Samuel J. Oden, Jr.

ad49sc@r.postjobfree.com ~ 917-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A highly motivated, results-oriented professional with diverse experience in the financial services industry. A leader with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, and a drive for exceeding goals and delivering solutions on time in alignment with business initiatives.

10+ years of Investment Accounting experience with an extensive background in Financial Reporting, Mutual Fund Operations, and Investment Management.

Progressive experience as an Investment Accounting Manager, Client Service Officer, and Business Analyst/Project Manager.

Diverse experience in data gathering, reconciliations, and root cause analysis

Prepared Financial Statement Reports for premier client on portfolio’s trading in the global market with assets in excess of $3 billion, which included stocks, bonds, futures, options, swaps, REITs, private equity, and hedge funds.

Prepared supporting schedules for quarterly and year-end reports in accordance with SEC filings.

Reviewed mutual fund financial statements, schedule of investments, income sheet, balance sheet, and footing the reports, ensuring accurate and timely deliverables.

Proofread and edited the Financial Highlights of the year-end financial statements.

Liaised with Investment Managers, external auditors, and internal partners.

Provided client service to internal clients (Portfolio Managers and Institutional Client Service) and external clients regarding portfolio holdings, transactions, performance, market value, and trade date cash.

Analyzed cost and market of portfolio, identifying errors in pricing and foreign exchange rates.

Analyzed portfolio’s daily performance against indices for data integrity.

Reviewed portfolio's reports to ensure preparation met GAAP and ERISA standards.

Led projects to streamline processing inefficiencies and improve quality standards.

Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint.

EXPERIENCE

BNY Mellon Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware 11/23 to 04/24

Alternative Investment Services – Financial Reporting 09/22 to 05/23

Financial Reporting Specialist III, Consultant

Primary responsibilities include the review of a large volume of hedge fund annual financial statements for a premier client.

Review the reports prepared by the Fund Accounting team to ensure accurate and timely deliverables for fund annual financial statements.

Review hedge funds financial statements, schedule of investments, income sheet, balance sheet, and footing the reports.

Proofreading and editing the Financial Highlights of the year-end financial statements.

Prepares quarterly and year-end reports. Ensures timely and accurate financial reporting which includes financial statements, footnotes, and the coordination of review and sign-off on such filings by management and external auditors.

Prepares supporting schedules for quarterly and year-end reports in accordance with SEC filings.

Prepares consolidations and GAAP financial statement reporting for internal departments.

Supported ad hoc requests.

Brown Harris Stevens, Brooklyn, New York 06/16/ to 05/22

Brown Harris Stevens, LLC

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson/Business Analyst

Served as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs

Proactively identified efficiencies through process improvements, system enhancements and automation opportunities

Assisted in translating high level business requirements into functional specification for the IT organization and managed changes to such specifications

Ability to build collaborative and effective working relationships, established communication plan across the internal departments as well as external resources

Presented updates in team meetings and assisted with follow-up as required

Assisted in on-going learning sessions and documentation processes to improve execution and utilization of systems and related processes through activities such as lunch and learns, training sessions, user guides, etc.

Served as an intermediary between sellers and buyers.

Successful in closing business, working with owners and building management, and developing long term relationships with clients.

Determined clients’ needs and financial ability to propose solutions that suit them.

Provided guidance and assisted sellers and buyers in marketing and purchasing property for the right price under the best terms.

Performed comparative market analysis to estimate property value.

Continually maintained knowledge of real estate and financial markets

Wilmington Trust Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware 04/14 to 12/16

Wealth & Institutional Service Division – Business Integration Office

Sr. Business Analyst, Consultant

Focused on documenting the current state cash process used by M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust, and creating a new process that was rolled out to both wealth organizations. Worked with the project team to agree to the target state and implement the new model as it relates to testing and training.

Facilitated interview sessions with the various working groups and documented their cash processes.

Performed gap analysis and captured metrics.

Recommended best solutions based on understanding business issues.

Documented future state operating models and assisted the operations groups in developing new procedures and process flows.

Prepared presentation on the proposed future state operating model for Sr. Management.

Prepared, specified, and executed test cases; worked with development team to resolve defects; administered defect tracking and reporting.

BNY Mellon Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware 01/14 to 04/14

GFI Client Service Delivery – Financial Reporting

Financial Reporting Manager, Consultant

Primary responsibilities included overseeing the review process for a large volume of year-end mutual fund financial statements for a premier client.

Review the reports prepared by the Financial Reporting Specialist staff to ensure accurate and timely deliverables for fund financial statements.

Review mutual fund financial statements, schedule of investments, income sheet, balance sheet, and footing the reports.

Proofreading and editing the Financial Highlights of the year-end financial statements.

