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Numbers your board can bet on.

For 20+ years I've built the reporting, controls, and teams that boards, regulators, and auditors rely on — at institutions from $1B to $18B+ in assets.

The track record
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Roderick Arevalo — in numbers

20+

years leading FI accounting & regulatory reporting

$18B+

largest institution supported

$4.8B

balance sheet I help steer today as VP Controller

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charters mastered — commercial banks & credit unions

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Career wins

Results boards remember.

Two decades of taking financial institutions' numbers from good enough to bulletproof.

$4.8B

VP Controller — Commercial Bank

Owning the close, regulatory reporting, and the board package for a $4.8B balance sheet — today.

BankCurrent role
Change Maker

Financial Institution Executive

Led credit union finance teams through major strategic change — and the reporting never missed a beat.

Credit unionStrategic change
Stress Tested

ALM & Risk Programs

Capital, liquidity, and rate-risk programs that stand up to examiners — at institutions from $1B to $18B+.

Regulatory$1B–$18B+
ALCO

Board-Level Reporting

Financial reporting boards actually use — trustworthy, repeatable, and built for decisions.

GovernanceBoard & ALCO
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Expertise

One executive. The full finance stack.

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Regulatory reporting

Call reports, stress testing, and examiner-ready filings — on time, every cycle.

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GAAP & audit readiness

A close that's clean, documented, and repeatable. Auditors sign off; nobody sweats.

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ALM & stress testing

Rate risk, liquidity, and capital modeled before they become surprises.

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Board & ALCO communication

Packages that turn raw numbers into decisions — built for directors, not accountants.

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Data, AI & automation

Python, analytics, and AI applied to finance ops — operational solutions for today's problems.

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Projects

Proof, in dollars and code.

#COST SAVINGS  #REVENUE  #CARD PORTFOLIO

Cost Savings

Surfaced $8MM+ for one institution — as measured by a $2MM+ reserve release, $1MM+ in annual recurring savings, and a $6MM+ revenue leak recovered over four years — by rebuilding a card rewards reserve from real cardholder behavior and reconciling interchange income line by line against contract terms.

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$2MM+Reserves eliminated — one-time adjustment
$1MM+Ongoing savings — annually, in perpetuity
$6MM+Revenue leak plugged — over four years

#AI  #AUTOMATION  #FINANCE

Investment Performance Dashboard

Delivered institution-grade portfolio reporting no brokerage provides — as measured by monthly returns benchmarked against SPY and QQQ, options income tracked to the dollar, and four account types consolidated into one view — by building a self-hosted Python system on the Schwab API.

StackPython · Schwab API
TypeSelf-hosted reporting system
DeliversBenchmarked returns · Options income to the dollar · One consolidated view
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Investment performance dashboard screenshot
Learn Money. Earn a Future. project visual

#EDUCATION  #FINANCE  #LITERACY

Learn Money. Earn a Future.

Turning financial literacy into real savings for ages 14–25 — measured in actual dollars earned toward a college fund, vocational training, or a head start on retirement — by building a gamified platform where challenges, streaks, and milestones pay out real money. Not badges. Not gift cards.

FocusBudgeting · Credit · Saving & investing
AudienceAges 14–25, and the partners who back them
StatusBuilding now — talking with early partners
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I also write — about careers, leadership, and how AI is reshaping work.

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Skills

What you get when I take the seat.

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Numbers people trust

Financial reporting isn't producing numbers — it's building the processes and teams that make those numbers trustworthy, repeatable, and useful for the people making decisions with them.

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Both sides of the industry

Commercial banks and credit unions — I've led finance in both worlds and know them from the inside: the shareholder side and the cooperative side.

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Examiner-ready by default

GAAP compliance, stress testing, regulatory reporting — I build the financial infrastructure that regulators and auditors sign off on, not scramble-season workarounds.

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Old-school discipline, new-school tooling

Traditional finance rigor paired with data analytics and AI — finding operational solutions for today's problems is the whole point.

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Performance driven

Finance that pays for itself — I run the department as a profit contributor, not overhead.

  • Automation that cuts hours from every close and reporting cycle
  • Vendor and contract scrutiny that surfaces real, recurring savings
  • Balance-sheet strategy: pricing, investment yield, and funding mix that add income
  • Forecasting that catches cost creep before it compounds
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