Peter Soder

Experience

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  EY

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  Assurance Staff

  • Responsible for the planning and execution of audits of clients of the Financial Services Office• Managed execution of substantive testing methodology and audit procedures on fourteen funds across multiple engagements

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  Bank of America Merchant Services

  Jul 2014 - Feb 2015

  Finance Manager

  • Projected financial results and drafted pro forma financial statements for the company’s international business license application as part of our expansion into European markets• Created comparative market analyses of US and European payment environments to facilitate selection of priority markets • Worked closely with CFO on special projects focusing on business valuation, market analysis, and strategic acquisitions

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  First Data Corporation

  Feb 2015 - Jul 2017

  Director Business Analysis

  • Designed reporting for executive leadership focused on the performance of the company’s small-midsize business (SMB) and independent sales organization (ISO) channels• Aligned monthly executive management reporting with ISO channel’s strategic initiatives to allow visibility into and monitoring of key goals such as service model stabilization, sales support alignment, and client segmentation• Managed delivery of monthly reporting package for SMB leadership’s review with the company’s CEO• Regularly completed special projects such as analyzing industry fraud and chargeback trends, creating reporting frameworks for customer retention initiatives, forecasting financial opportunities of industry trends and changes, and updating coverage models for various sales teams to align with new sales strategies Show less

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  SunTrust

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2019

  Business Transformation Analyst

  • Created business cases for multiple Robotic Process Automation (RPA) opportunities within PWM Operations • Drove the response to audit findings around RPA reporting and developed an executive reporting dashboard to provide the consistent visibility needed to close the finding• Partnered with the GenSpring Fee team during a transition to a new accounting system by authoring process maps of their future state process to allow alignment of operations and technology roadmaps

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  Truist

  Jan 2019 - now

  • Developed a CIAM Capability Modernization strategy to address legacy authentication and identity proofing challenges and enable the first implementation of a dedicated client authentication risk engine at Truist• Led a team responsible for identifying Identity and Access technologies that aligned with the CIAM strategic roadmap, performing proof of concept and proof of technology exercises, and developing integration plans for selected vendors• Developed comprehensive key performance and key risk indicators to enable visibility to long-term maturation efforts• Partnered with GRC team to draft and manage CIAM program findings that supported the strategic direction of the program and helped secure funding needed to enable capability modernization efforts Show less • Coordinated and led an enterprise-wide effort to respond to ACH fraud trends in Q1 2019 including weekly read-outs to Executive Committee members, collaboration with other financial institutions, assessing Truist’s security posture relative to the industry, and driving a reversal of upward trend and reduction in fraud case volume by 82%• Led the response efforts for the Federal Reserve's 2019 Coordinated Review of Endpoint Security and acted as primary point of contact for the Regulatory Relations team on behalf of Corporate Cyber Security• Designed the cyber posture management strategy used to secure the Truist merger of 2020 by ensuring 19 key cyber controls were assessed and implemented where needed across all application portfolios.• Supported critical Identity and Access Management regulatory project by redesigning executive dashboards and reporting, leading process enhancement efforts, and enabling execution of a new remediation plan for the project Show less

  • Strategy and Innovation Leader, Client IAM

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Information Security Officer and Cyber Business Manager

    Jan 2019 - Oct 2021