Dacia J. Davis
**** * **** ** *** Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11229
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Objective Seeking position in valuation, risk, financial and investment
services using demonstrated abilities in analysis, problem
solving and utilizing PC skills.
Education University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, May 2000
Excel, Swift, FX Match (CMS), NT(Sales Entry System), NFX System,
Computer Lotus Notes, STS, GLOSS, Operations Work Station, Smart Stream (SSR),
Skills Summit, OFS, Deal Capture, DACS, ICI-IMPACT, Intellimatch,
Intellitracs, Calypso, CITRIX, RAM,, TESS, Swapswire, and PEGA
Work
Experien Greenhouse Eco Cleaning Company
ce Operations Manager May 10-Present
Managed the daily operations of the office such as, training,
development, human resources, and company's budget for profit and
loss. Hired and trained workers to meet company expectations and
demands.
Helped to grow company 30% plus annual determination to provide added
value to corporation in sales and products
Functioned in inside sales capacity by selling services to potential
customers.
Assisted in product development and product improvement for the
environment and aided in its introduction to the market
Monitored and managed the expense report for expenses associated with
the daily operations of the company
Bank of America, BOA/Merrill Lynch Investment Bank (MLIB)
Equity Operations/Middle office Oct08-May10
Reconciled over 2000 trades on ELT reconciliation systems on CITRIX.
Resolved aged and t+1 breaks on a daily basis. Book stock equity
trades with positions and cash via RAM/ROX, ATCS and TESS and GLOSS.
Check that accurate Balances were reflected across entities i.e. Stock
record, Ram, MLI ELT balances and book the correct adjustments i.e.
doing Depot transfer via ATCS based on the reconciliation analysis.
Liase daily with Middle Office /Settlements team on incorrect
bookings/ rebooks, discrepancies that had specific deadlines. Follow
up with Corporate Actions, Dividends and Finance in order to expedite
outstanding breaks that are time sensitive. Participate in
accelerated Month End Close on all breaks. Update cash breaks in
CITRIX on a daily basis to reflect traders accurate P/L.
Write off residual amounts that have impact on trader books and P/L.
Rebook equity stock trades with buys-in to reflect corrected positions
and cash. Checked Out of Balance report for trades that has not feed
to appropriate systems.
Deutsche Bank
Middle Office Trade Support Feb07-June08
Priced Swaptions, Swaps and FRA in summit after amendments for
movements in P&L and risk while mitigating loss resulting in savings
of over 1 billion dollars. Manage company's risk through trade
processing while working as a liaison between the trader, marketer,
sales desk, documentation and Brokerage.
Reconciliations, calculations of third party brokerage and issuance
of fees.
Perform trade reconciliation for the books and records to keep
ledgers in balance and make sure P&L is reflected accurately at the
close of business.
Generate /Research novation/assignment reports weekly for upper
management. Analyze and create/compile MIS data on trade/capture and
amendments for management. Attend meetings and provide feed back to
senior management on trade capture on volumes and trade issues.
Assist in the streamlining processes of the trade capture procedures
and bookings.
Perform margin calls for internal and external clients. Involved in
systems upgrade and implementation.
HSBC NY
Investigation Specialist June06-Feb07
Reconciled nostro breaks for Credit Default Swaps, Equity, Stations
and Swaps via Intellitracs, Intellimatch, Calypso and Summit systems.
Work closely with MO to solve the solve discrepancies on aged trades.
Make payments on Trades via GMG systems for all trade types
Liase with Middle office regarding trade booking, rates and payment
issues
WestLB, NY
Middle Office Trade Support/ Margin Call -Mar06-May06
Trade Capture, Ticketing, Booking and verifying of trades including
Repo, Collateral, Futures and Treasury Bonds via Summit and Impact
System
Monitoring and Reviewing all trades in Summit trade capture system and
dealing w/ and controlling discrepancies with the front desk.
Mitigating risk associated with Derivative and Treasury products.
