Michael Casey
London
Summary
Results-oriented Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst specializing in Front to Back change management; strategic planning and problem-solving. Proven ability to lead project teams and communicate effectively, ensuring accurate analysis and deliverables successfully completed throughout lifecycle. Keen interest in delivering front to back business and technical changes, with hands on analysis and project management ensuring tangible business benefits are realised.
Overview
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Certification
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43
years of professional experience
Work history
FRTB Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst
Citibank London
2024.11 - 2026.07
- Project management / Senior business analysis responsibility for enhancing front to back flows to include FRTB SA FXDL across business/ platforms for Markets Front office, Finance and Risk.
- Led analysis and SME review of FDXL requirements across banking book products (Markets and non Markets) involving extensive use of SQL to query Olynpus golden data source for FX risk sensi.
- Responsible for Markets wide analysis and definition of FX Risk generation at book level for Trading and Banking Book, including design decisions
Project Manager/ Senior Business Analyst
SMBC London
2024.01 - 2024.11
- Full responsibility (PM/Senior BA) for tactical implementation of Repo MTM+PE Credit exposure risk management risk management, achieved in the three months prior to go live
- Developed tactocal tool valuation tool (Repo MTM +PE) in Excel VBA, with full integration into BAU processes to enable go live for universal bank project. Managed Front Office and Risk testing and user acceptance and governance approval including Risk model approval.
- Also provided SME input and acted as PM to Liquidity management team for inputs to ILAAP and migration of Liquidity reporting required under Universal bank merger.
Project Manager/Business Analyst: Repo/Sec Lending
SMBC London
2022.08 - 2023.12
- Project management responsibility (Business/IT) for implementing LCH Repoclear capability for Capital Markets London, including initiating engagement with LCH (Limited and SA), CME/Brokertec, Euroclear, and domestic clearers, as well as paying agents
- IT (Agile) implementation of Front to Back changes required to support LCH clearing across Risk, Operations and Finance for securities clearing and margin management.
- LCH onboarding, market access for electronic trading as well as external securities and cash account opening, liaising with Legal, Compliance, Company Secretary, CFO, CRO, co-ordinating membership agreements and legal opinions, Board and EXCO approval and Risk / Reg Finance policy framework updates to reflect Repoclear membership
- Project management and ION SME BA responsibility for the implementation of a new Repo trading platform for Fixed income (Anvil/ION) using agile methodology.
Project Manager/ Senior BA: FIR Collateral
HSBC London
2021.02 - 2022.08
- Project management and Business analysis responsibility for implementing globally consistent Collateral availability reporting for BAU / aligned to finance/liquidity reporting for projecting Funding in resolution, covering Central bank eligibility, encumbered/unencumbered for across asset class (Cash, Securities, Loans) using Agile methodology.
- Full business analysis of global collateral flows (across 15 entities) for spot reporting capability for Securities (Nov 2021) and Loans available collateral (unencumbered / CB eligible), reflected in finance/reg platform for use in liquidity management/stress testing
- Defined an insolvency front-to-back project to achieve full spot risk representation in the central finance and liquidity platform of available collateral (encumbered/unencumbered) across all HSBC entities by asset class for liquidity stress testing in BAU, as well as for the new regulatory requirement FiR under RAF.
- SME BA input to FRTB risk designation on behalf of Markets Treasury assignment of desks to IMA vs SA
Programme Manager : Global Treasury
UBS London
2014.05 - 2021.02
- Sep 2018 - Feb 2021: Treasury/ALM Change lead for FRTB (Fundamental Review of the Trading Book)
- Senior BA for requirements gathering for new cross asset class Treasury pricing platform, using analytics to leverage client repo flow and firm inventory. Product owner in agile team. Global stakeholder engagement across all ALM functions
- Jul 2016 - Sep 2018: Treasury/ALM Change lead for FRTB (Fundamental Review of the Trading Book)
- Senior PM/ BA delivering F2B booking model projects for Collateral swaps, including risk representation for credit and Market risk, and ICSD (Euroclear/Clearstream) Auto bond borrowing full F2B processing, aligned to SFTR programme.
- Jan 2014 - Jul 2016: Treasury/ALM Business Change lead for TBTF (Too Big to Fail) subsidiarisation project
- Main Treasury / ALM lead for the UK legal entity set up including Operational set up, Conversion/Run book and Post implementation management (ALM functions: Liquid Asset Buffer, Unsecured Funding, Repo, Collateral optimisation, Risk Exposure Management)
Project Manager / Business Analyst
Barclays Bank PLC, London
2013.03 - 2014.01
- Finance Transformation - Regulatory Capital RWA reporting in Finance
- Co-ordinator of response to section 166 audit findings and closure of all key audits points raised
Director - Programme Manager
Royal Bank of Scotland, London
2008.04 - 2012.12
- Management of Funding & Liquidity IT portfolio, establishing business cases, technical specifications, setting annual budget/headcount forecasts
- Implementation of M&IB Funding Policies by Product (BIPRU 12.3.15 – Liquidity Funds Transfer Pricing)
- Definition of TOM (target operating model) for validation of liquidity data, allocation of funding costs & FSA Liquidity Reporting
Project Manager/ Senior BA (Repo /Sec Lending)
ABN Amro NV, London
2000.05 - 2008.04
- Jun 2005 - Apr 2008: PM/ Senior BA (Repo and Equity Finance)
- Project Manager & SME Business Analyst for New York implementation of Repo / Sec Lending Trading platform (Anvil/ ION)
- Project Manager for implementation of Portfolio swaps margin calculation system (Syncova / Advent)
- IT Project Manager for internal build of global cross product platform for securities financing and Collateral management on MS SQL Server with .Net front end.
