Customer Service Management
Resume:
Damian N. Grizzle
Fairfax, VA *2031
Phone: 757-***-****
*************@*****.***
Professional Profile
An experienced Sr. Financial Analyst with seven years working in the financial service industry, which has resulted in
expertise developing and providing various financial analytic and reporting functions. Currently seeking a challenging
position that offers opportunities to utilize my expertise while allowing for continued professional growth.
Education
Hampton University, Hampton VA
Bachelors of Science in Finance/Accounting
Experience
Beech Street Capital LLC, Bethesda MD
Sr. Credit Analyst
Aug 2011-Dec 2012
Effectively structured and create loan proposal packages for potential borrowers.
Created models for multifamily property cash flow analysis of property valuations and third party reports.
Effectively maintained data integrity for underwriting applications.
Preformed market surveys and full due diligence for the end to end underwriting process for multifamily
loans.
Implemented extensive review of corporate and individual financial statements to determine acceptability to
meet the underwriting standards.
Created and maintain various databases to analyze a variety of proposals and activities involve in the credit
and risk management process.
Prepared PowerPoint presentations and underlying analysis for clients, investors, etc.
Freddie Mac, McLean VA
Sr. Financial Analyst
Oct 2008- Feb 2011
Assisted in the bidding and purchasing associated with traders' work and provide input on buy/sell/hold
decision process.
Prepared, maintained, and executed testing for new product implementation or enhancements and related
systems.
Structured large trade transactions with assigned counterparties’ representatives in financial markets.
Supported traders with analytical input prior to their executing trades. Confirm, monitor and/or execute
securities transactions and ensure that details of the trade are recorded in appropriate systems.
Assisted in the development of business/systems requirements for the division and system. Performed testing
and validation of upgrades and system improvements.
Assisted with daily operations including client management, trade monitoring, derivative portfolio valuation,
collateral margin calculation and execution, dispute resolution, payment resolution, and cash management.
Worked with technical teams to identify, implement, and test system enhancements and reporting capabilities,
such as servicer reports.
Provided analytics that calculated daily average trades of $1.5 billion that are captured and allocated
electronically through BlackRock Solutions Aladdin Security Master and Summit (Freddie Mac’s trading
platform).
Effectively created and structured highly complex debt linked interest rate swaps for micro hedging of
individual debt issuances to mitigate credit risk exposure.
Effectively worked with the Asset-Liability Management desk and used Blackrock Solutions’ analytics tool to
aggregate all risk exposures of OTC derivatives (Swaps, Range Accruals, Futures, Options, Callable Caps and
Floors) throughout the trade life cycle.
Ensured all Swaps, Futures, OTC/Exchange based Options, GCX pipeline hedging, were passed on to the
back office to be confirmed and settled within procedural timeline.
Freddie Mac, McLean VA
Sr. Staff Accountant
Jul 2007- Oct 2008
Provided analytics of financial data for prospective purchase, asset allocation, fee generation or other cash
flow, using typically industry/company standard analytical tools or measures.
Modeled and structured reports prepared for business units management to aid in making financial, client,
acquisition, or other business decisions.
Effectively lead month end analyses to summarize, reconcile, and report financial data from transactions fee
payments, accruals, or other cash flows, to identify or track trends.
Assessed data retrieved from archive or data warehouse for data integrity for analytical purposes; sort,
partition or segment data for further analysis.
Developed queries to obtain financial data requested by users in multiple business units. Coordinated
development of data files, testing and validation in the acceptance phase, and migration of data requirements
to production phase of the application life-cycle.
Conducted multiple analyses of financial and operating data to satisfy certain regulatory requirements and to
establish required internal controls over business processes.
Conducted multiple analyses of financial or operating data to satisfy certain regulatory requirements or to
establish required internal controls over business processes.
Verified derivatives operation transactions versus counter-party confirmations to identify and validate
exceptions.
Citigroup, New York NY
Staff Accountant
Aug 2006- June 2007
Provided analysis of daily P&L components for accuracy including identification of missing or incorrect
trades and pricing of transactions.
Validated and reconciled monthly P&L to the general ledger and management systems.
Reviewed monthly trading inventory and preformed valuation against external benchmarks.
Other reporting functions include; balance sheet reconciliation, analysis and attestation, inter-company
reconciliations and analysis, and regulatory reporting.
Responsible for the review and preparation of accounting journal entries related to investments, bonds, capital
calls, capital distributions, fund transfers and exchange rate fluctuations.
Responsible for the interpretation and application of industry accounting standards and pronouncements
related to the overall cash and investment functions.
Assist in evaluating currency risk and fluctuations of currency hedging tools. Reviews, recommends and
implements foreign exchange policies and procedures.
Castle Oil Corporation, Harrison NY
Sales Development Assistant
Jun 1998-Dec 2001
Assisted in coordinating marketing activities.
Effectively managed high volume phone activity and complex customer issues.
Maintained and updated appropriate documentation critical to job assignment.
Ensured all inquiries were addressed in accordance with company policies.
Worked closely with key divisions to resolve customer issues and ensured companywide customer service
standards were achieved.
Prepared monthly reports for distribution to Senior Management.
Provided administrative support to Account Executives.
Skills (Microsoft Office Suites, Bloomberg Analytics, Blackrock Solutions Analytic Tools, Summit, Yardi
Accounting Systems Citi Pro, Scrittura and SAFE Systems.)
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