Ben McMillan

Seasoned Business Analyst and Project Manager with expertise in regulatory reporting and process improvement methodologies such as TQM, Lean, and Agile. PRINCE2 certified, with a solid foundation in stock lending and collateral management from back and middle office operations. Demonstrates strong leadership in managing diverse teams and delivering effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Mizuho Financial Group, Operations Project Management AVP, 2016-12-01, 2026-06-30, Management of and deployment of all 'Small Fixes' >£100k, Introduction of AI and Robotics centric efficiencies, MiFID 2 TR and submission processing 2018, Development of reporting capabilities using KAISEN reporting 3rd party, Data integrity SME for customer related data management projects
• UBS Regulatory Change, Operational Change UKDCDOT, 2014-11-01, 2016-06-30, Creation of scoping document for IB Reporting with legal and Group Tax approval., Liaison with multiple/matrix sub ledger system owners and users to understand and identify location of valid reportable data., Development of a TOM, BRD and liaison with IT to create a functional matrix to support current and future reporting requirements., Training of service line / operations (Globally) in the reporting process and controls.
• UBS Regulatory Change, SBL MO BA FATCA Withholding, 2013-11-01, 2014-11-30, Planning and execution of 'dress rehearsals' to enable impact analysis and locate risk and process flaws. (Ring Fencing Project), Developed strategy to facilitate segregation of bank entities as per regulatory requirements for SBL business. (Ring Fencing Project), Complete front to back mapping of current state counterparty static to present complexity and dependencies. (Ring Fencing Project), Educating desk on revised booking coding to ensure adherence to correct entity flow. (Ring Fencing Project), Introduced method to service complex internal booking flows with minimal impact to font office and legacy account structures. (FATCA Withholding), Implementation /release of FATCA regulation compliant solutions to SBL business model. (FATCA Withholding)
• Bank Of America, Asset Optimisation Group: AVP / Manager Collateral Management, 2011-07-01, 2012-06-30, Manager of three Collateral Management Analysts., Optimisation of Assets to cover Tri-Party and Bilateral exposure requirements., Managing relationships with Tri-Party providers through bi-weekly service reviews, Repo Desk to facilitate daily nuances to trading.
• JPMorgan Securities, Collateral Management: On-Boarding Manager, 2010-07-01, 2011-02-28, Managing the On-boarding process for JPMorgan’s non-cash collateral clients’ for both Stock Loan Escrow & Tri-Party Repo program., Ensuring relationship maintained with all internal & external clients throughout the On-boarding lifecycle; Sales Heads, Relationship Managers, Legal, Risk & Operations.
• Deutsche Bank, AVP Manager Stock Lending & Collateral Operations, 2007-03-01, 2009-12-31, Management of a matrix team set up across three locations; Birmingham, London and Mumbai. Total FTE 25. My role included appraisals, target setting, personal development and technical skill gap assessment., LEAN project manager for Middle Office – Creation of a TOM to support future state London 'foot-print' budget targets., Chaired workshops to support change management strategies and planning to attain TOM in required timescales.
• Contractor Positions Held At, Deutsche Bank, Supervisor Stock Loan TSUP / Settlements, 2007-03-01, 2007-08-31, Merrill Lynch, Stock Loan Trade Support, 2006-09-01, 2007-03-31, Deutsche Bank, Supervisor Stock Loan Settlements, 2005-10-01, 2006-07-31, JPMorgan, Treasury Analyst Futures & Options, 2004-10-01, 2005-10-31, Deutsche Bank, Stock Loan Settlements, 2004-05-01, 2004-10-31, JPMorgan, International Settlements, 2003-10-01, 2004-04-30, International Investments, General Manager (Family Business), 2002-07-01, 2003-10-31
• American Express Europe Ltd., European Compensation & Incentive Manager, 1990-06-01, 2002-07-31, Liaison with Regional and Global leadership teams to create, manage, and execute annual incentive payments and approvals., Fraud Relationship Manager – American Express Risk Division, Analysis of fraud reporting, working with the Police and customer fraud teams to reduce exposure and promote awareness of trends., Continuous Process Improvement Project Leader – American Express Consumer Financial Services Group, Analysis of end to end process flows to identify improvement opportunities and synergies to enable to merges to reduce operational overheads., Credit Supervisor - American Express Consumer Financial Services Group
• Dawalli International Import Exports (Nigeria), Credit Controller, 1987-07-01, 1990-06-30