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Cathy Bromberg
Director Information Security at Paramount
Morris Plains, NJ, United States
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Education:
Bachelor of Business Administration
Computer Information Systems / Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Zicklin School of Business
Executive Certificate in Business Analysis
Saint Louis University
2013
МССМШ им.Гнесиных
Computer Information Systems / Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Zicklin School of Business
Executive Certificate in Business Analysis
Saint Louis University
2013
МССМШ им.Гнесиных
Experience:
2022 : Present
Paramount
Director Information Security
2018 : 2022
Paramount
Principal - Information Security
Worked as primary interface between Business and Technology to elicit, analyze, validate, document, communicate, and manage functional requirements and functional design for Card Services. Understood business problems and opportunities in the context of requirements and played active role in providing direction, oversight, and coordination to functional requirements management activities across project lifecycle.
• Met technology and business needs by defining, analyzing, evaluating, and designing large and complex system requirements.
• Identified and coordinated requirement inputs from different stakeholders, analyzing and validating business requirements for completeness and consistency.
• Translated business requirements into specific functional requirements, data flows, user interface definitions, business rule definitions, and use case specifications.
• Developed high-level designs by documenting and communicating functional requirements and assumptions to project teams and collaborating with Systems Architects.
• Prepared functional design by analyzing requirements, constructing diagrams, studying system capabilities, and writing specifications, leading functional design reviews and obtaining approval from Business and Technology.
• Worked with System Architects, providing initial high-level project estimates and Project Managers, confirming alignment of requirements management plan with overall project management plan.
• Participated in development and maintenance of project traceability matrix, tracking requirements across project lifecycle and acceptance test plans ensuring test outcomes were meeting project requirements.
• Participated in Agile training for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Technical Leads, facilitating efforts to transition to Agile / Scrum methodologies.
2011 : 2018
Fiserv EFT
Senior Business Systems Analyst
Served as Lead Business Analyst for principal credit calculation (Monte Carlo Simulation engine) for firm’s OTC Derivative trading portfolio, with about 95% (1.5 mil+ transactions) of firm’s total external derivative population. Responsible for full project lifecycle including capturing detailed Business Requirements, Project Scope, Assumptions and Dependencies, defining Project Plans, tracking Milestones, constructing Test Plans and Test and Use Cases, providing Analysis, Training, Quality Assessment, and monitoring Project Deliverables.
• Partnered with CPG Front Office and IB F&BM Risk Controllers, reporting P&L, Billing Charges, CVA, Peak & Average exposures.
• Performed on-boarding into SAMPRAS new commodity products : Physical Oil & Coal, Base Metals, Precious Metals, Energy, Power, Physical/Natural Gas, Softs, along with new tier1 and tier 2 curve setup (with QR, CPG FO) for products on-boarded.
• Collaborated with CPG Front Office and QR teams, creating calibration parameters (Coal, Oil, and Power/Gas Liquids) and quarterly correlation matrix testing in SAMPRAS.
• Liaised between business leads and technology teams to identify, assess, and document business requirements, recommending business priorities, and advising business on options and risks.
• Provided relevant Test scenarios, working with testing team to develop System Integration test (SIT) and UAT Scripts, ensuring test results corresponded to business expectations.
2010 : 2011
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Senior Business Analyst
Supported Global Credit Risk projects for Economic Credit Capital Program as Lead Business Analyst. Delivered complex, mathematically intensive, quantitative applications to Global Credit Risk Management Organization to measure unexpected loss and capital reserves. Provided functional and technical support throughout all project phases.
• Partnered with Quantitative Research, Risk Reporting, and Finance clients, addressing requirements, issues, risks, costs, and benefits of Credit Risk system solutions.
• Led implementation of technology solutions to meet business needs by working with multiple software development teams.
• Identified and documented user requirements relating to Economic Credit Calculations, translating into detailed specifications.
• Planned project deliverables with software development teams, creating business process flows and designing test plans and use cases.
• Coordinated and validated User Acceptance Test results, facilitating implementation of new functionality through documentation and demonstrations.
2006 : 2010
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Business Analyst
Paramount
Director Information Security
2018 : 2022
Paramount
Principal - Information Security
Worked as primary interface between Business and Technology to elicit, analyze, validate, document, communicate, and manage functional requirements and functional design for Card Services. Understood business problems and opportunities in the context of requirements and played active role in providing direction, oversight, and coordination to functional requirements management activities across project lifecycle.
