Aleksandra Parzych
Summary
Detail-oriented and well-organised professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to work under pressure, quickly adapting to new systems. Open-minded and committed to continuous learning, seeking opportunities to leverage skills in a dynamic environment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Operational and Resilience Senior Risk Steward
HSBC
10.2023 - 02.2025
- Company Overview: Operational and Resilience Senior Risk Steward, HSBC Red Brand, UK RFB
- Identifying and conducting thematic reviews across Red Brand, WPB to ensure that risk and control environment is commensurate with the scale and nature of operations
- Translating findings into a clear communication
- Ensuring the integrity and timely completeness of risk and controls identification, assessment and information within the system of record (Helios) as well as directing documented plans for residual risks
- Supporting Red Brand, their operational and resilience risk management and acting as a key contact and escalation for senior stakeholder engagement through Red Brand
- Supporting embedding the Risk Management Framework and providing advice, guidance and challenge in relation to ORR oversight and internal control effectiveness
- Providing 2LoD oversight of top and emerging non-financial risks, ensuring Red Brand can mitigate these timely and cost effectively
- Attending WPB control meetings and non-financial risk governance forums, providing both Operational Risk Oversight and timely Risk Steward challenge of the First Line of Defence view of the resilience risk profile
- Producing relevant Management Information based on the consistent and insightful reporting of issues and internal events
- Supporting developing and promoting an increasingly insightful process-based view of ORR risks
- Applying risk stewardship review and challenge over Resilience Risk RCAs and control environment
- Working closely with Change Oversight to risk assess and oversight material change programmes from planning through to execution
- Conducting trainings on risk-related topics (Risk Aggregation, Emerging Risks, Cyber security)
- Operational and Resilience Senior Risk Steward, HSBC Red Brand, UK RFB
Operational Risk Oversight Manager
State Street Bank International
02.2020 - 09.2023
- Company Overview: Poland Branch Risk Oversight
- Conducting reviews and end-to-end process assessments to ensure that risk and control environment is at the appropriate level (deep dives, Targeted Risk Assessments, Post Mortems)
- Ensuring the completeness of root cause analysis and documenting remedial plans for residual risks
- Completing aggregated reporting of the Branch Risk profile
- Attending risk controls meetings and non-financial forums, providing Operational Risk oversight and challenge of 1LOD
- Actively participating into RCSA process
- Reviewing and challenging the Operational Key Risk Indicators
- Participating into yearly review of Branch OKR to establish clear goals and measurable outcomes
- Reviewing of new products, assessing the impact on the Poland branch (GTRA/ NBPRA)
- Analysing data related to issues and events and translating into reports
- Engaging into yearly review of operational risk policies and assessing compliance with them and with risk appetite
- Actively participating into stress tests for the Branch
- Promoting the risk culture by improving the lines of communication and implementing a culture of learning
- Poland Branch Risk Oversight
Financial Operations and Project Leader
Euroclear Bank
04.2019 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: Financial Operations and Project Leader in Funds Department
- Monitoring project delivery throughout the full lifecycle: scoping, business requirements, testing and operational readiness
- Delivering outcomes in efficient and effective way
- Leading, developing and motivating operational teams to achieve specifics targets
- Acting as the Access Manager for the Funds Department
- Operational Risk Champion and Security Manager – evolving necessary controls and procedures to mitigate operational and financial risk, delivering various risk reporting and controlling activities, analysing the effectiveness of control design in mitigating audit, regulatory, operational and financial risk
- Change Leader in Transfers Team – managing team (coordinating daily tasks, preparing monthly planning, assisting team members with day-to-day problems, checking the daily performance of employees, motivating people to develop talent), acting as senior escalation point and subject matter expert, representing Funds Department where senior knowledge is required, preparing monthly statistics and reports, coordinating key business changes
- Financial Operations and Project Leader in Funds Department
Financial Operations and Project Leader
Euroclear Bank
12.2017 - 10.2019
- Company Overview: Financial Operations and Project Leader in Transfers team
- Preparing and coordinating internal and external projects in Funds Transfers team
- Managing team – preparing daily reports, taking ownership of difficult problems and issues, motivating people to develop talent, managing the daily performance of employees
- Reviewing data and identifying potential issues for management review, investigating the root causes of errors
- Financial Operations and Project Leader in Transfers team
Banking Operations Specialist
Euroclear Bank
10.2013 - 12.2017
- Company Overview: Banking Operations Specialist - Funds Specialist
- Accurately and timely treating whole lifecycle of transfer transactions – placement, settlement and confirmation
- Identifying and assisting in resolving account set-up, reconciliation and documentation issues
- Client Service dedicated person – preparing statistics, handling escalation from clients
- Ensuring continuous improvement of transfer processing procedures
- Quality Manager – performing daily checks to improve quality in the team and in the company, providing quality coaching for poor performers, preparing monthly statistics on quality errors
- Banking Operations Specialist - Funds Specialist
Research Specialist
Interactive Data Corporation Dublin
Dublin
07.2012 - 09.2013
- Company Overview: Research Specialist
- Keeping the company database up to date on a daily basis
- Collecting data from all markets from the following sources: Stock Exchanges, Data Vendors, Banks, Custodians and the companies
- Testing system changes;
- Assembling, troubleshooting and maintaining the database
- Answering internal queries
- Research Specialist
Education
Postgraduate Degree - Cybersecurity
Wyzsza Szkola Ksztalcenia Zawodowego
10.2023 - 06.2024
Master thesis - Economics - Managerial Economics
Lazarski University
10.2012 - 09.2015
Administration - Public Safety
Police Academy
10.2008 - 06.2011
Skills
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Ability to learn new systems quickly
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexible
- Detail-oriented
- Well-organized
- Open-minded
Personal Information
Date of birth: 03/06/89
Custom
- Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control, ISACA, 232128999
- Hedge Funds, Kleinbart Learning and Development Solutions
- Hedge Funds Advanced, Kleinbart Learning and Development Solutions
- The Investment Fund Industry – market and operation, Kleinbart Learning and Development Solutions
- Project Management, Nowe Motywacje
- Managing yourself, Nowe Motywacje
- Time and Task Management, Nowe Motywacje
Timeline
Operational and Resilience Senior Risk Steward
HSBC
10.2023 - 02.2025
Postgraduate Degree - Cybersecurity
Wyzsza Szkola Ksztalcenia Zawodowego
10.2023 - 06.2024
Operational Risk Oversight Manager
State Street Bank International
02.2020 - 09.2023
Financial Operations and Project Leader
Euroclear Bank
04.2019 - 01.2020
Financial Operations and Project Leader
Euroclear Bank
12.2017 - 10.2019
Banking Operations Specialist
Euroclear Bank
10.2013 - 12.2017
Master thesis - Economics - Managerial Economics
Lazarski University
10.2012 - 09.2015
Research Specialist
Interactive Data Corporation Dublin
07.2012 - 09.2013
Administration - Public Safety
Police Academy
10.2008 - 06.2011
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