JESSE BENJAMIN MARK
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Raymond James Investment Advisors St Petersburg, FL
SeparatelyManagedAccount Trade Assistant September 2023-December 2023; September 2024-Present
Handle trading functions in multiple internal OMS systems for single-name stock, municipal bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds
Analyze individual account data to identify outliers of current model positions and resolve discrepancies
Perform report generation and reviews
Pacific Life Asset Management Huntington Beach, CA
Senior Analyst II November 2022-November 2023
Provided full daily derivative operational coverage to 5 traders, 10+ PMs, and 3 executives
Liaised among 31+ internal and external counterparties to ensure timely CF settlements
Reviewed confirms for legal department, along with MCA streamlining through Markit when possible
Centrally cleared trades with working knowledge of Dodd Frank regulatory stipulations
Invesco Advisors Atlanta, GA
Senior Pricing Analyst July 2021-October 2022
Liaised with 4+ internal departments to determine 5 sec prices from 4+ approved vendors to verify ~6m daily BBG quotes
Priced all exchange traded funds for downstream investor reporting on a daily basis, documenting pricing logic for audit trail
Reviewed 10+ various daily reports and researched variances to support 30+ PMs
Documented 50+ good faith fair value pricing exceptions and procedures for compliance metrics
Supported desk/architects during internal/external valuation audits
Equinoxe Alternative Advisors, a member of Apex Fund Services Atlanta, GA
Assistant Vice President June 2017-December 2019
Oversaw full trade cycle relations for priority admin client, reconciling and recommending particular AIS allocations for their 7 international books’ FI positions between 4 different prime brokers and 62+ executing brokers, on 6 different global exchanges
Distributed investor docs, statements, and billing for vanilla fund’s shareholders on a daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
Coordinated another priority client’s more holistic global macro statistical convergence arbitrage mechanics, capitalizing on skewness
Monitored trade activity for 3 daily FICC funds to ensure logistics and reconciliations, while assisting on 2 other monthly deadlined funds
Transitioned AIS system during LBO angel merger
Bank of New York Mellon Everett, MA
Senior Associate June 2014-June 2017
Managed and reconciled all “super derivative” trades (FX/barrier/worst options, multi-leg cOTC/CCP swaps, etc) that BNY custodies between 15 different prime brokers and 12 buyside shops (initiated relations with 5), throughout 190+ accounts, in 4 separately managed client trusts
Produced and distributed daily t-1 exposure trade file for collateral team to analyze and mark margin status MV
Archived 120+ valuation and custodial reports internally, as fund administrator, to adhere with various regulatory requirements for the bank
Created, evaluated, and chased on 70+ daily cash recs with broker statements, internal figures, and VBA (18 t-1 unit/position recs too)
Cross-trained coworkers and continuously mentor new hires, to maintain supervision over 3 subordinates
TECHNICAL SKILLS (prop and street)
Financial Software: Bloomberg Professional Calypso Adenza, Blackrock Aladdin, Imagine Trading Systems, CharlesRiver CRD, Murex, REDIPlus, Summit, Wallstreet Suite, Eze, Vantage Point, and Trade Splitter OMS/EMS triResolve/triReduce BNY Workbench/NEXEN Limit Monitoring System (LMS) eGTS, Algo v5, Initial Position Application (IPA), and AcadiaSoft collateral warehouses Portfolio Reconciliation Scheduling Tool (PRST), Reconciliation Management System (RMS), and Manager’s Desktop archives Poseidon, DTCC Refinitiv Eikon, MarkitSERV, Swaps Wire, Liquidity Direct ICELink Structured Threat Information eXpression (STIX) and Trusted Automated eXchange (TAXII) C1 Trend CS PLUS, CitiDirect/Citi Private Bank, Wells Fargo CommercialElectronicOffice, HSBCnet, NorthernTrust PASSPORT, BNY WorkBench, and MS Matrix online portals C Port, Geneva, SGGG Diamond, and Eagle portfolio accounting systems Optech SmartStream Technologies Quickbooks/Quicken Encompass by EllieMae suite Tax Wise and Peachtree
Database: AES ISQL, Portview InvestCloud AS4000 APL, Advent Geneva, SAFE, Cage, Access, SharePoint, Collateral Management Systems (CMS), Accounting Information Systems (AIS), Enterprise Query Service (EQS), Master of the Universe (MOU), Radar, Advance, Tradar, XNet
Software/OS: Microsoft Excel, XLSSAT, Outlook/MYflow-ERT, Word, PowerPoint, and Project Visual Basic for applications (VBA) Connect Reporting, Tableau, Power Business Intelligence, Alteryx Automatic Work Distributer (AWD) Minitab Statistical Solutions Cisco WebEx, Mind Align, Lync, Skype, and Jam IM Tiger, Leopard, Lion, and Mavericks OS Windows OSs
EDUCATION
Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business Philadelphia, PA
Drexel University’s Pennoni Honors College December 2011
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration Magna Cum Laude
Dual Concentration in Finance & International Business FINRA Series 3, prospective SEI & 57
MakerPrep Coding Academy Boston, MA
JavaScript May 2016
CAIA Institute of Atlanta Atlanta, GA
UpperMark level 1 September 2019
OccupationalSafety and HealthAdministration Atlanta, GA
Firewatch certified April 2024