ARIANNE VARGAS
Summary
A highly organized, efficient, and motivated professional, who is seeking to improve and extend personal skills and knowledge in
the Banking field by obtaining a position where my experience will significantly contribute to the overall success of the
organization. Highly organized, detailed-oriented with the ability to manage caseloads with authority and advanced technical skill.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Risk Senior Analyst – Assistant Vice President
Citi Private Bank
New York, NY
09.2021 - Current
- CPB Banking, Custody & Escrow
- Contribute to the monitoring, reporting, and enhancement of the internal control framework and oversight of control process functioning withing the business as the first line of defense
- Participate and support multiple projects initiatives to implement and enhance effective controls for Banking, Custody and Escrow
- Work towards addressing CPB Consent Order actions where risk management framework enhancement is required
- Supported different areas of Banking such as the Escrow Team by helping open new accounts, participate with new ARCM builds, perform MCA Testing, create a tracker for Issues/CAPs for CPB Banking &
- Custody.
Paralegal-Legal Clinic Administrator
RJL-Columbia Law School-Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc
New York, NY
03.2018 - 05.2020
- Assist with the coordination and preparation of materials for meetings
- Facilitate the document production process by interpreting laws, rules, and regulations
- Manage litigation cases, documents, inquiries by clients, proofing, record-keeping, and balance sheets
- Prepared for trial by organizing case exhibits and evidence
- Arranged all correspondence on behalf of the attorney and proactively managed the calendars of multiple team members to effectively coordinate plan meetings and conference calls
- Coordinate solutions to meet the law requirements
- Created presentations and report to the team to implement new changes and regulatory requirements.
Legal Assistant
Cuccia & Campise PLLC
New York, NY
02.2017 - 02.2018
- Conducted legal research, summarized documents, and evaluated claims and analysis of data
- Answer and route calls, read/route mail, voicemail, and e-mail messages
- Prepare expense reports, provide litigation support, convert documents to PDF, and redacted
- Scheduled conference rooms, scanned documents into the company’s system, and maintained digital files to locate documents.
Litigation Paralegal
Jaffe & Asher LLP
New York, NY
03.2015 - 01.2017
- Reviewed and monitored credit card accounts for litigation process, draft various legal pleadings, including Summons, Complaints
- Affidavits of Service, default judgment affidavits, and other court-related documents for major consumer credit clients
- Assisted staff attorneys and paralegal staff within local counsel network by drafting and filing legal documents to maintain compliance with the firm and client’s work standards
- Maintained client records utilizing proprietary record-keeping software
- Communicated with local counsel offices in various states to record and report the status of client matters
- Conduct legal research via Westlaw as required.
Education
Master of Arts - International Crime and Justice
John Jay College
09.2024
Master of Science - Criminal Justice
Southern New Hampshire University
01.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice, Law
John Jay College
02.2013
Skills
- Interpersonal & Computer Skills
- Analytical and proficient in
- Microsoft Office applications
- (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) PDF redaction &
- Internet-Base Applications
- Teamwork, self-starter, leadership, team building, multi-
- Task, organization skills and time management
- Strong, effective interpersonal communication, both written
- And verbal
- Enthusiastic, pro-active, effective under pressure, and
- Flexible Able to work with minimal supervision while
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Proactive mindset, ability to learn quickly and identify issues
- And drive solutions Efficiently master new technology
- Works well independently and as a team Effectively interacts
- Will all seniority levels
Languages
Timeline
Business Risk Senior Analyst – Assistant Vice President
Citi Private Bank
09.2021 - Current
Paralegal-Legal Clinic Administrator
RJL-Columbia Law School-Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc
03.2018 - 05.2020
Legal Assistant
Cuccia & Campise PLLC
02.2017 - 02.2018
Litigation Paralegal
Jaffe & Asher LLP
03.2015 - 01.2017
Master of Arts - International Crime and Justice
John Jay College
Master of Science - Criminal Justice
Southern New Hampshire University
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice, Law
John Jay College