Management Risk

Alp Uzunhekim

** ***** ****** • Apt: *E • New York, NY 10014

Phone: 646-***-**** • E-mail: ******@*****.***

Professional Experience

Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, NY Jan 2014 - Present

Debt Management, Vice President

Oversee daily PnL management and attribution of GS Group issued long term unsecured notes under hedge accounting and present weekly/monthly PnL drivers of the portfolio to senior management.

Responsible for managing an associate and two analysts; provide training, mentoring and guidance on professional development.

Liaise with Global Liquidity Products trading on unsecured debt related matters; hedge effectiveness, new issuances, hedge accounting, de/re -designations and retirements.

Interact heavily with Tax on hedge accounting, de/re designations and tender offers/retirements.

Partner with capital markets team on various unsecured funding programs; reverse inquiries, internotes, open market repurchases and tender offers.

Prepare debt related disclosures for the 10K/10Q, i.e. effective rates on outstanding debt, and notionals on hedge portfolio.

Rebuilt tax reporting on interest expense from interest rate swap hedges. The new reporting provides greater transparency into taxable interest expense and led GS Group to reduce 2014 deferred tax liabilities by 5%.

Balance Sheet Management, Associate Dec 2010 – Jan 2014

Oversaw reporting of the daily balance sheet of the firm. Monitored long and short balances against firm’s business-specific limits. Investigated daily fluctuations with respective businesses and assess reasonableness against market movements, and communicated any large movements or limit breaches to senior management.

Advised desks on balance sheet optimization and helped them understand potential balance sheet impacts on new business initiatives and products.

Reduced OTC derivatives balance sheet usage for various desks by creating detailed analysis based on risk party, collateral, entity and product type. The analysis resulted in Asia FX desk reducing uncollateralized exposure by 30%.

Coordinated quarterly balance sheet planning process for Securities Division Risk Management which enables firm to monitor and manage balance sheet usage and associated key risk metrics by business.

Led firm-wide initiative on allocating balance sheet usage to businesses from initial margin posted to exchanges. Socialized balance sheet impact with product controllers and worked with securities division risk management strats to automate data flow and reporting by business.

Provided and presented quarterly consolidated balance sheet flux analysis to senior management.

Liquidity Risk Management, Senior Analyst Aug 2006 – Dec 2010

Analyzed and presented firm’s monthly cash capital usage to senior management in Corporate Treasury and

participated in forecasting cash capital needs given business strategy and expected growth.

Measured and monitored liquidity risks relating to firm’s business activities, including trading, financing and

operational activities.

Responsible for producing and reviewing daily deliverables sent to senior management on firm’s unsecured debt

balances, secured funding, and unencumbered assets.

Created GS Bank USA’s cash capital plan (equivalent of NSFR) to assess bank’s long term capital needs.

Presented at meetings with the FED during their audit of firm’s liquidity risk management framework.

Prepared presentations for senior management regarding firm’s liquidity metrics.

Zorlu USA Inc., New York, NY Mar 2005 – July 2006

Operations Research, Senior Analyst

Provided analysis to define operational problems in supply methods and distribution systems.

Education

City University, Seattle, Washington Jan 2003 – Dec 2004

Master of Business Administration, Financial Management Major

Kultur University, Istanbul, Turkey Sep 1998 – Jun 2002

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration Major

Additional

Proficiency in MS Office, Bloomberg, and SharePoint

Native speaker of Turkish

Interests: Snowboarding, scuba diving, and actively involved in motor sports

Green card holder

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