ATLANTA, December 1, 2014 – Ceto and Associates, a national consulting firm providing consulting services to the financial industry, has named John Mateker as a Manager within their Consulting Service Group.
In his role, Mateker will be responsible for managing Clear Point client engagements, which focus on non-interest expense, performance benchmarking, target staffing and process management. This responsibility entails working closely with the client’s organization, to execute detailed examinations on operations and performance in order to assess its effectiveness and efficiency using benchmarking analyses and best practices leveraged by industry leaders, as well as scorecards for process management and enterprise risk profiles. In addition, Mateker will also perform high-level reviews of bank structure, business goals, work flows, and core processes, among other elements.
“We are pleased that John Mateker joined this very important area of our firm. John’s work will assist our many banks and credit unions in becoming more profitable by increasing their overall operational efficiency and effectiveness. This work is especially important now as the economic environment is slowly improving and loan demand is rising”, said Nick Ceto, Chairman and Founder of Ceto and Associates.
Mateker is a seasoned banker and consultant with over 25 years of experience. Prior to joining Ceto and Associates, Materker served as a Senior Practice Expert leading an Operations and Technology service line. During his tenure, he provided a number of global and domestic banks with process improvements capabilities and spent more than 15 managing back office operations for several regional banks.
“I am delighted to join such an outstanding organization as Ceto and Associates and look forward to helping expand the Clear Point solution, an operational effectiveness program, across our client base,” said John Mateker.
About Ceto and Associates
Founded in 1994, Ceto and Associates is a highly respected and nationally recognized management consulting firm in the financial industry. Ceto and Associates works closely with banks, savings banks and credit unions, and specializes in developing and deploying solutions that focus on increasing profitability through initiatives that maximize revenue, reduce expense and improve organizational performance and efficiency.
For more than 20 years, Ceto and Associates has earned the trust and increased the profitability of more than 1,500 financial institutions in all 50 states and Canada. Ceto and Associates places the needs of each and every client in the forefront and designs solutions that best fit their unique culture, goals, market and objectives.