi-asset classes.
 Compilation of RFI Scoring for all vendors who responded. The top 6 vendors were selected for
on-site demos
 Worked closely with each vendor to ensure on-site demos were in-line with specific requirements
and Mellon specific workflows and data.
 Assisted in creation of RFP in conjunction with Mellon’s internal sourcing department.
 Participated in all aspects of final selection including contract negotiations, gap analysis to
determine functions that would need to be customized and implementation plans and resource
allocation for vendor staff.
OMS Vendor Implementation - Mr. Mancini’s Roles, Responsibilities and tasks included:
 Lead Business Analyst/Subject Matter Expert responsible for creating detailed business
requirements, functional specifications and testing plans for all development (internal and third-
party) of custom applications that worked with LVTS as well as PM and Trader configurations
within the application to support Mellon specific workflows. This included development of a
multiple security rebalancing wizard that became part of the Core LVTS application. The wizard
was a joint effort between Mellon and Linedata to build out a Mellon specific tool that could also
be utilized by other Linedata clients.
 Provided on-site training for all designated users across Mellon’s PWM organization.
Mr. Mancini was also involved in several smaller scale projects included Annual Mailings, Equity
Trading specific projects (Liquidnet, Pipeline, OASYS, Centralized Rebalancing, FIX Broker set up,
Commission Reporting), Enterprise Architecture Initiative, Client Reporting and the PC Upgrade Project.
Prior to working at Mellon, Mr. Mancini worked for Federated Investors, Inc. Mr. Mancini was
primarily responsible for new development and production support for applications (internal and third
party) utilized by the US Equity trading desk. Mr. Mancini was instrumental in the creation of several
interfaces with Federated’s proprietary OMS application including but not limited to electronic trading
platforms, OASYS and SWIFT messaging. Mr. Mancini was also heavily involved with a re-write of
Federated’s main client reporting application as well as a vendor selection project for a new OMS.
Other Projects included:
 Project Manager – Liquidnet Trading application. Coordinated efforts from multiple
departments in Pittsburgh and New York. Communicated business requirements to development
and server staff. Worked with third party vendor, network and desktop support and end users to
ensure successful implementation. Developed scope, project budget and project plan.
 Lead Business Analyst – OASYS TradeMatch. Primary customer relationship contact with
Federated’s equity settlement and trading desk. Customized inbound and outbound messages for
electronic communication with brokers. Coordinated all development efforts, testing, training
and support.
 Lead Business Analyst – S.W.I.F.T. 15022 Upgrade. Designed and customized electronic
trade notification messages to custodians and record keepers according to S.W.I.F.T. standards.
Coordinated all testing and implementation between Federated and Custodian banks receiving
S.W.I.F.T. messages.
 Lead Business Analyst – FINDERs Re-engineering. Developed use cases for initial re-
engineering efforts of one of Federated’s largest internal applications. Organized and participated
in vendor evaluations for reporting, business analytics and data warehousing software.
 Lead Business Analyst – OMS Vendor Selection – Evaluation consisted of several third-party
OMS applications as well as analysis to determine if Federated’s proprietary OMS should be
discontinued.
Prior to Mr. Mancini’s time at Federated, he worked at Deloitte Consulting as a Senior Consultant on
several engagements (public and private sector). Mr. Mancini’s consulting experience at Deloitte
consisted of the following roles:
Senior Consultant - Track Lead - General Services, Administrative Services and Financial
Transactions, District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles, Washington, D.C.
Application Architect/Project Lead, ValuAmerica, Pittsburgh, PA
Prior to Deloitte, Mr. Mancini worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) on several
engagements. Mr. Mancini’s consulting experience at Andersen consisted of the following roles:
Programming Supervisor/Design Lead, District of Columbia Tax Administration System for the D.C.
Office of Tax and Revenue, Reston, VA
Designer and Technical Architecture Batch and Reporting Lead, US Postal Service – Commitment
Management Integrated Operations Management (CM-IOM),
Operational Review Design Lead, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Albany,
NY,
Delivery Team Product Test Lead, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Albany,
NY,
Delivery Team Application Maintenance Lead, New York State Office of Children and Family
Services, Albany, NY
Delivery Team Application Maintenance Developer, New York State Office of Children and Family
Services, Albany, NY
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs,
Master's Degree, Urban and Regional Planning; specialization in Management and Policy,
May 1997.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. School of Education, May, 1993.
BA History with a minor in Economics, August, 1992.