• Met technology and business needs by defining, analyzing, evaluating, and designing large and complex system requirements.
• Identified and coordinated requirement inputs from different stakeholders, analyzing and validating business requirements for completeness and consistency.
• Translated business requirements into specific functional requirements, data flows, user interface definitions, business rule definitions, and use case specifications.
• Developed high-level designs by documenting and communicating functional requirements and assumptions to project teams and collaborating with Systems Architects.
• Prepared functional design by analyzing requirements, constructing diagrams, studying system capabilities, and writing specifications, leading functional design reviews and obtaining approval from Business and Technology.
• Worked with System Architects, providing initial high-level project estimates and Project Managers, confirming alignment of requirements management plan with overall project management plan.
• Participated in development and maintenance of project traceability matrix, tracking requirements across project lifecycle and acceptance test plans ensuring test outcomes were meeting project requirements.
• Participated in Agile training for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Technical Leads, facilitating efforts to transition to Agile / Scrum methodologies.
2011 : 2018
Fiserv EFT
Senior Business Systems Analyst
Served as Lead Business Analyst for principal credit calculation (Monte Carlo Simulation engine) for firm’s OTC Derivative trading portfolio, with about 95% (1.5 mil+ transactions) of firm’s total external derivative population. Responsible for full project lifecycle including capturing detailed Business Requirements, Project Scope, Assumptions and Dependencies, defining Project Plans, tracking Milestones, constructing Test Plans and Test and Use Cases, providing Analysis, Training, Quality Assessment, and monitoring Project Deliverables.
• Partnered with CPG Front Office and IB F&BM Risk Controllers, reporting P&L, Billing Charges, CVA, Peak & Average exposures.
• Performed on-boarding into SAMPRAS new commodity products : Physical Oil & Coal, Base Metals, Precious Metals, Energy, Power, Physical/Natural Gas, Softs, along with new tier1 and tier 2 curve setup (with QR, CPG FO) for products on-boarded.
• Collaborated with CPG Front Office and QR teams, creating calibration parameters (Coal, Oil, and Power/Gas Liquids) and quarterly correlation matrix testing in SAMPRAS.
• Liaised between business leads and technology teams to identify, assess, and document business requirements, recommending business priorities, and advising business on options and risks.
• Provided relevant Test scenarios, working with testing team to develop System Integration test (SIT) and UAT Scripts, ensuring test results corresponded to business expectations.
2010 : 2011
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Senior Business Analyst
Supported Global Credit Risk projects for Economic Credit Capital Program as Lead Business Analyst. Delivered complex, mathematically intensive, quantitative applications to Global Credit Risk Management Organization to measure unexpected loss and capital reserves. Provided functional and technical support throughout all project phases.
• Partnered with Quantitative Research, Risk Reporting, and Finance clients, addressing requirements, issues, risks, costs, and benefits of Credit Risk system solutions.
• Led implementation of technology solutions to meet business needs by working with multiple software development teams.
• Identified and documented user requirements relating to Economic Credit Calculations, translating into detailed specifications.
• Planned project deliverables with software development teams, creating business process flows and designing test plans and use cases.
• Coordinated and validated User Acceptance Test results, facilitating implementation of new functionality through documentation and demonstrations.
2006 : 2010
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Business Analyst
Company:
Paramount
Years of Experience:
24
Skills
agile, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence, business process improvement, Business Requirements, business rules, Data Analysis, dbartisan, Derivatives, financial services, intraspect, IT Strategy, jira, microsoft office, ms powerpoint, ms project, Portfolio Management, Process Improvement, Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Risk Management, scrum, SDLC, software development life cycle (sdlc), Software Project Management, SQL, Testing, toad, User Acceptance Testing, Vendor Management, Visio, Software Project
About
Extensive financial and technical experience delivering creative and innovative solutions. Skilled in activity planning, task management, and project follow through. Solid professional standards, excellent track record of dependability. Respond rapidly and appropriately to changing circumstances. Evaluate problems, make astute decisions to effect positive change, and refocus on new priorities. Excellent communication, presentation, leadership, mentoring, and people management skills.
Software: Microsoft Office, MS PowerPoint, SQL, Toad, DBArtisan, MS Project, MS Visio, Intraspect, JIRA
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