Danisa Andrea Alejo Garcia Page * of *
DANISA ANDREA ALEJO
********@*****.*** 857-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejoda/ DATA ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC MODELS FORECASTING
Strategic thinker with extensive experience in the Financial Industry, including Financial Reporting, Analysis, GAAP. Regulatory Compliance, Investment Accounting, Trade Settlements, Knowledge of Financial Markets, Investments. Recently, working towards completing my Master in Science Financial Management with Focus in Investment Analysis. Through experience, and academic work I have gained deep knowledge in Portfolios, Valuation Methodologies, etc. Right now, I am looking to work in Investments. My dream is someday be Portfolio Manager and open my own Portfolios. Familiar with Salesforce, EAGLE, STATA, SPSS, RStudio Fluent in English and Spanish. AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Team Collaboration Data Analysis Trade Support Research & Analysis Fixed Income Derivatives Valuation Process Improvement Project Management Strategic Thinking Forecasting Econometric Models Settlements Regulatory Compliance Account Management Portfolio Management Financial Reporting GAAP Derivatives Reconciliations Report Generation Trade Settlements Financial Analysis Investment Analysis Valuation & Pricing Fixed Income Products Corporate Action Processing Trade Allocations Fair Valuations Arbitrage Options Stock EDUCATION
Master of Science, Financial Management with Concentration in Investment Analysis In Progress. Boston University, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science, Economics, Minor in Business Administration 2012 Northeastern University, Boston, MA
WORK EXPERIENCE
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN, Boston, MA 1/2024- 3/2025 EXPENSE ADMINISTRATION SUPERVISOR
● Detailed analysis on Variable and fixed expenses at Portfolio Level, and their NAV impact.
● Utilized effective analysis and research techniques to resolve inquiries.
● Addressed questions from auditors by analyzing Financials, Trial Balances, Journal Entries, and transactions, etc.
● Performed Roll forwards to resolved inquiries from auditors, reporting team, and clients, etc.
● Created instructions to implement corrections at Portfolio Level.
● Worked with our product Team on inquiries from TER’s, ABF’s, Accruals, Budget, and other products.
● Knowledge of Fixed, and Variable Expense their calculation, and implementation at Portfolio Level.
● Experienced in Fund’s structure, activity, reporting cycles and Financials.
● Advanced Knowledge in Mutual Funds, multi-class accounting, and the components of NAV.
● Experienced in financial product accounting, financial product reporting.
● Solved direct questions from clients of Operation Expenses under Cap and Reimbursement account.
● Anticipated client needs and respond effectively to clients’ inquiries.
● Participated in our team’s collective environment.
● Managed Tools such as Dash Boards, Schedules, etc. Danisa Andrea Alejo Garcia Page 2 of 3
TEKLA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, Boston, MA 12/2019 – 11/2022 FUND ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE
● Extensive applied knowledge of GAAP principles and procedures when analyzing quarterly semi-annual, and annual financial statements for filling and publishing.
● Analyzed portfolio of investments, financial notes, and sector allocations, in preparation for filing and publishing.
● Prepared reconciliations, monthly and annual portfolio returns, distributions, client and action letters, reinvestment memos, 19a notices, and regulatory filings such as NPORT, N-Q, 13G, 13F, N-CEN, N-CSRS, and NCSR.
● Reviewed management fee, turnover ratios, venture memos, and entries by Custody and solved Venture breaks.
● Assembled Board of Trustees materials such as Flux, Roll Forward Tables, and fund final filings drafts.
● Performed compliance procedures and maintained SEC required documentation.
● Reviewed tax returns and tax basis components of distributable earnings and the tax cost per period.
● Maintained accurate accounting records for investment funds.
● Prepared distribution and compliance schedules, ad-hoc reports, and detailed analysis as needed.
● Conducted CCO Testing on Derivatives, Corporate Actions, Trades, Stale Prices, Company Website, Proxy, etc.
● Reviewed expenses such Legal and Legal cost basis points applied to our holdings.