More Related Content

What's hot

Paul m cv for march 2016 v1
Paul m  cv for march 2016 v1Paul m  cv for march 2016 v1
Paul m cv for march 2016 v1Paul Matthews
 
Gina Layne Resume[ current file
Gina Layne Resume[ current fileGina Layne Resume[ current file
Gina Layne Resume[ current fileGina Layne
 
Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017
Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017
Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017Sai Patro
 
David J Oller Resume
David J Oller ResumeDavid J Oller Resume
David J Oller ResumeDavid Oller
 
Lily Dzur_resume_c1
Lily Dzur_resume_c1Lily Dzur_resume_c1
Lily Dzur_resume_c1Lily Dzur
 
secure - Deepak Choudhary.
secure - Deepak Choudhary.secure - Deepak Choudhary.
secure - Deepak Choudhary.DEEPAK CHOUDHARY
 
Advisory Key__2016 04
Advisory Key__2016 04Advisory Key__2016 04
Advisory Key__2016 04Célia Orso
 
Paul m cv for june 2016 v1
Paul m  cv for june 2016 v1Paul m  cv for june 2016 v1
Paul m cv for june 2016 v1Paul Matthews
 
CV Template Jack Bond
CV Template Jack BondCV Template Jack Bond
CV Template Jack BondJack Bond
 
AndrewPasseroResume
AndrewPasseroResumeAndrewPasseroResume
AndrewPasseroResumeJean Silver
 
Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17
Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17
Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17Christian Hunger
 
Shiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory Director
Shiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory DirectorShiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory Director
Shiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory DirectorJay Shiner
 
CV Joaquim Mestre
CV Joaquim MestreCV Joaquim Mestre
CV Joaquim MestreJock Mestre
 

What's hot (17)

Paul m cv for march 2016 v1
Paul m  cv for march 2016 v1Paul m  cv for march 2016 v1
Paul m cv for march 2016 v1
 
Gina Layne Resume[ current file
Gina Layne Resume[ current fileGina Layne Resume[ current file
Gina Layne Resume[ current file
 
Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017
Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017
Sai Shakti Patro_Resume_2017
 
David J Oller Resume
David J Oller ResumeDavid J Oller Resume
David J Oller Resume
 
Lily Dzur_resume_c1
Lily Dzur_resume_c1Lily Dzur_resume_c1
Lily Dzur_resume_c1
 
secure - Deepak Choudhary.
secure - Deepak Choudhary.secure - Deepak Choudhary.
secure - Deepak Choudhary.
 
Advisory Key__2016 04
Advisory Key__2016 04Advisory Key__2016 04
Advisory Key__2016 04
 
Resume_Hemant_Umbarkar
Resume_Hemant_UmbarkarResume_Hemant_Umbarkar
Resume_Hemant_Umbarkar
 
TREVOR HOLLIS
TREVOR HOLLISTREVOR HOLLIS
TREVOR HOLLIS
 
Paul m cv for june 2016 v1
Paul m  cv for june 2016 v1Paul m  cv for june 2016 v1
Paul m cv for june 2016 v1
 
CV Template Jack Bond
CV Template Jack BondCV Template Jack Bond
CV Template Jack Bond
 
AndrewPasseroResume
AndrewPasseroResumeAndrewPasseroResume
AndrewPasseroResume
 
Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17
Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17
Curriculum_Vitae_Christian_Hunger Jan 17
 
Shiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory Director
Shiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory DirectorShiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory Director
Shiner, Jay Resume - Regulatory Director
 