Supported ad hoc requests

JP Morgan Chase & Co., Newark, Delaware 10/12 to 06/13

Corporate Sector Technology – CT-HR Technology-Livelink Administration

Sr. Business Analyst, Consultant

Primary responsibilities included complex data analysis, preparation, testing, and implementation of a large-scale data migration from Livelink to SharePoint.

Served as the liaison between the development team and the business end users.

Identified and documented business requirements for the development of the SharePoint site for tracking the migrations and the iVault Web Part Search.

Prepared, and executed test scripts; worked with development team to resolve defects; administered defect tracking and reporting

Developed new procedures and process flows for migration tracking in the SharePoint site.

Developed meeting objectives and agendas; provided regular project status updates to senior management.

Ensure that strict daily, weekly, and monthly project tasks are met.

Chase Bank USA, N.A., Wilmington, Delaware 09/11 to 09/12

Card Services – Mass Affluent – Benefit and Fee Services

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager, Consultant

Primary responsibilities included producing detailed project requirements, complex data analysis, other project documentation, coordinating meetings, providing project status updates to senior management, managing reporting deadlines and project deliverables. Reported directly to the Sr. Product Manager.

Identified and documented business requirements for the development of the MIS dashboard.

Served as the liaison between the development team and the business.

Managed the migration of data from SharePoint to Livelink as the data repository.

Prepared and analyzed monthly management reports.

Responsible for working with retail, legal/compliance and the vendor to ensure all customers letters/web content supported the identified business objectives.

Reported, analyzed, and presented large quantities of data.

Managed the functional change request process.

Managed and supported ad hoc requests.

Wells Fargo Advisors, N.A., Wilmington, Delaware 04/10 to 12/10

Wealth Management – Trust Center Integration Team

Sr. Business Analyst, Consultant

Focused on the preparation, analysis, and implementation of new business model for the transition of Trust Centers nationwide. Reported directly to the Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning. Responsibilities included project status updates to senior management, detailed business requirements, managing weekly reporting deadlines and project deliverables.

Identified and documented business requirements for Transition Reporting from Trustware to SEI.

Prepared and analyzed weekly reports for the Trust Center Transition process.

Reported, formatted, analyzed, and presented large quantities of data using Access and Excel.

Developed and managed the Onboarding Process.

Developed meeting objectives and agendas.

Traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina at least two days out of the month to attend planning meetings.

JP Morgan Chase & Co., Newark, Delaware 04/09 to 10/09

US Fiduciary Product & Platform Delivery PB/PCS Shared Services

Business Analyst/Project Manager, Consultant

Responsibilities included producing project scope documents, detailed project requirements, complex data analysis, data mapping, test scripts, and other project documentation; participating in meetings, building effective relationships with the business; managing to deadlines and project deliverables.

Served as liaison between development team and business end-users.

Identified, assessed and documented business requirements and functional specifications, recommending business priorities, and advised business on options, risks, and cost benefit of various solutions.

Developed use cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to IT team.

Documented test strategies ensuring that requirements documentation can be easily translated into test scripts, and ensure that the testing plans have been completed.

Developed and execute system integration test scripts and ensure the testing results correspond to business expectations.

Identify and communicate risks to delivering solution on time.

Developed meeting objectives and agendas; provided regular project status updates to senior management.

Facilitated training to business end-users.

Managed change control process.

JP Morgan Chase & Co., Newark, Delaware 09/07 to 03/09

Private Banking – Mutual Fund Operations

Business Analyst/Project Manager, Consultant

Focus on the analysis, preparation, testing, and implementation of new technology being employed for mutual fund trading in conjunction with a large-scale accounting platform consolidation from SEI to Omnitrust.

Coordinated a pre-conversion of mutual fund holdings within the existing Omnitrust system into the newly developed infrastructure.

Led development of business requirements, functional specifications, and all documentation throughout the project life cycle.

Defined the operating models for domestic and global stock and bonds, private equity, hedge funds, options, etc.

Documented future state operating models and assisted the operations groups in developing new procedures and process flows.

Reported, formatted, analyzed, and presented large quantities of data using Excel.

Prepared, specified, and executed test cases; worked with development team to resolve defects; administered defect tracking and reporting.

PFPC, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware 02/07 to 09/07

Fund Accounting/Administration - Mutual Funds

Investment Accounting Supervisor

Managed a staff of eight investment accountants in the daily reconciliation and processing of security transactions for a fund relationship of high complexity and volume.

Coordinate, oversee, and review the daily, weekly, and monthly accounting reports for accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Ensure that strict daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines are met.

Assist with ad hoc requests from the client.

