1. ROMMEL F. TORRES
13 Garcia Street
South Admiral Paranaque
Mobile: 917 8121220
Landline: 6598578
rommeltorres88@yahoo.com.ph
OBJECTIVE
 To further my career in Banking, although willing to expandon other opportunities that will utilize my skillset.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 Pioneeredthe FATCA compliance process for one of the world’s largest banks
 Created the full FATCA procedures adhered to by the Manila Site; adept in working with senior business partners across global
regions
 Successfully spearheaded the migration of the Fund AccountingReconciliation process, resulting in FTE savings
 Highly adaptive individual experienced in working in migrated processes environment; thrives in rapidly changing, fast-paced
environments
 Intermediate knowledge with systems used for KYC and Fund Accounting purposes, as well as MS applications
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
Data Analysis, Observation, Intuition, Research, Problem Solving, Process Improvement,
and WorkloadPrioritization
People Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, Instruction, Supervision, Training, and Teamwork
Systems Knowledge LexisNexis, OneSource, TLM, COSMIC, and WINS
Application Knowledge Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
Procedure Writing Writes established process documents
Communication Liaises with internal and external partners while ensuring successful understanding for
both parties. Has high proficiency on both English and Tagalog language.
WORKEXPERIENCE
HSBC
October 2013 – July 2014
Assistant Manager - Process and Change – FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)
April 2014 – July 2014
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 Wrote the full standard procedures for the FATCA BAU process – Manila site, which determines if a new client should be on-
boarded
 Spearheaded the full FATCA process for the Manila site, contributingto HSBC being FATCA compliant
 Workedwith multiple tax SMEs as well as senior management from New York, France, Hong Kong, UK, and Mexico for
requirement discussions and negotiations
 This procedural document serves as the basis for HSBC’s 180 employees.

2. RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Propose, vet, andimplement process changes for the FATCA project
 Analyze new or revised requirements provided by the stakeholders and translate these requirements into the FATCA process
 Analyze the impact of changes on production and define if rework is required
 Write procedures based on revised process or new information. This entails analyzingthe process, holding discussions with
various parties, and puttinglanguage in the procedures
 Support production teams with process queries and interpretation of process documents
 Identify knowledge gaps from production teams and provide training
Assistant Manager - KYCS Remediation – Know Your Customer
October 2013 – April 2014
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 Led the Foreign Indicia Project, whose purpose is to find clients that can be exemptedfrom standard procedures
 Contributed in meetingthe deadline set by the IRS by identifyingroughly seven hundred clients that can be exemptedfrom
standard procedures. An estimated525 hours were saved.
 Led Manila and Warsaw KYC sites in identifying clients that are subject to Foreign Indicia. The production team of both sites
consists of 60+ employees
 Regularly collaboratedwith Manila and Warsaw senior management to address issues and influence decisions
 Regularly collaboratedwith Tax SMEs to discuss possible exceptions
 Able to lead the project despite only having three months experience
 Wrote the standardprocedures of tax form processing for HSS(HSBC Securities and Services) and Futures Accounts departments
 Provided a uniform approach on tax form search, validation, and documentation.
 Aided in streamlining the tax form validation process by assuming the responsibility from other departments
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Adhere strictly to compliance andoperational risk controls in accordance with the bank and regulatory standards including
USA Patriot Act andBank Secrecy Act requirements, internal policies and practices; reports control weaknesses, compliance
breaches and operational loss events.
 Review and update of KYC profiles
 Undertake further due diligence where required and refer adverse findings to Compliance and the Business.
 Liaise with business area and provide advice on the requirement for supportingdocumentation and information as necessary
 Respond efficiently to ad-hoc requests for assistance from business and KYC Client-on boarding.
J.P. MORGAN & CHASECO
June 2010 – June 2013
Fund Accounting Analyst – Reconciliation
June 2010 – June 2013
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 Led the 3-month Level 2 reconciliation process migration from Bangalore to Manila.
 Saved one full-time workload equivalent for J.P. Morgan & Chase
 Workloaddistributed to Manila Level 1 Reconciliation team
 Trainedthe Manila reconciliation team for the Level 2 Reconciliation process
 Actively implementedother team’s reconciliation work as needed
 Faster delivery of the over-all reconciliation process
 Improvedworking relationships among teams
 Updated the reconciliation standardprocedure which contributed to a faster resolution of fund discrepancies.

3.  Created best practice documents for the reconciliation process which decreased the learningcurve for new hires
 Provided support and contributions to multiple projects:
 MTDL (Month-to-Date Holdings) process which resulted to MTDL’s internal website improvedfunctionality and
performance.
 Various TLM Auto-match rule project which lessened the workload for Manila Reconciliations team
 Recognized for individual performance on November 2011 on the basis of 100% work accuracy for six consecutive months
 Led the transition of the Level 2 reconciliation process for the business contingency plan of 2011 .
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Perform daily, weekly and monthly fundreconciliation
 Investigate cash and stock variances between custody and accounting systems
 Communicate with internal and external service partners to resolve discrepancies
 Ensure complete and accurate fund reconciliation under time constraint
 Participate in various projects/activities assigned
EDUCATION
2006-2009
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA
Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in Business Management, Feb 2009
Dean’s list: 1st Term, SY 2008-09
2002-2006
COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN – MAKATI
High School Diploma, March 2006.
REFERENC ES
Available upon request