Deb Seidner

Senior Director
Specializes in strategic transformation, regulatory compliance initiatives, and technology implementations for financial services clients
20+ years of experience leading complex technological change, including post-merger integrations, new business launches, and advanced technology solutions across banking, capital markets, and digital assets
Washington, D.C.
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Deb Seidner is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Financial Services Industry Group in Washington, D.C. She brings more than 20 years of experience leading complex strategic, transformational, and regulatory initiatives in financial services.

Ms. Seidner has stood up new businesses, developed compliance and risk policies, led post-merger integrations, and prepared regulatory reporting and documentation. She has designed and implemented advanced technology solutions, including web and geocoding tools, finance and core banking systems, trading platforms, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, SharePoint sites, and payment systems.

Ms. Seidner’s notable engagements include designing and implementing technology solutions, including conducting requirements definition and testing of core banking systems, trading platforms, enterprise resource planning systems, CRMs, and compliance solutions. For digital asset custody bank launches, she has built onboarding, payment, and operations processes; compliance, risk and Bank Secrecy Act (anti-money laundering) procedures; and business requirements for supporting technologies. She has conducted fit-for-purpose and benchmarking analyses on trading platforms, banking systems, and operations and call centers that resolved process bottlenecks and led to new technology implementations. For launches of private and retail banks, she has developed target operating models and full-time equivalent costing models. She has developed transition roadmaps and a business case for a global fund manager and outsourcing organization. She has led post-merger integrations to determine surviving technology, operational changes, and data center strategy. She has written business continuity plans, resolution plans, and playbooks for banking, capital markets, private equity, and digital asset clients.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Seidner spent 14 years with PwC driving operational, risk, regulatory, and technology change for banking, capital markets, and asset management clients. She was also Vice President of Operations at Enova International, where she established a compliance program and launched its U.K. business. Her strategic initiatives led to a $37 million revenue increase over two years, a 40% reduction in bank account default rates, and an 18% boost in customer survey results.

Ms. Seidner earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brandeis University and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She provides pro bono consulting services for non-profits.

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