Senior Collateral Analyst - Calypso

THOMAS FINK

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Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

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TECHNICAL SKILLS and SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Bloomberg, Algo Collateral, Infinity, Antares, Geneva, Charles River, Markit Trade Processing, Tri-Optima, Markitwire, DTCC, Murex, Blackrock, Calypso, Numerix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

METLIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, Whippany, NJ

Senior Investments Associate -- Collateral Management 2018 – 2020

• Promotion reflecting increased scope of work and performance.

• Extensive project work - including a lead role in integration of a new Collateral Management system.

• Traveled to San Francisco to work with Calypso’s IT team to design the system’s workflow to meet MetLife’s customized requirements. Helped design all mandatory reporting unique to MetLife. Thoroughly tested system over 6 months to ensure a seamless transition from existing system.

• Captured all terms manually from 200+ CSAs onto a spreadsheet (approx. 50,000 rows) over several months. The file, with help of IT, was uploaded to Calypso and was essential for MetLife to complete the transition.

• Lead tester frequent subsequent releases for lines of businesses OTC Bilateral, FHLB, and MSFTAs

• Led regulatory variation margin effort by creating all newly signed Regulatory CSAs in the system as soon as they were signed. This ensured MetLife was fully prepared for margining before our counterparties.

• Led business integration for testing/designing the MSFTA (TBA) workflow in Calypso.

• Ensured all MSFTA signed agreements were added to Calypso.

• Worked with portfolio reconciliation team, valuations team, and trading desk, to confirm MetLife’s derivative positions and valuations and resolve mark-to-market disputes.

• Worked to enhance collateral optimization/cheapest to deliver assets, a critical part of workflow

• Collaborated with both internal and external auditors to keep them updated on MetLife’s processes and to ensure compliance with requirements.

METLIFE INVESTMENTS, Morristown, NJ

Senior Investment Financial Analyst – Derivatives -- Collateral Management 2011 – 2018

• Led daily margining process for OTC derivatives. Communicated with 20+ major banks on daily basis to ensure completion of approximately 100 margin calls and full break resolution.

• Performed regular valuation reconciliation of entire OTC derivatives book, consisting of 200+ CSA’s

• Played leading role in enhancement of Collateral Availability reports for OTC/cleared/futures products -- which proved very useful to several areas of the firm, including the trading desk.

• Worked with team manager and counterparties in ensuring adherence to mandatory Dodd-Frank and EMIR reconciliation and reporting requirements.

• Worked with vendor Murex on the planned build-out and implementation of its collateral platform.

• Successfully assisted in transitioning the collateral pricing system from Charles River to Blackrock by performing necessary parallel testing.

• Gained strong working knowledge of ISDA and CSA terms and provisions.

• Coordinated requests from auditor Deloitte & Touche regarding collateral data.

• Improved pricing accuracy of collateral bonds feeding into system from 90% to 99%. MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, New York, NY

Derivatives Operations Analyst 2008-2011

Three years of operational experience with OTC derivatives at major multi-strategy hedge fund:

• Responsible for various reconciliation of OTC derivatives trades and positions at various stages in life cycle—including trade date recap check, T+1 trade affirmation, trade confirmation/ documentation, and Portfolio Reconciliation

• Coordinated monthly audit for OTC products; worked with auditor Ernst & Young in researching queries and providing proper documentation and reconciliation in satisfaction of SAS70 standards.

• Responsible for novation consent process and coordinated counterparty approvals for all assignments via Markitwire and DTCC.

• Produced monthly break report, detailing all internal and external booking discrepancies between Moore and counterparties.

• Set up new Moore investment funds in Infinity trade system, ensuring proper capture of all trading activity and pricing allocated to the new fund entity. Intern 2006-2008

Invited back by Moore Capital Management as paid intern for three terms during summer and winter college breaks. Rotated through all major areas of operational support, including trade capture, reconciliations, collateral and margin management, and internal reporting. Gained first-hand knowledge of hedge fund operations.

EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Bryant University, Smithfield, RI

B.S. Finance Graduation May

2008

Dual minor, Sociology and Psychology

Attended numerous seminars and conferences hosted by ISDA and various large investment banks.

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