MICHAEL M. LEKOETJE

Atlanta, GA (US) +1-305-***-**** ad444g@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Florida International University, Miami, FL MBA International Business 2013-2014

Honors

Florida International University, Miami, FL

Master of Science in Finance 2013-2014

Georgia State University

Master of Arts, Political Science (International Relations), International Business and Cooperation 2010-2012

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (International Affairs) Minors in Contemporary European Studies (French) Dean's List 2005-2009

EXPERIENCE

SummerPlace Equity Partners Jan 2022 - Hyde Park, Gauteng RSA

Performed Business valuation and managed pipeline of potential private equity acquisitions.

SME focused fund designed to identify companies requiring growth capital.

Developed and maintained complex financial models to facilitate scenario analysis, business valuation, and strategic planning, aiding in critical decision-making.

Forecast future earnings and financial needs for a five-year period that meet funds mandate.

Provide support management to companies funded by SummerPlace.

Capable of preparing accurate and insightful financial reports, presentations, and dashboards for senior management.

Bayview Financial, Treasury Warehouse Manager June 2020–Oct 2021 Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Partnered with leadership to analyze the company's performance, trends, and key metrics in order to provide insights and recommendations to senior management.

Conducted in-depth analysis of financial data to identify performance trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement for day-to-day operations.

Prepared accurate, insightful, and timely financial reports, presentations, and dashboards that highlighted key findings and supported decision-making processes.

Administer monthly loan funding activities with custodians and funding counterparties, due diligence, and collateral operations management.

Developed new processes to identify and monitor trailing documents and natural disaster affected properties.

Design processes with team to improve performance using enterprise data, technology, and normalization of external subservicer data.

Providing guidance to team members by identifying their strengths to improve productivity and motivation.

Maintain relationships with warehouse creditors JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank. Introduce and onboard new parties, such as Goldman, Nomura, and Barings to our team and processes.

Coordinated and implemented inter-departmental projects through effective and purpose-driven communication.

Bayview Financial, Senior Analyst June 2016– June 2020 Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Collaborated closely with various business units to develop forecasts, identified risks and opportunities, and ensured alignment with company-wide objectives.

Worked collaboratively with stakeholders to understand business needs, align financial analyses with operational goals, and drove continuous improvement and data integrity.

Early Buyout analyst for Ginnie Mae (GNMA) redelivery and delivery for JPM, Wells Fargo, M&T Bank

Proven ability to manage multiple, concurrent data projects in a fast-paced environment, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

Forecast eligible collateral to be delivered to GNMA monthly.

Maintained strong relationships with custodians at US Bank and Deutsche Bank

Successfully contributed to special (ad hoc) projects and initiatives as needed, demonstrating adaptability and problem-solving skills.

Develop Securities to be traded in secondary market via securitization and redelivery.

Provide investment data tapes for counterparties, traders, portfolio managers, other internal or ad hoc requests.

Build and maintain relationships with subservices, custodians, mortgage sellers and other parties to maintain and improve targets.

Bayview Financial, Bayview Loan Servicing, Jr. Data Analyst March 2015- May 2016. Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Imaging Department, mortgage document management for company use.

Leveraged automation and advanced technology tools to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness of financial deliverables.

Data Analysis provide solutions to meet departmental needs throughout company.

Processes industrialized for greater use, and scale increased to manage larger portfolio as capability vastly increased with automation and process improvement. Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and clarity in data-related tasks.

Invoice reconciliation and Outbound Imaging coordinator

Carry out all outbound requests from company business units, provide documents needed for securitized packages.

Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited (Partnerships) Abuja and Port Harcourt, Nigeria February–August 2013 Partnership Associate:

Added four contributing business partners: increased awareness of Shell strategy and projects in Nigeria.

Developed and maintained programs with governmental, NGO, and corporate stakeholders important to Shell Nigeria

Contributed to various projects directly overseen by the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria

Engaged in strategic planning for Social Investment Initiatives/ CSR

Aided in creating and implementing funding strategies for the Shell Social Entrepreneurship Challenge

United Nations Development Programme Multi Donor Trust Fund Office, New York, USA Summer 2010

Intern:

Assistant to Senior Portfolio Manager, (financial analysis, portfolio construction, portfolio performance)

Oversaw the files related to the project and programs of the Iraq Trust Fund, and the Lesotho Trust Fund

Contributor to the ‘Gateway’ website/software, which manages all funds and projects of UNDP MDTF, system designed to provide automated Transparency and Automated Project fund flow.

Attached to Iraq Trust Fund, worth over US$1Billion in project funds and top performing funds.

CORE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Multilingual (English, Sotho, moderate French, and Spanish)

Power Excel User, Proficiency in SQL for data analysis and reporting.

Business Valuation Models, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Data Analytics,

Experience in driving data strategy initiatives to enhance customer experience, revenue growth, operational efficiency, and data quality.

Technology Proficiency: Microsoft Office Suite, Macintosh/Windows. Excel, SQL, CAS, Power BI, Python

Able to manage a variety of transactions and projects simultaneously with proven prioritizing skills.

Able to work in teams and autonomously, strong track record of collaboration that results in time and cost saving initiatives.

Identify operational talent, staff management, effective communication with multiple parties/stakeholders.

Proven process improvement ability through data analysis and need forecasting. Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and clarity in data-related tasks.

Skilled in managing special projects and initiatives, ensuring successful outcomes and timely delivery.

Strong research collection and interpretation skills

Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Ability to thrive in a rapidly expanding and changing environment.

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