Mike is a Principal Consultant at X-CO. He has 15 years’ experience of working with financial institutions in Tier 1 and Tier 2 Banks, having worked initially at one of the Big Four firms.
In his role as a Risk Control Specialist, he has worked with senior management in Group Finance to establish a consistent approach to CCAR process flows and control documentation. Mike also assisted on the identification, documentation and assessment of key procedural controls in accordance with best market practice.
Mike has a number of years’ experience within Product Control in Finance, across a diverse range of asset classes. He also has extensive technical experience of reviewing daily P&L, including front to back reconciliations, attributing the P&L using the Greeks including market commentary and a particular focus on training resources to facilitate offshoring.
Mike has successfully engaged and reported at all levels within client organisations and his work is recognised for its meticulous attention to detail. He has specialist experience in detailed reviews of process flows, identifying control deficiencies and providing solutions, derived from involvement in numerous assurance and risk engagements.
Mike has additionally worked in a number of project focused teams, including year-end testing, P&L governance, UAT/system migration and a P&L efficiency team responsible for identifying and implementing process improvements.
More recently Mike has been involved in managing the review and improvement of CCAR narrative documentation for UBS, prior to submission to the Fed. He was also key in implementing automation to increase efficiency and consistency of documentation production.
Previously, Mike worked for UBS, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and PwC.