Grant_Lindgren_1Q2015
Grant_Lindgren_1Q2015Grant_Lindgren_1Q2015
Grant_Lindgren_1Q2015
 
Seethalakshmi_CV
Seethalakshmi_CVSeethalakshmi_CV
Seethalakshmi_CV
 
CV Joaquim Mestre
CV Joaquim MestreCV Joaquim Mestre
CV Joaquim Mestre
 

Similar to Atlas Resume - Daniel Mancini(07.10.2015)

Similar to Atlas Resume - Daniel Mancini(07.10.2015) (20)

Aravinda Nadig - Business Analyst
Aravinda Nadig - Business AnalystAravinda Nadig - Business Analyst
Aravinda Nadig - Business Analyst
 
VSI Client Engagements
VSI Client EngagementsVSI Client Engagements
VSI Client Engagements
 
T.K. Sriram CV
T.K. Sriram CVT.K. Sriram CV
T.K. Sriram CV
 
Resume-SubhathiraS Mar 2016
Resume-SubhathiraS Mar 2016Resume-SubhathiraS Mar 2016
Resume-SubhathiraS Mar 2016
 
Cv kyramar-august 2016
Cv kyramar-august 2016Cv kyramar-august 2016
Cv kyramar-august 2016
 
Prabhakar updated Profile
Prabhakar updated ProfilePrabhakar updated Profile
Prabhakar updated Profile
 
Bhavani_D_Testing
Bhavani_D_TestingBhavani_D_Testing
Bhavani_D_Testing
 
CV VISHAL_Business Analyst_4.3
CV VISHAL_Business Analyst_4.3CV VISHAL_Business Analyst_4.3
CV VISHAL_Business Analyst_4.3
 
JeremyBachelier_12052015
JeremyBachelier_12052015JeremyBachelier_12052015
JeremyBachelier_12052015
 
Naveen Derivatives Resume
Naveen Derivatives ResumeNaveen Derivatives Resume
Naveen Derivatives Resume
 
Chakradhar Patil
Chakradhar PatilChakradhar Patil
Chakradhar Patil
 
Chakradhar
ChakradharChakradhar
Chakradhar
 
Resume
ResumeResume
Resume
 
JEHADCV_LATEST[1]_16
JEHADCV_LATEST[1]_16JEHADCV_LATEST[1]_16
JEHADCV_LATEST[1]_16
 
TREVOR HOLLIS
TREVOR HOLLISTREVOR HOLLIS
TREVOR HOLLIS
 
TREVOR HOLLIS
TREVOR HOLLISTREVOR HOLLIS
TREVOR HOLLIS
 
Rajib Das_resume
Rajib Das_resumeRajib Das_resume
Rajib Das_resume
 
CV_Sr.Analyst
CV_Sr.AnalystCV_Sr.Analyst
CV_Sr.Analyst
 
Balaji_Manivannan
Balaji_ManivannanBalaji_Manivannan
Balaji_Manivannan
 
CV
CVCV
CV
 

Atlas Resume - Daniel Mancini(07.10.2015)

