Raul Castillo, CFA, CTP
Frisco, TX 75034
Phone: 202-***-**** ( ab83uc@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
Successful international capital markets and corporate finance experience.
Results focused leader with strong analytical, research and negotiation
skills that encourage accountability, teamwork & proactive enthusiasm for
solving problems and delivering value added improvements.
EXPERIENCE
F&M Bank, Dallas, TX
VP/Treasury Operations Manager, February 2011 - Present.
. Operational responsibility for managing and negotiating
institution's cash, liquidity and funding lines focusing on
cost efficiencies and effective structures and sources.
. Direct the monitoring and maintenance of debt covenants and
agreements.
. Coordinate treasury activity with accounting department to
ensure compliance with regulations, policies and internal
controls.
. Accountable for audit, analysis and reconciliation of bank
account activity.
. Spearheaded technical and operational upgrades of treasury
systems and procedures.
. Responsible for developing and implementing a derivatives
hedging program.
SOUTHWEST CORPORATE FEDERAL CU (2nd largest corporate credit union
in the US), Plano, TX
Funding Manager, December 2005 - October 2010.
. Actively managed all aspects of the institution's $2.5
billion liability portfolio including certificate issuance,
derivative strategies, hedging, rate setting, pricing and
market research.
. Successfully negotiated with financial counterparty the
cancelation of a $230 million notional swap portfolio
realizing savings of $140K.
. Improved month-end pricing process of bank's outstanding
structured products by system automation and fostering
relationships with internal accounting department and outside
broker/dealers.
. Evaluate and perform due diligence on potential funding
opportunities for the institution's liability portfolio.
. Worked extensively with accounting department on ASC 815 (FAS
133) compliance of derivative transactions..
THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK-OFFICE OF FINANCE, Reston, VA
Callable Term Funding Officer, April 2004 - December 2005.
. In charge of all phases of bond issuance, which included debt
analysis, negotiation, pricing; executed deals totaling more
than $15billion.
. In charge of performing research on economic releases,
investor and dealer sentiment, broker activity, interest rate
volatility, government sponsored entities and supra-national
issuance activity.
. Developed analytical pricing model to calculate bids and
funding levels of auctioned callable bonds.
. Designed metric for management to measure and evaluate
accuracy of indications provided to the 12 Home Loan Banks on
callable bond auctions.
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THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, Washington, DC
Capital Markets Consultant, September 2001 - April 2004.
. Advised the Bank on their first ever $200 million Bond issue
denominated in Mexican Pesos.
. In charge of pricing and analyzing the risk/return profile of
Bank's $13billion investment portfolio including Swaps, ABS
and MBS.
. Developed methodology to project and manage cash flow risk
from interest, coupon payments, maturities and pay-downs in
all non-dollar denominated currencies.
. Established procedures for efficient and accurate
reconciliation for all of the bank's international
investment/funding transactions.
SCOTIACAPITAL- INVERLAT SECURITIES (3rdLargest Investment Bank in
Mexico), Mexico.
Senior Investment Advisor, December 1994 - August 2000.
. Successfully advised soft drink Company ARGOS on the
acquisition of three regional bottling companies in northern
Mexico valued at over $100 million.
. Set-up framework for a $30 million share repurchase fund for
the second largest Coca-Cola bottling company in Mexico.
. In charge of treasury investments and FX transactions for all
foreign corporate client accounts including Delphi
corporation, Ford, Shure Global.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
. CFA Charter holder. The CFA Institute, August 2003.
. Certified Treasury Professional, The Association of Financial
Professionals
. Futures and Options School by Calyon Financial, New York.
March 2005.
. Financial Modeling and Valuation Analysis. Investment Banking
Institute, Dallas. April 2011
. NASD Series 7,63 and 55 (lapsed)
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Finance. The George Washington University.
Washington, D.C. August 2001.
. BS in International Business. Instituto Tecnol gico y de
Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, ITESM. Monterrey, Mexico.
December 1994.
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH
. Professor of Corporate Finance at the Washington Center for
Internships and Academic Seminars / George Mason University.
September 2003-December 2005.
COMPUTER SKILLS
. Fiserv Business Analytics, Fedline, IPA-Sendero, AS 400,
Business Objects, Crystal Reports, SUMMIT, Unix environment,
MS Office Suite, SWIFT. Bloomberg's Fixed Income
certification.