Management Quality Assurance
Resume:
Stella Borukhov
Rego Park, NY 11374
*********@*******.***
EXPERIENCE
BlackRock Financial Management; New York, New York 2009 – October 2014
Portfolio Compliance, Associate
Monitored Window Dressing, Portfolio Pumping and other compliance controls designed to address Fiduciary and Regulatory aspects of portfolio compliance.
Managed 144A (QIB) and Reg. S certification processes according to regulations and requirements. Coordinated the processes among brokers, processors, Client Service teams and Portfolio Managers.
Assisted Portfolio Compliance team in guideline reviews, testing projects, annual audit reviews, participated in improving and automating operational processes.
Utilized BlackRock Solutions system (Aladdin) for daily processes.
Assisted Syndicate Trade Approval team during IPOs reviews and other corporate action processes by confirming compliance with ERISA and other regulations
Participated in sub-advised funds monthly, quarterly and semi-annual reporting to the Board of Directors.
Fixed Income, Alternative Products Group, Associate 2007 - 2009
Monitored and managed day-to-day transactions (i.e. settlements, cash wires, collateral and etc.) for major Fixed Income Hedge fund with over 1bln in AUM.
Managed daily activities, cash reconciliation and operations risk for Real Estate Fund (AHR).
Coordinated with portfolio managers, trade operations and collateral teams to minimize risk and ensure that daily trading activity has a positive impact on investor’s cash and funds are not overdrawn.
Worked with custodians, prime brokers, and dealers, internal and external operations teams to proactively resolve trade discrepancies, coordinate pair-offs/round robins and meet settlement deadlines.
Provided support for fixed income trading desks for all asset types including: IG corporates, high-yield, US Treasury, repo and reverse repos, leveraged loans, emerging markets/foreign currency, structured and mortgage-backed securities, and collateral management requirements.
Worked in close collaboration with Hedge Fund Operations Risk Management to mitigate operational risk.
Managed liquidity and leverage lines for the Portfolio Management Group to ensure optimal cash investment.
Managed and continuously improved the Citigroup Prime Brokerage day-to-day interaction and hedge fund relationship.
Citigroup; New York, New York 2004 - 2007
Prime Broker Fixed Income, Senior Specialist
Acted as the principal operations coordinator for domestically and internationally invested hedge funds with over 1bln in Assets.
Interacted directly with Prime Brokerage Desk, brokers, traders and customers to ensure prompt settlements of repurchase agreements (repos) and cash transactions.
Monitored all fixed income and foreign currency transactions and provided the clients and the trading desk with comprehensive reports on cash balances, asset positions, repo financing, and margins.
Managed overall daily relationship for fixed income assets, including US Treasury bonds, Mortgages, Corporate and International bonds and foreign currency transactions.
Performed daily fail analysis to minimize funding costs for both clients and Citigroup, and provided detailed reports of all unsettled trades to both clients and management.
Liaised among the financing desk, operations and external brokers to resolve any trade settlement issues across all depositories including, Euroclear, DTC, FED, and foreign local markets.
Notified clients of all pending corporate actions, such as exchanges, calls, redemptions, and directed any questions regarding such actions to ensure appropriate instructions are received prior to deadline.
Reviewed monthly principal and interest payments for fixed income products on behalf of clients and helped resolve any discrepancies associated with such payments.
Trained newly hired employees
Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. (U.S.A.); Hoboken, New Jersey 2000 - 2004
Database Administration Group Analyst
Was responsible for establishing and maintaining securities accounts for foreign institutional clients.
Monitored trade settlements, including ensuring accuracy of trade parameters: client, counterparty, securities and value computation. Provided support to Global Custody and Operations departments in payment and corporate actions’ processing.
Worked in concert with Global Custody, Investor Services, Security Lending and Operations departments to ensure data integrity in reporting to clients, governments and auditors.
Researched information on various types of securities: fixed income, government and foreign debt, equities and etc. Resolved reporting discrepancies by analyzing securities and broker information extracted from various data depositories such as Bloomberg, SWIFT, DTCC and Euroclear.
Designed account data reports using KEA-IX (Oracle based asset management system) to be used by external and internal clients. Generated reports related to account activity for securities research and analysis.
Used Bloomberg to research and price securities, as part of the monthly fee accruals process for account billing.
As a member of the policies committee I was responsible for creating policies in order to insure continuity and consistency in managing client accounts.
Performed quality assurance on system upgrades and transitions, data migrations and functionality testing.
EDUCATION
Pace University; New York, New York 2002
B.B.A. in International Management, Graduated Cum Laude, GPA 3.6
Honors: Baccalaureate Honor; Dean’s List; Beta Gamma Sigma (top 10% of the international studies class)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Global Securities: Execution, Settlement, Custody and Services; S.W.I.F.T.: Passport to SWIFT, Basics; Bloomberg: Basics; Sungard Asset Management System: Basic Vision Programming
TECHNICAL SKILLS
BlackRock’s Aladdin, SWIFT, MINT, XSP, DTCC, FED, Euroclear, Bloomberg, and Microsoft Office Suite
LANGUAGES Fluent and bicultural in Russian.
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