  • 1. Daniel F. Mancini PROFFESSIONAL SUMMARY Mr. Mancini has over eighteen years of experience in Business Systems Analysis, Software Development, Business Management Consulting, and Project Management. His qualifications include industry specific knowledge in Financial Services, particularly Asset Management including expertise in the areas of Private Wealth, Institutional, Insurance, Index Funds, Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds. Experience in several functional areas including but not limited to Portfolio and Order Management, Trading, pre and post-trade Compliance, confirmation, settlement and Straight-Through Processing (STP), risk, operational processes and accounting across multiple instrument types. Daniel’s experience has provided opportunities to gain technical skills as a programmer, functional skills as a software designer and business process analyst and administrative skills as a team lead and project manager. Daniel has experience communicating with all levels of the organization from end users to C level management. He is well versed in all phases of the software development life cycle and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP® ). CONSULTING SUMMARY Project: Equity Order Management System Strategic Future State Architecture Assessment Duration: March 2015 – Present Description: The client, Capital Group, is analyzing the current state architecture that supports the entire global equity order management and compliance processes. The analysis includes a definition of all business capabilities, a mapping of systems to processes in the overall value chain and a recommendation of a path forward that includes a mix of buy/build/integrate best of breed solutions to support future state requirements. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Provide subject matter expertise on Equity order management, compliance, portfolio management, trading execution and allocation and integration with upstream and downstream processes.  Provide an outside-in perspective to highlight capabilities available in 3rd Party vendor packages in the OMS space.  Provide an outside-in perspective in regard to sample peers and how they designed and implemented architectures to support similar processes. Project: OMS Implementation Duration: March 2014 – March 2015 Description: As part of the Fixed Income Transformation Program, the client, Neuberger Berman, implemented Blackrock Aladdin across their Investment Grade, High Yield and Multi-Manager books of business. Aladdin replaced ThinkFolio and an internal, proprietary Portfolio and Order Management system. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:  Provided subject matter expertise, analysis, requirements gathering, documentation and system configuration of Aladdin (Green Package, Portfolio Construction, PRISM, AladdinView, Portfolio Monitor, Dashboard) related to the portfolio management function including:
  • 2. o Exposure evaluation and analysis. o Client Services and Reporting, including the full recreation of the existing front office daily report package for the High Yield and Bank Loan desks. o Order Generation and rebalancing. o Risk Analytics. o Pricing. o Gap analysis between current and future states.  Provided subject matter expertise, analysis, requirements gathering, documentation related to Operations functions including IBOR reconciliations and derivatives end to end processing.  Assisted in the creation of the post go-live Front Office support model for Aladdin. BAU Support process flows included new security set up, custom sectoring, order/trade related issues, risk analytic issues and Aladdin system configuration ownership and maintenance. Project: OMS Implementation Duration: February 2012 – March 2014 Description: The client, Vanguard, is planning, designing and implementing a Buy/Build/Integrate Best of Breed future state architecture for the entire Equity Investment Group’s end to end global investment platform. This includes a combination of third-party packages as well as custom development and integration of a proprietary portfolio management system. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Provide subject matter expertise, analysis, requirements gathering, documentation related to the portfolio management function including: o Exposure evaluation and analysis. o Investment Risk. o Order Generation. o Index Management. o Pricing. o Currency Hedging. o Futures Equitization.  Mr. Mancini also played a lead role in the completion of a thorough review of Blackrock’s Aladdin platform as an alternative delivery strategy. The review consisted of an exhaustive RFI, Proof of Concept, gap analysis, implementation plan including resource and project cost and final recommendation. Project: OMS Implementation Duration: November 2008 – January 2013 Description: The client, SwissRe Asset Management, is implementing Blackrock’s Aladdin order management and trading application across all front, middle and back office business units located in New York, London, Zurich and Bratislava. The main focus of the implementation is the client’s domestic and international fixed-income asset management book of business. The implementation involves installation and configuration of the Aladdin package as well as internally developed interfaces to the client’s HiPortfolio accounting system and a variety of other proprietary and third-party applications.
