Eric Heindel
Compliance and Legal Advisor
Eric Heindel has 15 years of work experience in business, law, and compliance. He has been responsible for business analysis, financial management,
QA testing, work flow monitoring with ServiceNow and JIRA, Scrum and Agile project management, and software implementations to monitor
electronic communications, assess risk, maintain records, and enable compliance.
Eric attended Georgetown University and majored in Finance. He worked as an Analyst at Merrill Lynch before attending law school. Since 2005, Eric has advised
many banks, corporations, and law firms on compliance, risk management, and investment issues.
If you are interested in hiring Eric, please submit your inquiry to: advisor@ericheindel.com
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Here are some highlights of Eric's work experience:
Neopart Transit LLC - Reading, Pennsylvania, 2018 - 2020
Eric attended Georgetown University and majored in Finance. He worked as an Analyst at Merrill Lynch before attending law school. Since 2005, Eric has advised many banks, corporations, and law firms on compliance, risk management, and investment issues.
If you are interested in hiring Eric, please submit your inquiry to: advisor@ericheindel.com
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Here are some highlights of Eric's work experience:
Neopart Transit LLC - Reading, Pennsylvania, 2018 - 2020
Corporate Counsel - In-house attorney for a transportation company. Advised on legal and contract issues, including FCPA compliance, arbitration, international trade, and management of outside counsel. Directed risk management programs to maintain compliance with bank loan and commercial lending covenants by identifying negative trends and recommending solutions.
Gramercy Technology Associates - Honolulu, Hawaii, 2016 - 2018
Advised technology companies as an IT Compliance Consultant on QA testing, legal compliance, software licensing, electronic communications monitoring, information security, and project management. Identified numerous security issues with a website distribution platform for podcasts and media. Created and executed a test plan to ensure a 20% reduction in errors using Agile principles. Advised a software developer on improving their financial and accounting software through exploratory testing and risk analysis.
Citibank - New York, New York, 2011 - 2016
Managed projects to improve eCommunications surveillance, controls, and compliance through policy refining and testing in the Orchestria and NICE Actimize software suites. Ensured electronic records across multiple regions conformed to applicable regulations. Project Manager in charge of gathering requirement specifications and implementing Japanese language policies from design through testing (Systems Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing) and implementation. Wrote SQL queries against an Oracle database to facilitate reporting and analysis of Orchestria data. Oversaw the monitoring of potential money laundering, bribery, sanctions, and FCPA issues in multiple electronic formats. Increased surveillance accuracy by 30% due to more accurate lexicon and exploratory testing to identify non-functioning queries. Coordinated business analysis and risk management assessments using Tableau for data discovery to ensure compliance with SOX and trading compliance. Examined the Orchestria log for potential security issues including unauthorized changes and access by both employees, vendors, and other outside parties. Reduced security issues by 15% through increased monitoring and reporting. Coded Orchestria e-mail surveillance software suite to provide controls to monitor trading activity in FX derivatives (futures, options, and swaps) and managed QA testing from SIT through UAT. Managed business users and led requirement gathering and business analysis in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America translating and implementing policy lexicon into multiple languages.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP - New York, New York, 2010 - 2011
Assisted with the defense of a large corporation against securities law, tax, and regulatory issues. Provided eDiscovery to meet document demands for securities litigation and allegations related to manipulation of the LIBOR, EURIBOR, and Mortgage-Backed securities.
FBR & Co. - Arlington, Virginia 2008 - 2009
IT consultant specializing in eCommunications supervision and compliance. Executed Orchestria test plans and created detailed management reports of the results. Used Orchestria e-mail surveillance software suite to provide supervision, messaging controls, and regulatory compliance to FBR's investment bank employees globally. Assisted with requirements gathering, QA testing and report specifications documentation.
Merrill Lynch - New York, New York, 2000 - 2001
Analyst in the Exclusive Sales & Divestitures Group - Participated in the sell-side transaction process by preparing financial models, writing descriptive memoranda, and valuing businesses. Worked with private equity clients to maximize the sales price of business units. Developed financial models to improve analysis of management buyouts and leveraged buyouts.