MARY KYRIAKOPOULOS
Phone: 416-691-3100 • Cellular: 416-453-0490 • E-mail: mary.kyriakopoulos@sympatico.ca
An experienced Project Management professional, with deep knowledge of all aspects of a project life cycle. Dedicated and pro-active,
possessing a keen eye for spotting process improvement opportunities, keeping projects within scheduled timeframes/budgets and
leading projects through to successful implementation. Known for fostering strong and effective relationships with partners and
stakeholders. Looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute and continue to build on the knowledge gained over the last several
years.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Extensive background in project management (PMO), Capital Markets wholesale banking operations, pensions, facilities
management, restructuring, new architecture implementation and administration.
• Experience with Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) initiatives.
• Extensive change management experience developing, implementing and streamlining a variety of corporate programs, policies
and procedures
• Skilled in breaking down problems, analyzing for solution. Creating and delivering change presentations to senior management,
with both upstream and downstream impacts, with proposed solutions for implementation.
• Skilled in facilitating effective project status meetings with all levels of stakeholders, senior management, service providers and
vendors in addition to being adept to participating in enterprise wide projects.
• Able to quickly build rapport and maintain strong relationships, often acting as an inter-departmental liaison.
• Managed teams of up to 15 employees, providing training, coaching; career development support and performance reviews.
• Experienced in budget planning, financial reporting, billings, reconciliations, database management, fund/trust/GL accounting,
record keeping, audit and compliance.
• Extensive project experience in Capital Markets/Wealth Management, including Fixed Income, Derivatives, Foreign Exchange,
Money Market, Structured products, Entitlements, Corporate Actions, and end to end trade processing. Project types include
process, product and platforms.
KEY SKILLS:
EPMO, PMO, Program Management, Project Management, Change Management, Organizational Design, Process Re-Engineering,
Business Strategy, IT Strategy, Operational Excellence, Vendor Management, People management, and Regulatory Reporting.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TD Bank – Project Manager, TD Securities, Technology Solutions – Fixed Income, eTrading and Equities
Responsibilities Sept 2014 – Present
Successfully facilitate project management and delivery from initiation to closure, full end-to-end of the project management life cycle for
TD Securities. Project included regulatory initiatives, front office order entry platform simplification, platform de-customizations, and as part
of a program team for enterprise wide initiatives (i.e. Dodd Frank / Volcker). Management of projects for the following platforms: Calypso
Fixed Income and Derivatives, Broadridge (ICI), Summit, FIS, Global and LoanIQ, Sophis, Murex and Morag.
Key Projects & Achievements:
Prime Brokerage – Indirect Tax Accounts – Jan 2016 – Dec 2017 – Project taken over as was tracking red. Successfully brought
project back on track with deliverables and successfully delivered and automated vendor solution in providing monthly allocation ability for
Limited Partnerships/Mutual fund clients. In house web portal design/creation delivery included in the solution.
Global Equities Trading – Technology Transformation – Dec 2015 – Dec 2017 - Consolidation of several ticketing platforms to the
Fidessa platform including the consolidation of ticketing processes via position match.
Prime Brokerage – Indirect Tax Accounts – Jan 2016 – Dec 2017 – Project taken over as was tracking red. Successfully brought
project back on track with deliverables and successfully delivered and automated vendor solution in providing monthly allocation ability for
Limited Partnerships/Mutual fund clients. In house web portal design/creation delivery included in the solution.
FATCA – Jun 2015 – Jan 2016 - Non-US reporting
IIROC-2800C – Jun 2015 – Nov 2015– Debt Transaction Reporting – for Calypso and Fixed Income System for Nov 1 2015 deliverable
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Calypso Strategic Alignment Project – Jan 2015 – May 2015- De-customization of Calypso V13 of Engines, Books, Reports and
Monitoring tools for increased efficiency and performance. Introduced Calypso Native Settlements module streamlining the process and
automating the trade settlement accounting process. End to end project management requirements from gating process initiating the
project to execution phase. Execution taken over by other PM due to Volcker requirements.
