Manager Accounting

Mewael A. Ketema

**** ********* **, ********, ** 43224/ Phone#: 614-***-****/ ******.******@*******.***

Objective: Perceptive and forward-thinking senior portfolio accountant equipped with extensive

knowledge of the financial service industry seeking a challenging position, utilizing current skills

and the abilities, with the opportunity for professional growth.

Qualification Summary:

Extensive experience in the administration of multiple fund account types, both domestically and

internationally. Maintained proper record-keeping for complex funds, reconciled cash and

portfolio holdings, recorded corporate actions and ensured accurate fund records through

reconciliation's and reporting. Highly efficient in calculating securities market values, income,

and gain/losses, calculating fund NAV and accompanying factors. Ability to achieve strong grasp

of operations within the organization combined with the competence to handle multiple task, set

priorities, and meet deadlines. Proficient with Windows, MS Office, Frontier, Multi-funds,

Invest One, and Bloomberg.

Professional Experience:

Citigroup Inc.

Portfolio Accountant (Middle Office) 8/05/2009-Present

• Managed and accurately balance accounts on a daily basis, reconciliation of security

holdings to the custodian and post transactions into the portfolio system.

• Analyzed daily cash settlements, Internal/External cash movements and Monthly

reconciliation of priority accounts.

• Properly recorded investment transactions, capital transactions, accruals and payments to

ensure the accurate records.

• Performed self and peer review of all transactions processed into the accounting system.

• Reviewed cash and position reconciliation extract from Frontier daily to resolve and/or

inquire with the custodian for any outstanding discrepancies

• Researched and commented on any daily and monthly 3rd party NAV recons and ensure

all items are cross referenced with custodian reconciliation

• Conducted extensive research and maintain coordination in trade processing and other

accounting processes

• Assessed and efficiently organized daily, weekly, and monthly deliverables for clients

Fund Accountant (Back Office) 10/05/2005-8/05/2009

• Obtained and conducted daily monitoring of fund accounting activities throughout the

day

• Reconsolidated morning/evening cash for the NAV on Invest One system. Analyzed fund

expenses, Balanced of month end books, Budgeting and some compliance duties.

• Completed month-end reporting requirements, Distributed fund data to internal and

external parties, and calculated monthly market value of portfolio holdings.

Reviewed transactions in monitoring cash, investment values, income activity and accrual

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variances between calculated variance and core Trust Accounting system.

Communicated cash position to the Investment Advisor, Process, balance, and reconcile

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capital activity with Investor Services.

Accurately processed daily NAVs (Net Asset Values) for mutual funds including offline

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and exception-based checks

Administered incoming trades, interest adjustments, and amortization changes

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Ensured timely processing of daily income, trades, and accruals for Mutual Funds

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Keys International LLC

Assistant Manager 6/20/2003-9/25/2005

• Handled cash, deposits, maintain/order inventory and balanced daily paperwork, neatly

and accurately according to company guidelines.

• Responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a retail establishment and the daily

work of subordinate employees, ensuring that customers have a pleasant shopping

experience

• Completed many other duties necessary to run the store in an effective and efficient

manner.

Education:

The Ohio State University Autumn 1998-Spring 2003

Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information Systems

Interests:

Current events, Sports (soccer), outdoor activities, traveling, reading

References: Chris Hootman: Supervisor at Citigroup Transactions Services Tel:614-428-

8599(Work), Ryan Truni: Supervisor at Citigroup Transactions Services Tel:614-428-

3532(Work), Matthew Reeman: Coworker at Citigroup Transaction Services: Tel:614-470-

8646(Work), Albert Ampah: Coworker at Citigroup Transaction Services: Tel:614-599-

9220(Cell) Ahmed Abdi: Executive Manager at Five Stars Wirless LLC: Tel:589-4165(Cell)

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