ROBERT J. McDONOUGH
Senior Consultant - BCCP
Faculty Member & Instructor - BCI
US Southern Division

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

BEKKER COMPLIANCE CONSULTING PARTNERS, LLC
BEKKER COMPLIANCE INSTITUTE
Independent Consultant and Instructor
2009 – Present

Rob is an independent Senior Consultant under contract with Bekker Compliance Consulting Partners, LLC (BCCP). He provides specialized consulting and education/training services, in his areas of expertise described below, to BCCP’s financial services clientèle.

President and CEO-Strategic Financial Solutions, Inc. ,Atlanta, GA 2000- Present

Provide risk management strategy consulting, seminar delivery and training development for financial institutions, investment and trading firms, banking industry groups, and regulators. Areas of expertise include:

  • Market, Credit Risk, and Operational Risk Management
    • Fixed Income and Equity Investments
    • Derivatives – Interest Rate, FX, Equity, and Energy
    • Securitization (MBS, CMO, and ABS) and Structured Finance
    • Credit Derivatives and CDOs
    • Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments
  • Asset/Liability and Treasury Management
    • Earnings at Risk and Economic Value Analysis
    • Hedge Effectiveness Testing
    • Core Deposit Analysis
    • Liquidity and Gap Analysis
    • Risk Model Validation
  • Trading and Broker/Dealer Operations Risk Assessments
  • Regulatory and Best Practice Compliance
  • nternal Controls and Audit Procedures

    • Representative Clients:

    • Allianz Life Insurance
    • Bank Administration Institute
    • Bank of Ireland
    • Bank Zenit, Moscow
    • Barclays PLC
    • BB&T Corp.
    • Charles Schwab and Co., Inc.
    • Chase Mortgage
    • Citizens Financial Group
    • Credit Suisse First Boston
    • Deloitte Consulting
    • Euromoney PLC
    • Fannie Mae
    • Farm Credit Administration
    • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • Federal Home Loan Bank Corporation
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Fidelity Investments
  • FINRA (Formerly NASD)
  • Hartford Investment Management
  • Industrial Development Bank of India
  • ING Group North America
  • KPMG
  • Central Bank of Kuwait
  • Manulife Insurance
  • Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc.
  • National City Bank
  • National Credit Union Administration
  • Nomura Securities, Inc.
  • Swiss Re Insurance

    • 1998 – 2000
    Accenture, Ltd. Atlanta, GA
    Senior Manager, Financial Services Industry Group

    Managed client engagements implementing process improvements and technology infrastructure to support capital markets activities. Clients included:

  • S1 Corporation, Atlanta, GA
  • SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta, GA
  • ING Group NV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • First Union Corp. (now Wachovia Corp.), Richmond, VA

    • COURSES DESIGNED, DEVELOPED & DELIVERED

  • Risk Management and Auditing for Financial Institutions (Banks, Central Banks, Insurance Companies, Investment Managers)
  • Risk Management and Auditing for Investment Funds (Sovereign Wealth, Pension, Mutual, Asset Managers, etc.)
  • Asset/Liability Management (ALM) and Interest Rate Risk Management
  • Basel II: Implications for Market, Credit, and Operational Risk Management
  • Introduction to Derivatives: Forwards, Futures, Swaps, and Options
  • Understanding and Auditing Intermediate and Advanced Derivatives: Products and strategies
  • Understanding and Auditing Structured Finance and Securitized Products
  • Mortgage-Backed Securities and Other Asset-Backed Securities
  • Understanding and Auditing Treasury, Cash Management, and Investments – Front, Middle, and Back Office
  • Credit Risk, Credit Derivatives and CDOs
  • Risk Management of International Investments for Financial Institutions and Funds
  • Conducting Internal Risk Assessments of Broker/Dealers
  • Validating Financial Models (Asset/Liability Management, Value at Risk (VaR), Credit Risk)
  • Understanding and Auditing Alternative Assets, Private Equity, and Hedge Funds
  • Statistical Sampling for Auditing Financial Institutions
  • Managing Business Risk for Financial Institutions
  • Effective Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions

    • EDUCATION

    1985
    Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
    Master of Business Administration - Dual major in Finance and Economics

    1983
    Emory University Atlanta, GA
    Bachelor of Business Administration - Concentration in Marketing

    1980
    National Merit Scholar - The Westminster Schools Atlanta, GA

    CERTIFICATIONS

  • Commissioned Capital Markets Examiner for the Federal Reserve System
  • BAI Certified Risk Professional (CRP) in Treasury/ALM and Risk Management
  • ITCI Certified Investments and Derivatives Auditor (CIDA)
  • Chartered Financial Analyst Program – Sitting for Level II Exam 2008

    APPOINTMENTS

  • Appointed to the Elected Officials Compensation Commission for the City of Atlanta by the President of the Atlanta City Council (2008)
  • Executive Director, Global Financial Markets Institute (2000 – Present)
  • Senior Consultant, Investment Training and Consulting Institute (2003 – Present)
  • Instructor, FT Knowledge/New York Institute of Finance (2000-2003)
  • Adjunct Economics Instructor, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA (1999)
  • Research Associate, Georgia State Economic Forecasting Center (Dr. Donald Rataczjak, Director - 1990)
  • Volunteer, Financial Services Volunteer Corps (1996 – Present), delivering projects to build sound banking and financial systems in transitioning and developing countries. Assignments include on-site projects with the Central Banks of:
  • Argentina
  • Croatia
  • Republic of Georgia
  • Jordan
  • Mexico
  • Morocco
  • Russia
  • Poland

    PUBLICATIONS

  • “Doing Your Homework on Individual Equity Futures”; Futures Magazine, March 2002 (with K. Kapner)
  • “Brady Bonds in Latin American Capital Markets”; Capital Markets Update, FRB Atlanta, October 1997
  • “Valuing Interest Rate Swaps”; Capital Markets Update, FRB Atlanta, March 1996
  • “Structured Note Bifurcation”; Financial Update, FRB Atlanta, October 1992