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For a major financial services client I was brought in to be a program manager for a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) effort to update and validate Know Your Customer (KYC) documentation as required under the Patriot Act, Anti Money Laundering Act, and other remediation agreements placed on the client by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the federal regulator for the client. My role involved managing the Risk Register, Issue Log and coordination of task completion while reporting on project KPI’s and providing weekly status reports to program management.

This client also purchased a large portfolio of loans from a competitor and, along with enhanced compliance requirements, the program was to integrate the purchased loan pools and staff into the client environment.  My role involved managing the Risk Register, Issue Log and coordination of task completion while reporting on project KPI’s and providing weekly status reports to program management. I lead conference calls to resolve outstanding issues and risks while guiding project managers and Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to complete tasks required to meet project milestones and demonstrate compliance with agreements signed with the OCC.

A Taxing Matter

I was brought into a manufacturing and distribution company to enable the ability to create 1099 and 1042 forms in their existing SAP instance and file them electronically. The client, headquartered in Japan, had manually performed this task and it had become too cumbersome with an increased number of these forms required to filed. I enabled Extended Tax Withholding in SAP, had their Basis group apply updated Notes, and tested the new configuration with the client to their satisfaction. Once they received their Transmitter Control Code (TCC) from the IRS the client was able to test and file 1099’s and 1042’s with the IRS electronically, increasing efficiency, reducing errors, and reducing risk to the company.

Simple, Right??