Luis R Baez Jr.

777 N. Ashley Dr Unit 1615

Tampa, FL 33602

Cell: 954-673-8334 Email louisbaez@hotmail.com

Detailed Oriented Senior Financial Analyst with over 20 years of experience in Financial & Regulatory
Reporting with background leveraging in Finance and Accounting and hands-on experience in Internal
Control, Compliance and Accounting as well as Balance Sheet Substantiation, Risk and analytics
Responsibilities

 Provide Strong and Accurate Reporting to facilitate Senior Management decision making
 Strong Analytical Skills; Support Business operations through Analysis of performance
indicators and trends
 Strong communication Skills and ability to liaise across the different levels of
Management as well as Senior Management
 Rapidly Adaptable to New Technologies and possess expertise with Microsoft Office Suite
as well as a broad range of other analytical Tools

 GAAP / Compliance
 FINRA /SEC Reporting
 Financial Statement Preparation
 Balance Sheet Substantiation and analytics
 Systems Implementations

Professional Experience:

Citigroup Inc-Finance & Risk Shared Services| U.S. Regulatory Reporting 8/2014-Present
Regulatory Reporting Senior Analyst

 Work collaboratively with all aspects of Regulatory Reporting for CGMHI & Treasury Businesses
performing Quarterly MEMO to prepare regulatory requirements for 10Q/10K, SEC as well as
FRY9CG and FAS107 reporting
 Assist in all aspects of the Transformation initiative of QMEMO for CGM and Treasury
Businesses
 Liaise with Product Controllers across all Businesses ensuring that all data received to be
reported in QMEMO and FAS107 is accurate and complete
 Collaborate with Corporate Regulatory Reporting to ensure all CQMS inquiries and follow ups
are timely and accurately responded to
 Collaborate with the RegInsight team in responding to inquiries relating to data accuracy

Citigroup Inc-Latam Controllers 8/2011 – 8/2014

WMLA / Bahamas BSS Cluster Coordinator Lead / Senior Regulatory Reporting Analyst, AVP

 Work collaboratively with all aspects of Regulatory Reporting for WMLA CPB and AHS
Businesses performing Quarterly MEMO to prepare regulatory requirements for FINRA,10Q/10K,
SEC as well as FED FRY9CG and FAS107 reporting
 Balance Sheet Control Committee Lead for All businesses under WMLA CPB and AHS
 Responsible for the monitoring of eRecon accounts under Bahamas Clusters and WMLA AHS
cluster to ensure the BSS guidelines and directive are followed as mandated by the Global
Process Owner.
Citigroup Inc- Global O&T - Enterprise Services 6/2009 – 8/2011
Solutions Analyst 4 AVP

 Responsible for the Management Adjustment / Reconciliation process during the month-end for
the US CRC (Citi Reporting Core). Responsible of the reconciliations between Financial
 Reporting System (FRS) / Citi Reporting Core (CRC) and Pearl. Responsible to provide system
support on People soft queries and BO (Business Object) reports. Responsible for all aspects of
 Allocations in the CRC system. Involved in all aspects of Implementations of the CRC system for
US/ Mexico/Brazil.

Bank United Financial Corporation 3/2007 – 5/2008

Budget Coordinator/Regulatory Financial Analyst, AVP

 Coordinated the Implementation of a new Budget System which housed the 62MM 2008 Budget
for the Bank United Financial Corporation with 14 billion in Assets and 83 Branches across the
State of Florida as well as Regions throughout the Nation.
 Supported in conjunction with the IT Department the facilitation of technical knowledge and
logistics to the Finance Officers as well as Businesses thus streamlining the Budget input and
creation into the new System which ultimately gave direct responsibility to the Businesses for
their respective Budget preparation.
 Assisted the Regulatory Reporting Lead by performing Quarterly MEMO to prepare regulatory
requirements for 10Q/10K, SEC as well as FRY9CG

Citigroup Inc- Global Consumer Bank Latin America 2/2006 – 10/ 2006
Basel II Coordinator Analyst for Latam Consumer, AVP

 Established a Project Plan and Coordinated all aspect of implementing the new BASEL II accord
as mandated by Regulators and Corporate Management throughout the Consumer Bank for the
Latin America Region composed of several countries – Argentina, Brazil, Bahamas, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Jamaica, Cayman
Islands.
 Worked with the Chief Financial Officer in all aspects of Regulatory Reporting, Forecasting,
Planning, Budget and Compliance for the Latin America Regional Office
 Prepared a Process and Procedures Manual in order to enhance the implementation of security
controls to meet Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX) requirements.

