Manager Management

JAMES M. BURKE, CPA

CPA

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SUMMARY

Results driven Financial Controller with extensive experience in both private and public companies. Responsible for

increasing productivity and operational efficiency while also maintaining internal and financial controls. Significant

general ledger skills. Hands on experience includes:

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Fiscal and Management Financial Statement Analysis

Reporting

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Complex Project Execution Due Diligence and Business Valuations

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Board Presentation and Business Plan Modeling

Governance

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Operational Risk Management Relationship and Team Building

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 – July 2009

JPMORGAN CHASE, NEW YORK, N.Y.

Vice President – Treasury and Security Services

• Directed and implemented an improved control agreement and collateral management process, after the Lehman

bankruptcy, increasing operating controls over collateral movements and including necessary lien language on security

accounts.

• Enhanced and streamlined weekly Governance and Metric Reporting both internally and externally to focus on

automation and technology, improving the straight-through-processing from 94% to 96%.

• Collaborated with deal management team to identify inefficiencies of on-boarding process of new clients by

increasing communications and documenting ownership of individual work streams.

2006 - 2008

ORACLE PARTNERS/XYLEM GLOBAL PARTNERS, LLC, NEW YORK, NY

Interim Controller (JB Consulting, LLC)

• Improved daily P&L process by 2 hours and the monthly NAV reporting process by 1 day for both the flagship and

ancillary funds totaling $500 million.

• Increased disclosure reporting of monthly and annual financial statements by 50% for both the funds and

management company to improve transparency and easier readability.

• Monitored daily 13D holdings and improved the filing process of the quarterly 13F security holdings, reducing

outside legal expenses by 20%.

2005 - 2006

WR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP, STAMFORD, CT

Controller

Enhanced daily P&L Report to include NAV, allocation utilization, margin requirements, budgets, manager

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and incentive accruals, allowing expanded view across the 35 individual investment managers.

Streamlined daily reconciliation of Redi-Plus trading systems blotter to our daily P&L, specifically

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indentifying breaks and anticipated resolution timeframes.

2004 - 2005

GLOBEOP FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, HARRISON, NY

Manager

• Teamed with local and corporate resources to drill down and specifically detail a historical $12 million

trade capture break by establishing daily procedures and provide on-going training.

Improved daily P&L reporting process to fund managers by indentifying breaks at the security level,

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ensuring proper initial security set-up, historical trade details and end of day pricing.

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1998 - 2004

JB CONSULTING, LLC, GREENWICH, CT

Principal

Clients included Netfolio, Soros Fund Management, Prudential Securities Incorporated, A.C. Nielsen, Inc.,

UBS Investment Bank, MasterCard International and Deutsche Bank.

• Enhanced the production and de-composition analysis of P/L for CDS and Equity Derivative desks that

included reconciling results to trader estimates and ensuring proper recording in general ledger.

• Designed, developed and tested operating procedures for commodity trading desk that included daily P&L,

weekly risk management reporting and monthly journal entries.

• Participated in SOX 404 Review which consisted of risk assessment, interviews, process narrative,

flowcharts, risk analysis, testing and final report.

1988 - 1998

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SMITH, INC., NEW YORK, NY

Business Financial Services -- Associate Finance Manager 1994-1998

• Prepared Business Financial Plan for small- to medium-size corporations including historical analysis, five-

year projections, plan recommendations and business valuations.

• Provided technical training and marketing advice to sales force and specialists including prospecting,

interviewing, plan presentation and implementation.

International Private Client -- Senior Financial Analyst 1988-1993

• Reviewed monthly financial statements and tax provision for 15 sales offices in Europe and Middle East.

• Analyzed and prepared monthly review of operations for presentation to Merrill Lynch Board of Directors

and Executive Management.

1987 - 1988

THOMSON MCKINNON SECURITIES, INC., NEW YORK, NY

Senior Auditor-in-Charge

• Independently performed operational reviews in government securities and foreign exchange.

1984 - 1987

ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO., NEW YORK, NY

Staff Auditor through Senior Auditor

• Responsibilities included researching and resolving technical accounting issues, designing audit procedures

for continuing and first-time clients, managing staff and providing client interface.

EDUCATION

MBA in International Finance, 1991

Fordham University, New York, N.Y.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 1984

Le Moyne College, Syracuse, N.Y.

CERTIFICATION

New York Certified Public Accountant, 1986

GENERAL LEDGER SKILLS

Advent

Geneva

Total Return

AdvisorWare

Great Plains

SAP

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