Real Estate Front Office

K a te M o ri n

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Hoboken, NJ 07030 Cell: 516-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Credit Suisse, New York, NY May 2006 – February 2009

Financial Accounting – Alternative Investments Analyst

Accounting and Analytic Functions:

Performed accounting and controller functions including all month end processes and reconciliations for Private Equity Real Estate

Funds.

Populated balance sheet information based on capital reports and front office reports including US & Swiss GAAP Investment

Balances, total commitments, unfunded commitments, assets under management.

Reported the daily public performances for Private Equity Legacy Funds and Investment Banking Division through the GPL

application; provided necessary detailed commentary for significant events to Product Controllers and Planning and Analysis.

Compiled and outlined the commission and fees revenue sharing agreement affiliate codes by location, payment agreement, and legal

agreement.

Updated cash movements, calculations, posted FX revaluations, arranged, and provided monthly summary schedules to Fixed Income

Division Product Controllers and Fund Accountants for the various Co-Investments of the Real Estate Financial Securitization Group.

Coordinated, managed, and uploaded monthly P&L items including Sales Realized, Capital Statements, Other Income, Management

Fees, and Unrealized P&L into PECS and PeopleSoft systems in coordination with Alternative Investments Administration Group.

Prepared trend Analysis on inventory positions, calculated quarterly inventory and supplied commentary and variance analysis on a

month to date, quarter to date, and year to date basis.

Completed Sarbanes Oxley Compliance (SOX) testing by providing support with reconciliation reports and GLOBE (Account

Ownership database) account sign off.

Project Management Functions:

Served as a liaison contact to the IT team to sustain and enhance the Private Equity Controllers System (PECS). Continuously improved

existing modules per process automation in conjunction with maximizing user friendliness for all Alternative Investment Controllers, as

well as Alternative Investment Administration Group.

Created new modules including Commission and Fees, Loans, and Equity Method Investments by reorganizing details in the Ledger

and applying that raw data to Excel and submitting information with the specifications to the IT Team.

Developed specifications for new enhancements to existing modules and submitted to the IT team on a timely basis. Performed testing

for all modules and the impact of these enhancements to ensure accuracy and consistency throughout the sub ledger system. Signed off

on UAT site if functionalities are working appropriately, and managed activity during the release into Production. Utilized the WebEx

application to demonstrate the new functionality of the upgraded system tools and trained the New York and Pune Controllers.

Accumulated detailed and complex Alternative Investment P&L data into an Essbase mapping system by department nodes to execute a

streamlined FOBO Reconciliation process to improve efficiency with the Front Office. Reorganized the P&L account hierarchy and

outlined all exceptions in correspondence with the Front Office. Initiated Operational Excellence for this process thru documentation,

research, and process evaluation.

Facilitated new departments, accounts, and security IDs in both PeopleSoft and PECS. Ensured these new fields rolled up to the proper

product line, account node, and fund.

Infrastructure planning and design of the Loan Module; provided functional and systematic requirements to Loan IQ team to create an

automated upload to reconcile all Alternative Investment Loans. The Loan module included Employee Loans, Excess Cash, Uninvested

Equity, Clawback Notes, as well as Short-Term Loans. Each of these loan categories heterogeneously interacted in the various modules

in PECS as a result all transaction effects, menus, and reports depended on the Loan Type.

Streamlined account system data with Front Office by coordinating a one-to-one mapping for all Non Marketable Inventory module

from PECS to FRL.

Produced a “Clone ID” function allowing Controllers to create new IDS in all maintenance modules by replicating another ID in the

same fund family; auto updating specific fields and eliminating manual work.

Assisted with the Cash Management Engine project to ensure accuracy and consistency by extracting Pershing Account Report (PAR)

for each legal entity, receiving funding memo from Fund accountant, and evaluating PAR account names and numbers, USD amount of

transaction, and transaction description.

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Boston Road Business Association, Springfield, MA Spring 2006

Event Planning and Marketing Intern

Attended monthly board meetings to discuss progress with advertising/promotions, membership, news letters, upcoming events, and

new affinity benefits.

Assisted with advertising program for members, personally contacted potential participants, acquired new clientele, and supervised all

the financials of advertisements. Updated existing 2006 memberships with direct mailings and encouraged new members to join with

personal phone calls.

Composed monthly news letters, press releases, invitations, membership applications, event form applications, flyers, banners, and

newspaper ads for current events.

Built relationships with vendors for events by attending, greeting, and managing the vendors and participants of all events.

Maintained schedules and logistics in event preparation and implementation. Designed event layout, designating special requirements

for the businesses specific needs by assembling proper arrangements and decorations applicable for particular events. Acquired valuable

feedback via a post-event evaluation survey.

Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, NY Summer 2005 & Winter 2005-06

Private Equity Financial Control Intern

Processed cash contributions and distributions to the private equity inventory sub-ledger (PECS) and general ledger.

Arranged reports of private equity inventory positions and profit and loss analysis by position in accordance with US GAAP and Swiss

GAAP.

Prepared an analysis of the monthly private equity inventory movements by product line and coordinated the group’s responses for

these variances.

Performed account balance and journal entry queries in the PeopleSoft general ledger system for use in private equity inventory

reconciliations.

Utilized Bloomberg to price the publicly quoted securities in the portfolio.

Assisted with the organization of fund correspondences related to capital contributions, distributions, and other financial statement

information.

EDUCATION:

Western New England College, Springfield, MA

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, May 2006

Major: Marketing Communications

Accredited By AACSB: The Association of Advanced Collegiate School of Business

Collegiate Extracurricular Activities: Varsity Lacrosse; Residents Hall Association, Treasurer; Student Ambassador; Study Abroad:

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; Member of the Marketing Association.

SKILLS:

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Essbase, Power Point, Access, Outlook, PeopleSoft, GPL Database, Macromedia Fireworks,

Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Publisher. Currently learning MySQL and PHP.

INTEREST:

Marathon Runner: ING New York City Marathon 2006 & 2008, Member of New York Road Runners Club, Volunteering, Travel, Cooking.

References available upon request.

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