John Little

Experience

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  KPMG

  Sept 1994 - Aug 1998

  Supervising Senior Accountant

  As a supervising senior in the Financial Services Group, I was responsible for all aspects of audit engagements, including planning, budgeting, staffing, and leading engagement teams. Responsibilities included reviewing client financial statements and evaluating internal controls for compliance with accounting, regulatory, and industry standards. I worked on clients in various industries including banks, investment banks, leasing companies, insurance companies, mutual funds, hedge funds and private investment funds. Show less

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  Goldman Sachs

  Aug 1998 - Jan 2009

  Finance

  I worked primarily in the FICC Finance Division as a controller supporting various Fixed Income businesses in Rates, Credit, Mortgage and ABS space. I led controllers’ effort to integrate Goldman Sachs Bank USA ($25 billion state chartered bank) into firm’s overall infrastructure. The bank was a strategic part of the firm’s private banking and funding initiatives. This role included reviewing new business ideas with bank management and performing due diligence from controllers’ perspective to assess feasibility. I performed accounting/reporting gap analysis, reviewed system integration plans, coordinated with regulatory controllers to identify call reporting requirements, etc. I managed a team that monitored the bank's $12 billion investment portfolio which consisted of agency and non-agency RMBS (including subprime, Alt A, and option ARM products) and private lending books, totaling $4 billion in loans and commitments, to private wealth management clients.Previously I managed finance teams responsible for mortgage liquid products (agency MBS pass-throughs, CMM swaps, and mortgage options), CMO/prime residential, CMBS/ABS, and the structured CDO/CLO securitization desks. I supervised product control functions, which included management reporting (balance sheet and revenue); transaction and securitization accounting policy review and issue resolution; new products review; price verification procedures; preparation of financial statement disclosures; establishing internal controls; providing financial information and guidance to business and finance senior management, various internal departments and external auditors; and maintaining a strong relationship with the trading desk. I coordinated various infrastructure enhancement projects involving pricing, risk and operational workflows and supervised the establishment of reporting, modeling, valuation, reserve, and control policies and procedures for the synthetic CDO and mortgage backed CDS businesses. Show less

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  Federal Reserve Bank of New York

  Jan 2009 - now

  Officer

  I am a manager in the Supervision Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York responsible for the supervision of large financial institutions. I am responsible for reviewing the management, strategies, risk, and financial performance of large supervised institutions, including analysis of various business lines within sales and trading, investment banking, transaction banking, asset management, and wholesale and retail lending. I am also responsible for the review of the capital plans and the management of the Federal Reserve's Cumulative Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) exam work for specific institutions.My previous role was in the Markets Group as the Controller of the Federal Reserve liquidity facilities created during the financial crisis. These facilities included TALF, the Maiden Lane Facilities, and CPFF. The facilities held and traded the gamut of mortgage and asset-backed products ranging from commercial and residential mortgage loans to asset-backed CDS. My team consisted of eight professionals. Show less