Manager Professional Experience

Damian Allen

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Professional Experience

Service Review Unit Associate – Morgan Stanley, Columbus, OH

10/2014 – 04/2016

Communicate financial information, regulatory, and complex strategic issues in a clear and concise manner to guide and assist decision-makers in corporate finance transactions

Assist senior investment associates in trading client portfolios on the Placemark, Envestnet, FTJ, Nationwide, MG Trust and Ameritrade platforms

Analyze daily trade settlement reporting, investigated discrepancies and prepared resolution reports

Handle tasks of completing due diligence and preparing all paperwork required by the SEC by coordinating with the senior team members

Reconcile prior day positions for cash, custody and investment accounts and produce reports distributed to clients reflecting these positions

Operations Analyst – Anchor Strategy Group, New York, NY

01/2013 – 10/2014

Prepared financial reports on forecasting, budgeting, trending and performance for individual projects, departments and for the organization as a whole

Developed financial models, including DCF analyses, comparable companies and comparable transactions analyses, and accretion / (dilution) analyses that support the assessment of acquisition and alliance opportunities

Led and collaborated with the creation of some phases of business case, such as market analysis, strategic fit and economic models, and effectively communicate the business case to all internal stakeholders, including Anchor's senior executives

Prepared daily/monthly treasury journal entries and upload into SAP G/L System

Applied Excel models to track calls, dividends, equity buybacks, interest payments, principal payments, calculate accretion, amortization, accrued interest, debt issuance expense, interest expense, interest income, mark-to-market (MTM) and debt

Prepared quarterly and yearly audit reports such as flux, variance and Ad-hoc analysis requested by auditors and other business partners

Treasury Operations Manager – CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Ltd, St. Michaels, Barbados

06/2005 – 10/2011

Reconciled and investigated nostro, suspense and inter-company accounts

Processed and managed all local and international wires and payments

Conducted quantitative analysis of financial data to forecast expenses, identify future trends, assessed risk associated with Hedge Funds, Money Market and FX trading, Derivative settling, Capital Expenditures, ATM postings and Joint-Venture projects

Researched unknown dividend and settlement activity, properly identifying and correcting positions.

Reviewed Balance Sheet and P&L accounts for the assigned cost centers. The review includes variance analysis to last year and current year budget and resolution of all outstanding issues

Prepared quarterly and yearly audit reports such as flux, variance and Ad-hoc analysis requested by auditors and other business partners

Complied and recorded NAV’s for all funds and securities.

Conducted the annual SOX and Internal Control testing for CIBC FirstCaribbean International bank

Education

M.S., Economics – Global Business & Finance (GPA – 3.8), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 12/2012

B.S., Business Administration (GPA – 3.6), University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica 05/2004

Technical Skills

Advance MS Excel, Advance MS Access, Advance MS Word, MS Outlook, Advance PowerPoint, Bloomberg, SWIFT, ACH, SQL, Lexis Nexis, Visio, DTCC, SunGuard, SPSS, COGNOS, Crystal Reports and SAP.

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