Volcker Rule – Sept 2014- Dec 2015. Enterprise wide Cross-functional project included: Data Acquisition: Scope included
development of 20 Standard Data Contracts (Architecture) for 7 systems supporting Capital Markets. Systems included: Calyspo Cash &
Derivatives, Broadridge ICI, FIS, Global and LoanIQ, system architecture change included an initiative for Global warehousing of trade
information across all system platforms. PnL Reporting, CFTR and TOTUS – July 2015 : Systems included all aforementioned platform
in addition to Sophis, Murex GED; Risk Reporting: Greeks Metrics – Dec 2015 for all aforementioned systems Project's first and second
phase delivered on time, and within budget.
All projects included all segments of the gating process of project management and working on / or with the EMPO on enterprise
wide projects, identifying relative downstream stakeholders, discovery, planning, requirements documents, process and
technology workflows. Included were test case planning, testing, post implementation close, problem solving any issues
presented. SQL, Excel report output and JIRA were used for comparison on an ongoing basis in various projects for the purpose
of validating old/new platform information, obtaining the appropriate signoffs, for desired outcomes.
BANK OF MONTREAL - Wholesale Banking Product Operations MAY 2008 – NOV
2013
Operations Specialist/Business Analyst/Process Specialist - Project Delivery, Fixed Income Operations
Responsibilities May. 2008 – Nov 2013
Successfully facilitate project delivery end-to-end, acting both as Project Manager for small projects, and as part of a project team as
Operations/Process specialist, Business Analyst , and or consultant depending on size and project requirements.
Key Projects & Achievements:
Projects successfully delivered and implemented end-to-end as a Business Consultant/Analyst for scope, change management and
requirements gathering include:
- Depository conversion from Euroclear to Clearstream for BMO’s proprietary accounts.
- Toronto back office takeover of London issued Certificates of Deposit (London England), with straight through processing
solution, eliminating manual effort, and optimizing business process for obtaining new CD cusips in a timely manner.
- Regulatory reporting change implementation to ICI (Impact) canned reports. Worked with vendor to incorporate FDIC
requirement within the RCB-MEM, RCB-SUM reports and introduced new class codes in ICI. Re-class of securities for
appropriate reporting to the FDIC meeting regulatory requirements.
- Segregation of Trader Book in Broadridge’s ICI system, introducing new Trader Book as an International Banking Facility,
with change managements for profit / loss and accounting flow.
- Upgrade to Showcase 8 for Impact (an SQL reporting tool for Broadridge system), converting all existing reporting, to an
internal BMO platform and parallel run, problem solving any issues presented as a result of the upgrade.
All projects included identifying relative downstream stakeholders, discovery, planning, requirements documents, process and
technology workflows. Included were test case planning, testing, post implementation close, problem solving any issues
presented as a result of the upgrade. SQL and Excel report output were used for comparison on an ongoing basis in various
projects for the purpose of validating old/new platform information, obtaining the appropriate signoffs, for desired outcomes.
Projects successfully delivered and implemented as part of a project team, fostering new relationships, coaching and mentoring others
include:
- CDCC (Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation) – A project with Bank of Canada, IIAC, CDS, CDCC and all major
Canadian banks. Netting project for Canadian products for the purpose of risk reduction and balance sheet relief. Phase I
completed for platform preparation between member and CDCC via CDS for repo and US style repo’s. Requirements
documents and test scripts provided to team for testing. Testing validation conducted and signoff obtained for project team
- DSTS upgrade. Front Office trading version upgrade interfaced to ICI (Impact) system.
- High Yield trading desk in New York. Acted as subject matter expert (SME) for Fixed Income Operation back office ICI
system for processing, introducing new products, GL mappings and Bloomberg as front office trading system.
