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Commodity Futures Trading/Accounting/Operations

Location:
South Orange, NJ
Posted:
August 03, 2015

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James C. Mukalel

* ******* *****, *********, **, 07040

acq2f1@r.postjobfree.com

973-***-****

SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS:

Trading, Operation, and Accounting experience in futures.

FINRA Series 3 Licensed.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Aspen Partners Ltd. Warren, NJ 10/2011 – 10/2012

Analyst: Trading and Research

Commodity Fund of Funds and Commodity Mutual Fund.

• Generated trade tickets and executed futures trades for the firm’s commodity mutual fund.

• Handled post-trade analysis and processing of positions, P&L, and trade reconciliations.

• Reviewed administrators' accounting and performance reporting to ensure accuracy of NAV.

• Assisted portfolio manager with fund of funds manager allocations, manager research, and participated

in manager due diligence.

• Created reports for clients and conducted quantitative analysis for the production of marketing materials.

NuWave Investment Mgmt. LLC Parsippany, NJ 12/2004 – 01/2011

Associate: Execution Trading, Back/Middle Office Operations, and Accounting

Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)

• Executed futures trades using Morgan Stanley’s Passport and Goldman Sachs Redi Plus trading platforms.

• Familiar with 40 plus world’s most liquid futures contracts in equity indices, fixed income, currency,

energy, agricultural, and metals.

• Performed trade confirmations and settlements on a daily basis.

• Ensured full compliance with trading policies, procedures, and guidelines.

• Monitored foreign currency balances and converted them to base the currencies as necessary.

• Maintained all clearing discrepancies with brokers, clients, and administrators to ensure minimal trade breaks.

• Reconciled and resolved all trades and trade breaks with prime and executing brokers.

• Monitored all accounts to ensure proper margin requirements.

• Monitored treasury activities and reviewed trade reports to ensure correct commission rates are applied.

• Responsible for updating 13 Columns and distributing daily performances.

• Responsible for Net Asset Value (NAV) accounting for the firms multiple managed accounts and two

offshore funds including a Long/Short Equity fund.

• Ran daily reports to review trade entries and P&L for clients.

• Calculated monthly and quarterly management and incentive fees.

• Performed oversight and managed relationships with multiple 3rd party administrators.

KTC Construction Inc. Union, NJ 06/ 2004 – 12/ 2004

Junior Accountant

• Conducted project cost analysis, allocated material, labor, and G&A costs to different projects.

• Prepared payroll records, and posted journal entries.

• Created AIA Document 702&703 payment application and certification.

• Reconciled bank statements, and performed deposits.

EDUCATION/SKILLS

Rutgers University (School of Business) Newark, NJ

Bachelor of Science, Finance, May 2004.

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, December 2003.

Proficient in Morgan Stanley’s Passport and Goldman Sachs REDI Plus trading platforms, PerTrac Financial Software, Microsoft Office, and various in-house software applications.



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