Warren YIP

Change the Bureau

Worked on the PMO team of the IT department. Take the lead to drive bank's Fintech initiative and solution. Improve operation efficiency and straight-through process using RPA and other automation tools. • Facilitated and monitor the project status of the program • Formed the Center of Excellence (COE) team for RPA to facilitate automation project in the bank • Take lead on the RPA project for process re-engineering and workflow automation • Worked on Reg-tech including Speech Analytic (SA) solution POC

Worked on the TRIS team in the Dah Sing Bank IT department. Take the lead on the vendor selection of the Endpoint Detection Response(EDR) project. Moreover, facilitate the daily security operation and work on the independent assessment. TRIS Team • Worked on the Proof-of-Concept (POC) of the EDR vendors including Crowdstrike, MDE, Checkpoint and Carbon Black. • Proposed vendor selection suggestion based on the POC result and other criteria such as project cost, compatibilities and functionality • Worked on the SOAR solution POC with xSoar and splunk soar • Support daily operation through Checkmarx for source code scanning in both SAST and IAST solution • Support daily operation through TrendMicro for anti-virus and server health check • Support daily operation through Splunk and Accenture to monitor the company overall security status

Worked on the system development team in the Dah Sing Bank IT department. Take the lead on the development of RPA project as OPM and developer role. Moreover, Rotated to Digital Technology Team to assist on the E-banking/Mobile banking revamp project. Take lead on the oversea stock trading application project. Credit Card & Enterprise Team • Lead RPA automation project for the credit card department worked on both terminal and Excel • Proposed new automation workflow to facilitate operation efficiency • Support Open API project and develop the API gateway for the API exchange • Perform project management based on the SDLC framework including system test/unit test, UAT arrangement, deployment and production verification arrangement Digital Technology Team • Facilitate project team on the user requirement consolidation for the Oversea Stock Trading Application • Lead on the Request For Proposal(RFP) draft and process for the Oversea Stock Trading Application and liaise with the vendors for the vendor selection • Prepare vendor selection presentation material to the Top management including project scope, project cost, delivery schedule, SLA • Support the core banking revamp project on corporate digital channel (i.e. DS-Direct and 328 Banking)

Worked in the Nominee Service team under Corporate Action Department in HKEX. Engaged in every corporate actions that materially impacts its stakeholders such as shareholder and creditors. Common corporate actions include the payment of dividends, stock splits, tender offers, and mergers and acquisitions etc. Assisted in handling listed firm's and HKSCC 's proxy statement and annual meeting arrangement, as well as exercises shareholder rights in respect of the securities held in CCASS, and acts on instructions received from Participants. • Carried out daily depository and nominee services operations in accordance with established rules,procedures and policies of the clearing rules • Proposed operational flow changes to enhance the day-to-day operational efficiency including use RPA(Robotic Process Automation) to handle high-volume, repeatable daily tasks • Supported various automation and process re-engineering initiatives to eliminate manual and unnecessary tasks • Identified exceptional cases and contingency situations and escalate to management • Organised and Hosted training sessions for colleagues to understand the operational flow and explain how to improve operational efficiency • Engaged in HKEX First AI - Erica's development, which helps extract the required and vital information from the annual report automatically.

Assisted in both operations and the front office during my time with Capital Match HK. Built up a more advanced factoring book to streamline the credit process and organised interviews with TVB and Primecredit. • Reintegrated advanced factoring book to streamline credit and control process • Launched marketing campaign including organizing interview with TVB, Primecredit and Seminar with Western Union • Created own SMEs customer base and network of factoring industry • Handled Human Resource jobs including posting Job Description on different Job Searching Platform, Screening and Interview • Maintained relationship with current clients by visiting or sharing updated company information including discount or referring program details to them • Assisted in sales support activities including research and meeting preparation

Helped built up Accounting system to perform month-end closing, cost and income recording and money transfer internationally (swift code) purpose during my time in China Ping An Overseas. Carry out UAT and UX testing for the system and built up a VBA model to facilitate the accounting procedure. • Evaluated internal and agencies’ ratings for asset management and Fixed Income • Built up VBA models for facilitating accounting procedures • Established a new accounting system for daily operations • Carried out Data mining and cleaning process to ensure the quality of data for new system. • Conducted on UAT and UX testing for the system

Built up VBA prediction model for Microsoft and SASA to help facilitate the investment decision making during my time in Invest bot. Made contribution on prediction model and helped facilitate the model maintenance process. • Built up VBA model for business analysis and prediction of stocks’ value • Facilitated investment decision-making process by data testing strategies • Carried out Model Maintenance work and keep updated the data • Implemented Data cleaning and filtering system to ensure the accurateness of the model • Pitched the story for the forecasted value of the stock • Run estimation machine learning system • Performed Equity research and research data analysis

Working in the as the bridge for the front and middle line of the Global Trade and Receivable department, executed the risks control plan while contacted customer to help them finance via factoring. • Work as 2nd Line of Defence for preventing fraud transaction practices • Implemented regional AML policy and adopted new AML manual and Regulatory Compliance rules as Risks Management • Carried out KYC and KYCC general banking practice • Followed Red Flag rules and regulation when processing invoice payment • Alerted with any unauthorised practice related to the Sanction countries • Checked with world system for the reliability level of the invoices

Treated as a project to acquire the potential company with a price lower than market value after tough bargaining and sell it at a higher price later. Successfully implemented a series of reengineering plan including introduced new product lines and innovative sales strategies. Achieve the target of making over 10 thousand sales and net profit in December and make another profit though transfer of ownership in 2017. • Launched a series of marketing and social media campaigns for building a strong brand image • Built up efficient booking system with database for customers • Redeveloped the theme for each room and introduced new ideas fit in to current trend • Differentiated different customer though pricing strategies and types of the rooms • Introduced new product line to carry out the long tail strategies of the company