Bruce Irelan

Experience

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  Freedom Mortgage

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  Business Analyst

  • Enhanced knowledge in risk assessment by attending scheduled weekly meetings and helping departments, stakeholders, and customers. • Problem Solving, Critical thinking, Collaboration, Adaptability and Composure under pressure.• Prepared a detailed credit analysis and summary using underwriting guidelines, and risk assessment frameworks, and followed applicable regulatory compliance.

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  Cross Country Mortgage

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2018

  Business Analyst

  • Quantified risk drivers in transaction structure, prepared monthly credit memoranda and reduced counterparty exposure. • Exceptional communication and people skills with Operations, Finance, Recruiting, and HR stakeholders in a high-pressure environment. • responsible for partnering with multiple stakeholders to forecast the business needs.• Monitored and adhered to collateral compliance covenants daily.• Problem Solving, Critical thinking, Collaboration, Adaptability and Composure under pressure.• Performed daily fundamental credit analysis and monitored risk to control housing loan and derivatives exposure. Show less

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  Homestar Financial Corporation

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

  Business Analyst

  • Gathered information and analyzed loan applicants’ financial data to evaluate risk.• Adaptability, Mindfulness, Problem solving, critical thinking and composure under pressure.• Made informed decisions backed by sound analytical and data assessment.• Assessed qualifications and property eligibility based on program requirements, displaying a comprehensive understanding of program-specific guidelines.• design and delivery of solutions (e.g., data sourcing, dashboards, proprietary models, visualization schemes, etc.) to meet our organization’s needs.• Use tools such as Excel, Mac/Windows OS, and Project Management.• Utilized fraud detection techniques to find anomalies with characteristics of fraudulent activities, reducing likelihood of a threat occurring. Show less

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  PRMG

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2023

  Senior Business Analyst

  • Enhanced knowledge in risk assessment by attending daily scheduled meetings and helping departments, stakeholders, and customers.• Exceptional communication and people skills with Operations, Finance, Recruiting, and HR stakeholders in a high-pressure environment. • Translate business questions into analytical tasks, collaborate with internal subject matter experts (SMEs), build analytics solutions, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders related to feature adoption, product performance, customer satisfaction and other key metrics.• Tools include OKTA, Power BI, Office 365, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams.• Problem Solving, Critical thinking, Collaboration, Adaptability and Composure under pressure.• Collected, reviewed, and examined financial data to assess reliability of typically one hundred plus clients monthly.• Developed monthly project scopes, schedules, estimates, and risk assessments, working closely with internal departments, stakeholders, and customers. Show less

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  TEKsystems

  Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

  Network Security Analyst

  • Monitor network connectivity, network security and Wi-Fi networks daily.• Monitor network protocols and concepts (SMTP, FTP, SMB, Ports, TCP/IP).• Monitor and update ongoing projects using agile method with Jira Kanban.• Create, monitor, and update IT support tickets through Jira ticketing system.• Use tools such as Excel, Jira, Tableau, Python, SQL, Splunk, Azure, SIEM, Mac/Windows OS and Project Management.• Firewalls, network devices, servers, workstations, Web proxies, Anti-malware systems• Develop and keep technical documentation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). • Cameras, Data Entry, Desktop Computers, Internet Access Voice over IP. Show less

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  Wells Fargo

  Apr 2024 - now

  Senior AVP Information Security Analyst

  • Find DLP risks to the organization and ensure that proper data security procedures are implemented.• Maintain an awareness of bank security policies and government regulations about information security.• Analyze event/alert patterns to properly interpret and prioritize threats with available DLP tools and other devices.• Find trends and derive requirements aimed at improving and enhancing existing data loss prevention and detection policies.• Use tools such as Excel, Jira, Tableau, Python, SQL, Splunk, Azure, SIEM, Office 365, and Project Management.• Provide support to projects that enhance reporting, workflow, change or problem management.• Investigate and recommend proper corrective actions for data security incidents. • Influence stakeholders to prioritize and execute risk management initiatives and drive remediation of process and technology gaps.• Present/Document key findings, progress, and hurdles to leadership on regular basis.• Exceptional communication and people skills with Operations, Finance, Recruiting, and HR stakeholders in a high-pressure environment. Show less