● Maintained close relationship with our Custody, Treasury, Transfer Agent, Fund Accounting, Expenses group to work on all our separate accounts diligently.
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, Boston, MA 6/2019 – 12/2019 OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (Contract)
● Reviewed and reconciled portfolio holdings, trading activity, and cash balances with custodians’ bank statements.
● Facilitated monthly reconciliations by ensuring fund accounting data was corrected by performing numerous separate account reviews at each month end.
● Assisted the investment operations team in facilitating ad-hoc projects.
● Maintained custodian relationships by fostering strong communication channels related to each client account contact list protocol.
● Fostered cross-functional department relationships to respond effectively to special requests made by clients, internal groups, and outside consultants.
● Prepared Client’s reports summaries on Domestic and Foreign Portfolios by building each Portfolio’s Total Net Asset Value with our own data (assembled in our own system) and compared to the Asset and Liabilities report provided by State Street Bank. Note: Where breaks were found, we solved and commented reasons for the breaks and showed impact in basis points.
● Prepared Summaries with Portfolio’s Performance and its Returns.
● Built and followed GAAP principles and procedures when creating Final Financial Statements with the use of Vlookups and advanced Excel tools. Note: Financial Statements raw data is provided by undependable source. (Such as State Street Bank).
BNY MELLON, Westborough, MA 4/2017 – 8/2018
INVESTMENT FUND ACCOUNTANT
● Prepared and reviewed accurate and timely Net Asset Values (NAVs) daily for open and closed-end mutual funds, including US and global equities, bonds, loans, futures, equities swaps, forwards, and FX spots trades.
● Analyzed closing quote changes for reasonableness and fair valued list of securities to ensure quotes were correctly received and processed prior to releasing NAV's of mutual funds for distribution to NASDAQ/transfer agents.
● Solved cash and holdings reconciliation breaks daily by researching all variances on several funds to determine if they were a valid variance or entries previously recorded, or they needed to be fixed.
● Reviewed corporate actions/distributions pending and posted at the portfolio level.
● Reviewed reconciliation reports daily and researched all variances on several funds to determine if they were a valid variance or entries previously recorded needed to be edited, or further investigated.
● Prepared daily accrual entry on taxes for domestic and foreign securities, entries on the different derivatives among funds and their impact on underlying security, and daily Cash Flow submitted to Fund Manager and Traders. Danisa Andrea Alejo Garcia Page 3 of 3
● Reviewed/edited various accounting reports and corresponded with outside custodians when needed.
● Working knowledge of Bloomberg, ledger of accounts, and how they impact NAV of the funds, including the need for reflecting daily tax expense accruals for MPL funds. TUFTS CTSI, Boston, MA 4/2016 – 4/2017
RESEARCH ASSISTANT (CONTRACT)
● Provided support for a new, national project to lead implementation of metrics-based strategic management for the CTSA Consortium under the supervision of the Project Director.
● Assisted Principal Investigator adopt a web-based software platform for reporting Consortium metrics and help build capacity to use a management process improvement framework to improve performance.
● Developed processes and utilized technology for accurate project tracking, data entry, and data verification of performance metrics.
● Collected and assembled program information for reports, presentations, and evaluations.
● Maintained collaborative, team relationships with peers to contribute effectively to achieving goals and fostering a positive work environment.
● Certified in Result Base Accountability Framework (Indicators, Performance Measurements, Project Actions, and its Tools) and Scorecard software.
OFFICE INFORMATION ANALYSIS & STATISTICS, Bogotá, Columbia 11/2013 – 7/2014 ECONOMIC ANALYST (CONTRACTOR)
● Reviewed Gross Domestic Product DANE’S (Department of National Statistics Accounts) official information.
● Authored and revised the government document “Statistics of Cundinamarca 2012” prior public release.
● Compiled national and state indicators from different economic sectors.
● Analyzed data by interpreting each economic/social/institutional sect and ensured veracity of the data by using official sources.