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Ryan O'Connor

Boston

Summary

Registered Client Associate with expertise in client services in the financial, wealth advisory sector. Proven track record in supporting financial advisors, managing existing and prospective client relationships, and executing trades and transactions. Dedicated to continuous personal development and career advancement, and seeking to pursue the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) qualification to strengthen financial expertise and enhance client advisory proficiency.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Client Service Associate

JPMorgan Chase
Boston
07.2024 - Current
  • Collaborating with a team of financial advisors to deliver tailored solutions for high-net-worth clients, focusing on wealth preservation, strategic investment planning, long-term financial growth, and exceptional service.
  • Communicating directly with high-net-worth clients to execute trades and facilitate money movements, including wires, journals, ACHs, and checks, ensuring accuracy and timely processing.
  • Generating documentation and managing the initiation of all account types, including individual, joint, retirement, trusts, public entities, LLCs, and more, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timekeeping throughout the process.
  • Coordinating with back office operations to support account maintenance requests for existing client accounts, in addition to managing seamless execution of ACAT transfers into brokerage firm for new client accounts.
  • Ensuring adherence to both internal and external regulations, such as AML and KYC, by conducting thorough client due diligence to uphold compliance.

Associate, Private Wealth Management Operations

JP Morgan Chase
Boston
07.2023 - 07.2024
  • Successfully navigated the transition of Private Wealth Management clientele to JPMC’s wealth advisory sector, in addition to maintaining all prior responsibilities following JP Morgan’s acquisition of First Republic.
  • Creating a more holistic view of the transition process for WM teams by becoming fluent in both JPMC and FRIM documentation, processes, and software in the simultaneous off-boarding and on-boarding of all clients.
  • Troubleshooting discrepancies and clarifying differences for the front office between JPMC-specific software systems and FRIM and Pershing software, while teams navigate through the transition period.

Associate, Private Wealth Management Operations

First Republic Bank
Boston
03.2022 - 07.2023
  • Managed client onboarding process of new account openings for prospective and existing client households, opening all account types from, Individual, Trust, Retirement Plans to Public Entities, LLCs and more.
  • Liaised between Wealth Management teams across the entirety of First Republic’s Wealth Management sector nationwide to streamline and complete client requests and account maintenance needs.
  • Individually and regularly hosted cross training and presentations between operation and CS departments.

Actuarial Analyst

ReAssure
London
09.2019 - 03.2022
  • Performed continuous, quarterly, and annual analysis of 3 company life and pension insurance funds assessing the ability of each to meet their liabilities against current and potential future assets via research, synthesizing data, and stochastic forecasting.
  • Evaluated the accuracy and competitiveness of pre-existing pricing models used to calculate funds recently acquired by the company against our more modern and economically relevant models.

Education

BSc - Actuarial Science and Mathematics

The University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
06.2019

Skills

  • Analytical analysis and critical thinking
  • Interpersonal and written communication
  • Problem solving
  • Team collaboration
  • Attention to detail
  • Time management

Certification

FINRA: SIE, Series 7, Series 66

Institute & Faculty of Actuaries CM1&2: Critical Mathematics, CS 1&2: Statistics, CA1: Actuary Theory, CB1: Financial Reporting, CB2: Economics

Technical Skills

  • CRM: Salesforce, NetX, Connect (JPM)
  • Custodial Platforms: JPMorgan Chase, Pershing
  • Languages: R, SQL
  • Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word)

Timeline

Registered Client Service Associate

JPMorgan Chase
07.2024 - Current

Associate, Private Wealth Management Operations

JP Morgan Chase
07.2023 - 07.2024

Associate, Private Wealth Management Operations

First Republic Bank
03.2022 - 07.2023

Actuarial Analyst

ReAssure
09.2019 - 03.2022

BSc - Actuarial Science and Mathematics

The University of Manchester
Ryan O'Connor