Kyle King
Rock Hill,SC
Summary
Bringing over 20+ years of experience and an entrepreneurial problem-solving approach to enable the creation of pragmatic and enduring solutions for diverse companies. Demonstrated proficiency in guiding the development of automation projects, leveraging AI to optimize business workflows and fortify controls, thereby boosting productivity and efficiency while also minimizing risks, financial exposure, and regulatory liabilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Lead
Wells Fargo & Company
01.2023 - Current
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Planned, executed, and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with contractual requirements.
- Set up and managed team meetings.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Drove continuous improvement through identification of best practices and tactical ideas for areas of opportunity.
Operational Risk Consultant, Records Management
BNP Paribas, Sia Partners
01.2022 - 10.2022
- Led and executed multiple transformative projects aimed at enhancing data integration and optimizing business processes. Leveraged technical skills to design and implement streamlined workflows, ensuring seamless project execution and day-to-day operations. This included improving data accessibility, usability, and transparency, particularly for senior management.
- Spearhead rapid resolution of critical audit concern within 3 months, focusing on secure disposal of sensitive data-containing records.
- Devised, documented, and delivered comprehensive training sessions detailing updated records management protocols and associated responsibilities.
- Transferred numerous Excel spreadsheets to structured data repositories within SharePoint, subsequently automating Excel and PowerBI pipelines to effectively manage KPI tracking.
- Led enhancement and process refinement for vendor off-boarding procedures, ensuring compliant reclamation or purging of privacy-sensitive information as dictated by regulations.
- Conducted meetings and generated reporting to support risk monitoring and management
- Adhered to established procedures for handling sensitive and classified documents to retain chain of custody integrity
Senior Risk Officer
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Lead role in design and implementation of bespoke application to manage first-line regulatory risk and record keeping inventory in response to combined $5MM dollar fine by FINRA for violation of record keeping practices related to Books and Records
- Designed regulatory risk inventory application as served as front-line risk control owner for Investment Banking group
- Created and implemented automation of daily data pipelines
- Developed Oracle reporting database and analytic dashboards with PowerBI
- Served as Agile Team Product Owner responsible for business user stories, budget, and prioritization
- Led dozens of successful Testing & Validation (Independent Risk) reviews
- Applied subject matter expertise and industry knowledge to provide independent oversight to operational risk management activities
- Produced and analyzed scorecards and other performance management tools to identify and mitigate risk exposure and monitor progress towards stated project goals
Mortgage Lender
Cardinal Financial, LP
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Reported to COO and directly responsible for design, developing and implementing business controls to improve financial reporting and analytics.
- Led development of several web-scraping bots to monitor pricing activity in each region to ensure pricing in those areas remained competitive and allow for intraday adjustments that would offer homebuyers more incentives without compromising loan-level margins.
Business Intelligence / Financial Reporting Analyst
MTAG Services, LLC
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Led creation of SQL Server data warehouse and automation of daily ETL of tax lien servicing data.
- Recreated all existing monthly financial reporting packages designed specifically for each client.
- This led to significant reduction of errors and month-end processing time and saved equivalent of 2 FTE's.
- Conducted due diligence on potential investments and presented findings to investors
Corporate Treasury
Bank of America
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Created streamlined processes to capture and report operational risk data to ensure time sensitive deliverables were completed
- Helped automate key RCSA routines to improve control rating efficiency and accuracy and aggregating results presented to senior leaders that highlighted key residual risk.
Senior Risk Manager
Bank of America
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Assisted with several tech-focused operational risk programs including Cyber Security testing and remediation, business continuity planning and testing, and issue management.
Senior Financial Reporting Analyst
Bank of America
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Responsible for month-end GL entries for legacy BAC mortgage financials leading to significant improvement in pricing model errors.
- Created reporting solution to deliver fast and easily accessible web-based reporting to CFC (Countrywide) and legacy BAC management that incorporated new risk adjusted profitability.
- Also developed and delivered monthly BAC branch-level P&L reporting for sales divisions by incorporating secondary marketing revenue data, GL expenses, and origination data.
- Generated comprehensive reports on portfolio performance and risk assessment
- Assisted in preparation of presentations, data tables and other documents for investor meetings
Education
Master of Education (Higher Ed Admin) - Counselor Education
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL05.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of Florida
Gainesville05.1997
Skills
- Business Process Enhancement
- Automation Process Design
- API Development (Python)
- Database Design
- Workflow Automation
- AI Automation
Affiliations
Treasurer of Northwestern High School Band Boosters
Timeline
Senior Project Lead
Wells Fargo & Company
01.2023 - Current
Operational Risk Consultant, Records Management
BNP Paribas, Sia Partners
01.2022 - 10.2022
Senior Risk Officer
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2016 - 01.2021
Mortgage Lender
Cardinal Financial, LP
01.2015 - 01.2016
Business Intelligence / Financial Reporting Analyst
MTAG Services, LLC
01.2013 - 01.2015
Corporate Treasury
Bank of America
01.2011 - 01.2013
Senior Risk Manager
Bank of America
01.2010 - 01.2011
Senior Financial Reporting Analyst
Bank of America
01.2006 - 01.2010
Master of Education (Higher Ed Admin) - Counselor Education
University of Florida
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of Florida
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