- Bank of Montreal acting as Primary Dealer for US Treasuries / Agencies - end-to-end process
- Segregation of USD payments provider for BMO. Provided representation for Fixed Income, for implementation of new
payment platform, procedure updates and deadlines.
- Introduction of ATP automatic confirmation process for BMO internal trades on Broadridge system, eliminating need for paper
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confirmation production for intercompany trades.
- Implemented standardized signoff and tracking procedures for P&L department, fixed income, structured notes and derivative
products.
- Updated and coordinated testing for Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Planning
- Coordinated project for Anomalies for the department – items out of department scope, conducted status meetings, tracked
and maintained progress, distributed minutes of meeting and assisted in process flow/ process mapping.
- Assisted in the creation of metrics for escalation signoff, for fixed income, structured notes and derivative products.
- Coordinated Information Management Project – scope included going from paper based to automated archiving procedures,
reevaluating all current documents to revised standards for both Fixed Income and Derivative products.
- Reviewed department procedures and all desk procedures. Updated procedures where necessary, standardized desk
procedure format and introduced a centralized storage location for both Fixed Income and Derivative products.
- Prepared for incoming Federal and Corporate audit providing coordination of kickoff meeting, procedural documentation and
acting as liaison during audit progress.
MORNEAU SOBECO OCT. 2003 TO MAY 30, 2007
Senior Analyst , DCPP, Administrative Solutions Sept. 2004-May 2007
Managed a large stock purchase plan for a major Canadian Corporation (enrollments, contributions, terminations, death benefits etc), by
streamlining processes and coordinating annual projects. Assisted the administration of Defined Contribution Pension and RSP plans.
Consultant, DCPP, Administrative Solutions Oct. 2003 – Sept. 2004
Assisted the reconciliation process and development of an in house system for new and existing client base.
Achievements: New controls/Established documented procedures/Organized audit reviews/IT collaboration for client specific
requirements.
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL/ CLARICA TRUST FEB 2001 - OCT
2003
Account Manager, Group Retirement Services
ROYAL BANK / ROYAL TRUST OCT. 1985 TO JAN
2001
Project Manager, Group Retirement Services March 2000 to Jan 2001
Consultant, Group Retirement Services Nov 1999 - March 2000
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Advanced level skills in MS Office, Excel, Word, Project, Access, Visio, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, Clarity, Inisight, JIRA, Lotus
Notes, Lotus 1-2-3,
• Impact (Broadridge system-includes ClearancePro), BFS, and Showcase(Broadridge) – Fixed Income back office securities
processing system and query engine.
• Knowledge of SAP, SQL, Crystal Reports, JSON and XML messaging, Morag, Loan IQ, Global, Fixed Income System (FIS), and
Sophis.
• Intermediate Knowledge of BMO internal systems including GFI, GL systems IBUK, CODA, GLM.
• Intermediate Knowledge of vendor systems including SWIFT, Bloomberg, DSTS, Clearstream, BONY, CDS, Eagle, Imagine,
Calypso, FIFODEV, and EPIM.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
• Rotman School of Management – Initiative for Women in Business – Athena Program
• Business Acumen Training – Fitch – Fixed Income
• Professional Project Management– Completion of 36 hour training course (PMBOK) via Cheetah Learning
• Six Sigma – Lean Training via Bank of Montreal internal training
• RUMBA Training via Bank of Montreal internal training.
• Agile training with TD's internal training course.
• Travel & Tourism / Business Administration, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Various professional development courses: Achieving Management Excellence, Quality People/Quality Leadership,
Presentation skills, Performance Focused Leadership, Stress Management, and Managing Conflict.
LANGUAGES
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• Fully proficient in English and Greek.
• Conversational proficiency in Italian and German.
INTERESTS & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Held various positions in the Hellenic Community Centre and Associations such as President, Vice President, Secretary, Social
Coordinator, and Youth Coordinator. Interests include travel, culture, dance and music.
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