WILLIAM J. SWINSON
Waretown, NJ 08758
Cell: 732-***-****
Email: *********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
A position that enables me to use my experience and knowledge to enhance and improve the middle/back office operations with concentration on reducing company’s risk or exposure.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UBS SECURITIES, LLC – Jersey City, NJ Consultant June 2010 – June 2011
• Processed corporate Actions – Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, Spin-offs, Rights Distributions, Optional Distributions, Dividend Reinvestments, Cash Dividends.
• Researched and reconciled open payables and receivables.
• Resolved discrepancies to the G/L.
• Submitted claims to counterparties and paid claims received from counterparties.
DEUTSCHE BANK – Jersey City, NJ Associate July 2004 – May 2010
• Risk Analysis & Control – Review the procedures for the various domestic operation lines (P&S, Fails, DTC, and Securities Lending) and Latin American branches to determine if there are any potential financial, regulatory or reputational risks to the firm.
• Processed International Dividends – including the computation and payment of entitlements to beneficial holders over a key date.
• Reviewed the stock record and announcements to determine entitlement
• Submitted claims to counterparties on outstanding receivables and followed up until it was resolved.
• Reviewed incoming claims from counterparties.
• Entered payments (USD and foreign currencies) messages via swift or DTC. Processed journal entries to balance general ledger accounts.
• Trained new employees as well as instructed current co-workers on procedures.
• July 2008 traveled to Mumbai, India to train new employees.
REFCO SECURITIES - Jersey City, NJ Associate Dec. 2003 – July 2004
• Processed the allocation of cash dividends, fixed income interest payments – domestic and international.
• Processed corporate Actions – stock splits, stock dividend, spin offs, optional distributions, dividend reinvestments, rights distributions.
• Processed P & I payments for MBS securities (GNMA’s, FNMA’s, FHLM’s) and other fixed income securities.
• Researched and resolved open payable and receivables.
DEUTSCHE BANK - New York, NY Consultant AUG. 2003 – NOV. 2003
• Processed the allocation of international cash, stock dividend and fixed income interest payments.
• Researched and resolved open payables and receivables.
ING BARINGS – New York, NY CORPORATE ACTIONS SUPERVISOR 1996-2003
• Supervised staff of 8-10. Conducted salary and performance reviews.
• Adjusted interest payments for 1099 tax reporting monthly, quarterly, and annually. Reported outstanding open receivables for 15c3 reporting on trial balance.
• Processed corporate Actions – mandatory (stock splits, stock dividends), voluntary (optional distributions, reinvestments.
• Processed dividends (Domestic and International), mutual funds and municipal, corporate and floating rate bonds. Unit investment trust government bond issues, treasury and collateralized mortgage obligations.
• Researched and resolved receivables (recovered over 3 million dollars).`
• Resolved a number of difficult customer issues that resulted in improved relations and enhanced productivity.
• Developed strong interpersonal and foreign communication skills.
• Processed mortgage-backed securities, P&I and cash and stock distribution.
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC. DIVIDEND SPECALIST (1994-1996) 1988-1996
DIVIDEND SUPERVISOR (1988-1994)
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING (ADP) PRODUCT MANAGER 1986-1988
FINANCIAL CLEARING & SERVICES DEPARTMENT MANAGER 1983-1986
EDUCATION
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC. -- Conferences & Seminars
DELEHANTY INSTITUTE, New York, New York
Course: Business Management (completed),
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING (ADP) -- Conferences & seminars
Courses: Business Writing, Presentation Skills, Handling Conflict, Stress Management, 1986 - 1987
DELEHANTY INSTITUTE, New York, New York
Course: Business Management (completed), 1973
SOFTWARE
ADP (BroadRidge), DTCC, Sungard, Bloomberg, Euroclear, Swift, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, MS-Office, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point, Microsoft Outlook
AFFLIATIONS (former)
Dividend Division, SIA Advisory Board; ADP – Dividend Focus Group