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Daily Fund Reconciliations (Cash / Position) Share Class Hedge ManagementDaily NAV estimate ProductionUCITS fund responsibilities – Daily monitoring of all limits, investor flows, cash requirements and final NAV sign off with the Administrator Monitored and updated fund allocations for daily flows Daily Compliance monitoring Weekly Risk Report ProductionWeekly T-Bill Auction responsibilitiesSet up the firms EMIR reconciliation process Set up a new process to provide the desk key portfolio information for the upcoming week (Corporate actions, Dividends, FX, T-Bills, Proxy Voting) Reduced financing costs - Reviewed all non-GC borrow rates on the portfolio, then liaised with borrow desks to eliminate discrepancies between rates across each PBPerformed an in-depth review of the process used to monitor portfolio liquidity this resulted in the move to a new EU Composite benchmark Created a process to store daily time series data for all funds which were then used in investor presentations Reviewed payment authorisation levels & updated fund CPA documentation Maintained approved broker lists / new broker setupSet up operational process notesSent out weekly estimates to investors via FolioMetrics Daily Reporting - Risk & Performance, Portfolio PNL and Exposures, Fund Tracking ErrorsManaged programme trade implementationAlso managed the operations for a Global Macro Fund “CR Global” who borrowed the operational infrastructure of CZ Capital

Daily PB & Administrator ReconciliationsTrade confirmation, submission and settlementMonitored Counterparty Exposure and Margin RequirementsMonitored Corporate Actions & IncomeDaily pricing of the portfolioMonthly NAV Reconciliation with the administratorSetup the operational processes for all regulatory trade reporting (EMIR / Mifid and the Annex 4 Filing)Assisted with the Yearly Financial Statements - Reconciliation of B/S and Income Statement as well as individual notes to the accounts (SOI / SFTR Disclosure)Produced Level 1 fair value security classificationsSent out a weekly Operations Update to the CFO highlighting key issues Created a daily counterparty file repository & automated the daily pricing of the portfolio and Operational ProceduresRolled out middleware solutions (Icelink, Markitwire, Unavista) and coordinated the onboarding and subsequent operational workflow of multiple FCM’s Produced a comprehensive Operations Manual Performed a comprehensive review of the firms Mifid2 Communications requirementsIntroduced sheet to monitor/analyse tracking errors between the fundsProvided training and managed Junior Operations Analyst

Sole responsibility for pricing the European Portfolio (multi-strategy)Produced consolidated end of day email detailing Daily, MTD, YTD PNL moves & key pnl driversDesk point contact for any front office IT issues. Solved any live pricing issues or exposure problems on a daily basis Developed all office pricing procedures over a number of years which then served as a daily pricing template for the rest of the firmWorked with IT to automate the parsing of broker statementsDeveloped complex pricing heuristics and non-trading g/l & spread reporting functionality in firms internal valuation systemPlayed a key role in the firm’s front office application development o Worked with IT to help develop a valuation system and moved the majority of processes away from excel and into this new internal systemo Worked with the desk and IT to develop a single trading application to serve all their needso Developed Carbon & Credit screening panels

Provided Operational support to both Hong Kong and London OfficesChecked fills, updated trading blotter, allocated and booked tradesStock Loan: ensured on a daily basis that all shorts were covered Set up a full range of new products for both Asia and Europe Back office functions - settlement/confirmations/prime broker liaison Trade Execution – Executed equity orders via Tradesmart

Responsibilities similar to Zelengora with the exception of stock borrow. Additional daily tasks included: -Responsibility for all repo tradingConfirmed CDS closeout/reassignment fees, informed Counter parties of reassignments, approved CDS documentation and monitored unwind/reassign/reset paymentsApproved IRS documentation, monitored reset payments, chased reset notices

Trade Booking & SettlementDaily Cash/Interest/Position/Margin reconciliationCorporate Action MonitoringMonthly P&L reportingStock Borrow ResponsibilitiesTrained and managed Operational Assistant

Banking And International Finance, Banking, 1St Class Honours

Awarded Dissertation Prize

Acca Qualification, 8 / 13 Exams Passed

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