Mustafa 'Tom' Pali
Staten Island, NY 10309
Cell # 646-***-****
PROFILE
Strong background in account reconciliation, Clearance and settlements.
Hard working team player with great communication skills and a great
attendance record.
Computer skills include: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
and Broadrige (IMPACT).
EXPERIENCE
UBS, Jersey City, NJ (APRIL 2011 - JUNE 2013)
Fixed Income Operations
. Clearing of fed treasuries, agencies, discount notes, and t-bill
securities.
Point of contact in reconciling of Position breaks and cash breaks.
. Clearing of treasuries for all Prime Brokerage clients.
. Worked with repo desk to minimize fails on a daily basis.
. Minimized the daily overdraft charges incurred by firm and settling
trades in timely manner.
. Cross trained incoming analysts and summer interns.
. Involved in streamlining the Prime Brokerage business, worked with
Broadridge to enhance settlements.
. Resolved all open items, including pairoffs and wiring out of funds.
Barclays Capital, Jersey City, NJ
Operations (SEP 2005 - APRIL 2011)
Settlement Analyst
. Clearing of fed book-entry mortgage backed, treasuries, agencies,
discount notes, and t-bill securities.
Reconciliation of all cash and stock breaks in order to reduce risk
and exposure to the firm.
. Assisted management in the successful integration of Lehman, Training
new Barclays employees with no interruption of client service and
exposure.
. Provide world class service to all internal and external clients.
. Act as a single point of contact for all fed recon settlements and
issues.
. Monitor aged fails and escalate any issues to reduce risk and exposure
to the firm
Assist management on all audit review requests.
. Single point of contact for government and MBS settlement interest
claims.
. Responsible for updating and streamlining of all procedures for
Barclays Inc.
. Ability to assume mangers responsibilities during their absenteeism.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, NY
Fixed Income Client Services (JUNE 2000 - OCT 2004)
Operations Analyst
. Balanced and maintained cash, margin and C.O.D. accounts for fixed
income institutional clients to ensure transactions were handled in
accordance with SEC and NYSE regulations.
. Resolved client problems within Fixed Income Operations, including
Muni Bonds, Corporate Bonds, Government, GNMA's, Asset Backed, and
Foreign Bonds and Currencies.
. Maintained a positive working relationship with the regional sales
division.
. Compiled weekly status reports reflecting the group's progress on
reconciling client accounts.
. Prepared monthly management reports reflecting the total amount of
breaks for each Fixed Income Sales desk.
. Monitored and maintained balance of Fixed Income Client Services
Suspense Account, which included reconciling funds that belonged to
client accounts.
. Ensured that letter of free funds and prime broker letters were
accurately maintained for Fixed Income clients.
Fail Management Group (SEP 1991 - JUNE 2000)
Client Services Analyst
. Monitored and reported all financing the Firm had incurred due to
"failed" transactions.
. Performed recovery of compensation interest due to the firm.
. Coordinated claim processes between Sales, Clients, Operations, and
other counterparties.
. Collected and analyzed fail reporting and condensed them into report
form by product.
. Researched incoming claims and replied to client in timely manner.
. Assisted in cross-training department personnel.