DARRIN E. MERCER

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West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Cell: 718-***-****

ac0zdg@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Portfolio and Performance Reporting Administrator in all aspects of portfolio administration, trading and client services. Analytical professional with impeccable organizational skills. Detail-oriented with strong interpersonal skills necessary for the expedient resolution of problems. Experienced team player with a solid understanding of the securities trading and settlement process within a wide array of products, securities, asset classes, and strategies. Experienced user of Advent Axys (APX, GLX), Moxy and Dataport.

EXPERIENCE

THE CLINE TRUST COMPANY, LLC Palm Beach Gardens, FL Single Family Office with over $1.1 Billion in assets 5/12 – Current

Sr. Portfolio Administrator / Reporting Analyst

● Performed all aspects of portfolio and performance reporting including, but not limited to, generation of TWR return

calculation, portfolio appraisals, ACB reports, performance by asset class, attribution analysis, blended customized

benchmarking, and asset allocation reports

● Performed daily maintenance of all Family/Entity portfolio information including trade processing, settlement,

performance and reconciliation using Advent AXYS portfolio management system. Investment products utilized include

Equities, Corporate Bonds, Options, Commodity Futures, Gold Bars and FX Cash trades

● Built various Macros and Scripts to produce the daily and monthly Investment meeting report packages

● Worked in conjunction with the internal Family Office accountants to input all needed accounting entries to maintain the

Family internal accounting General Ledger

● Responsible for the monthly company various invoice/payroll payments via the internal MAS accounting system

● Supervised training on Advent Portfolio Management System application to new team members

● Processed all eligible security reorganization and SEC regulatory filing items

● Worked with external Entity accountants to file all needed corporate annual tax forms and payments

● Automated daily upload of all family portfolios into Bloomberg for the Portfolio Manager analysis

● Processed all entity Hedge Fund and Private Equity capital call payments

BANYAN PARTNERS Palm Beach Gardens, FL RIA with over $810 million in assets 12/09–02/12

Sr. Portfolio Administrator

● Responsible for trade processing and settlement for over 2,500 portfolios, both SMA and Strategy Style portfolios,

including daily download of transactions from various interfaces into Advent programs and communicating with

brokers/dealers and custodian banks to resolve any problems affecting settlement

● Produced, assembled and distributed all Quarterly client correspondence

● Created various Marketing/Sales Team presentations for prospective and current clients

● Responsible for the proper allocation and settlement for all option and fixed income trading activity using MOXY

● Supervised training on Advent Portfolio Management System application to new team members

● Developed and maintained all Advent script and macro functions

● Used Advent Report Writer to create and modify all client reporting and portfolio analytic specifics

● Processed all eligible security reorganization items

● Verify accuracy of performance results (both IRR and TWR) for all Banyan Composite returns

● Performed daily upload of Strategy model portfolios into Bloomberg for Manager analysis

● Responsible for setting up all new account portfolios on Advent

GFG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Miami, FL

Private Wealth Manager with over $410 Million in assets 5/08-9/09

Sr. Portfolio Administrator / Analyst

● Responsible for trade processing and affirmation duties for over 500 portfolios

● Reconciled all (approx. 85) manual accounts with offshore Custodial Banks and Hedge Funds on a weekly basis

● Assisted portfolio manager with trade allocations/settlements for all Forward (FX) Contracts and International Equities in

Advent trading system

● Provided information for Marketing/Sales team used in prospect and client presentations

● Prepared and distributed all client weekly, monthly and quarterly performance reports

● Distributed all Client monthly correspondence

● Developed and maintained all Advent script and macro functions

● Processed all eligible security reorganization items

EQUINOX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT New York, NY

Investment Manager with over $13 Billion in assets (firm dissolved) 3/06-03/08

Sr. Portfolio Administrator – Trading Assistant

● Performed monthly reconciliation for over 60 portfolios versus their respective custodial banks

● Responsible for the daily reconciling of all position holdings, cost basis and market valuations for over 250 securities held in

the portfolios between custodian bank and portfolio management system

● Responsible for the daily maintenance of all client portfolio data information, both domestic & international

● Worked in conjunction with over 30 various consultants to update all Institutional and Individual performance and

portfolio/composite characteristic information

● Responsible for completion of all RFP requests

● Assisted the Portfolio Manager in the daily monitoring and analysis in Factset covering all portfolio holdings

● Coordinated functions for the settlement of all Convertible 144A DWAC trades

CMG – BANK OF AMERICA, New York, NY 7/04-3/06

Nations Convertible Securities Fund ($1.5 Billion Convertible Securities Mutual Fund)

HAMLIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC New York, NY 12/01-07/04

Boutique Investment Manager with over $450 million in assets

FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, New York, NY 01/98–12/01

Investment Manager with over $9 Billion in assets and 200 employees

EDUCATION

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Boston, MA

● Completed Business Courses for Plattsburgh 1988 - 1989

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Plattsburgh, NY

B.S. 1983 - 1987

● Major in Communications; Minor in Business

SYSTEMS UTILIZED

● Proficient in all Microsoft Office Products, Vestek Attribution System, Factset, MAS Accounting System, Bloomberg Portfolio Analytics. Experienced user of Advent Axys, Moxy and Dataport. Previously Series 7, 6 & 63 Registered.

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