Performing Repo / Collateral Margin by calling clients to see if
there are over/ under collateral and repricing securities and updating
these in ICI-Impact system.
Reconciling credit derivative breaks on a daily basis.
Credit Suisse First Boston, NY
Trader Operations Fixed Income/ Emerging Markets Credit derivatives-
Mar 05-Mar 06
Booked over 200+ interest rate swaps, swaptions, cap floors, bond
options and Emerging Market (NDFs, MXN) deals in Summit, OFS and Deal
Capture system daily
Liaise with the Middle office on booking and resolving discrepancies
with trades/ day counts and interest rates
Assist with processing and sending out broker confirms. Responding to
Inquiries via phone/email on all aspects of trades
Reconcile/ Balance Month End trade discrepancies via DACS and book
caps adjustments for past value payments
Assist documentation in drafting confirmation for outgoing documents
Deutsche Bank, NY
Credit Derivatives/Investigations-June-04- Dec 04
Independently investigate and Reconcile 500+ Nostro breaks via smart
stream and summit system.
Liaise with counterparty daily on payments and receipts. Confirm and
settle payments and receipt per the cash flows for Swaps, Cap Floors,
Total Return Swaps and Bond Options.
Work closely with NY London and Asia markets to resolve all
outstanding breaks with their Middle Office/Traders/Marketers
Review signed documents/Agreements for specific financial terms
Pershing/Bank of NY
Foreign Exchange Settlements/Investigations- Jan 04-June 04
Responsible for and maintain all settlements and cash movements in
Europe, Asian and Latin American markets through GLOSS system.
Liaised between Agent banks and brokers on trade related problems
Monitored all USD incoming and outgoing payments while reconciling
maintaining all Nostro Accounts.
Reconciled all daily cash fails via formatted end-of-day analysis
report. Journal all cash movements to appropriate internal accounts
to resolve all outstanding trade breaks.
Interface with London, Tokyo on non-receipt and non-payments of funds.
JP Morgan Chase, NY
Credit Derivatives/Credit Default Swaps/Investigations- Sep 03-Jan 04
Investigate and Resolve approximately 150 Nostro breaks a week on STS,
SSR Spartak and Operations Workstation.
Voluntee Liaise directly with Middle Office/Traders/Brokers to resolve
r payments/receipts discrepancies and cash reconciliation on the book
Experien side while dealing with counterparties daily
ce Review Assignment Novation Agreements and Confirmation agreements for
specific financial clauses. Calculate accruals and fees for credit
default swap exceptions while settling/confirm deals via cables.
Collect/Monitor outstanding firm bank accounts accounts to ensure all
incoming agent bank credits and outgoing debits are matched to
corresponding ledger entries payments to reconcile/balance accounting
and P&L books for Traders. Reconcile all internal General Ledger cash
breaks for credit derivatives.
Merrill Lynch Investment Bank (MLIB)
Global Foreign Exchange/ Consultant -Aug 02-Mar 03
Solely responsible for booking 500+ trades done in London and Tokyo
for New York customers. Monitored Profit & Loss (P&L) daily blotters
and reconciled trader's position. Interface with Traders/ Sales desk
and Global clients regarding discrepancies/Mark-up issues on all
European, Asian and Emerging Market currencies.
Liaise with Sales desk and Assist Operations as to manage risk/
discrepancies in Global Operations Market. Analyze trade positions in
portfolio for daily P/L calculations
Goldman Sachs
Foreign Exchange (Global Operations)/Consultant -Jan 01-Aug 02
Executed the processing of Foreign Exchange and FX Options, by booking
allocating, settling, confirming and opening accounts by liasing with
Legal, Compliance department and the Sales team.
Heavy contact with internal and corporate external clients in Prime
Brokerage / Client Services, servicing their accounts daily.
Confirmed FX trades with broad base clientele via swifts through CMS,
phone while reconciling their accounts under specific time
constraints. Testing of trades to help the technology team go live STP
for trades.
Habitat for Humanity; Inroads organization-non-profit and Educational
instructor