Aura Yanavi

About Aura Yanavi

Senior IT Program Manager with over fifteen years’ experience in implementation of strategic global programs within Financial Services industry using iterative and Agile methodologies- Solid IT and business knowledge of Sell and Buy sides (Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office), especially Credit and Market Risk Management, SPVs, Prime Brokerage, Fixed Income, FX, Equities, Credit, Structured and OTC Derivative products. Strong technical background with proven delivery record in migration to Cloud Infrastructure, Trade Capture, Risk Management, Payments and P&L systems, Business Intelligence and Regulatory (CAT, EBS, MIFID, Volcker, Dodd Frank, OFAC, Sox, GDPR), Operational risk programs/projects- Three patents filed with USPTO in Software Quality Assurance, E-trading, and Operational Risk management areas; Speaker at the International Conference on Applications of Software Measurement (ASM) in San Jose, CA, “Predicting Software Errors and Defects”Specialties: Program/Project Management; Business Analysis, Use Case Analysis; QA

Experience

1. VP

   Deutsche Bank

   Mar 2010 — Present · New York, NY, US

   IT Program/Project Manager for Regulatory and Cross Product Technology- Program Managing Regulatory, Equity IT technical leads to deliver Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) reporting to FINRA CAT. Working with Compliance, Legal, Regulatory Ops leaders to make sure regulatory obligations for order lifecycle and customer account information reporting are met. Working with several Vendors to remediate their systems’ issues impacting reported data quality- Program Managing Electronic Blue Sheets regulatory reporting by moving infrastructure to Cloud and delivering series of preventive and detective controls to ensure data’s quality- Acting as a technical lead for the Operational Resilience Program driven by PRA/FCA regulation for the Bank’s London Branch. Identifying third party dependencies and assessing operational risks, helping to drive scenario testing design and communication of results- Creating and managing plans for these programs; Driving deadlines and approvals on tight schedules; Communicating status, risks, and blockers with stakeholders. Collaborating with a variety of teams, including Compliance, Legal, Front office, Operations. Chairing Operating and Steering Committees to ensure adherence to the supervisory procedures- Led design and implementation of the comprehensive Clock Synchronization monitoring and reporting solution for CAT program in order to meet regulatory requirements - Managed off shore vendor developers, BAs and QAs to deliver strategic and regulatory programs for the Global Markets Structuring Business and Valuation Services Group. Implemented new revenue recognition methodology, consolidated revenue reporting and change tracking via the BI solution using Qlikview- Moved Structuring business IT platforms to private Cloud based infrastructure resulting in over 1mil USD in annual savings- Managed BAs in delivery of the strategic Client Statements program in order to increase timeliness and quality of the bank’s client statements

Education

• Baruch College

  MBA, major - Computer Information Systems

  1996 — 1998

• Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University

  MS, Economic Cybernetics

  1984 — 1989

Skills

• Trading
• Investment Banking
• Fixed Income
• Trading Systems
• Derivatives
• Middle Office
• Relationship Management
• Fx
• Back Office
• Investments
• Project Portfolio Management
• Program Management
• Capital Markets
• Structured Products
• Financial Risk
• Equity Derivatives
• Structured Finance
• Financial Services
• Quality Assurance
• Fx Options
• Project Management
• Management
• Equities
• Risk Management
• Securities
• Business Analysis