SAMUEL KIM
Centreville, VA *0120
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JPMorgan, New York, New York
FX Trade Support Associate November 2014 – February 2020
Provided trade support to the FX desk for various products such as forwards, vanilla options, and BRL swaps.
Performed product exposure to forwards, NDFs, vanilla options, barriers, spot trades, and Brazil CDI swaps.
Maintained trading operations system integrity for our global FX trading business
Controlled the risk management environment to ensure accurate P&L and risk measures are available in real-time for our trading desk
Responsible for all trade workflow events along the trade lifecycle including accurate trade capture and processing of amends and unwinds, portfolio transfers, allocations, trade and risk reconciliations via trade flow exception monitoring
Performed numerous control reconciliations to verify trading positions are accurate through front office to middle office recs, middle office to back office recs including EOD checkouts and P&L signoff
Investigated and provide solutions to various queries from settlements and confirmations, collateral and credit disputes
Completed operations projects and ad hoc requests to satisfy new initiatives and operations/technology enhancements
Proactive in identifying issues/gaps and opportunities for new process improvements, taking appropriate actions to deliver simple and innovative solutions that improve the way we do business
JPMorgan, Newark, Delaware
OTC Derivatives Analyst May 2012 – October 2014
Prepared daily consolidated statements and reporting encompassing OTC derivative settlements, cleared and non-cleared derivatives collateral and futures and options activity/obligations.
Provided accuracy and transparency to the client in the margin call process by monitoring and analyzing statements and interpreting and complying with the legal agreement.
Contacted external clients (and possibly internal clients) to agree on collateral/margin movements across multiple requirements/obligations while ensuring all transfers are eligible under the appropriate legal document.
Accountable for the uncollateralized credit risk of a subset of Investment Bank clients, with responsibility for identifying and escalating fails and disputes in a timely and accurate manner to Credit/Risk Management, Collateral Risk Management and Operations Management.
Responded to client inquiries, and when needed, coordinate with the appropriate Front/Middle Office as well as the core processing area in order to facilitate resolution.
Identified and resolved client disputes related to both collateral and trade settlement discrepancies.
Developed a complete understanding of Bank policies and departmental controls and procedures.
Participated in the building and testing of modules and software for system enhancement.
NII Holdings, Reston, Virginia
Corporate Finance Intern February 2012 – May 2012
Analyzed and updated currency and interest rate risk exposures from Bloomberg Terminal.
Supported strategic activities in finance including, long range cash flow planning and developing tools to improve efficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Evaluated multiple funding strategies for potential investments.
Processed wires in Integrity System, a database that records and reconciles all transactions made in our invested markets and headquarters office.
Reconciled Web form on a daily basis, a company based database that records all actual transactions.
Updated Daily Cash File for the daily email.
Analyzed potential investments with foreign markets.
Prepared presentations and compliance documentation.
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Graduated: December 2011
Bachelors of Science in Finance, School of Management