Finance

COURTNEY M. GAYLE

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****-*** ****** *****

Sarasota, FL 34243

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Home Phone 941-***-****

PROFILE

Professionally recognized for excellent performance in a fast paced environment. Regarded as a results-oriented team player with exceptional communication skills to meet organizational goals and objectives.

EDUCATION

♦Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Binghamton University: State University of New York, June 1997

WORK HISTORY

Citigroup Global Markets, (Tampa, FL) 8/2008-Present

Fund of Funds Analyst –Alternative Investment Support Department

♦Verification , completion and confirmation of subscriptions and redemptions request.

♦Follow up of pending trades with Fund of Hedge Funds Adminstrator

♦Responsible for processing all manual credit and debit transactions to general ledger and customer accounts.

♦Follow up with Fund Admin for final month-end prices of underlying non-listed hedge funds

♦Review Client trends and identify possible process improvements

♦Interface with other operational units as needed

Credit Suisse First Boston NY, (New York, NY) 8/2007-7/2008

Derivative Operations Team Leader – Derivative Trade Support Group

♦Ensure timely and accurate settlements of ABS, ABX, CMBX, CMBS in OTC Derivatives.

♦Co-manage a project with Ops Manager analyzing the cause/effect of failed settlements.

♦Reconcile and analyze daily cash movements against postings to the firm's books and records.

♦Key liaison for Product Control, Settlements, Documentation, Middle Office, Front Office and Marketers

♦Developed and trained junior staff with regards to operating procedures, controls and technology.

♦Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal customers and or functional business lines

UBS Investment Bank (Stamford, CT) 3/2006-7/2007

Derivatives Operations Specialist - Derivative Trade Support Group

♦Maintained excellent relationships with traders, sales force, BUC and confirmation team to answer client queries more efficiently and streamline internal processes.

♦Reduced risk by sending out payment advices and timely confirming settlements with Pimco and Municipal clients. Products include credit default swaps, interest rates swaps, and municipal swaps

♦Investigated outstanding credits and debits on the Bank’s accounts; Liaise with external and internal clients to

Reconciled aged cash breaks. Research and identify causes of discrepancies, document and report to

Operations Staff.

♦Stayed up to date with the market and bank by attending in-house courses and system training.

♦Developed documented and trained junior staff with regards to operating procedures, controls and technology.

Credit Suisse First Boston NY, (New York, NY) 9/2005-3/2006

Derivative Operations Specialist - Derivative Trade Support Group

♦A comprehensive understanding of OTC Derivatives.

♦Demonstrate strong experience in structured products accountable for all Derivative products across American, European, and Asian Markets which include: Credit Defaults, Interest Rate Swaps, Overnight Index Swaps, Mark to Market Swaps.

♦Deal events, which include, new deals, modifications to existing deals, terminated deals & novations for all products. In addition, diligent research and reconciliation of cash accounts.

♦Wiring of any manual payments, strong client interaction and customer service.

♦Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal customers and or functional business

Lines.

JP Morgan Chase & Company (New York, NY) 9/2000 – 3/2005

Settlements Investigation Department - Team Leader

♦Responsible for reconciling cash discrepancies between JP Morgan Chase and assigned counterparties regarding Single and Cross Currency Interest Rate Swaps.

♦Provided investigative analysis by reviewing and interpreting Derivative Confirmation Contracts and discussing pertinent issues with the JP Morgan Middle Office and Counterparty.

♦Recommended P&L adjustments and ensure all General Ledger entries are properly recorded in order to clear all open cash entries.

♦Preparation of settlement reports for Accounting, Settlements and P&L purposes

♦Served as a backup in the manager’s absence.

♦Worked extensively with other departments to resolve problems as needed, while maintaining ownership for

Problem resolution.

Trade Capture Department

Sr Operations Associate

♦Processed cancelled and amended trades for all derivative products including Plain Vanilla, Cross Currency Interest Rate Swaps, and Forward Rate Agreements.

♦Resolved daily discrepancies between New York and London’s middle office.

♦Updated rates on deals from the unfixed report according to specific fixing date.

♦Performed interpolation calculations on deals that require adjustments.

♦Reconciliation of derivative products between middle and back office systems.

♦Ensured all FX Mark- to-Market Swaps are correctly processed for both front-end and back office

Systems, with special attention given to fee processing, given the notional amounts involved.

E*Trade Securities Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) 1/2000 – 6/2000

Financial Service Representative

♦Researched and resolved customer problems related to E*Trade accounts.

♦Troubleshoot basic technical problems.

♦Provided product and service literature upon request.

Bank of America Commercial Corporation (Tucker, GA) 8/1999 – 12/1999

Collection Specialist

♦Responsible for maintaining an up-to-date collection effort, meeting corporate ageing goal.

♦Maintained positive public relations with customers and clients.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

♦Bert Mitchell Minority Management Organization/Secretary

♦Admissions Committee/Educational Opportunity Program

♦Student Association Representative

COMPUTER SKILLS

Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Lotus Notes, Summit, Intellimatch

References Available upon Request

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