Astrit Rugovac
Bronx, New York 10465
Phone (646) 271 – 4103
E-mail: ********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: To bring your organization dedication, responsibility, and good work ethic, combined with a desire to utilize my skills
obtained through past experience in operations/trade support in the following areas: Derivative, Equities, Bank Debt and Fixed Income
EMPLOYMENT:
August 2006 – Present Schultze Asset Management, LLC Westchester, New York
Trade Support Associate
Complete daily cash and position reconciliation for equities, bonds and bank debt as well as clear all booking
discrepancies
Member of Pricing Committee with responsibilities including but not limited to, preparing and distributing
reports for monthly Pricing Committee meeting, voting on pricing issues, notifying committee with any
external issues and signing off on final prices
Create daily, weekly and monthly P/L reports for management analysis
Responsible for closing all bank debit loan trades, which includes but not limited to reviewing, creating and
signing off on funding memos, coordinating LSTA distressed and par documents between outside counsel,
counter party and the general partner, confirming global details with agents, preparing documents for
signature and wiring out funds to settle the trades
Integral in the transition to new service providers including outside counsel and administrators
Maintaining, updating and preparing information and documentation posted on ClearPar including but not
limited to allocations between funds, assignment & assumption agreements, pricing memos and
confirmations.
Track and maintain loan activities in order to complete monthly accrual calculations
Price bank debt positions as well as restricted positions by retrieving daily, weekly and monthly pricing from
executing brokers
Retrieve daily borrows from brokers for short trades
Responsible for booking trades, importing and exporting data between front and back office and wiring funds
First ever Presidential award winner at Schultze Asset Management: granted to employees demonstrating
excellent work ethic and dedication
Train, develop and manage new employees
February 2006 – June 2006 HSBC Securities USA New York, New York
Consultant- Operations / Middle Office
Mitigated risk by significantly reducing the number of unconfirmed trades and resolving trade discrepancies with
counterparties
Worked with senior management and front office to reduce booking errors
Performed various functions in the area of interest rate derivatives trade capture/operations
October 2005 – February 2006 Bear Stearns & Co. Brooklyn, New York
Consultant- Derivative Operations
Verified outstanding confirmations for derivative products (Fixed Income, Equities and Credit Default) while
inputting and correcting data for protection against future legal disputes as well as future financial disputes
Helped test and implement new applications.
Worked extensively in several capacities with various product types: including swaps, swaptions, caps/floors,
callable range accruals, FRA’s, etc
August 2004 – October 2005 Credit Suisse First Boston New York, New York
Operations Analyst
Booked trades in various applications for multiple derivative departments and acted as liaison between the
front, middle and back office. Maintained and analyzed daily global outstanding broker confirmation reports
Maintained the integrity of all derivative trades (Credit Default, Fixed Income, Equities, Swaptions,
Emerging Markets), by confirming all data and documentation with our European, Asian, and Australian
offices as well as our counterparties in a timely manner
Reconciled broker confirmations to trading systems. Cleared over 3,000 breaks
EDUCATION:
DeVry Institute of Technology Long Island City, New York November 2001 - June 15, 2004
Bachelor Degree of Business Administration with concentration in Business Information Systems
Business courses in Risk Analysis, Economics, Business Operations, Accounting (Financial and Managerial), Business
Management, Project Management, Marketing