Manager Accounting

JASON T. EPSTEIN ? **** W. Hirsch, Chicago IL ( (Cell) 847-***-**** ?

(Email) HYPERLINK "mailto:*****.*.*******@*****.***"

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

I have been afforded the opportunity to work in professional, fast-paced

environments that demand strong organizational, technical, and

interpersonal skills. I desire to be successful, and anticipate

translating that success on personal and professional levels. I am also

confident and poised to interact with individuals at all levels of an

organization.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Northern Trust: Account Relationship Associate

September 2006

- Present

Chicago, IL

Responsible for assisting relationship managers in maintaining designated

cash liquidity levels for trust clients.

Initiates company stock trades, mutual fund, commingled fund NTQA, CIG,

limited partnership, and Northern Fund trades through the appropriate bank

areas.

Serves as a liaison between trust administration and operations,

determining which areas (special assets, traders, trade processing,

investment management liaison, information delivery and wire services) need

to be contacted to complete the trade and appropriate account record-

keeping.

Obtain and review prior day's client activity information from the

participant record-keeper, posting in the accounting system, and trades

processed and pending.

Update the liquidity spreadsheets, and determine the appropriate trade

actions to maintain daily authorized liquidity levels.

Complete rebalancing of funds for Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit

Clients per client's standing letter of direction.

Respond to client requests for account information or initiates

transactions requested by client.

Monitors client account reports to determine if trade or cash movement in

required, such as the zero balance account, miscellaneous wire and closed

account reports.

Confirm incoming and outgoing wires.

Open and closes accounts on the trust system. Initiate request for vendor

identification numbers to update client's accounts.

Maintains documentation and procedures for processing client accounts.

Identify recurring activity in daily processing that could lead to

corporate liability and recommend changes to limit liability.

Interacts with partners on a daily basis to receive and communicate

information of all aspects of a client relationship.

Northern Trust: Sr. Portfolio Accounting Analyst

July 2004 - September 2006

Chicago, IL

Responsible for auditing all transactions and valuations for holdings for

our Wealth Management Clients.

Responsible for approximately 90 Wealth accounts.

Audited equity, fixed income and special assets transactions and valuations

within each accounting period.

Analyzed financial statements from our Management Reporting database.

Verified diversified transactions and researched discrepancies on a daily

basis for Wealth Advisory and Global Wealth accounts requiring special

handling.

Wrote inquiries or independently resolved audit problems.

Reviewed daily exception reports and resolved issues by applying knowledge

of accounting and performance procedures and principles. Identified errors

affecting accounts and made necessary corrections, or routes error

information to the originating area.

Verified Reports Schedule database, assuring that reports sent to clients

are accurate and mailed within scheduled timeframes. Provided client

account data regarding individual manager and portfolio performance through

the reconciliation of accounting data on the appropriate system.

Maintained client profiles.

Regularly communicate with clients/partners providing guidance and

solutions regarding questions, discrepancies, or special procedures which

arise in assigned accounts.

Interacted closely with Relationship Managers and Information Delivery

Analysts to provide accurate and timely portfolio reporting to our clients.

Monitor, resolve and respond to client/partner inquiries.

Trained new employees, and advise and oversee new partner area development.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Market Reporter

June 2003 - May 2004

Chicago, IL

Responsible for accurately reporting the bid, ask and sale price for the

Live Cattle Futures exchange.

Held meetings with local traders and market makers to establish daily price

trends prior to market openings.

Promoted to report the Euro Future instruments.

EDUCATION SUMMARY

Bradley University, Peoria, IL (1998-2003)

Concentration in Business Finance (B.S.) GPA 3.1

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