PEOPLE MANAGER
I can staff, train and lead a successful team (I've lead six!). My management experience includes talent gap assessment, working with recruitment agencies, interviewing, on-boarding, performance appraisals and coaching junior talent. I enjoy working with students and recent grads and have led multiple training sessions and knowledge sharing seminars.
DELIVERY LEAD
I've planned, staffed, scheduled and delivered over 20 projects, ranging from scheduled application upgrades to massive data warehouse initiatives and vendor releases. With 8 years of delivery experience, I know what makes a project succeed and what makes it fail. My delivery skills portfolio includes stakeholder negotiation, managing team dynamics, financial tracking and project maintenance.
BUSINESS ANALYST
I have 10+ years of experience authoring comprehensive requirements packages, including BRDs, systems requirements & data mapping specifications. I have expert data analysis skills and a strong working knowledge of EPMO standards across 4 major Canadian banks. My go-to methodology is SDLC, but I'm equally comfortable with PDLC, Waterfall or Agile.
Hi! I'm Katherine.
I provide analytical & delivery services to business and technology groups in the Canadian Financial Industry. I specialize in Credit, Liquidity and Operational Risk, focusing on regulatory compliance (e.g. BASEL, IFRS) and data integration projects. My complementary areas of expertise are Data Quality & Data Governance. In addition to my analysis and risk management experience, I'm a former developer and a DBA.
Katherine Black
BUSINESS ANALYST & IT SPECIALIST
Phone:
416-877-6457
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Passionate about information management, I jumped at the opportunity to go back to school while still working as a BSA at RBC Dexia. The move was a natural fit. I got my degree while working full-time and made it on the Dean's Honor Roll, graduating in the top percentile of my class. I am a Member of the Golden Key Intellectual Achievement Society.
Ryerson University
Bachelor's Degree
Information Technology Management & Applications Development
Seneca College
Diploma
International Business Administration
Before I became an analyst, I wanted to run my own business. That early introduction to commerce proved crucial to my ability to understand my clients, laying the foundation of a successful career. I graduated with Honors, a full semester ahead of schedule.
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
SKILLS
Business Analysis – Expert
Requirements Management – Expert
Data Analysis – Expert
Risk Management – Advanced
Data Quality – Expert
Data Governance & Compliance - Advanced
EXPERTISE
Owned data migration work stream in the transition from a legacy system to cutting-edge vendor platform. Delivered full data transformation package using available technology. Optimized data cleansing techniques to ensure seamless migration. Acted in advisory capacity to business stakeholders.
CIBC
Data Analyst
Global Operational
Risk Management
Scotiabank
Senior Business Analyst
CBT Paperless Program
Retail Banking
Led efforts to measure progress of the enterprise Paperless digitization program. Defined & revised key performance metrics in collaboration with business SMEs to increase transparency on the Program's key factors. Analyzed bulk retail data to build program performance assessment models.
TD Canada Trust
Sr. BSA & Delivery Lead
Enterprise Risk Technology
RBC Dexia
Applications Developer &
BSA Securities Lending
Owned fill scope of project support activities on the SL data warehouse. Led data warehouse transition from an in-house environment to a fully supported production system. Planned and managed scheduled environment upgrades. In charge of providing decision support and ad hoc BI services to senior management and executive-level staff. Received multiple awards and commendations for exceptional performance.
Managed deliverables on multiple successful Enterprise Risk Management projects. Senior analytical lead on BASEL reporting portfolio. BA lead & technology SME on BASEL III compliance projects, IFRS 9 & CBAW-GLAR. Owned analytical deliverables on multiple Credit Risk data integration projects. Accountable for delivery of system requirements, project documentation and test cases. Recognized as a critical employee, with a 3-year retention bonus.
Developed and implemented several applications, including a global on-line system for stock recall tracking to minimize trade fails in high-risk markets. In charge of implementing secure web distribution of data to external service providers and institutional clients. Lead BSA on the Tri-Party Repo development project. Recognized for exceptional effort by multiple internal awards.
RBC Royal Trust
Applications Developer &
BSA Securities Lending