SIDY MOCTAR DIAWARA, MBA

917-***-**** ad2lmc@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/sidy-diawara-70106811

FINANCIAL ANALYST

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FUND ACCOUNTING

Financial Analyst with experience in the investment management industry.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Financial Statement Preparation Auditing Budgets

Cash & Share Position Reconciliation Fund Allocation Expenses Portfolio Management

Project Management Investment Banking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BlackRock Remote (Forvis) 07/2023 to Present

Assist in preparing monthly and quarterly accounting and reporting packages, including fund-level net asset values.

Prepare ad hoc reporting requests, management fee analysis, and cash flow analysis, and assist with client audit and financial reporting-related requests.

Prepare and book journal entries relating to daily cash activity, investment activity, currency purchases/exchanges, swap settings, debt payments, fund expenses, and investor contributions and distributions.

Prepare period-end close transactions including mark-to-market valuation and foreign currency adjustments, accruals, and other transactions.

US Bank Remote 11/2022 to 06/2023

Reviewed and analyzed net asset value and distributions of fund income and gains/losses to ensure accuracy of valuation of the fund and investment transaction

Researched and reconciliated any cash movement including future variation margin, contacted the advisor for any outstanding items not settled.

Managed financial operating activities, fund accounting, investment accrual reporting, cash-flow analysis, redemptions and subscriptions, trade journals, change in net asset values on a monthly basis.

Cross-train on other daily functions

Worked well in a team environment to achieve common goal

Ensure high level of client satisfaction by contacting broker with any difference in the system.

MIZUHO BANK, Manhattan, NY 08/2008 – 11/2022

Fund Accountant Officer

Prepared periodic report package for different funds (fund of fund; multi-currency funds; FX and derivatives).

Provided a full range of fund accounting to fund investment managers, including Net Asset Value (NAV) preparation, reviewing corporate actions, verifying security pricing, performing cash, P&L, and position reconciliation (portfolio).

Performed Trade bookings and security master set up; settlement across multiple product types and collateral management and margin call

Provided superior customer service to fund investment managers, including compliance procedure and liaising with custodians, brokers and auditors

Collaborated with IT on numerous special projects for fund conversion to the last version of the system, such as from the testing environment to the live production

Assisted external auditors for different financial statements and valuation explanation, such as mark to market to unrealized G/L

Gained Front and Back-office experience.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

PNC FINANCIAL GROUP, Wilmington, DE, Fund Accountant, Fund Accounting Department (PFPC)

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Managerial Accounting

UNIVERSITY OF MALI, Bamako, Mali

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Windows XP MS Office (Excel) Internet savvy Investment Accounting System (IAS) Eagle Star Aladdin &PAM

MFACT Wall Street Office Admin & Web (WSO) SunGard’s Global Plus Citrix Bloomberg

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TRAINING

Investment Banking Institute, Manhattan, NY (April 2016)

(Intensive 4-week financial modeling and valuation training program)

Participated in a 1-month intensive Investment Banking Seminar focused on (i) financial statement analysis, (ii) valuation methodologies and (iii) financial modeling "Normalized" and "Spread" historical and projected financial statements, including in-depth analyses of operational and leverage ratios

Performed company valuations utilizing (i) comparable public company analysis, (ii) precedent transactions analysis and (iii) discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis

Built a fully integrated cash flow model, including 5-year projections, debt and interest schedules, revolver modeling and sensitivity tables

Modeled leveraged buy-out (LBO) and merger scenarios, with emphasis on sources and uses, pro forma financial statements, purchase price considerations, synergies, accretion/dilution and ratio analyses, among other concepts

General investment banking processes, such as pitching, debt and equity financing and sell-side M&A

LANGUAGES

English & French

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