Tory Clements
203-***-**** ab82pc@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LOMBARD RISK MANAGEMENT, plc., New York, NY August 2011 - Present
Vice President Client Services
. Subject Matter Expert on COLLINE, a comprehensive collateral management
and clearing software solution, pertaining to Dodd Frank, central
clearing CCP regulation, ISDA CSA collateralization, repo collateral
management, collateral optimization.
. Project manager for implementation of COLLINE software with clients.
Provide on-site and off-site support for design and, management of
personalized implementation process, training client business users. Find
personalized business solutions for corporate processes & business needs.
. Member of the Product Development COLLINE team, advancing the software to
be more efficient, meet client business needs and to address new market
regulations. Write product specifications & test functionality.
. Pre-sales and demonstration support for COLLINE sales, buy side and sell
side.
. Design product training and provide training for new colleagues.
. Find pertinent industry events and network on behalf of the company and
development of the product.
AIG FINANCIAL PRODUCTS CORP., Wilton, CT 2002 - August 2010
Assistant Vice President Operations
. Managed the operational side of the collateralization of several special
purpose structured transactions. Provided comprehensive daily / weekly
liquidity calculation & reporting. Created collateral country limits
allocation report for CFO of company and the repo desk to actively manage
exposure limits and costs across several structured deals totaling 18
billion of exposure.
. Performed scope analysis, wrote automation proposals, worked closely with
IT and management, performed start to finish project / milestone
management and end user testing for in house collateral management
applications: margining, coupon interest, cash collateral interest and
trade dispute reconciliation. Created efficient cash settlement reporting
for the treasury department. Reduced the settlement and cash retrieval
time frame from one month to three days. Trained personnel.
. Redesigned, standardized and enhanced daily valuation, settlement and
reporting processes for stock loan / borrow margining.
. Managed exposure and collateralization of stock borrow / loan, prime
brokerage, repo finance, metals lease and Credit Support Annex OTC
counterparties.
. Provided comprehensive daily/weekly calculation & reporting on total
exposures & collateral balances, macro level allocations, trade
discrepancies, margin calls and liquidity to senior management.
. Managed both the monthly cash collateral interest process and collateral
principal and interest claim process. Resulted in improved payment
collection efficiency and lowered the number of receivables and payables,
greatly reduced collection time period. Trained personnel.
. Provided summary of net weekly collateralization impact for weekly
treasury ALCO cash meetings. Familiarity with collateral liquidity &
treasury impact.
. Monitored overnight counterparty exposure report for Credit Department.
. Regular interaction with legal, credit, treasury and trading departments.
Interaction with large banks, hedge funds, high net worth clients and
small firms. Presentations & relationship management. Understanding of
internal and client needs.
. Understand risk issues and management escalation procedures.
. Extensive knowledge of legal documents, collateralization, regulations
and liquidity impact pertaining to ISDA Master, Repurchase, Credit
Support Annex Agreements, Futures and Options Clearing Agreements, unique
structured transactions.
. Exposure to and or collateralization of various financial instruments:
fixed income, swaps, structured transactions, swaptions, options,
equities, CDS, CLO, CDO, lease transactions, guaranteed investment
contracts, commodities, metals, futures, repo transactions.
. Extensive experience with business requirements, reporting needs and
constraints: cash management, multi-currency cash settlements,
collateralization, hedging requirements, security settlements (DVP,
Euroclear, DTC, Fed, Chips settlement).
. Collateralization and settlement experience with treasuries, foreign
government securities, mortgage backed securities, corporates, equities,
lines of credit, foreign exchange.
. Career minded and focused with strong analytical abilities. Eager to
contribute, learn and grow. Have an eye for detail and able to deliver
outcomes within set deadlines. Strong project management skills with
ability to influence decision makers and lead projects. Comfortable with
PowerPoint and developing presentations. Possess strong interpersonal and
leadership skills with a natural ability to develop relationships with
people/colleagues.
BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, INC, Westport, CT 1998 - 2002
Associate Operations
. Projected large residual foreign cash balances for trading department.
Developed department FX ticket to efficiently manage trade volume for
both the operations and trading departments. Built professional rapport
with brokers, trading desks and custodian banks.
. Managed margin requirements and T-Bill rolls at the clearing brokers.
Increased efficiency by building a T-Bill database in Access to manage
the T-Bill roll process.
. Managed daily closing pricing process and made the process more
efficient. Regularly executed FX trades based on futures P&L for client
brokerage accounts.
. Managed reconciliation and settlement of futures, commodities, inflation-
linked bonds, currencies, Bankers acceptance notes, Treasuries, Brady
bonds in client accounts.
. Provided exposure, weekly valuation reports to clients.
. Provided CFO of company with research on 401k plans and convinced
management to restructure the company 401k plan to include equity
accounts. Received notable mention from the president of the company.
GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC, Greenwich, CT 1996 - 1998
Associate Operations
. Reconciliation of entire government bond account for the company.
Interacted with desk and clients on security repricings.
. Provided finance desk with start of day cash projection and afternoon
cash position. Booked final overnight loan or investment.
. Margin maintenance and reconciliation of international futures and
options.
AIG TRADING GROUP, INC, Greenwich, CT 1995 - 1996
Associate Operations
. Reconciliation of thirty-two currencies and performed overdraft analysis.
. Produced company currency fail report for upper management.
. Responsible for having desk roll daily residual cash positions in all
currencies.
TRC GREENWICH CORPORATION, Greenwich, CT 1994
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BA, International Relations, Boston University, Boston, MA, (May 1994)
Courses at New York University, NYC, Corporate Finance & International
Business Finance
Course at Fairfield University, CT, Portfolio Analysis
Course at Learning Tree International, NYC, Developing SQL Queries for
Oracle
Project Management Certification, Villanova University, (PMP certification
pending 2011)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows Excel Oracle Access Outlook PowerPoint Bloomberg Word Reuters
Macros
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
85 Broads
100 Women in Hedge Funds
Project Management Institute