GREGORY MICHAEL COHEN
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EMPLOYMENT
DTCC: New York, NY September 2004– November 2017
Senior Treasury Fund Analyst
Process & approve the daily clearing fund activity for GSD/NYPC/MBSD/NSCC/DTC and Euro CCP. Also initiating wire payments, accepting wire payments and security transfers .
Clearing of fed treasuries, agencies, discount notes and MBS securities utilizing BDC/BDAS
Ensure that margin calls are satisfied within the clearing corporation’s designated timeframes.
Notify management of potential or actual risk situations.
Provide support and research to management for regulatory and audit issues as needed.
Prepare, review and distribute daily, weekly and monthly reports.
Set up wires in the Treasury Dept. through Chase.
Support mid-sized system development and enhancement projects.
Train staff and colleagues as needed. Commercial Paper
Interact with internal department, banks, and our participants to resolve issues as necessary.
Implementation Coordinator for the Euro CCP project/foreign exchange.
Coordinated the user acceptance test for EuroCCP in Participant & Clearing Funds Department.
Assist in the Harmonization/Var (Value at risk) project.
Knowledge and application of Six Sigma techniques/Process mapping procedures.
Controlled a multitude of tasks within strict timeframes.
Fixed Income Trade Operations -MBSD Operation Coordinator
Interacted with allocators to set up EPN/Easy pool sub ID.
Activated participants to ensure smooth start –up process and respond to Ad hoc participants.
Assured payables are adequately collateralized and settled.
Balanced 4 Billion in participant securities/Cash deposit & Letters of credit on a daily basis.
Monitor master file maintenance up to seven different applications.
Reset participant passwords.
Daily pricing and benchmarks/EOD MBS market movements.
Executed all facets of the Corporation’s monthly billing process. P@I, pay treasury coupon
Operational support to Marketing, Sales, Account Admin, Technology and Audit as needed.
JP Morgan/Chase: Edison, NJ July 2003 – September 2004
Mortgage Backed Securities/Trade Support Analyst
Daily trade confirmation and trade input into internal trade support system. Researched and Resolved all trade discrepancies, trade errors and system reconciliation.
Allocated, cleared and settled MBS TBA and PO trades for delivery in compliance with BMA guidelines.
Reconciled settlement and pair off trade net funds payable/receivable in excess of $13B monthly.
Analyzed counterparty exposure risk activity for weekly reporting to Sr. management.
Conducted monthly mark to market valuations of FNMA securities and other assets held in inventory.
Calculated option premiums payable/receivable on the execution of MBS option trades.
Conducted daily MBSCC and NOS trade reconciliation via RTTM, P&S and compressed reports.
Merrill Lynch: New York, NY October 1997 – December 2002
Mortgage Backed Securities
Project, Construction and FHA loans, Trade Support, CMO
Utilize Merrill Lynch internal trading system to book and settle trades.
Coordinate with DTC to determine that trades have settled.
Book, match and draw pools-monthly for construction, project and FHA loans.
Analyze, research and resolve trade problems daily.
Assure Ginnie, Freddie and Fannie loans are processed in a timely manner to avoid penalties/fails.
United Auto Group: Jersey City, NJ May 1991 - October 1997
Customer Relations Manager
EDUCATION:
Fairleigh Dickinson University: Madison, NJ May 1991
B.A. Finance/ Business Management
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Bloomberg, BDC, BDAS, CitiDirect, Outlook and Lotus Notes