Deborah Brady

Experience

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  Bank of America Merrill Lynch

  Sept 1986 - Nov 2004

  Settlements, Treasury & Business Analyst

  • Supervision of small treasury support team providing daily position keeping reconciliations to minimize any potential revenue losses or trader mistakes.• Provided business analysis for Debt, Equity and Equity Derivative migration onto new GLOSS platform ensuring back to front process worked correctly especially in regards to the reconciliation process.• Re-design and delivery of open trade reconciliation onto new RECON+ accounting platform reducing accounting errors and potential related cost impact• Automation of New York Stock Exchange regulatory reporting allowing a faster review of reports and recognition of regulatory issues that may result in fines or investigation from the US regulatory body.• Seamless delivery of Y2K and euro conversion projects ensuring business as usual was not impacted Show less

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  Société Générale

  Oct 2005 - Jun 2016

  Release, Problem, Configuration & BA Responsibilities

  • Accountable for providing deployments on a developing wealth management platform increasing company revenue and stabilizing user familiarity as to how the application worked• Designed, developed and delivered a new pro-active problem management process reducing the number of errors on the existing platform from 1000+ to single figures in a 12 month period providing a more robust and stable environment for development and profit gathering• Established a configuration catalogue in conjunction with a new, bespoke delivery method to be used on the existing platform allowing accurate, quick implementation of configuration thus minimizing errors and revenue losses during and following deployments.• Created and rolled out new user profiles on the in-house Figaro wealth management platform for operations, support and business users in line with audit requirements ensuring user compliance in line with company and industry regulations. • Utilization of BA skills supporting service desk and small development projects Show less

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  Hotelbeds

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2020

  Service Delivery Release Manager

  • Responsible for delivering cost-efficient, low impact releases and changes onto a large web/API travel industry platform• Facilitator in major company project merging three separate travel platforms together without impacting business as usual activities or client facing experience.• Designed a prototype, proactive problem management process to replace the existing major incident process with the aim of reducing revenue expense lost during outages• Nominated twice for employee of the quarter award within a twelve month period (winning once) Show less

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  Close Brothers

  May 2020 - Jun 2024

  Enterprise Release Manager

  • Led the assessment, analysis, planning and design of releases onto a loan application platform for both commercial and personal business lines focusing on the evaluation and appraisal of risk. Included on premise and AWS/IBM cloud deployments and vendor driven changes.• Management and implementation of the change control process including frequent reviews to assess the effectiveness of change execution.• Engagement with delivery teams to ensure correct products are produced in a timely fashion. Evaluation of the quality of project outputs against agreed service acceptance criteria.• Liaison with business and technology teams on release scheduling and communication of progress. Conducting of post-release reviews.• Monitoring to ensure that release processes and procedures are applied and that releases can be clearly and accurately assessed and rolled back as needed.• Identification and evaluation around the adoption of appropriate release and deployment techniques, processes, and automation tools.• Recognition and implementation of the communications and relationship needs of key stakeholder groups. Translation of communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific activities and deliverables.• Facilitation of open communication and discussion between stakeholders.• Acted as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining, and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans. • Facilitation of business decision-making processes. Capturing and disseminates technical and business information.• Collaboration with those responsible for ongoing systems and software life cycle management to select, adopt and adapt working practices.• Coaching, mentoring, and development of staff, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities Show less