Kirk Northington
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Accomplished Lead Data Management Analyst at Wells Fargo, specializing in regulatory reporting and data governance. Expert in SQL and strategic planning, I successfully led the creation of critical reports and trained teams, enhancing data quality and compliance. Proven ability to drive initiatives that optimize processes and ensure data integrity.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Data Management Analyst
Wells Fargo Bank
Charlotte, NC
12.2017 - 07.2023
- Execution of RMII team activities creating end-to-end processes and data mapping for Risk and Regulatory Reports.
- Successfully fulfilled the role of Report Lead for the creation two medium risk regulatory reports; meeting all completion milestones.
- Served as team leader for planning and execution of BAU maintenance activities.
- As leader created procedures and tracking tools for the process.
- Additionally, conducted targeted team member training content and execution to support BAU execution.
- Successfully trained and mentored six contract resources from onboarding to proficiency, with another 15 in process.
- Applied quantitative methods to better assign system gatekeepers to optimize execution and accountability.
Business Analyst/Data Analyst (contract)
Bank of America
03.2017 - 12.2017
- Business and data analysis of the CCR quantitative modeling system (IMM), to capture the system model|model|product|functor lineage.
- Created the data capture process and format for model interconnectedness relationships.
- Created the process, and coded the desktop utility, to transform the model lineage data into an automated import files/process for dynamic diagraming in ARIS.
- This was the first time this task has been completed successfully at BAC.
Analytic Consultant (contract)
Wells Fargo Bank
03.2016 - 02.2017
- Data analysis and configuration of critical data element tracing efforts.
- Implementation of risk data elements within the banks data governance and oversight organization.
- Data governance and lineage documentation management.
- Parse and interpret SQL and SAS code.
- Facilitate and / or oversee Data Owners and Data Providers documentation supporting compliance with data governance frameworks / policies / standards Risk data governance and lineage management.
- Actively partner with related CLG Data Office functions.
Risk Data Analyst (contract)
Bank of America
09.2014 - 12.2015
- Lead Data Analyst (for traded wholesale funding products) for the counterparty risk phase II reporting project, required by the international Financial Stability Board and the FED.
- Performed advanced SQL queries to define data requirements, validate source data, and achieve required counterparty risk aggregation.
- Developed and defined data quality procedures for daily data loads.
- Participated in Agile development process to automate the reporting process working with a team of developers.
- Performed full UAT testing.
- Applied descriptive statistical techniques to augment transactional data quality procedures.
- Created and finalized the Data Service Agreement for daily data delivery of upstream systems of records (SORs).
- Tools used: MS SQL Management Studio, Toad, Excel, Tableau, Arctic(Frost), SAPeLedger.
Market Risk Consultant III (contract)
Wells Fargo
07.2013 - 06.2014
- Analysis of derivatives volatility data originating from currency, equities, commodity, and interest rates.
- Supervised a team of six contractors.
- Creating and aggregation of data from the bank market data asset control databases.
- Analysis performed to determine data validity and integrity for use in the bank's Value at Risk (VaR) and Stress Value at Risk (Stress VaR) testing processes.
- Descriptive statistical measurement to determine valid conditions for volatility skew, shift, and large move events.
Managing Partner
Northington Dahlberg Research, LLC
01.2006 - 12.2013
- Business development for negotiation and launch of analytics suite with Bloomberg LP, Thomson Reuters, and TradeStation; resulting in co-marketing agreements.
- Financial data analysis.
- All aspects of investment/trading system development; supervised programmers, model research, application architecture, quantitative performance measurement, technical documentation.
- Wrote and published research for Bloomberg, MTA.org, and direct sales.
Education
Chartered Market Technician (CMT) -
Market Technicians Association
NY, NYBase SAS Programing -
Central Piedmont Community College
Bachelors of Science -
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LASkills
- Strategic planning
- Data governance and quality
- Data lineage and documentation
- Data controls
- Regulatory reporting
- Financial market analysis
- Model development
- Financial instrument research
- SQL
- Time-series analysis
- Financial data mining
- Algorithm development
- Volatility assessment
- Statistical techniques
- Monte Carlo simulations
Accomplishments
- Strategic Development, Developed a business model to partner with largest financial industry analysis platform providers., Resulted in launching our proprietary analysis software with Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg LP, TradeStation, and Market Analyst.
- Quantitative Design & Testing, Accurate testing with compensation for biases., Ability to validate data sets, to produce actionable intelligence for decision management and algorithm development.
- Financial Market and Data Analysis, Advanced time series algorithms for detection of forward looking behavior and forecasting., Quantitatively developed. Suitable for complex event processing.
- Published Author, Effective at communicating complex topics in a simple and concise written format., Volatility-Based Technical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons Publishers. ISBN: 978-0-470-38754-2
Timeline
Lead Data Management Analyst
Wells Fargo Bank
12.2017 - 07.2023
Business Analyst/Data Analyst (contract)
Bank of America
03.2017 - 12.2017
Analytic Consultant (contract)
Wells Fargo Bank
03.2016 - 02.2017
Risk Data Analyst (contract)
Bank of America
09.2014 - 12.2015
Market Risk Consultant III (contract)
Wells Fargo
07.2013 - 06.2014
Managing Partner
Northington Dahlberg Research, LLC
01.2006 - 12.2013
Chartered Market Technician (CMT) -
Market Technicians Association
Base SAS Programing -
Central Piedmont Community College
Bachelors of Science -
Nicholls State University
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