  • 3. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Perform all business analysis tasks and produce deliverables including business process reviews based on interviews with Portfolio Managers, trader and Operations personnel, application landscape diagrams, use case diagrams, functional workflows, future state design documentation, testing, training and user procedure documentation for the following functional areas: o Bond Trade Capture, including ECN notices of execution (TradeWeb, Bloomberg, VCON, BARX). o Mortgage Backed securities processing, including trade capture, pair-offs, pool allocation, rolls, Electronic Pool Notification. o Derivatives processing, including trade capture, ISDA agreements, legal confirmation processes, payments and Collateral management. Asset types included exchange traded and OTC derivatives (CDS, IRS, TRS, CDX). o Bond Processing, including OASYS and CTM matching and confirmation, SWIFT Trade Notification and reconciliation processes. o Cash and Holdings reconciliation processes comparing Aladdin to bank MT950 and MT535s. o Pricing, including pricing provider vendor selection and configuration of Aladdin pricing hierarchy as well as exception processing. o Outsourced Equity Asset Management, including trade, position and price file specifications, operational workflows, testing and production support. o Exotic OTC Derivatives processing (Decommissioning Murex and moving all assets onto the Aladdin platform), including external valuations, risk analytics and operational processes for all accounting and trade lifecycle events. Project: Equity Order Lifecycle Workflow Analysis Duration: October 2011 – December 2011 Description: The client, JP Morgan Investment Management, is analyzing their current state processes and architecture around the end to end Equity Order lifecycle. This includes Portfolio Manager Instructions to the Investment Assistants, communication with the Trading Desk, order creation, trading via EMS and Compliance. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Documenting Current state landscape including workflows, prioritized issue/enhancement requests and end to end processing around front office and trading communications.  Documenting Future state with gap analysis to address issues. Issue resolution will involve process improvements, custom development or system upgrades. Project: Non-Traditional Assets Workflow Analysis Duration: June 2011 – September 2011 Description: The client, Bessemer Trust, is analyzing their current state processes and architecture around the end to end lifecycle for non-traditional assets, including exchange traded derivatives, OTC derivatives, FX, coins and precious Metals.
  • 4. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Documenting Current state landscape including workflows, prioritized issue/enhancement requests, identification of potential risks and end to end processing around non-traditional assets.  Documenting Future state with gap analysis to address issues. Issue resolution will involve process improvements, custom development or system upgrades. Project: OMS Upgrade and User Satisfaction Improvement Duration: June 2010 – November 2010 Description: The client, BNY Mellon Private Wealth Management, is upgrading to Linedata’s LVTS version 6.7.4. In addition to the upgrade, the client is providing enhancements related to the usability of the application for all Private Wealth Portfolio Managers across the firm’s US offices. Enhancements include simplification of LVTS views for all processes as well as increased functionality for order entry and rebalancing. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Provide subject matter expertise on the LVTS application.  Perform end-user interviews with focus groups to gather all requirements.  Configure and implement views for the LVTS Appraisal, Manager Blotter, Order Preview, Security Cross Reference, Compliance Detail and Order Preview functions.  Conduct testing and training for end-users. Project: OMS Implementation Duration: July 2008 – December 2008 Description: The client, Angelo Gordon, is implementing Linedata’s LVTS version 6.6.5. The client is moving all equity trading processes onto the LVTS platform and integrating LVTS with their existing Beauchamp Fund Manager application. The client is also enhancing LVTS to accommodate post-trade allocation rules per trading strategy. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Provide subject matter expertise on the LVTS application.  Perform testing.  Participate in enhancement design.  Conduct training for end-users to leverage existing functionality. Project: OMS Implementation and Upgrade Duration: July 2007 – March 2009 Description: The project has two main phases. Phase I - The client, JP Morgan Investment Management, is migrating their trading functions from Linedata’s LVTS version to 6.3.7 to LVTS version 6.6.1a and 6.6.2. Phase II - The client is moving all compliance and portfolio management functions from proprietary or third-party systems onto the LVTS platform. The LVTS application has over 50 custom applications that it will interface with for various functions. In addition to the OMS Implementation and Upgrade, the client is also undertaking the following:  Interfacing OMS with EMS applications (FlexTrade and ITG-Triton).  Enhancing list trading capabilities.
