Christian Daniel Soria, MBA IT, CSSBB

Experience

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  Banco Sudamericano

  Mar 2005 - Oct 2006

  Financial Information System Assistant

  • Automate budget reports for various financial divisions using excel Macros and Pivot tables with database connectivity as SQL2000/2005, AS400 and Microsoft Access.• Evaluated and disseminated financial results for different products and business lines of the bank suggesting changes and adjusting over the budget.• Created processes to ensure data integrity, Quality Assurance verification and ease of access using ETL’s (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) and DTS (Data Transformation System). Show less

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  Scotiabank

  Mar 2007 - Aug 2010

  • Leading projects associated to data warehousing models such as (Data Mart, Data Mining) in conjunction with Business Intelligence architectures.• In charge to lead the credit card data business by identifying and executing technology solutions to drive efficiencies for commercial campaigns (interactions with sale and product areas to define strategies)• Conduct and ensure timely availability of key commercial indicators to our internal processes and headquarters in ScotiaBank Toronto. • Brand coordinator (VISA NET & MASTERCARD) for the standardization of business models and distribution of information in the Credit Card Department.• Overseeing and driving management campaigns; database marketing development and production processes based programs.• Create dashboards and management tools that enable and simplify access to data using SQL Server and Excel; Creating and reviewing customer segmentation, selection criteria, cell structure and test strategies.

  • Information Systems Project Manager

    Sept 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Credit Card Senior Analyst

    Mar 2007 - Sept 2008
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  PayLeap

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2010

  Developer Team

  • In- charged to design an environment oriented to service as a senior developer software working with SQL express 2005 and coding using C# in Visual Studio .Net 2010 • Ensured security to all the pages by creating encrypted procedures to connect with the module.(Assessment 1 month)

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  Citi

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2018

  - Designed and developed, US Regulatory Reporting transformation initiatives, this includes simplifying processes, optimizing platforms, and identifying opportunities to improve data quality. i.e., operationalized a Data Quality Report Production process.- Partnered with Finance, Corporate Regulatory, Citi Controller, Data Services and Global Function Technology to ensure that appropriate end to end design and development initiatives are aligned with US Regulatory Reporting Initiatives (USRRI).- Leadership and representation of GPO in working group sessions, strategy planning and several business processes reviews to identify and facilitate remediation, action plan and commitments to USRRI program objectives. - Developed and led strategic knowledge sharing and training materials across global finance teams to understand enhanced regulatory report controls i.e., Edit Checks, Independent Rules Validation, Adjustments, RegInsight capabilities. Show less • Lead end-to-end strategic, cross functional process redesign workshops with business teams. Identify Stakeholder needs, conduct currect state assessments, create detailed process maps, and develop future state designs. Identify opportunities to improve processes and eliminate waste• Manage project timelines, expectations, risks, and execution. Ensure effective project closure including the validation of succesfully meeting/exceeding project objectives. Conduct post project assessment.• Lead the Tampa FRO Bright Ideas program identifing opportunities to expand across the CSS organization. Assist in coaching and training Bright Ideas team from a quality standpoint. Design strategies and operating model to move the program to the next level supporting the continuous improvement culture and reengineering initiatives at the grass roots level. • Drive the definition and implementation of consolidated, streamlined and standardized global operational processes and sharing best practices. Show less • North America Issue Management Coordinator challenging Finance Risk & Operations (FRO) teams to reduce issues in the month end process, coordinating the usage and enhancements through the Issue Management Tool.• Drive, train and support local and global staff on Bright Ideas program, building reports and metrics to support Senior management requirements Project Management. • Collaborate with business teams to review processes and identify and implement opportunities for improvement, applying Lean concepts and tools. Promote the continous improvement culture and Reengineering at the grass roots level.• Apply Lean Thinking concepts and principles and propose/analyze alternative solutions to streamline processes and enhance controls. Show less • Ensure that all systems enhancement requests thoroughly reviewed with the internal customers to understand the scope and feasibility before coordination with Technology. • Establish comprehensive test plans, coordinate meetings, sign-off for approval and collaborate with subject matter experts, technology, business before migrating needs into production environment.• Diagnose and troubleshoot functional issues through Oracle SQL queries as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in PeopleSoft (Citi Reporting Core, North America General Ledger and Allocation process system) Show less • In-charge to design and implement allocations in PeopleSoft, working with balance sheets and P&L accounts to relocate expenses or incomes across business unit level. Ensure business requirements are fully defined through discovery phase and ongoing project testing and production stages. • Provide reports through Business Object. As a liaison between the business and technology throughout North America, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil. • Identify and evaluate issues within the ledger system and propose process improvements analyzing risk and impact for changes. Show less

  • VP - Finance - R2R Regulatory Reporting Global Process Owner

    Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  • VP - Global Treasury Re-Engineering

    Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  • VP - Lean Process Improvement - Re-Engineering

