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Deborah Fisher

Bedford

Summary

Dynamic finance leader with a proven track record at Morgan Stanley, specializing in Agile transformation and regulatory compliance. Expert in project management and data analysis, successfully reducing regulatory audit issues by 80%. Adept at driving change management initiatives, delivering impactful solutions that enhance operational efficiency and data quality.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Vice President, Finance

Morgan Stanley
New York
11.2020 - Current
  • Agile Transformation Lead: Successful roll-out of Agile methodology to finance.
  • Finance End User Tech Project Management Lead: Successful implementation of MS Teams Meetings, and decommissioning of Skype Instant Messaging for all Finance users.
  • Regulatory Controller responsible for CCAR, FRY14Q Materiality Assessment, and loans data sourcing project management.

Finance Consultant at Morgan Stanley

Pride Technologies
New York
12.2018 - 11.2020
  • Lead Regulatory Reporting Project Manager and Business Analyst.
  • Successful change management projects delivered include the Libor cessation project, end-to-end CCAR loans data sourcing remediations across multiple systems and teams, and the delivery of a Reg Reporting data reconciliation between Risk and Finance data to close out a high-priority audit item.

Senior Program Manager Corporate Governance

GE Capital
Norwalk
03.2015 - 10.2016
  • Lead strategic projects and operational improvements for GE legal entity governance. Highlights include the delivery of an Operational Workflow Tool to improve processes around data quality and control, reducing data issues by 80%, eliminating the backlog of urgent regulatory audit issues, and establishing a review committee and process.

Vice President Investment Banking Technology

J.P. Morgan
New York
01.2004 - 11.2013
  • Hired as an Associate, promoted to Vice President.
  • Quality Assurance Lead across 50+ systems during the Bear Stearns/JPMorgan post-merger project to consolidate Cash Equities settlement platforms.
  • A reduction of 95% ($20 million) in fees and commissions occurs in less than one year as the EMEA Cash Equities Program Manager.
  • Lead Business Analyst on project achieving 97% for the 'Straight Through Processing' trade allocation and order matching application for the Cash Equity middle office.

Senior Process Analyst

Scottish Power HQ
Glasgow
01.2001 - 12.2004
  • Graduate Trainee, Operations
  • Progressing to Senior Technical Analyst.

Education

Master of Science - Business Information Technology Systems

University of The West of Scotland
Glasgow, Scotland
01.2001

Master of Arts - English & Psychology

Glasgow University
Glasgow, Scotland
01.1996

Skills

  • Agile transformation
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Project management
  • Data analysis
  • Financial reporting
  • Change management

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, 11/01/20, current

Awards

  • Morgan Stanley ‘2024 On the Spot’ Award, For successful roll-out of Agile methodology to Finance and MS Teams roll-out and training.
  • Morgan Stanley 2025 On the Spot Award, For significant contribution as co-lead to Women in Finance event organization, recruitment and marketing.

Timeline

Vice President, Finance

Morgan Stanley
11.2020 - Current

Finance Consultant at Morgan Stanley

Pride Technologies
12.2018 - 11.2020

Senior Program Manager Corporate Governance

GE Capital
03.2015 - 10.2016

Vice President Investment Banking Technology

J.P. Morgan
01.2004 - 11.2013

Senior Process Analyst

Scottish Power HQ
01.2001 - 12.2004

Master of Science - Business Information Technology Systems

University of The West of Scotland

Master of Arts - English & Psychology

Glasgow University

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