- Mar 2003 - Jun 2005: Rates Relationship Manager
- Management of IT service provision from vendor EDS (following outsourcing of technology management)
- Identification & prioritisation of business requirements for the Rates Markets business, including acting as SME BA for Repo Anvil ION and Fixed Income pricing and gateways.
- Constructing RFP’s (Request for Proposal) for prioritised business projects
- May 2000 - Mar 2003: Fixed Income / Repo Business Analyst
- Documentation of Business & Functional Requirements for Change Projects for system Vendor Anvil ION
- IT Vendor Management of Anvil ION and tracking bugs & enhancements
- Test Manager for Repo Trading system releases (Anvil ION)
- Bloomberg Trading System co-ordination for European database with responsibility for management & control of Bloomberg data feeds, managing global stakeholders in Trading, Sales, Operations, Market risk
Head of Application Support - Fixed Income Trading & Operations
Commerzbank AG, London
1999.02 - 2000.05
- Implementation of key enhancements and controls on Fixed Income / Repo and Securities Lending platforms (Bloomberg, Bondmanager, TRAX)
- Led Y2K compliance for all Fixed Income systems
Local Currency (Emerging Markets) Business Manager
Deutsche Bank AG, London
1987.11 - 1999.02
- Sep 1997 - Feb 1999: Local Currency (Emerging Markets) Business Manager
- Responsible for new product development, liaison with Operations, Legal, Compliance & Finance.
- Responsible for risk management of Local Currency desk
- Implemented new risk management system, managing team of developers (3) for $2bln local currency portfolio in local emerging markets (including Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Argentina) across all products
- Sep 1997 - Feb 1999: Head of Emerging Markest Product Support
- Acting as deputy head of the Emerging Market Operations (35 people)
- Head of Product support off-line responsibility for creating settlement capability and booking model for new products & establishing custody capability in Emerging Market countries
- Established direct custodian relationships in 16 Emerging Market countries.
- Operations representative to Emerging Markets Traders Association
- Apr 1990 - Feb 1993: Head of Futures & Options Operations
- Responsible for managing clearing exchange traded F&O for internal / external clients.
- Responsible for presenting Client reporting capability at marketing roadshows
- Clearing & settling products in Financial Futures & commodities (Sugar, Oil). Responsible for team of 8 people.
- IT project Manager for new Clearing & Settlements system (Microtech - Oracle/Unix)
- Implemented LifeSpan margining software upgrade (LCH beta site)
- Led the merger of Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank futures back offices in 1992.
- Nov 1987 - Apr 1990: Head of Fixed Income Operations
- Responsibilities covered all aspects of Fixed Income operations. Responsible for team of 12 people.
- Settlements Operations / Front Office Emerging Markets
Senior Fixed Income Settlements Clerk
Lehman Brothers Securities
1987.09 - 1987.11
- Global Markets Operations
Fixed Income settlements Clerk
Morgan Grenfell
1983.05 - 1987.08
- Asset Management / Global Markets Operations
Education
MBA - Finance
University of Wales / Manchester Business School
Skills
- Advanced Front to Back analytics
- Knowledge of prince2 principles
- SQL / Excel VBA proficient
- Advanced data handling / excel proficiency
- JIRA and Confluence proficiency
- Agile methodology course
- Business / Product knowledge
- Relationship Management
- Data analysis
Certification
- SFA Registered Representative - Financial and Derivatives (1997)
- ISMA certificate holder (1987)
- Agile Development Certificate (2013)
Timeline
FRTB Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst
Citibank London
2024.11 - 2026.07
Project Manager/ Senior Business Analyst
SMBC London
2024.01 - 2024.11
Project Manager/Business Analyst: Repo/Sec Lending
SMBC London
2022.08 - 2023.12
Project Manager/ Senior BA: FIR Collateral
HSBC London
2021.02 - 2022.08
Programme Manager : Global Treasury
UBS London
2014.05 - 2021.02
Project Manager / Business Analyst
Barclays Bank PLC, London
2013.03 - 2014.01
Director - Programme Manager
Royal Bank of Scotland, London
2008.04 - 2012.12
Project Manager/ Senior BA (Repo /Sec Lending)
ABN Amro NV, London
2000.05 - 2008.04
Head of Application Support - Fixed Income Trading & Operations
Commerzbank AG, London
1999.02 - 2000.05
Local Currency (Emerging Markets) Business Manager
Deutsche Bank AG, London
1987.11 - 1999.02
Senior Fixed Income Settlements Clerk
Lehman Brothers Securities
1987.09 - 1987.11
Fixed Income settlements Clerk
Morgan Grenfell
1983.05 - 1987.08
MBA - Finance
University of Wales / Manchester Business School