    Jun 2014 - Feb 2016

  • AVP - Process Improvement Coordinator - Re-Engineering

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  • AVP - Financial Accounting - System Operations Support

    Feb 2012 - May 2013

  • AVP - Finance - Platform Implementation

    Jan 2011 - Feb 2012
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  Citi

  Jan 2019 - now

  - In charge for managing a global team; Implementation & Business Process, QA Consent Order & Resource Management, QA Strategy & Plan/ Cross Report and Metrics, QA Governance & Regulatory Commitments and Centralized QA Data Acquisition, Sampling & Profiling teams (all located across Tampa, Manila and Costa Rica).- Responsible for directing and leading multiple initiatives through senior managers in different locations such as New York, Tampa, Costa Rica, Manila and Mumbai. - Accountable for Annual Planning for transaction, conformance & controls testing, Program Management, Training, Operations, Metrics, Governance, Risk & Controls as well as Report Production Controls testing execution for prioritized regulatory reports and Cross Report Testing.- Oversee the Global QA Technology & Automation Strategy book of work across Quality Assurance Testing Functions. i.e. Technology 2024 funding, enhancing workflow tool, and initiatives around Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. - Partner with Senior Global Function Quality Assurance Regulatory, Liquidity and Risk Management Test Execution Leads, 2nd & 3rd Lines of Defense and stakeholders in Finance, Risk, Federated Chief Data Offices, Enterprise Chief Data Office, Finance Transformation Office and Finance Risk and Control to deliver trainings plans and drive operations, metrics, robust control framework in the execution of the Quality Assurance Multi-Year Testing Plan. Show less - Oversee the Global QA Technology & Automation Strategy book of work across transaction, conformance, and report production controls testing. ~$8.4MM Technology 2023 funding i.e., self service capabilities, workflow, and optical reader and machine learning. - Responsible to drive business process reviews to identify and reduce cycle time, cost to deliver testing services, automating manual processes and increase capacity across testing functions and reporting teams (Costa Rica, Manila, Tampa, New York, and Mumbai)- Lead the QA Program Management of Consent Order partnering with Transformation Program Office, QA, Technology and Federated Chief Data Office. 11 regulatory business critical milestones.- QA Site Lead - Foster local employee engagement, conducting initiatives in partnership with other business units, mitigate risk by enforcing local policy and global compliance, liaison between local site management and Global Finance. Resource oversee ~25. Show less - Overseen the Global QTS Technology Implementation book of work. i.e., implemented 3rd generation of QTS workflow tool, profiling through Paxata, Power BI as reporting tools and issue management through ServiceNow. Resource overseen 3 (Costa Rica and Manila)- Built and managed the Global Operations and Reporting & Metrics team to support QTS testing cycles in accordance with established timelines and effective controls. Resource oversee ~11 across Costa Rica, Manila, and Tampa - Led the execution of the target operating model for the QTS program under Enterprise Chief Data Office (ECDO), this includes, data quality transformation initiatives, tool capabilities, governance framework and continues monitoring issues.- Enterprise Chief Data Office Site Lead - Foster local employee engagement, conducting initiatives in partnership with CSC Network, mitigate risk by enforcing local policy and global compliance, liaison between local site and ECDO. Resource overseen ~100 (Data Services, Data Transformation, Data Tracing, Data Management Operations, Strategic Program, Data Quality Issue Management Resolution) Employee Survey 94% Show less - Built a Data Tracing team in Costa Rica to support expanded program to cover critical data elements consumed by 62 key regulatory and management reports under BCBS 239. Former team 8 resources specialized on Deposits, Debts and Cash & Due.- Established a robust interaction model between Global Function Technology, Data Services and FRSS to accelerate the designing and implementation of a tactical tooling solution to support running cycles. i.e., implemented a workflow solution through SharePoint 4- Responsible for the development of the strategy of talent development, regulatory reporting product expertise, process-based location, and technology enablement across Data Tracing program.- As the site lead - Launched a Data SME program to build the next generation of local leaders with expertise on data quality. 8 graduated students joined Citi. Resource overseen by end of 2019 ~18 Employee Survey 92% Show less

  • Director - Finance Quality Assurance Testing, and Validation - Report & Owner Engagement Lead

    May 2024 - now

  • SVP - Finance Quality Assurance (QA) Head of Strategy and Shared Services

    Sept 2023 - Apr 2024

  • SVP - Finance Quality Assurance (QA) Program Transformation & Technology Enablement Head

    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  • SVP - Finance Quality Assurance (QA) Program Transformation & Technology Enablement Head

    Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

  • SVP - Chief Data Office - Global Data Tracing (QTS) Productivity & Technology

    Feb 2020 - Oct 2022

  • SVP - Chief Data Office - Data Tracing Deposit, Cash & Due, SFT/ Operations/ Analytics

    Jan 2019 - Feb 2020