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Greater New York City Area

Manage a team of Administrators who create Financial Statements and work as main point of contact for Clients with Funds in the Liquid Alternative space. Review and file Funds regulatory filings in accordance with SEC Regulations and US GAAP. Analyze tax disposition for all corporate actions processed by fund accounting. Serve as Assistant Treasurer of two Multi-Fund Trusts with a total of fifty six Mutual Funds that have over $5 billion in Assets.• Act as liaison among all internal groups, clients, external reporting agencies, external legal counsel and audit firms• Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly and annual distributions then send out shareholder mailings• Organize monthly fair value meetings with Advisors, CFO and CCO to discuss and determine a market value for non traded securities• Prepare new Trusts along with Mutual Funds for launch into the market, working with the Advisor and Reporting Agencies• Oversight of funds valuation policies and procedures

New York, Ny

Responsible for reviewing and managing work prepared by fund administrators, custody and accounting agents for 17 funds consisting of Hedge Funds, Irish and US Money Market Fund and Master/Feeder structure Funds. Reviewed daily, month-end and semi-annual reporting which included: tax compliance, fund budgeting and regulatory filings. Worked closely with Cayman Island administrator and legal team in preparing offer letter memorandum and finalizing monthly NAV.• Prepared Liquidation Financial Statements using US GAAP as well as IFRS• Reviewed and filed N-Q’s, Monthly Portfolio of Investments and Form NMFP• Transition Fund to new Board of Directors and to the US valuation committee• Worked with tax department to asses problematic countries in preparation of FIN 48 analysis• Coordinated and reviewed third party administrator and Audit reports of all financial activities for Bi-Annual Board Meetings and presented administrator report to the Board• Prepared monthly performance metrics for all of Treasury department and disseminated to department heads

New York, Ny

Responsible for implementing Quickbook as the accounting system for this non-profit dance company. Updated Quickbook with financial information since inception and prepared financial statements. Maintained accounting records throughout the year for year-end tax reporting.

Jersey City, Nj

Oversaw all accounting and reporting for 6 mutual funds. Reviewed and approved work performed by section heads and accountants, as well as coordinated and balanced workflow within section to meet deadlines. Managed team of 5 consisting of 2 Section Heads and 3 Accountants, which included preparing annual performance reviews, interviewing and hiring staff for the group.• Ensured Funds' NAVs were correct each day through proper reconciliations of trades, shares and prices. • Developed new procedures ensuring departmental compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. • Worked with external auditors to organize their review of financial reports and control. • Created excel spreadsheet that increase staff's productivity and accuracy with the preparation of expense projection.• Ensured mutual funds were compliant with prospectus and SEC regulations by reviewing monthly compliance reports and escalating any exceptions.• Reviewed monthly dividend projections of fixed income and researched significant income fluctuations to determine the appropriate dividends to pay shareholders.

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting, International Business, Management

International Business