  • 5.  Implementing real-time pricing feeds.  Extending rebalancing capabilities to accommodate 100/30/30 strategy as well as tax and risk aware optimizations.  Moving all Post-Trade Compliance Rules from Charles River Compliance Master to Linedata Compliance.  Extending use of the application for all institutional and Private Client portfolio managers. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities include:  Provide Subject Matter expertise on the LVTS and Linedata Compliance applications as well as the custom workflows to business users, the client’s internal QA and production support staff.  Design and conduct end user training for various workflows and end users.  Create requirements/specifications for custom development. (Development work is being completed by Client’s internal IT staff as well as third-party vendors).  Provide go-live support as different functions go into production.  Work with internal and vendor staff to resolve issues.  Perform several data maintenance tasks including creation of trading desks, workgroups, account groups and compliance rules. Project: OMS upgrade Duration: October 2007 – October 2008 Description: The client, Bank of America’s Columbia Management Group, is upgrading their third-party OMS (Linedata’s LVTS version 6.3.5 to LVTS version 6.6.1a.) The upgrade consists of two separate instances. In addition, due to a major acquisition, the client is migrating several users from a proprietary OMS application to LVTS. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:  Identifying pertinent workflows that would be impacted by the upgrade as well as identifying workflows that can be improved by extending the use of LVTS or by enhancing the core application.  Assist in testing phase for the Upgrade project.  Provide go-live and end user support for traders and portfolio managers in New York, Portland, OR and Boston.  Develop workflow for Convertible Bond processing to capture bid/offers from various broker dealers as well underlying security prices and delta between winning bid/offer and underlying price.  Transition PMs from existing OMS to LVTS.  Establish international broker commissions and fee schedules to enable the client to trade in 22 foreign markets. Project: OMS End User Training Duration: - 2 months (June 2007 – August 2007) Description: - The client, AllianceBernstein, was upgrading all users to a new version of a third-party Order Management System (Client was migrating from Linedata’s Longview 2000 application to LVTS version 6.5). The client had an aggressive time-line and needed to ensure all end users received proper training before using the new version of the application.
  • 6. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:  Conducted training sessions for approximately 240 users located in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong on new functionality pertinent to workflows for trading, portfolio management, trade support, compliance and data administration.  Created all training documentation including agendas, quick reference guides and documentation highlighting workflow changes.  Organized training schedule and delivered all classes (classroom and Microsoft Live Meeting.) Project: Evaluation of existing workflow to create and replicate orders Duration: - 2 months (June 2007 – August 2007) Description: The client, AllianceBernstein, was looking for opportunities to enhance their existing workflows to make the order generation and execution process more efficient. The client utilized Linedata’s LVTS application to generate and execute orders but also interfaced LVTS with Latent Zero’s Sentinel application for pre-trade compliance. Mr. Mancini’s responsibilities included:  Conducted several interviews with Portfolio managers, sleeve and sector managers and assistant portfolio managers.  Provided client with recommendations to extend the current use of their third-party OMS (LVTS) as well as their proprietary Portfolio, Tax and Risk optimization software to enhance order flow and decrease time for order creation and execution. PREVIOUS PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Prior to consulting, Mr. Mancini worked for Mellon Financial Corporation (now BNY Mellon) in the Private Wealth Management division. Mr. Mancini was primarily responsible for new development and production support for applications (internal and third party) utilized by Private Wealth Managers, traders, compliance and operations personnel. During his tenure, Mr. Mancini was the Product Manager for the Longview Trading System (LVTS) as well as the Lead Business Analyst/Subject Matter Expert on various OMS projects. LVTS was used by approximately 500 portfolio managers, traders and compliance personnel across Mellon’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) organization. The organization consisted of approximately 500 individuals managing approximately 42,000 accounts and over $100 Billion in Assets under management in 28 regional locations. Mr. Mancini was actively involved in all phases of the initial selection, implementation and on-going support of the LVTS application. Mr. Mancini led strategic initiatives associated to Portfolio Management, Trading and Compliance in regard to the company’s use of LVTS and other third party and proprietary tools. Major Projects included: OMS Vendor Selection - Mr. Mancini’s Roles, Responsibilities and tasks included:  Creation of initial RFI which was sent to twenty-three OMS Vendors. RFI included Mellon specific requirements as well requirement priority weighting for all functional and technical requirements for trading, portfolio management and compliance across multi-asset classes.  Compilation of RFI Scoring for all vendors who responded. The top 6 vendors were selected for
