Gloria M. Solis
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PROFILE
An experienced Financial Services Professional with over 8 years of industry knowledge.
Result driven leader with expertise in Financial Services. Proven ability to manage difficult legal recovery efforts. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and customer service skills, combined with a strong track record of implementing measures to increase efficiency and productivity while reducing risk and exposure. Possess bilingual language skills in Spanish.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Financial Services Paralegal Skills
• Project Management Skills
• Compliance • Team Building
• Driving for Results
• Communications Skills • Problem Solving
• Planning and Analysis
• Executive Reporting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Balint Brown and Basri LLC. New York, N.Y. 2012 to Present
Itau, BBA Brazilian Investment Bank
Compliance Associate
Responsible for due diligence of several Fixed Income and Equities clients
Internal audit management including KYC/OFAC/AML and Regulatory review
Provide internal monitoring of new and existing client accounts
Balint Brown and Basri LLC. New York, N.Y. 2011 to 2012
Sullivan and Cromwell, LLC
Electronic Evidence Consultant
Assisted with the review of evidence and various media for external auditing purposes
Responsible for production and ad-hoc reporting
Due diligence recovery efforts of various media
Balint Brown and Basri LLC. New York, N.Y. 2011 to 2012
Discovery Works Global
Project Manager
Handled Project management for multiple translations projects
Acted as a liaison between translators and proofreaders
Provide statistical reports to Senior staff
Controlled intake and distribution of client files
Prepared all aspects of invoicing, data retrieval and tracking of client data
Update Legal and Hudson Legal, New York, N.Y. 2010 to 2011
Garfunkel Wild P.C.; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz
Senior Contract Litigation Paralegal
Responsible for extensive binder production, trial preparation and exhibit listing of JPM/Lehman Bankruptcy Case
Electronic Redacting of Medicaid/Medicare case sensitive materials
Initiated research projects critical to the completion of the case
TQA Hedge Fund, New York, N.Y. 2007 to 2009
Employee owned hedge fund sponsor, Manages hedge funds and separate client-focused portfolios
Senior Associate
Responsible for analyzing, planning and implementing numerous key process improvements:
Created an extensive excel system to efficiently pay and track all expenditures
Developed and implemented a system to monitor a portfolio of investments to track and reinvest distributions
Initiated and led the implementation of other critical improvements to the business
Prudential Financial, Inc., New York, N.Y. 2004 to 2007
$26B multinational Fortune 500 with 42,000 full-service employees in 32 countries
Senior Corporate Collections Paralegal
Member of the Senior Cross-functional team responsible for the resolution of over 1,100 defaulted Financial Advisor Transitional Compensation Notes valued at over $130 million. The collection team included senior members of Legal, Finance, Corporate Investigations, Corporate Tax, and the Investment Division business Team
Developed, implemented, and managed a comprehensive Excel database to track all aspects of the strategic initiative
Senior Corporate Liaison for specialized outside counsel firms assigned to pursue the debtors
Responsible for all required research, analysis, and document retrieval for outside counsel firms to pursue legal action against the debtors
Accountable for leading all management reporting elements, including Executive Updates, installment plan monitoring, and tax document status reporting
EDUCATION
Keller Graduate School of Management- 2012 MBA Candidate
Concentration International Business
State University of New York at Buffalo,
BA in Psychology and Health and Human Services Double Major
Paralegal Certification
Skills
~ Applications: Microsoft Office Suite, MS Access, PageMaker, Lotus Notes, Blue Booking, Shepardize, LiveNote, Concordance, West Law, LexisNexis, OFAC, KYC, AML
~ Proficient in LexisNexis
~ Bilingual (Spanish)