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Experience:
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Senior Associate – Hedge Fund Accounting and Operation
• Responsible for preparation of Month End NAV package for various Hedge Funds
• Research internal differences between the accounting and trade entry systems
• Reconcile cash, positions holdings in Geneva to prime brokers and operations • Analyze funds performance PnL on a daily and monthly basis
• Support daily, monthly securities, OTC derivative pricing of fund valuation
• Handle daily strategy and security analysis on excel models from clients • Prepare fund expense accruals monthly • Supervise and review of work prepared by junior Fund Accountants • Working with various products including equities, private equity, bonds, swaps, options, FX, MBS, CLO, bank loans, futures, and OTC products Serving as liaison between clients and prime brokers • Prepare CSI, Quarter and Annual financial statements
• Prepare reports FIN48, FAS 157, 161, quarter, Year End Audit packages to clients and Auditors
• Handle daily client P&L requests and report distribution: TB, Portfolio Valuation, PnL, cash reports and ad hoc reporting on Stand-Alone, Master-Feeder funds
• Prepare Master and Feeder capital allocations, management fees, performance fee using HWM
• Tracking redemption and subscriptions, and crystallized fee
• Set up wires for prime broker transfers and LOA for manager approval
• Review and approve monthly statements to investors
12/07 – 07/11 Bank of New York Mellon – Brooklyn, NY
Mutual Fund Accounting Analyst/NAV Accountant
• Project and monitor daily fund cash, subscription, redemption and trade settlements
• Responsible for the daily accounting functions for equity, fixed income mutual funds
• Prepare custody, fund portfolio, future brokerage account reconciliation on daily basis
• Daily FX reconciliation between DDA and USD account and FX dividend repatriation
• Process trades, expenses, 12b-1 Fee, and Management Fees accruals on Invest One
• Handle daily pricing, NAV calculation, NASDAQ and distribution of daily dividends
• Book and reconcile REPO, CP, commodity future and IRS, CDS Swaps, and FX Spot, Forwards as well as, Corporates, Munis, TIPS, CMO, MBS, Futures, Agency and US Treasuries trades
• Research corporate bonds, High Yields, Munis, Agencies and futures using Bloomberg
• Research interest and dividend payment difference and request Q-Trak
• Confirm and process bond call, redemption and exchanged offer and tender offer to Corp Action
• Handle TBA trades, Term Loans and Security Lending, and Future Margin Variations
• Deliver reports to clients and daily final NAV reports, Trial Balance, Summary report
• Securities Master Setups: Money Market, CD, CP, REPO, TD, Futures and IRS Swaps
• Cross Functional work: assist CPS pricing team, and price researches and clearings
• Track collateral movement in future brokerage account and FX cash movement in account
• Prepare/generate monthly MBS principal paydowns and interest payments
• Deliver money market rates and yields to clients daily
• Run, Analyze, and Clear EMS risk management exceptions for mutual funds
• Resolve issues with Custody and Managers
5/06 – 9/07 Further Lane Asset Management LLC – White Plains, NY
Portfolio Management Assistant
• Performed and maintained Portfolio Risk Analysis Update using Morningstar Principia
• Analyzed portfolio funds using alpha, beta, R-squared, STD, and technical charts
• Conducted ETF, Mutual Fund, Closed-End Fund and Stock Research using Morningstar • Assisted portfolio manager with portfolio construction and fund selections
• Maintained and updated portfolio asset allocations; and rebalanced portfolios
• Organized monthly statement; calculated P&L for Endowment client accounts
• Assisted and prepared monthly and quarterly Investment Advisory Report for clients
• Assisted with trade support, settlements, SEC Compliance and arranged new account setups
• Monitored cash balances and properly allocated Mutual Funds trades for 401K accounts
• Supported trade confirmation and securities position reconciliation with custody
• Maintained and updated quarterly management fees and calculated quarterly return
• Prepared and updated marketing and presentation materials for Portfolio Hedge Fund Managers
7/05 – 1/06 Bassetti Law LLC – Florham Park, NJ
Real Estate Post-Closing Administrator
• Primarily performed banking and closings for Mortgage Services • Handled incoming and outgoing wire fund transfers through Commerce Bank
• Distributed funds to borrowers and old creditors through wire transfers and checks
• Prepared Deed, Mortgage and Mortgage Tax Online Recordings for NY and NJ borrowers
2/05 – 7/05 Hyton Financial and Investment – New York, NY
Bookkeeper and Tax Preparer
• Prepared 1120 & 1120s corporate tax, 1065 and 1040 income tax return using ProSeries
• Reconciled companies’ bank account statements
• Prepared K1 and income statements
Education:
December 2007 State University of New York College at New Paltz AACSB
Master of Business Administration – MBA
Concentration in Finance, Portfolio Management
GPA: 3.47/4.0
December 2004 State University of New York College at Brockport AACSB
BS in Business Administration,
Concentration in Financial Management and Minor in Economics
GPA 3.12/4.0
Certification
Exp- May 2012 New York University
Equity and Fixed Income Portfolio Management - Advanced Certificate
Courses: Portfolio Management, Security Analysis, Applied Technical Analysis,
Inter-Market Analysis Investment Strategies; Credit Risk Theory and Modeling
Jan 2012 Liberty Tax Services – Certificate of 1040 Tax Course
GRE Score Quantitative: 710
Honors/Awards:
• 2004, 2003 and 2001 EOP Academic Achievement Award
• 1997 volleyball championship runner up in NYC H.S. Varsity
Special Skills:
• Proficient in Microsoft (Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook), Command Consol • Bloomberg and Sungard Invest One; Sungard Enterprise; Geneva; Kondor+
• ProSeries, IDC; Thompson Reuter DataScope, Apollo System; Geneva Partner;
• Municipal Market Data; Morningstar Principia; Schwab PortfolioCenter (Centerpiece),
• Schwab Link; basic Advent Axys; Lotus Notes; Asset Reconciliation System;
• WIT, BONY Mainframe custody access, InvestOne CPS
• BONY GTM Monitor System
• Fluent in Chinese: Cantonese and Mandarin
• Technical Analysis: Candlestick Chart Analysis, RSI, Stochastic, Bollinger band, and ADX • Fundamental Analysis: Financial Statements, PE, CF, Book Value, BV ratio
• Options, Swap, Future, and FX Theory
• Vlookup, excel functions, Pivot Table
References Available Upon Request