Fund Accountant Loan Specialist

Name: Keith Graham

Current Location: Brooklyn, NY

Availability for Interview: 1 Day Notice

Availability to Start: Immediately

Education:

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting from Medgar Evers College, City University of New York.

Experience in Banking Environment:

10+ years of experience working in Financial Services. Previously worked with JP Morgan Chase, Neuberger Berman and Citibank New York.

Experience in Client Service:

10+ years of experience providing Client Service duties in all trade on global accounts.

Experience in Project Management:

5+ years of experience in Project Management. Performed quality assessments, monitored transactions, created reports and financial statements.

Technical Skills:

Invest One, GTI, WINS

Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Portia

Loanet

Pivot Tables, Macros, V lookups

Global Directive Tracking

DTCC, Bloomberg

Titan, TLM, PAM, SWIFT

Loan IQ, Broadridge

ADP-ICI Impact

Markit, STaARS V4.0.32

XTND, Cosmic

JEMS, Investran

Professional Experience:

JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY Nov 2015 – Oct 2021

Stock Loan Specialist

Research short settled trades for claims issued by counter parties.

Research claims related to corporate actions events on stock loan positions

Update share point with claims settlement with receivables and payable information

Respond to counter parties with value dates on claims.

Cash dividend payment claim on stock lending positions.

Perform reconciliation of fix income securities.

Instucted IT team on conversion of fix income securities.

Reconcile MBS securities using in house security systems

JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY May 2015 – Sep 2015

Fund Accountant

Perform daily, monthly, quarterly and annual accounting and reporting functions.

Prepare/review journal entries and cash reconcilations.

Address investor inquiries and correspondence.

Identify any fund issues and escalate to Manger on a timely basis.

Collaborate with various internal functional groups to support client relationship.

Neuberger Berman, New York, NY Aug 2012 – May 2015

AML Investigator

Client on-boarding and maintenance and transaction monitoring.

Complete security valuations and pricing of funds and maintain SOC1 compliance.

Perform SARS maintenance and quality assessments.

Reconcile the funds cash and positions to outside sources.

Security and performance update using PAM.

Analysis of benchmark returns using PAM.

United Bank of Switzerland UBS, New York Mar 2010 – Aug 2012

SAR Writing/KYC Analyst

Prepared and draft SARS and other documentation related to suspicious activity.

Create reports on a weekly basis outlining KYC items.

Complete KYC for all new and existing clients.

Escalate risks and further Enhanced Due Diligence.

Deutsche Bank, New York, NY Mar 2008 – Dec 2010

Consultant

Reconciled inter-bank loans with interest rate swaps comprising multiple Tranches

Plan and implement test strategy (UAT) manual and reruns.

Responsible for migrating the users from the old system to the new.

Modified 837 transactions and working knowledge of 835 claims procedures.

Lehman Brothers / Neuberger Berman, New York, NY Oct 2004 – Mar 2008

Hedge Fund Accountant

Worked on financial statement preparation in accordance with US GAAP.

Reviewed and correct monthly Appraisals statements of high net worth clients using PAM

Reconciled Euros, Asian, Japanese, pound sterling currencies and FXS with in house cash management systems.

Worked on Corporate actions such as Mergers, Spinoffs, Stock buybacks and Stock splits and dividends.

Reconciled aged breaks in private wealth management client statements.

Citibank New York, New York, NY Oct 2003 – Mar 2004

Fund Accountant

Daily reconciliation of in house accounts, Mutual funds and DVP accountants RBC, BONY etc.

Performed month end review of the broker/dealer clearing statement for accounting discrepancies

Upload manage implementation of test scripts and confirm UAT test completion.

Responsible for cash and asset reconciliations, daily NAV generation issue resolution and monitoring overdrafts.

Identify and communicate any issues that affect the accuracy of the account records.

JP Morgan Chase & Company, Global Services Department Jun 2001 – Dec 2002

Trade Specialist Consultant

Review, research and correct all trade on two global accounts.

Interface with administrators via telephone or alternative methods about discrepancies with trades.

Preparation of reports for internal and external parties about discrepancies for current days work.

Worked on a data migration project from Portia to NIDS.

Salomon Smith Barney & Company, NY Sep 2000 – Jun 2001

Hedge Fund Accountant

Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements with related footnotes and support.

Maintained average asset spreadsheet and expense reimbursement schedules.

Reviewed NAV per share impact analysis from State Street, determine that payments especially expenses were debited to the appropriate general ledger account.

Worked on weekly and monthly end NAV allocation closing process and calculate fees/expenses.

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