JP Morgan Chase & Co., Newark, Delaware 06/06 to 12/06

Private Banking Information Technology

Business Technical Analyst, Merger Consultant

Highly commended for successfully achieving delivery of several Functional Specifications in an aggressive timeframe.

Developed functional specifications for various client interfaces within the Trust Accounting Consolidation Project.

Assisted with the development of test strategies and test plans for gap closure and conversion enhancements.

Liaised between Operations and Technology staff (Developers).

Facilitated training for new consultants.

Citizens Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12/05 to 04/06

Business Analyst, Consultant

Selected from a competitive group of candidates to assist with a process improvement project in the Branch Cash Settlement department of a major banking client. Assisted PricewaterhouseCoopers in identifying the problem areas and making recommendations to streamline the process.

Monitored, tracked and analyzed the daily branch cash differences and provided information to management.

Led a team of consultants in reconciling over 80,000 branch differences between Vector and CheckFree.

Facilitated training of new consultants and system users.

Goldman Sachs & Co., Jersey City, New Jersey 08/04 to 09/05

Investment Management Division/GSAM

Financial Analyst, Consultant: Portfolio Administration

Administered and managed 120+ accounts on a daily basis – overseeing and monitoring reconciliations completed in India, sent client reports on a monthly basis, and customized reports on an ad hoc basis.

Traded and instructed GSAM Shareholder Services of daily purchases or sales for Asset Allocation Portfolios based on weightings provided by Portfolio Management (FOF).

Provided client service to internal clients (Portfolio Mangers and Institutional Client Service) and external clients regarding portfolio holdings, transactions, performance, market value, and trade date cash.

Managed the monthly Client Reporting and Board Reporting processes.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JP Morgan Chase & Co., Dallas, Texas

Investor Services

Operations Manager, Assistant Vice President: North American Master Trust

Managed a staff of eight accountants in the daily reconciliation of cash and assets between the accounting system INVEST ONE and the core custody systems TITAN and COSMIC.

Delegated and supervised the review of Financial Statement Reports for 400 accounts holding a variety of domestic and global securities.

Analyzed and reviewed outstanding income and reclaims to assess risk and ensure validity.

Ensured strict client deliverables were met and notified client service partners of account delivery status.

Maintained and reported accurate and timely MIS in accordance with department standards.

Investigated and expedited client inquiries on security transactions, including corporate actions.

Trained staff of relatively inexperienced accountants and motivated them to become highly productive team members.

Led projects to streamline processing inefficiencies and improve quality standards.

The Chase Global Private Bank, New York, New York

Wealthy Family Custody Client Management

Client Service Officer, Associate

Managed a staff of four account administrators dedicated to supporting an ultra high net worth custody relationship in excess of $5 billion.

Managed and performed ad hoc projects for client and relationship executives.

Informed client and investment managers of corporate actions and issues affecting the portfolio.

Interacted with investment managers and client to ensure the proper execution of trading activity.

Interacted with counterparties to open accounts in foreign markets.

Authorized domestic and global trades for client’s portfolio.

Interacted with domestic and global operations groups to address issues.

Executed and orchestrated cash wire transfers and foreign exchange deals.

Investigated client inquiries on domestic and global securities, and personal banking transactions.

Facilitated cross-training for newly hired account administrators.

Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Brooklyn, New York

Global Investor Services

Portfolio Accountant

Prepared Financial Statement Reports, for premier client, on portfolio’s trading in the global market with assets in excess of $3 billion.

Prepared daily cash reconciliations, USD and foreign currencies, determining the impact of the outstanding items on the portfolio’s net assets and resolving the reconciling items.

Reconciled and analyzed daily, portfolio holdings to verify proper security setup and resolve any asset variances.

Verified the completeness and accuracy of portfolio activity: purchases, sells, accruals, interest, dividends, and corporate actions.

Analyzed cost and market of portfolio, identifying errors in pricing and foreign exchange rates.

Analyzed portfolio’s daily performance against indices for data integrity.

Provided weekly currency reports and allocation reports to the investment committee.

Met strict daily and monthly deadlines for delivering investment information and accounting reports to managers.

Reviewed portfolio's reports to ensure preparation met GAAP and ERISA standards.

Interacted with internal service partners and the investment managers as needed to resolve issues.

EDUCATION

Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, Business Management

Taylor Business Institute, New York, New York, Associate Degree in Accounting

CERTIFICATION

Delaware Technical & Community College – Project Management Professional Certification Program

SKILLS

Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Access, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, SharePoint,

Sungard (INVEST ONE Accounting System), Spectra, TITAN I-IV, GTI, Omnitrust, Amtrust, Multi-

SHEAR, POLARIS, Bloomberg. and Investran

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Project Management Institute, Toastmasters International, and Former Co-Chair JPMorgan Chase African American Networking Group - Dallas

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