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Darren Quinn

Senior Compliance Analyst
Belfast,

Summary

Results driven Senior Analyst experienced in Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, and Data Analytics at Tier 1 investment banks. Demonstrable history of surpassing ambitious project targets with demanding deadlines in global multi-vendor teams.


Highly analytical and process oriented. Exceptional data analysis skills through creating project trackers and dashboards, automating reports, and wrangling of large sets of data.


Strong risk mitigation mindset, specialising in creating lean and efficient processes. A great team player with effective leadership, communication, and problem solving skills.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Analyst

Investment Bank (Contract - Broadgate Partners)
04.2024 - 05.2024

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

Led regulatory submission process for 2 European entities, involving:

  • Data sourcing and ETL
  • Mapping complex cross-entity/pan-group requirements
  • Senior stakeholder management through establishing governance and ops models


Internal Service Provision Information & Risk Evaluation (InSPIRE)

  • Responsible for project scoping, requirements gathering, and UAT for Tableau dashboard requests used to show risk metrics across various business lines and functions

Assistant Vice President

Investment Bank (Contract - Harvey Nash)
01.2023 - 01.2024

Chief Administrative Office - UK Senior Managers Regime

  • Assisted with onboarding process and helped manage ongoing regulatory requirements for 40+ Senior Management Functions
  • Liaised daily with Senior Managers, Business Managers, Regulators, UK & Regional Committees
  • Streamlined reporting metrics and progress tracking through automation, process improvements, and quality checks
  • Produced management information for senior stakeholders across 6 UK legal entities
  • Assisted in project scoping, process mapping, and UAT for new multi-jurisdictional record keeping tool
  • SharePoint Admin for 2 Teams
  • Implemented new risk and controls procedures for record keeping, audit, and compliance testing
  • Collaborated across different business lines and functions to maintain governance frameworks for UK legal entities

Data Analyst

Government Org (Contract - Recruitment Co)
11.2022 - 12.2022

Digitalisation Team

  • Helped implement and measure effectiveness of new case tracking application
  • Testing of application's new functionality and preparation of user guides
  • Updating billing data on newly opened cases
  • Administrative support and query handling

Left Treliant to Pursue Opportunity at Citi

6 Month Non-Compete Clause in Vox FP Contract
08.2022 - 12.2022

Trade Data Analyst / Investment Banking Analyst

Vox FP (Acquired By Treliant August 2021)
02.2021 - 07.2022

Markets Transformation - Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR)

  • Liaised daily with clients, sales, legal, and custodian banks to find appropriate remediation methods for each client
  • Daily investigation of clients' accounts and trading documentation to determine if monitoring or repapering was required


Markets Transformation - Security Based Swap Dealer (SBSD)

  • Assisted in remediating more than 90% of clients' accounts ahead of regulatory deadline
  • Created and managed client tracker with 12,000+ accounts
  • First point of contact for Platinum and Priority clients
  • Mapped compliance paths for each entity and managed adherence process for multi-managed funds
  • Responsible for BAU transition and audit preparation
  • Responsible for cleansing and integrating client data from multiple locations to create central golden source
  • Created Project Overviews, How to Guides for various applications, and Blockchain Community
  • Mentored graduate academies and took shadowing sessions on SBSD, UMR, MS Excel, and MS Project

Financial Analyst

FinTrU
07.2019 - 07.2020

KYC Refresh

  • Minimum 3 full cases per day to meet daily tranche targets
  • Became familiar with different jurisdictions and classifying various entity types, risk rankings, and fund structures


US Resolution Stay Protocol - Qualified Financial Contracts

  • Assisted in remediating more than 95% of clients' accounts ahead of regulatory deadline
  • Developed strong stakeholder management skills through building relationships with senior management, sales & legal

Education

BSc (Hons): Accounting And Marketing

Ulster University Magee
Derry

Skills

  • Data Analysis & Reporting


  • MS Office (Advanced Excel)


  • Project Management


  • Stakeholder Management


  • Risk Mitigation & Quality Control


  • Written & Verbal Communication


  • Teamwork & Collaboration


  • Creative Problem Solving


  • Process Improvement

Qualifications

CISI:

  • Vulnerable Customers
  • Introduction to Securities and Investment (Level 3)


LIBF:

  • Diploma in Financial Studies Grade: B
  • Certificate in Financial Studies Grade: A


Currently studying for exams in:

  • CISI UK Financial Regulation
  • CFI Business Intelligence and Data Analyst (Tableau, Power BI, Power Query, SQL, Python)

Certificates

CISI:

  • Derivatives
  • Dodd Frank Act
  • Integrity Matters
  • Blockchains
  • Cryptocurrencies


CFI:

  • Introduction to Capital Markets
  • Introduction to Cryptocurrency
  • Forms of Business Structure
  • Economics of Capital Markets
  • Math Fundamentals for Capital Markets
  • Data Science Fundamentals


BTA:

  • Blockchain Basics


Udemy:

  • Microsoft Excel: Excel from Beginner to Advanced
  • Microsoft Project: The Full Course


Volunteering

HURT NI

  • Launched successful radio campaign promoting two of HURT NI's accredited courses


  • Facilitated partnership between Ulster University and HURT NI to provide students with work experience

Interests

  • Mentoring


  • Blockchain Technology


  • Investing

Publications

www.treliant.com/knowledge-center/the-rise-of-defi-a-new-type-of-digital-disruptor/

Accomplishments

    Ulster University EDGE Award

    Award of recognition for completing a range of extra-curricular activities alongside my degree, including:


  • Volunteering for an external organisation
  • Market analysis of skills shortages across different industries
  • Additional module on professional development
  • Research and presentation on commercial awareness

Timeline

Business Analyst

Investment Bank (Contract - Broadgate Partners)
04.2024 - 05.2024

Assistant Vice President

Investment Bank (Contract - Harvey Nash)
01.2023 - 01.2024

Data Analyst

Government Org (Contract - Recruitment Co)
11.2022 - 12.2022

Left Treliant to Pursue Opportunity at Citi

6 Month Non-Compete Clause in Vox FP Contract
08.2022 - 12.2022

Trade Data Analyst / Investment Banking Analyst

Vox FP (Acquired By Treliant August 2021)
02.2021 - 07.2022

Financial Analyst

FinTrU
07.2019 - 07.2020

BSc (Hons): Accounting And Marketing

Ulster University Magee
Darren QuinnSenior Compliance Analyst