Clifford H. Jackson
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Mutual Fund Accountant and Middle and Back Office Operations Specialist
with extensive experience administering and managing processes that support
portfolios, asset management, hedge funds and other areas of financial
services.
. Extensive compliance and regulatory reporting and onboarding
processes.
. Experience pricing all types of securities including, international
and domestic equity, fixed income, muni and money markets through the
use of Bloomberg, IDC, Reuters, Portia, JJ Kenny and other pricing
sources.
. Managing and posting general ledger, corporate action and dividend
entries into various portfolio management systems such as Premier,
Pam, Kondor, Portia, Geneva and Aladdin.
. Managed and executed trade support and trade settlements of
international and domestic short-term, equity and fixed income
securities through, DTC, Euroclear, and cedel and fed wire. As well
as investigating trade fails with broker counterparties.
. Updated all SMF and security set ups for various asset management and
mutual fund as well as hedge fund environments. Setting up the cusip
numbers, posting coupon entries and setting up issue dates as well as
pay schedules and resetting of coupon payments and proper coding.
. Confirmed settlements of domestic and international trades with many
counterparties and brokers.
. Reconciled many security, cash and position reconciliations for hedge
funds, mutual funds and asset management firms
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank- Hoboken, NJ March 2014 to
September 2014
Global Settlements Department
Global Settlements Administrator/Consultant
. Responsible for daily trade settlements via swift messaging in the
Norwegian, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Australian and New Zealand
Markets
. Processing the receipt and relaying of 548 swift messages detailing
the trade status of equity and fixed income securities.
. Settlement of trades via Global Plus custodian system and GTX of all
545 and 547 swift messaging confirming trade settlements
. 1940 Investment Company Act and 1934 SEC Act Financial reporting on a
semiannual and annual basis for the Sumitomo Life Portfolio and other
mutual fund clients, as well as accounts in the private banking
division.
. Daily P & L processing for hedge fund clients in the private banking
sector.
. Responsible for updating fail trade status from MT548 swift messaging
in Global Plus and informing relationship managers for the respective
markets, as well as the trade support and client servicing teams.
. Daily interface with the custodian banks settling trades via Euroclear
and GDS settlement processes.
. Interface with GCS ( Global Clearing Settlement) Processes as well
GSCC( Government Securities Clearing Corp) in the settlement of
government and fixed income bonds.
. Reconciliation and processing in Global Plus all client related
receivable and payable amounts via swift 900 and 910 messaging to
cover buys and sells in the aforementioned markets.
. Daily distribution of swift MT599, 395 fx transactions to the global
fx units as well as disseminating swift MT599 Corporate actions
activity to the corporate actions department.
. Responding to queries from the client serving, trust department and
tax re-claim area's involving custodian bank correspondence.
State Street Bank(IFS Division)- N.Y. N.Y. February 2013
to August 2013
Investment Management Operations Analyst/Consultant
Transfer Agent Dept.
. Processing all subscriptions, redemptions and transfer requests for
clients invested in hedge Funds.
. Daily use of ISS System to administer the transfer of moneys for
onshore and offshore clients through feeder accounts.
. Interfacing with clients who are major commercial and investment
banks receiving and analyzing subscription agreements, redemption
requests, trust documents as well as addendums to sub agreements and
W9 forms.
. Creation of new investor clients in ISS, ensuring that all AML and
compliance requirements and OFAC Reporting has been satisfied.
. Verification and analysis, as well as stamp processing of all
documents received and verification of authorized signatories.
. Processing of all wire transactions in and out of hedge funds as well
as verifying bank instructions in the form of ABA acct#'s, local agent
bank and acct. number, beneficiary's of the transactions and location
where the monies will be transferred to.
. Processed 1940 Investment Company Act quarterly semi-annual and
annual financial reports as well as financials for hedge funds
managed by JPM, Barclays and Morgan Stanley.
BCP Securities- Greenwich, CT October 2012
to January 2013
Settlements and Reconciliations
Operations Analyst/Settlements Administrator/Consultant
. Processing and confirming all Euroclear and DTC fixed income and
equity transactions with counterparties.
. Investigating trade fails for the Emerging Markets and Latin American
Trading Desks, and administering the pre-matching process of
euroclear settlements.
. Daily use of the Pershing Custody System, posting trades for
euroclear and DTC Settlements, as well as putting in Euroclear,
Clearstream/Cedel instructions in counterparty and client accounts.
. Confirming all euroclear transactions in Bloomberg with counterparty
as far as trade detail and euroclear and DTC Instruction. Working
directly with the traders to confirm trades and make sure that
compliance and regulatory processes are satisfied.
. Reconciliation of hedge fund client payable and receivable balances
with Pershing and counterparty websites.
. Responsible for monitoring all TRACE and FINRA and compliance
reporting with brokers and counterparties ensuring that positions are
reconciled on each side of the market.
. OFAC Processes for all transactions in jurisdictions related.
. Daily bond reconciliation on Excel spreadsheet of Pershing and
counterparty bond positions.
. Settlement of fixed income and government bonds through GSCC and GSC
clearing processes.
