Hello! I'm Marc
Welcome to my personal webpage! Here, you'll get to know me better through my experience, education, and skills. I share public domain news, primarily CNN for global current affairs and Yahoo Finance for daily financial insights. I also have a section dedicated to Asian markets featuring a scrolling ticker with relevant information. Stay tuned for my upcoming blog, where I’ll share ideas and interact with you!
Marc Bodo MSc
EXPERIENCE
2022-July2025
Bank of England
Reconciliation Analyst
Middle Office operations division (>2 years)
I worked as a Reconciliation Analyst. My role included:
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Monitoring settlement of securities (Bonds, FX, Repo, Commercial Papers, Swaps and SDR) and the daily reconciliation of our positions.
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Checking and reporting balance positions in cash, securities and collaterals.
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Checking risk tolerance and flagging overdrawn accounts.
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Flagging risk.
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Handling stakeholder inquiries and supplying information to auditors for use in the preparation of their reports.
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Internal process improvement and automation: this included testing environments, and programming (Python, R, VBA…) to streamline daily reconciliation tasks.
Banknotes and exchange division (3 months)
I supported operations such as:
-Banknote exchanges and issuance of legal tender to customers
-payment operations
-checking and advising on potentially counterfeit banknotes
-handling customer inquiries (in English, French, Spanish and Italian) at national and international level.
March 2022
Deloitte UK: Accelerated Banking Operations Academy
Internship
An immersive on-site training module providing support and guidance for executive roles. On a personal level, this experience equipped me to understand, analyse and debate on board-level topics and industry cases. It also gave me with a solid foundation for supporting executive decision making and resilience in complex financial environments. From a team perspective it strengthened our collaborative decision making and specialisation of roles.
I learned and applied the principles in line with industry standards in the following activities:
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Middle Office Operations: assuring the support of trading activities by managing risk and ensuring compliance.
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Risk assessment and modelling: using techniques such as VAR, Monte Carlo Simulation, and stress testing to evaluate and mitigate our exposure.
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Financial products: I analysed the use of instruments like Bonds, Equities, Derivatives in a portfolio perspective with real case simulation strategies.
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Regulation: Laws and guidelines governing financial activities
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Reporting: documenting and communicating financial information to stakeholders.
Jan-Mar 2022
Customer Service Management
National Health Service (NHS) England
I coordinated Covid-19 vaccination bookings and issued certificates; provided guidance on obtaining prescriptions, travel regulations and mental health service access; updated personal health records to ensure accuracy and compliance; promoted the use of the NHS App.
EDUCATION
2022
Professional Education
Professional education program for Banking professionals about the UK Banking and Financial Regulation.
2017-2019
Main topics: Inferential Statistics and Probability, Quantitative Finance, Investment Banking (core industry practice), Risk Management (skills in Credit Risk Assessment and portfolio optimization), Financial Modelling and Private Equity (insight on Alternative Investments through hands-on projects).
MSc in Corporate and Investment Banking
2012-2013
International Study
On this international exchange study programme, I learned about Corporate Finance and the global history of capitalism which enhanced my appreciation of the cultural factors influencing economic development.
2010-2014
Bachelor's Degree in Banking, Insurance and Financial Markets
The degree provided a comprehensive understanding of banking, insurance, and financial markets. It covered: accounting (IFRS, GAAP), risk management, business models, banking regulation, actuarial science, underwriting, market structures, financial mathematics, investment analysis, and portfolio management.
SKILLS
Sales & communication
Mathematics, analytics
Programming and automation (R, Python, VBA, notepad++, CSS)
Critical thinking and problem solving
Microsoft Office-advanced
languages: spoken and written French (mother tongue); English (fluent); Italian (fluent); Spanish (B2)