James T. Burke
Wantagh, NY 11793
718-***-**** ad3kwz@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly motivated successful equity finance professional with 20+ years’ experience in front and back- office functions. Detail oriented, outgoing collaborative sales professional with a track record for driving and maintaining P&L.
SKILLS
• Proficient in Domino, NGT, Bloomberg and Global One
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Quality analytical skills
WORK HISTORY
10/2021 – 08/2023 Marex Capital Markets North America (formerly ED&F Man Capital Markets USA) – New York, NY
Vice President
• Located, approved and borrowed to cover short sale transactions for the prime brokerage platform
• Worked in an operations capacity to reconcile trade breaks, marks, failing trades, as well as setting up new securities in Loanet
• Managed daily margin requirements by pledging and releasing relevant available equities
• Worked closely with Treasury, Risk, and Credit to meet stated exposure parameters
• Responsible for onboarding and setting up of new securities lending counterparts 06/2020 – 04/2021 Mizuho Securities, USA – New York, NY Vice President
• Enhanced the match book on dividend related issues across Canada, Europe, South Africa and Japan
• Provided coverage for internal traders on conversions across the U.S. and International markets
• Monitored and produced daily P&L reports for international trading books
• Liaised with Credit, Risk and upper management to sign on new accounts in the lending space
03/2006 – 03/2020 Jefferies LLC – New York, NY
Vice President
• Provided color, locates, and coverage for short sale transactions for internal and prime brokerage clients across international and domestic markets on the Jefferies global platform
• Worked closely with new trading groups on all ACATS transfers and allocated equities accordingly
• Worked closely with Delta One and Index traders on all operational phases of ETF settlements to ensure proper capture of P&L and collateral needs were met
• Daily interactions with the Options trading group to reallocate ETF borrows to achieve maximum margin relief at the OCC
• Managed the Canadian Dividend Reinvestment Plan; responsible for settlement and movement of large blocks of Canadian equities into designated custodial accounts over record date
• Produced daily P&L reports for domestic and international trading books
• Worked closely with upper management and treasury to manage our daily collateral needs across the Sec lending platform, ensuring proper balance sheet usage 12/2000 – 02/2006 Paloma Securities LLC – Greenwich, CT Vice President
• Created and maintained a match book primarily in hard to borrow Japanese and European securities
• Provided borrow supply for Japanese swap positions
• Borrowed low dividend European equities to support our U.S. and U.K. match book effort EDUCATION
06/1997 MBA: Finance – St. John’s University – New York, NY 05/1995 BS: Business Administration – Manhattan College – The Bronx, NY CERTIFICATIONS
• FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) – Series 55, Series 63, Series 7