Christopher E. Gunther

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Salt Lake City, Utah 84121

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EXPERIENCE:

Alsco Inc. Salt Lake City, UT

Risk Associate June 2018 – April 2020

Contributor to managing loss prevention reporting and financial modeling initiatives for enterprise-wide risk assessment strategies and implementation. Ad hoc special projects.

Forecasting and predictive modeling of loss run data for impact on company-wide operations in a global market place.

Ongoing review and reconciliation of exposures and loss bucket data versus industry normalized statistical standards.

Facilitated the automation of loss reporting for quantitative analysis for monthly and quarterly board review. Westminster College, Full-time student Salt Lake City, UT MBA, Data Analytics January 2017 – December 2018

Morgan Stanley Salt Lake City, UT

Associate, National Margins January 2015 – October 2017

Sourcing resolution of Regulation T margin calls, FINRA Calls, and house calls for the western half of the United States.

Trade analysis for FINRA trading violations and restrictive transactions. Issuance of margin calls and violations under FINRA guidelines; operational efficiencies. Visio production of procedures to streamline credit underwriting.

Exception-based reconciliations of debits and shorts in cash accounts to resolve account deficiencies. Special projects. Royal Bank of Scotland Group Salt Lake City, UT

Associate, FX Options Middle Office August 2011 – October 2014

Advanced, maintained, and enhanced the risk and control environment between internal and external stakeholders.

Identified, resolved, and outperformed exception review; under stringent deadlines, for trade validation, option expiries, and reconciliations to mitigate risk. Solid analytical and troubleshooting skills for exception resolution. Risk management.

Cultivated KPI’s to track, monitor, and implement initiatives to streamline multiple departmental processes. Northern Trust Chicago, IL

Analyst, Investment Operations December 2009 – June 2011

Represented Investment Managers, with $74 billion of AUM, in all trade matching issues with counterparty brokers to minimize risk exposure and deliver exceptional service. Incident management to ensure streamlined trade settlement.

Reviewed and implemented updates to firm-wide databases which ensured proper trade routing for global equity trades. Various Consulting Roles Chicago, IL

Futures Trader, P/L Analyst, and Fund Accountant November 2008 – December 2009

Traded 30-Year U.S. Treasury and S&P E-Mini futures using proprietary software in an electronic trading environment.

Identified and reconciled pricing discrepancies, trade errors, and unsettled trades within accounting system and communicated corrective implementation plan to management. P/L Analysis, change management implementation. Claymore Advisors LLC (Acquired by Guggenheim Investments, 2009) Lisle, IL ETF Portfolio Analyst November 2007 – October 2008

Facilitated the daily management of eleven domestic and three international listed Exchange Traded Fund index portfolios with daily cash and position reconciliation to published NAV utilizing Bloomberg and Microsoft Excel.

Initiated monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual portfolio rebalances while minimizing market impact and trading costs to maximize tax-loss harvesting for proper asset allocation weightings. Operational strategy and optimization.

Enhanced databases and protocol to assess trading activity within corporate compliance standards and determined valuation standards for illiquid securities in frontier and emerging markets in accordance with FAS 157 standards. EDUCATION:

Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

Bachelor of Science - Justice Studies/Business Administration August 1999 Westminster College Salt Lake City, UT

Master of Business Administration, Data Analytics December 2018

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