. Weekly bond and equity position reconciliation for trader client
accounts on a calendar year to date basis. Using Excel spreadsheets
and Bloomberg to verify the calculations
. Also processing broker settlement instructions in the euroclear and
DTC Markets on ALERT.
. Processing DTC Confirmations via Bloomberg and sending them to the
counterparty.
. Mandatory and voluntary corporate action processing on fixed income
and equity securities, including stock splits, tender offers,
reorganizations as well as mandatory calls and other processes.
Depository Trust Clearing Corp (DTCC)- New York NY
March 2012- to July 2012
Global Corporate Actions Dept.
Global Corporate Actions Administrator/Consultant
. Responsible for processing International and domestic corporate
actions in conjunction with the use of DTC terminals.
. Processing and validating all of the announcement details on mandatory
and voluntary corporate actions through the use of the WAVES Corporate
Actions System.
. Accessing class action documentation from legal entities as well as
consent solicitations from companies and transfer agents to advise
clients as to their options in these type of corporate action events.
. Administering all Put Tender options, mandatory and voluntary, on
corporate bonds using DTC terminal access to obtain expiration,
payable dates and rights to retain or tender client holdings.
. Responsible for all conversion processing of Corporate bonds to common
stock, cash or combinations thereof, detailing the conversion rate and
price of the underlying common stock and conversion detail.
. Extensive interface with transfer agents, investor relations areas,
extensive use of Bloomberg, Edgar, Telekurs, legal websites and
various other websites to obtain corporate action information.
. Processing all Cash and stock dividend detail as well as record, ex
and payable dates. Verifying and validating this information with the
transfer agents as well as the issuers.
Alliance Bernstein- White Plains, N.Y. October 2010-
July 2011
Trade Support & Settlements
Settlements Administrator/Consultant
. Responsible for quality control and oversight of all domestic and
international equity and fixed income settlements via DTC, Swift,
OASYS, Euroclear and GDS.
. Provided support for the transitioning of Alliance Bernstein
settlement system to settlement system in PUNE.
. Extensive use of OLRS and SSM Reporting and settlement systems
reviewing trade fails as well as primary and secondary custodians,
swift messaging, BIC codes and DTC identifiers and confirmations
. Detailed use of ALERT researching custodial and settlements
information as far as equity trade issues in domestic and various
international markets.
. 1940 Investment Company Act financial statement preparation for the
BOSS Accounts.
. Daily update of excel spreadsheets delineating quality control and
question and issue scenario's as far as the daily operations of our
settlements and trade support teams.
. Settlement of fixed income and government bonds through GSCC and GSC
clearing processes.
. Use of Bloomberg for corporate actions and the use of BOSS researching
trade issues and hedge fund client accounts.
. Month end KPI Reporting composing statistical data through the use of
Microsoft PowerPoint critiquing the trade support and settlements
teams through the use of pie charts, and administering a gradation of
their performance.
. Verifying corporate actions on equity and fixed income securities,
stock splits, stock and cash dividends, cusip changes and
acquisitions.
Bank of New York - New York NY October 2006 -
January 2008
Asset Management/Middle Office
Portfolio Administrator/Consultant
. Middle Office Trade settlement specialist, interfacing with trading
desks to process and confirm all fixed income, equity and corporate
actions transactions.
. Use of Aladdin Portfolio Management system to confirm Asset Back,
Government, corporate, mortgage back and other fixed income securities
with corresponding broker and counter parties.
. Daily reporting of transactions potentially related to OFAC guidelines
. Assisted and helped merge BONY Accounting and portfolio Management
system to Alladin.
. Managed the process and used Bloomberg in setting up in security
master, Muni's, corporates, commercial paper and government
securities.
. Attached S& P, Moody and Fitch ratings from Bloomberg and other
sources to all commercial paper, muni, corporate and fixed income
securities. This process occurred after reviewing the issue date,
accrual date, coupon and other characteristics of various products
that were being traded including hybrid securities.
. Investigated all trade fails with corresponding brokers involving
fixed income, corporate, FNMA's, GNMA's, Treasury Bills and equity
securities settling via DTC, Fed wire and other forms of domestic and
international settlement.
. Confirmed counter party Fx spot and forward hedge transactions
including foreign futures transactions and emerging market
transactions.
. Reconciled bank and position reconciliations for the fixed income and
short term desks in conjunction with custodians.
. Settled all of the aggregate net settlement of fixed income and equity
issues.
. 1940 Mutual Funds Act Quarterly, semi-annual and annual reporting for
mutual fund clients.
Viking Global LLP - Greenwich, CT June 2006 - July
2006
Portfolio Administrator/Consultant
. Trade support specialist for settlement of domestic and international
equity trades working directly with the trading desk.
. Managed the use of Access database in reconciling daily equity and
bond trade position differences between the executing and prime
brokers
. Managed collateral management of OTC and derivative trade products
. Uploading all trades to eight prime brokers and reconciling P&L on a
daily basis detailing collateral exposure
. Daily correspondence with prime brokers and traders in the settlement
of equity and fixed income securities
GlobeOP Financial Services - Harrison NY June 2004 -
May 2006
Associate
. Managed the servicing of Hedge Funds such as Precept, Putnam, Aslan
and FiveMile Housatonic Portfolio's.