  • 7. on-site demos  Worked closely with each vendor to ensure on-site demos were in-line with specific requirements and Mellon specific workflows and data.  Assisted in creation of RFP in conjunction with Mellon’s internal sourcing department.  Participated in all aspects of final selection including contract negotiations, gap analysis to determine functions that would need to be customized and implementation plans and resource allocation for vendor staff. OMS Vendor Implementation - Mr. Mancini’s Roles, Responsibilities and tasks included:  Lead Business Analyst/Subject Matter Expert responsible for creating detailed business requirements, functional specifications and testing plans for all development (internal and third- party) of custom applications that worked with LVTS as well as PM and Trader configurations within the application to support Mellon specific workflows. This included development of a multiple security rebalancing wizard that became part of the Core LVTS application. The wizard was a joint effort between Mellon and Linedata to build out a Mellon specific tool that could also be utilized by other Linedata clients.  Provided on-site training for all designated users across Mellon’s PWM organization. Mr. Mancini was also involved in several smaller scale projects included Annual Mailings, Equity Trading specific projects (Liquidnet, Pipeline, OASYS, Centralized Rebalancing, FIX Broker set up, Commission Reporting), Enterprise Architecture Initiative, Client Reporting and the PC Upgrade Project. Prior to working at Mellon, Mr. Mancini worked for Federated Investors, Inc. Mr. Mancini was primarily responsible for new development and production support for applications (internal and third party) utilized by the US Equity trading desk. Mr. Mancini was instrumental in the creation of several interfaces with Federated’s proprietary OMS application including but not limited to electronic trading platforms, OASYS and SWIFT messaging. Mr. Mancini was also heavily involved with a re-write of Federated’s main client reporting application as well as a vendor selection project for a new OMS. Other Projects included:  Project Manager – Liquidnet Trading application. Coordinated efforts from multiple departments in Pittsburgh and New York. Communicated business requirements to development and server staff. Worked with third party vendor, network and desktop support and end users to ensure successful implementation. Developed scope, project budget and project plan.  Lead Business Analyst – OASYS TradeMatch. Primary customer relationship contact with Federated’s equity settlement and trading desk. Customized inbound and outbound messages for electronic communication with brokers. Coordinated all development efforts, testing, training and support.  Lead Business Analyst – S.W.I.F.T. 15022 Upgrade. Designed and customized electronic trade notification messages to custodians and record keepers according to S.W.I.F.T. standards. Coordinated all testing and implementation between Federated and Custodian banks receiving S.W.I.F.T. messages.
  • 8.  Lead Business Analyst – FINDERs Re-engineering. Developed use cases for initial re- engineering efforts of one of Federated’s largest internal applications. Organized and participated in vendor evaluations for reporting, business analytics and data warehousing software.  Lead Business Analyst – OMS Vendor Selection – Evaluation consisted of several third-party OMS applications as well as analysis to determine if Federated’s proprietary OMS should be discontinued. Prior to Mr. Mancini’s time at Federated, he worked at Deloitte Consulting as a Senior Consultant on several engagements (public and private sector). Mr. Mancini’s consulting experience at Deloitte consisted of the following roles: Senior Consultant - Track Lead - General Services, Administrative Services and Financial Transactions, District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles, Washington, D.C. Application Architect/Project Lead, ValuAmerica, Pittsburgh, PA Prior to Deloitte, Mr. Mancini worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) on several engagements. Mr. Mancini’s consulting experience at Andersen consisted of the following roles: Programming Supervisor/Design Lead, District of Columbia Tax Administration System for the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, Reston, VA Designer and Technical Architecture Batch and Reporting Lead, US Postal Service – Commitment Management Integrated Operations Management (CM-IOM), Operational Review Design Lead, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Albany, NY, Delivery Team Product Test Lead, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Albany, NY, Delivery Team Application Maintenance Lead, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Albany, NY Delivery Team Application Maintenance Developer, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Albany, NY EDUCATION University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Master's Degree, Urban and Regional Planning; specialization in Management and Policy, May 1997. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. School of Education, May, 1993. BA History with a minor in Economics, August, 1992.