LINDA TATE-SMITH
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Achievement-oriented international and domestic financial professional with extensive experience in cash management and treasury operations. Demonstrated ability work with all levels and with accounting, tax and legal departments. Treasury Operation experience involve managing cash management systems, treasury and documentation analysts. Skilled at evaluating, monitoring and selecting cash management banks and services providers. Led the bank account structuring, new bank accounts, bank account maintenance, and foreign exchange management. Executed foreign exchange transactions or projects and conducted bank and treasury software training. Recognized for thoroughness, collaboration and technical competence.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CITY OF BAYTOWN – Baytown, Texas January 2021- December 2021
Treasury Analyst
·Determines optimal liquidity levels and setting daily cash position. Assists with the development of cash flow projections.
·Run various reports from a variety of local and on-line systems and sources, including the City of Baytown depository, securities safekeeping, local government investment pool system, portfolio management software, trustee systems, and City ERP accounting system.
·Completes all back-office functions involving the City of Baytown investment and portfolio operations, including broker/dealer administration, trade entry, securities safekeeping, investment pool and liquidity operations, and internal recording.
·Process and settle inter-company transfers. Prepare journal entries.
·Oversees various aspects of merchant card processing operations throughout the City of Baytown.
·Debt service analysis and payments and other closing payments.
·Execute and or approves banking transactions. (Wire transfers, ACH and deposits)
·Security Administration for maintenance of user’s profiles in the bank platform.
·Updating bank account signatories.
·Upload positive pay files.
·Implementing Account Payable ACH file.
·Reconcile all incoming and outgoing investment activity.
·Updating the Texas Pool rates into the investment platform (Treasury Desktop).
TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC. – Houston, Texas May 1998 – August 2020
Manager, Cash Operations and Banking (2012 – 2020)
·Oversaw treasury projects and training. Any new companies that were acquired, I had the responsibility of traveling to different countries and integrating the Treasury operation duties and bank accounts, into the existing company structure. I also worked on a bank RFP (request for proposal) to reduce bank fees which we were able to reduce the bank fees by $1.5 million.
·Managed cash, treasury, and bank documentation along with four analysts.
·Maintained control over cash management systems.
·Evaluated and selected cash management banks and bank services.
·Monitored bank services and met with the bank service providers, as needed.
·Directed cash settlement of inter-company balances within treasury.
·Participated in cross-functional cash extraction and management team to upstream cash, as required.
·Monitored corporate-controlled cash target balances.
·Communicated with foreign offices regarding their local banking needs.
·Oversaw bank account structuring, new bank accounts, bank account maintenance, and foreign exchange management.
·Maintained SOX control and audit compliance.
·Approved funding deals.
·Reviewed and approved electronic wire transfers.
·Reviewed in-house desk top check deposits.
·Set up field funding request templates in the ERP system.
·Reviewed and approved all FX repetitive.
Senior Cash Manager (2008 – 2012)
·Provided guidance, training, and support to the Barbados cash management team.
·Executed foreign exchange transactions. In executing a NOK foreign exchange transaction, I was able to save the company $2 million plus on this foreign exchange deal.
·Served as secondary backup to the Barbados cash management team in determining the daily cash position and supporting investment decisions.
·Reviewed and approved electronic wire transfers for Barbados treasury and field locations, as needed.
·Supported treasury compliance with all internal control and audit requests and reviews.
·Provided training on bank and treasury software, as needed.
·Served as secondary backup to the Cayman investment team.
Cash Manager (2005 – 2008)
·I monitor daily cash position and investment decisions if excess cash available.
·Executed foreign exchange transactions.
·Opened and closed new bank accounts.
·Processed void checks, approve bank positive pay files and handled bank exception items.
Assistant Cash Manager (1998 – 2005)
·Reviewed and approved electronic wire transfers.
·Acted as backup to cash manager.
·Executed all the company foreign exchange transactions.
·Prepared bank account documentation.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER – Houston, Texas September 1985 – May 1998
Accounting Specialist
·Processed credit application.
·Maintained online authorized signatories.
·Processed approximately 2,000 ACH transfers monthly.
·Processed approximately 900 manual payment requests monthly.
·I verify and approve all payment cancellation.
·Acted as credit card administrator.
·I posted the quarterly endowment income in the ERP system.
·Processed check requests and state reimbursement.
EDUCATION
E.E. Worthing High School -Houston, Texas
Texas Southern University – Houston, Texas
Houston Community College – Houston, Texas
CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING
Cash Management Fundamentals - Rice University
AFP Treasury Management Course – Rice University
International Cash and Treasury Management -Euro Finance