. Liaison and interfaced with the Investor relations group documenting
and processing all subscriptions and redemptions for Hedge Funds
. Daily input into Kondor Portfolio management system of cash flows,
repo's, swaps, equity settlement and domestic and foreign government
acquisitions.
. MBS Allocations executed through Broad ridge and factor updates on
TBA's
. Extensive use of Geneva Accounting system.
. Reconciled daily cash and position reports, as well as mutual fund
accounting and 1940 Investment Company Act Reporting.
. Reconciling collateral statements of repo's and reverse repo
transactions
. Interfacing with Salomon Brothers Citigroup the custodian for the
portfolios, accessing daily cash and securities reports from their
website to administer the reconciliation process.
. Daily input of margin call movements between the repo, Primary broker
and derivative accounts.
. Interfacing with the CSM group setting up bonds and options in the
Kondor System
. Daily pricing of bonds, foreign currencies, equities, and options.
Lord, Abbett & Co. - Jersey City, NJ April 1999 -
May 2004
Trade Support Specialist/144A Admin/Corporate Actions Pricing
Specialist( Mandatory & Voluntary corporate Actions)
. Processed partial calls on Municipals, Stock Splits on Equities, and
mergers.
. Managed fixed income portfolios and trade support and worked directly
with the trading desks in the Domestic, international and emerging
markets.
. Settlement of all equity, fixed income, money market and cash trades.
. Executed warrants, rights, tender offers.
. Liaison to brokers, custodians, transfer agents and traders for
institutional and mutual fund portfolios.
. Managed Trade settlements involving corporate bonds, preferred, high
yield securities and other fixed income products.
. Executed all corporate actions involving fixed income products
including conversions and posting in Portfolio Management System (PAM)
of all high yield and convertible bonds.
. Pricing of equity, corporate bonds, municipals, government bonds and
foreign currencies. Using several vendors such as Interactive Data,
Bloomberg, JJ Kenney and other sources to determine closing bid and
mean quotes on the various securities.
. Reconciled Monthly assets of institutional and mutual fund portfolio's
between Pam and the respective custodians.
. Managed all legal and 144a Securities registrations. Extensive
correspondence with issuer's, in-house and outside counsel for the
issuer as well as transfer agents.
. Composed representation and other legal documents to satisfy
securities registration requirements.
. Executed corporate governance issues involving proxy solicitation and
administering responses to Board of Directors meetings via ISS.
Bank of Switzerland (UBS AG) - New York, NY
July 96 - Dec. 98
INVS/Private Banking Division - Senior Portfolio Accountant/Administrator
. Liaison between marketing officers, portfolio managers, custody
settlements, sub custodians and broker dealers.
. Administered and processed all transactions into Premier and Portia
Systems on behalf clients in the private banking sector.
. Managed portfolios in excess of one billion dollars, reconciling
all security and dollar differences between Premier and Chase
Manhattan.
. Mutual fund accountant for equity and fixed income portfolio's,
with daily NAV Calculation.
. Mutual fund and sweep process manager for thirty funds in excess of
two hundred million dollars. Administered investments into these
funds on behalf of our clients and reconciled Premier and vista
fund differences.
. Composed subscription agreements with international "off-shore"
funds for many of our clients.
. Reviewed and audited month-end financial statements with the use of
Access Database.
Signet Financial Services - New York, NY May 93 - July
96
Blanchard Group of Funds - Investment Administrator
. Managed international and domestic trade support (equity, fixed
income and derivatives).
. Detailed calculation and review of net asset value of our mutual
funds.
. Compliance Reporting as far as NSAR's,Annual and Semi-annual
reporting, and 1940 Investment company and SEC 1934 act regulatory
compliance reporting.
. Executed multi-currency operations and cash management
transactions. Portfolio reconciliation's with sub-advisors and
performance measurement calculations on a daily basis.
. Administered global settlements, extensive client reporting,
portfolio composition, expense schedules, broker and portfolio
manager correspondence, and administered trade detail to custodian
banks.
Other experience:
OCE Information Technologies- N.Y. N.Y.
Oct 2008 - Oct 2009
Commercial Sales Representative
. Responsible for selling and processing requests for commercial
printers, copiers, fax and MFP Equipment.
. Responsible for teleprospecting between 300 to 500 clients per week.
. Daily on site visits to new and existing clients
. Servicing customer base of 400 present and future clients with daily
record keeping with the use of Excel spreadsheet updates.
. Daily updating and record keeping of client portfolio's through the
use of OASIS Data base.
. Interfaced with financing division in order to organize and complete
credit applications, purchases and buy-outs for our clients.
. Responsible for telemarketing and client servicing from mailings to
periodic visits to our client base.
SKILLS:
. Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Works,
Professional Write, Premier, Portia, DST, Pam.
EDUCATION:
. B.A. Political Science and Sociology, State University of New York at
Buffalo
. Cum Laude Graduate
References will be supplied upon request.