Accounting Consultant

CARMEN E. MARTINEZ

347-***-**** ***************@*****.***

EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL

I'm a bilingual financial and accounting professional with par loan closing experience who can prepare, read and understand

closing documents. With additional experience in client services administration, I can effectively liaise with counterparties,

agents and salespeople to settle trades as aggressively and accurately as possible.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Processing daily loan activity (new borrowings, rollovers, Setting up clients and portfolio maintenance on Wall Street

repayments, rate sets for assigned accounts) Office

Documentation preparation, execution and review Reconciliation of cash positions

Settling and monitoring trades on ClearPar and TSI Midas

Liaison and coordinate closings with counterparties and Intralinks

external agents Effective conflict and resolution skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA – New York, New York September 2008-September 2009

Loan Operations Analyst (Consultant)

Primary duties included the migration of all bi-lateral and syndicated loan facilities from MIDAS to DELTA. Worked closely

with Operations group to gather, centralize and scan all supporting documents(credit agreements, promissory notes,

assignment and participation agreements) and upload them into the new system and continue booking the daily activities for

each facility until full-time take over by the bank's headquarters in Madrid.

Analyzed all documents to set up the facilities and parameters in DELTA including amortization schedules, tranches, credit

lines, participating percentages, commitment and upfront fees.

Reconciled any discrepancies between the newly booked facilities and against MIDAS to ensure the accurate set up of all

activity

Addressed and followed up on all system issues to the DELTA developers to accommodate all activity originally booked in

MIDAS in addition to providing feedback for future testing and upgrades

GSC GROUP – Florham Park, New Jersey October 2006-May 2008

Loan Closer

Assumed the role of loan closer as the operations department expanded and transitioned the responsibility from the London

office. Worked closely with management to establish a workflow including tracking all outstanding trades on ClearPar and

TSI(Trade Settlement, Inc.) as well as trades done manually. Additionally, prioritizing tasks that required us to have real-time

and immediate contact with banks and counterparties overseas due to the time difference in order to make the best use of

our time.

Consulted with trade analysts to clarify any issues regarding allocations, tranche splits, prices and counter party contacts

Drafted, reviewed and executed transfer certificates, assignment agreements, netting agreements, creditor accession

deeds, LSTA trade confirmations and pricing letters

Followed up with agent banks and counter parties on the status of aged trades and arrange a settlement date

Sent fully executed documents to the trustees and arrange funding if there is a purchase or the receipt of funds if there is

an asset sale

Provided status updates on pending trades to the analysts and trustees on a weekly basis

Prepared weekly pro-forma cash reports utilizing balances from the trustees' bank statements detailing the remaining

balance in each account left for the analysts left to trade

Processed new drawdown, rollover and prepayment notices received from the agent banks. Followed up with them

regarding any outstanding notices for auditing purposes and discrepancies they may have on file to ensure the correct

disbursement and receipt of funds

Reconciled cash accounts daily and followed up with the trustees on any outstanding payments due

DEUTSCHE BANK – New York, New York September 2005-October 2006

Client Services Administrator (Consultant)

Worked in Asset-Backed Securities group supporting clients on a daily basis. Day to day activities included sending and

wires on their behalf. In addition, checking their online accounts for any wires received overnight and ensuring the funds

were deposited into their respective mutual fund accounts or any other accounts they requested to have their funds

deposited to. I ensured that the client was being served to the best of my ability and found any other ways that I can assist

them with any of their needs

Maintained regular contact with clients regarding accounts, statement inquiries, monthly reports, fees, wire transfers,

opening DDA, trust and lockbox accounts per their request.

Reviewed and prepared monthly servicer reports and made payments on their behalf of the client payable to bondholders

through DTCC

Junior Accounting Consultant

Assumed the role of junior accounting consultant when the bank took over as sub-administrator for a conduit portfolio

previously handled by another bank. In preparation, all the portfolio participants were set up in ABIRS(DB in-house

application) including credit lines, agent bank contacts, monthly fees, amortization schedules and tranches

Prepared monthly invoices for conduit participants based on amounts borrowed from the bank including any fees incurred

for being part of the portfolio

Prepared daily funding requirements for the conduit utilizing paydown and funding notices as well as commercial paper

trade issuances, maturities and funds from invoices due

Recorded daily commercial paper trades and their maturities through ABIRS

Reconciled cash accounts daily and followed up with conduit participants on any outstanding payments due

CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS – New York, New York July 2005-August 2005

Junior Accounting Consultant

Day to day duties included recording journal entries and reconciled invoices of magazines printed and ensured that each

account was charged correctly.

FOX TWENTIETH TELEVISION – New York, New York May 2005-July 2005

Financial Clerk (Consultant)

Reconciled cash accounts daily against their cash-in-advance accounts and followed up on any outstanding payments due

Processed invoices and received payments from advertising agencies for commercials aired

ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT – New York, New York October 2000-November 2004

Desktop Support Intern

Troubleshooted and resolved desktop issues escalated by the Helpdesk

Completed service requests for new PC builds, software installations, hardware upgrades and additional desktop services

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PACE UNIVERSITY – New York, New York September 1999-September 2003

Bachelor of Business Administration

Major: Finance

SKILLS

Software Applications:

Bloomberg, Wall Street Office, ClearPar, Intralinks, TSI(trade Settlement, Inc.), MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powepoint, MS

Access

Language:

Fluent in Spanish

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