Vice President - Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Middle Office
Resume:
Jason S. Cohen
East Hills, NY 11577
acrmdl@r.postjobfree.com
Education
New York University, Stern school of business new york, ny
Bachelor Degree Spring 2002, Marketing
Minor: Finance Concentration: Operational Management
Cumulative GPA: 3.5
Associate of Arts Degree: Liberal Arts, Spring 2000
4 Year Starter on NYU Men’s Soccer Team
Experience
6/13-Present
7/11-6/13
1/09-6/11
Bank of america - merrill Lynch NEW YORK, NY
Vice President – Commodities Middle Office
Work alongside Crude Front Office in a hybrid Middle Office / COO role. Responsibilities include assisting in trade booking, P&L review /attribution, monthly reporting to senior management, new product review, expense management, and liaison with sales teams. Futures, Options, Swaps, and Swaptions Trading for Crude Oil, Natural Gas Liquids, and Petroleum Products
Team lead for Structured Financing Transaction with East Coast’s largest refinery. This involved working closely with the Front Office, Scheduling Team, Technology, and the Client to create a streamlined process within regulatory guidelines and strict timeframes
Managed and led transition of Middle Office Crude Oil Trading business from Houston to NYC in 2013
Vice President – Credit Sales & Trading Middle Office
Manage team of 7 analysts within the Credit Sales and Trading US Middle Office
Support 35 Market Making traders across the Flow business with focus on trading Single Name CDS, Index, Securities, and Equity
Daily responsibilities include Daily P&L production and review, trade booking & cash reconciliations, market driver commentary, processing life cycle events, GL reconciliation, Balance Sheet review, and Risk reporting
Work closely with Trade Control, Settlements & Documentation groups regarding ISDA Master Agreements, Defaults, Netting, Trioptima Compressions, and Confirmations
Vice President – Proprietary Trading Middle Office
Manage Middle Office for Structured Prop Trading and Credit Prop Trading. Products include Single Name CDS / LCDS, Baskets, nth to defaults, Indices (CDX/iTraxx/LCDX/ABX/CMBX), Index and Bespoke Tranches, Single Tranche CDO’s, IRS, Options, Bonds, Treasuries, Equity, and Loans
Liaison with Prop Business Management, Front Office, Trade Support, Finance, and Technology
Responsible for reviewing all analysts daily P&L and signing off monthly on all Balance Sheet and Income Statement account reconciliations to Ledger
Produced and reviewed with Senior Management monthly Financial Summary reports, including Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Funding Analysis, and various financial measurement tools and Bank comparisons
Assisted business unwind in 2011 due to Financial reform legislation (compliance with the Volcker Rule)
5/05-12/08
Bank of america NEW YORK, NY
Asst. Vice President – Global Credit Products Middle Office
Manage Middle Office for Structured Credit Trading and Emerging Markets desks. Review P&L, Risk, Market Analysis, and produce Monthly financial packages.
Built Middle Office infrastructure for the Emerging Markets desk during Merrill transition in 2009
Extensive work developing and peer training with the MicroSrategy P&L database; a P&L reporting tool initiated in November 2005. Most recently named the Middle Office representative for presentation and training as it has been chosen as the Global P&L platform
2/01-4/05
LEHMAN BROTHERS NEW YORK, NY
Finance Associate
Produce P&L and exposure reports for CDS traders and the Structured Products desk
Maintained control of balance sheet by carrying out monthly price testing and month end accounting reconciliations
Worked with traders and senior management on trade strategies, market trend analysis, and revenue/budget forecasting
Developed and maintained reporting tool analyzing single name and basket CDS positions volume, counterparty, pricing, and risk trends allowing the desk to review their competitive position in the market
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
REFERENCES
Founder and Owner of Pour and Pedal & North Fork Bicycle Tours – Wine Region Bicycle Tours
Founder and Owner of Jackal Gaming, Inc. (sold in 2008) – online skill gaming
Highly Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, Bloomberg, SAP, Oracle, In$ight, Visual Basic and numerous other programs
Available upon request
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