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REBECCA CANADA

REBECCA CANADA

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
The Bronx,NY

Summary

Accomplished Senior Project Manager with progressive industry background and decisive leadership style. Offers strategic planning abilities, background in change management and forward-thinking mindset. Ready for challenges and focused on meeting future demands.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
2
2

Passed the Bar in NY and NJ

3
3
Languages
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Vice President, Senior Project Manager for Risk

JPMorgan Chase
New York, NY
05.2017 - Current
  • Monitored industry trends, keeping current on latest changes and competition in industry. skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
  • Collaborated with risk, sales, legal, compliance and other professional teams to review and maintain compliance with regulations.
  • Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.

Vice President, Business and Project Manager

JPMorgan Chase
New York, NY
05.2014 - 05.2017

Global Financial and Business Management Office for Corporate Investment Bank

  • Responsible for the execution of a multiple complex business initiatives from concept to completion.
  • Incorporate innovation tools and develop capabilities learned as a means of continued improvement in my professional capabilities.
  • Collaborate with risk, sales, legal, compliance and other professional teams to review and maintain compliance with regulations.
  • Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
  • Use critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Manage time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
  • Projects [Launched, in-flight and completed]:
    Regulation K [launched]
    Program Management Office ("PMO") Internal Audit [in flight]
    Cessation of LIBOR - Model Documentation Readiness Workstream [completed]
    Non-Cleared Margin Requirements (“NCMR”) - Client outreach workstream [completed]
    QR SR11-7 Model Re-Documentation and Validation (“SR11-7”) [completed]
    Qualified Financial Contracts (“QFC”) Stay Rule Implementation [completed]
    Internal Legal Entity (“LE”) Intra-Day Cash Management [completed]

Associate, Project Manager/Business Side Attorney

JPMorgan Chase
New York, NY
07.2007 - 04.2014
  • Identified and implemented operational process improvements aligned to corporate policy as it relates to information barriers for sales and trading partners' use or access to material non-public information (“MNPI”).
  • Partnered with Legal and Compliance colleagues to determine if documents contained MNPI prior to sharing with colleagues identified as public siders on the credit trading desk
  • Drafted and negotiation confidentiality agreements and ISDA Credit Support Annexations with existing and potential trading counterparties.

Consultant, Foreign Account Onboarding team

Morgan Stanley
Jersey City, NJ
02.2006 - 07.2007
  • Reviewed documents provided to open a brokerage account with assets held in foreign jurisdictions.
  • Liaised with sales and trading teams to better understand customer needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
  • Collaborated with AML and KYC teams when making risk assessment of the purpose and use of a brokerage account in a foreign jurisdiction and managed by a US registered professional.

Junior Attorney

Wachovia Securities
New York, NY
02.2004 - 08.2005
  • Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Contributed to the firm’s internal reviews of mutual fund activity with a focus on money laundering, insider trading, and misappropriation of client funds.
  • Managed a team of 11 individuals responsible for compiling responses received from 130,000 registered employees, and generate metrics to NASD for an ad hoc review.
  • Received four Excellence First Awards in recognition of individual commitment and contribution to the firm, and recipient of Associate of the Month in March 2005.

Attorney, Risk Analyst

BNY ASSET SOLUTIONS
New York, NY
01.2001 - 06.2003
  • Implemented a service product called “Servicer Surveillance and Risk Assessment” that identified and quantified contingent risk associated with transactions and departments across the Bank
  • Reviewed and evaluated executed legal documents to track and escalate compliance/non-compliance to contractual commitments
  • Documents included but not limited to Repurchase Agreements, Servicing Agreements, Pooling and Servicing Agreements, Trust
  • Agreements, and Guaranty Agreements associated with the ABS and MBS Department
  • Identified and analyzed legal, financial, and fiduciary risk exposure to the ABS and MBS business.

Associate Attorney

St. John and Wayne Associates LLC
New York, NY
10.2000 - 11.2001
  • Provided legal advice to businesses involved in multiple types of small business formation.
  • Developed strategies to cater to client's best interest.
    Tracked and researched developing precedent and legislation in small business administration to maintain expertise and properly advocate for clients.
  • Conducted legal research and conferred with colleagues with subject matter expertise to develop strategies in preparation for presentation of cases.

Education

J.D. - Law

St. John's University
Jamaica, NY
08.1995 - 05.1998

Bachelor of Arts - Architecture

Wellesley College
Wellesley Hills, MA
08.1989 - 05.1993

Skills

Relationship building

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Accomplishments

  • Championed the firm's values and priorities by aligning goals to the project's achievement of milestones and rate of completion.
  • Recognized by senior management as a reliable resource by completing >10 strategic business initiatives over the span of 16 years.
  • Contributed to the firm's ability to sustain and exceed, year over year, earning expectations despite external events and challenges with the completion of each milestone for each project year after year.

Certification

Licensed [Job Title] - [Timeframe]

Interests

COMPLIANCE

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

RISK AND CONTROL

Work Availability

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Quote

There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.
Seth Godin

Timeline

Vice President, Senior Project Manager for Risk

JPMorgan Chase
05.2017 - Current

Vice President, Business and Project Manager

JPMorgan Chase
05.2014 - 05.2017

Associate, Project Manager/Business Side Attorney

JPMorgan Chase
07.2007 - 04.2014

Consultant, Foreign Account Onboarding team

Morgan Stanley
02.2006 - 07.2007

Junior Attorney

Wachovia Securities
02.2004 - 08.2005

Attorney, Risk Analyst

BNY ASSET SOLUTIONS
01.2001 - 06.2003

Associate Attorney

St. John and Wayne Associates LLC
10.2000 - 11.2001

J.D. - Law

St. John's University
08.1995 - 05.1998

Bachelor of Arts - Architecture

Wellesley College
08.1989 - 05.1993
REBECCA CANADASENIOR PROJECT MANAGER