Kevin Graves

About Kevin Graves

Innovative and outcomes-oriented Technology Leader & Special Projects Manager with extensive progressive and dexterous experience driving special initiatives and overseeing diverse projects in the financial services industry. Thrives when developing and leading strategies, unpacking key priorities, and offering thought leadership across workstreams and cross-functional teams. Identifies and creates efficiencies in operations while ensuring teams have the resources, knowledge, and competencies needed to achieve success. Partners with key internal and external stakeholders and showcases deep project management and coordination capabilities. Encourages collaboration and scopes new ideas to eliminate knowledge gaps and operational silos, exceeding goals and realizing the vision. • Empowering Leadership – Accomplished in leading, motivating, and supporting diverse teams and promoting inclusion. Showcases skill in removing roadblocks and impediments to success while displaying emotional intelligence and placing an emphasis on talent development and culture building. • Operational Excellence – Possesses deep cross-functional business expertise spearheading varied operations and technology projects, change management initiatives, and extensive portfolio management. Recognized as a multi-faceted professional who is capable of adapting, pivoting, and rising to the challenge.• Technical Liaison – Adept at technical project planning and execution coupled with the capacity of influencing and building relationships with onshore and offshore teams operating within varied disciplines. Proficient at translating and conveying extraordinarily complex information to mixed audiences.

Experience

1. Head of Collareral and Legal Operations

   Fifth Third Bank

   Nov 2025 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

Education

• University of Cincinnati

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Operations Management

  2000 — 2005

Skills

• Customer Service
• Change Management
• Credit
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Team Building
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Project Management
• Portfolio Management
• Software Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Operations Management
• Strategic Planning
• Ach
• Lockbox
• Business Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Vendor Management