Austen L. Email & Phone Number

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Denver

Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

• Key player in three new product launches.• Project lead for swap accounting process overhaul.• Driver of automating segregated cash booking.• Created functionalized staff accountant role within team whose responsibilities were centered on derivative and bank loan reconciliations.• Primary point of contact during semi and annual audits.• Prepare data for SAS70 audits.• Review and approve source documentation for use by Financial Reporting in the prospectuses and annual reports.• Created procedures for derivative funds to prepare schedules used by Financial Reporting.

Greater Denver Area

• Project lead for automating litigation check bookings. Increased accuracy of all funds as well as eliminated risk associated with manual general ledger entries for litigation check transactions.• Project lead for New Hire “on-boarding” procedures.• Project lead for the transfer of holdings between related funds during the “JAD to JIF” fund conversion.• Created “Job Shadowing Process” to increase communication and understanding between departments.• Identified problem area in the settlement of foreign dividends; created new procedures to increase accuracy as well as mitigate risk.

• Key contributor to a full accounting system conversion.• Responsible for accounting maintenance of 8 Billion dollars worth of mutual funds, consisting of calculating daily NAV’s, Researching and analyzing discrepancies between company holdings and bank reports, creating daily cash projections for use by portfolio managers, and compiling month end reports to reconcile all holdings and activity.

Central European Studies Program Studied European Businesses; Concentration on strategic management 1st Place “Sustainability of a Business”: Identified a business that displayed great operating practices. Reviewed their business strategy, corporate structure, and financial statements to determine if the company would have the ability to operate indefinitely while simultaneously minimizing their overall effect on the environment.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Of Science, Business Administration, Concentration In Finance

Bachelor'S Of Science, Finance

Activities and Societies: Central European Studies Program Auburn Men's Lacrosse Team