Citigroup Inc- Private Bank - Miami, FL 4/2004 –2/ 2006

Lead Reporting and Regulatory analyst, AVP

 Responsible for all aspects of migrating the two billion dollars in assets Citibank International
Legal Vehicle from Citigroup Business Services to Citigroup Private Bank thus helping provide a
more efficient service and support to the various Businesses under that Legal Vehicle.
 Responsible for migrating the Legal Vehicle to a new Financial Reporting System which
ultimately enhanced the analysis and reporting process and reduced the reporting cycle from five
to three business days Successfully assisted the Financial Controller with managing and
performing all on-going and periodic GL security administration, transaction maintenance, and
daily closing process related to the Citibank International Legal Vehicle
  Assist the Legal Vehicle Businesses with interpretative assistance related to both new and
existing internal and external transactional procedures, accounting policy, regulatory reporting
requirements and trend analysis.
 Assist with the preparation and analysis of financial and management information as well as
documentation required for successful internal as well as external examinations and audits for
the Legal Vehicle. Interact with the Legal Vehicle Controller to supply related qualitative financial
information required.
 Prepared Quarterly MEMO to produce regulatory requirements for Call Report as well as other
Federal Reserve Requirements

Citigroup Inc- Latin America Financial Center Tampa, FL 10/2002 – 3/2004

Lead Reporting and Regulatory analyst, AVP

 Managed a Team of six Financial Analysts in the managing of timely and accurate preparation of
financial, regulatory and management reports for businesses, support groups, and external
authorities monitoring local and offshore entities reported by the LAFC with a total portfolio of
approximately 120 billion in assets.
 Established a Project Plan to start developing a GL chart of accounts to be created for a new
product processor to be put in place which will ultimately streamed lined and enhanced the
analysis and reporting process as well as the reporting cycle
 Provided Financial expertise and support to the Migration team’s implementation of a new
Financial Reporting system mandated by the Corporation
 Responsible for the training, coaching, support and development of the Financial Analysts Team
under my responsibility
 Assist Controller in managing compliance with all corporate accounting policies, US, GAAP, and
corporate regulatory reporting requirements within the group as well as maintaining and
modifying (as needed) appropriate controls to ensure the integrity of financial, regulatory and
MIS information.

Citigroup Inc- Citicorp Latino Tampa, FL 10/1996– 10/2002

Regulatory Reporting Analyst

 Key player along with eight other analysts in the migration of over 120 billion in assets from a
legacy system to a new accounting system for the Offshore Latin America processing center
which resulted in a reduction of the reporting cycle from five to three business days as well as a
more accurate and enhanced analysis. This accomplishment resulted in the Corporation
recognizing and awarding our team with Team of the Quarter award.
 Manage the timely and accurate preparation of financial, regulatory and management reports for
businesses, support groups, and external authorities monitoring local and offshore entities
reported by the Latin America Financial Center
 Manage the timely and accurate preparation of financial, regulatory and management reports for
businesses, support groups, and external authorities monitoring local and offshore entities
reported by the LAFC.
 Monitor compliance with all corporate accounting policies, US, GAAP, and corporate regulatory
reporting requirements.
 Maintain and modify (as needed) appropriate controls to ensure the integrity of financial,
regulatory and MIS information.

Citigroup Inc- Fort Lauderdale, FL 12/1994 – 10/ 1996

Internal Control & Compliance Analyst-
 Reconcile Offshore legal vehicles daily activity on the Share General Ledger with NY DDA
statements
 Provide support to Financial Control & Operations in the reconcilement of daily Offshore Legal
Vehicle activity
 Prepared metrics and monthly letter to Senior Management relating to major variances and new
business
Education:
Nova Southeastern University - Fort Lauderdale FL 2000
Bachelor of Science – Professional Management /Accounting/Finance

Strong ability to work under tight deadlines

Bilingual (English and Spanish)
Microsoft Office suite proficient
Essbase
Peoplesoft

People Skills:
Operational Risk Certificate
Basel II Training Certificate
Sabarnes-Oxley Compliance Certificate
Financial Control and Analysis Certificate
GAAP / SAP
Reginsight
FullSuite
Inquiry Framework
Pearl