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Aiden Forkan

Summary

I am a highly motivated Banking Professional with 17 years' experience across a variety of Operations and Technology roles. I am dedicated to ensuring business objectives are met to the highest standards.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work history

Business Analyst (Consultant)

Bank of Ireland
Dublin
09.2023 - Current

• Lead analysis for Swift migration from MT format to XML to ensure ISO20022 compliance for the Trade Finance Business

Senior Vice President BA/PM

BNY Mellon
Dublin, Dublin
08.2022 - Current
  • Lead analysis & Project management of the DTCC T+1 accelerated settlement program across the Capital Markets and Securities Lending Business
  • Carryout impact assessment, develop Project Plans, Budget management, document requirements, RAID logs and Management Reporting
  • Manage communications with all levels of the organization and run project steering calls

Project Manager

Bank Of America
Dublin, Dublin
07.2016 - 06.2021
  • Lead projects from initiation through to delivery phase including Development of Business case, Project charter, Requirements gathering, Planning, Budget & Resource Management, Implementation planning and go live run book execution
  • Project manager across large Technology and Operations initiatives including: Implementation of Chinese sanctions, A Legal entity rename applied to 120 systems, Automation of Trader Corporate Action Elections, Expansion of message format from Front Office applications to Back Office

Business Analyst

JP Morgan Chase
Canary Wharf, London
07.2014 - 06.2016
  • Analysis and implementation of Regulatory changes to the Equity Derivatives Risk Management stack
  • Regulations covered include: Dodd Frank, EMIR L1 & L2, ASIC, HKMA and Canada
  • Test planning and management with both internal and external systems and stakeholders

Middle Office Team Lead

State Street
Dublin, Dublin
07.2012 - 06.2016
  • Lead a Derivatives Middle Office OTC Trade Processing and Settlement Team
  • Managed team by overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
  • Implementation of process controls and automation of manual tasks including Cash and Position Reconciliations
  • Trade file testing with new clients ahead of onboarding

QA Specialist

Deutsche Bank
Dublin, Dublin
09.2011 - 06.2012

- QA testing of Swift message field changes

Onboarding & Implementation Specialist

JP Morgan Chase
Dublin, Dublin
10.2007 - 06.2011

· Onboarding Funds from other administrators to both the Geneva and Invest One platforms including loading all Asset data and NAV calculation

· Facing off with clients to ensure their data could be onboarded in the correct format and that all subsequent trading would be processed STP

· Work with Technology to build out ETL automation when clients could not satisfy field level requirements for STP trade processing



Education

Diploma - Digital Product Management

University College Dublin
09.2025 -

Diploma - Cyber Security

University College Dublin
Dublin
04.2001 - 05.2024

Algorithmic Trading Program

University of Oxford
Oxford
12.2022

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Durham University
Durham
04.2018

Diploma - SQL Development & Database Design

Fitzwilliam Institute
Dublin
04.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Maynooth University
Maynooth
08.2006

Product Knowledge

Equities, Bonds, Futures, Options, Equity Derivatives (Equity Swap, Equity Option, Dividend Swap, Variance Swap, Structured Products), Credit Derivatives (CDS, CDX, iTraxx), Rates (IRS, FRA), FX(Spot, Forward)

Skills

Geneva, InvestOne, Summit, Murex, Pyramid, MarkitWire, DTCC GTR, Bloomberg, Reuters, Jira, Confluence, HP Quality Centre, Oracle SQL, UML,  Excel/VBA, MS Access, MS Sharepoint, MS Powerpoint, MS Project, MS Visio

Timeline

Diploma - Digital Product Management

University College Dublin
09.2025 -

Business Analyst (Consultant)

Bank of Ireland
09.2023 - Current

Senior Vice President BA/PM

BNY Mellon
08.2022 - Current

Project Manager

Bank Of America
07.2016 - 06.2021

Business Analyst

JP Morgan Chase
07.2014 - 06.2016

Middle Office Team Lead

State Street
07.2012 - 06.2016

QA Specialist

Deutsche Bank
09.2011 - 06.2012

Onboarding & Implementation Specialist

JP Morgan Chase
10.2007 - 06.2011

Diploma - Cyber Security

University College Dublin
04.2001 - 05.2024

Algorithmic Trading Program

University of Oxford

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Durham University

Diploma - SQL Development & Database Design

Fitzwilliam Institute

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Maynooth University
Aiden Forkan