Grace Duffey

Experience

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  Reyker

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Administrator

  Being a member of the client services team mainly dealing with retail clients. Primarily working with Access databases, managing them and ensuring that they were up to date required an eye for detail and being accurate in all my work. Assisting other members of the team to create an efficient system to provide a high quality service to our customers. Handling the variety of clients and receiving different tasks from each client meant I had to prioritise and manage my time effectively in order to meet deadlines. Show less

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  Royal Academy of Engineering

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

  Receptionist

  Being the first point of contact for visitors and staff alike and supplying badges to any visitors’ onsite. Operating the switchboard and helping to answer any queries ranging from the public to academics from international educational institutions. Conducting independent research to help update and improve the facilities of the building and receptionist area.

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  Deloitte Switzerland

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  Global Employer Services, Tax and Legal Trainee

  A yearlong industrial placement abroad working for Deloitte in the Swiss Tax and Client Services Administration teams. My primary role was to support the tax team in performing quality and risk checks via ‘Conflict Checks’ and ‘Take on Processes’ for new clients; and supporting the financial management of various engagements. Depending on the engagement this involved preparing the billing schedule, raising the invoices and chasing outstanding debtors, both interoffice and externally. I also provided Swiss tax services to expatriates, which included the preparation of Swiss tax returns and reviewing tax assessments. Show less

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  NatWest Group

  Sept 2019 - now

  Critically analysing large (usually listed) businesses in various degrees of distress within a syndicate of lenders in order to determine and pursue an appropriate strategy, with a focus on supporting the customer. Identifying and collecting intelligence on current and emerging money laundering and terrorist financing threats that the bank is exposed to. Assessing the credit risk of banks, insurers and universities to make informed lending decisions for the NatWest Holdings FI portfolio. Supporting the NWH CRO with her day-to-day activities, enabling the CRO to be prepared, engaged and compliant to safely deliver her regulatory accountabilities.

  • Assistant Director, Complex and International Restructuring

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Risk Graduate

    Sept 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Restructuring, Complex and International

    Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Financial Crime, Threat Mitigation Unit Intelligence Team

    Sept 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Wholesale Credit Risk, Financial Institutions

    Apr 2020 - Sept 2020

  • NatWest Holdings Chief Risk Officer's Office

    Sept 2019 - Apr 2020