Nathan Neff

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Centennial, CO ***12

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Financial Analyst, Accountant.

SUMMARY

Over ten years of progressive, comprehensive experience as an innovative accounting professional. Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, coordinate and meet deadlines of multiple projects. Noted for positive rapport with co-workers and clients. Detail oriented, with a proven ability to successfully contribute to company objectives. Accountant/Analyst with ten years of successful financial experience specializing in Mutual Fund Accounting. Solid business background with extensive knowledge of derivatives, short securities, margin issues, foreign securities, financial reporting, automated accounting systems, and SEC regulations. Maintained margin accounts and adjusted as necessary to maintain margin requirements. Reconciled short accounts, including futures. Developed new technique of reconciling short futures variation margin amounts. As Senior Fund Accountant managed a team of accountants and reviewed and verified their work, while training in new procedures and funds.

EMPLOYMENT

ALPS Mutual Funds, Denver CO

Fund Accountant Supervisor. Sept 2007-June 2011

Ran team of Mutual Fund Accountants, checking accruals, tax information, corporate actions and all NAV issues. Checked expenses, made adjusting entries and worked with clients to ensure proper service. Closed funds for each accounting year. Provided backup for Tax and Compliance departments.

Great West Life. Greenwood Village CO

Senior Fund Accountant. May 2005-Sept 2007

Senior Accountant with full responsibility for all accounting, financial reporting, cash management, annuals, short cash management, Margin maintenance and reconciliation. Managing, verifying and checking team reports and funds for accuracy, releasing Fund prices to NASDAQ.

Republic Financial. Aurora, CO

Accounting Analyst Temp, Dec 2003-May 2005

Analyzed and determined fair market values of leases. Developed new Invoicing and archiving techniques. Handled accounting work, accruals and cash reconciliation as needs arose.

INVESCO Mutual Funds, Denver, CO

Senior Fund Accountant II, 2001 - Oct 2003

Senior Accountant with full responsibility for all accounting, financial reporting, cash management, annuals, short cash management, Margin maintenance and reconciliation. Managing, verifying and checking team’s reports and funds for accuracy, releasing Fund prices to NASDAQ.

Calculated, checked and released Mutual fund prices to NASDAQ, achieving a 100% success rate, never allowing a error to be released.

Prepared trial balance and year-end adjusting entries for various mutual funds, including Foreign funds, Market Neutral funds and Short funds.

Performed general ledger analysis, year end closings, journal entries, accounts payable and receivable tasks, expense checks and periodic reconciliation’s.

Corrected any issues found during reconciliation’s for various fund accounts.

Performed account management, assembled documentation for year-end audits, and responded to auditors' inquiries.

Responsible for margin reconciliation’s, including transferring cash between brokerage accounts for maximum efficiency and to maintain compliance requirements.

Developed new techniques/spreadsheets for managing short margin variation accounts, after existing systems proved inadequate.

INVESCO Mutual Funds, Denver, CO

Fund Accountant, 1999 - 2001

Handled all basic accounting for various mutual funds, including weekly, periodic and annual reconciliation’s of all relevant accounts, expense checks, manually accruing and reconciling credit interest from brokerage accounts, and handling foreign and short trades.

Achieved a 100% success rate on pricing mutual funds, never making a material error.

Handled Foreign and Short mutual funds, performing additional reconciliation’s on short cash, credit and rebate interest, and foreign withholding on dividends.

Worked with various managers of sub custodian banks to reconcile outstanding cash and dividend issues, as well as settlement and broker issues possibly affecting the fund.

Trained other mutual fund accountants to follow standard company accounting practices.

Lipper Analytical, Denver, CO

Internship, 1999 - 1999

Performed financial reporting and research on various Mutual funds. Completed Fund analysis promptly and on time. Researched and solved data problems and errors. Performed mutual fund analysis and data entry at an exceptionally high level of accuracy and speed during tight deadlines and at reporting time.

Star Video, Englewood, CO

Assistant Manager, 1996 - 1999

Performed general accounting, Inventory and bookkeeping tasks. Performed administrative duties, posted charges to accounts, and maintained accurate records. Served as a final authority in resolving client issues, as well as managing other employees. Reconciled all cash accounts to sales, maintained petty cash, and investigated any discrepancies of accounts.

EDUCATION

University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado

M.S., Finance. 2004

GPA: 3.85.

Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO

B.S., Finance, 1998

GPA: 3.53, Major GPA: 3.68. Additional course work toward a CFP certification. Vice Presidents Honor Roll. 23 credit hours of coursework completed in High School

SKILLS

Experienced in General Ledger Accounting, Expenses, Asset Reconciliation Analysis, Income Reconciliation, Bank Balance Reconciliation, Sub-Custodian Bank Reconciliation.

Proficient in Excel, Word, PAM, Horizon, Fundstation.

Oracle and Access experience.

TRAINING

Candidate for the CFA Designation. Completed Level I of the CFA Program.

HONORS

FMA National Honor Society, 2004

Presidential Gold Scholarship. - Colorado Scholars, Denver, CO., 1994 - 1998. Scholarship awarded to Students who maintain a 3.50 GPA

AFFILIATIONS

INVESCO Ambassadors. Performed various charity work, blood drives and community involvement, 1999 to 2003.

Phi Chi Theta, UCD Chapter. 2004

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