Brian Kessler Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for overseeing the internal infrastructure along with the finance, operations, legal, and compliance functions of a $1.9B Global Macro investment manager that is SEC registered
• Expanded and maintains the firm’s monthly financial reports, processing of accounts payable, invoicing of accounts receivable, creation of budgets and cash flow analysis
• Established new cash management policies for the funds and the firm along with strengthening the current internal procedures by tightening the controls
• Supervised the fund’s internal daily net asset value calculation while improving and overseeing the month end approval process with the third party administrator
• Managed the fiscal year end audits and reviews of the tax returns for both the firm and the hedge fund’s, along with the drafting and creation of the audited financials
• Initiated technology implementations including a new and more robust continuity of business plan, daily profit & loss system, and stronger consultant support

• Created, shaped and directed the policies and procedures for the finance, operations and investor relations functions of a $1 billion SEC Registered Investment Advisor with ten hedge funds
• Managed the relationships with the firm’s service providers which included the third party administrator, attorney, auditor, custodian, professional employment organization and information technology consultant
• Established and implemented financial controls, maintained the firms monthly financial reports, oversaw accounts payable, accounts receivable, profit & loss management, budgets and cash flow analysis
• Introduced controls for the investment and operations teams surrounding the monthly trade process through the creation of a Business Operations Manual
• Prepared audited financial statements and maintained firm’s adherence to its compliance manual along with processing all required filings with three government regulators

• Supervised the investor relation and operations department, in multiple locations, of a hedge fund administrator servicing over 3,000 investors worldwide
• Streamlined the documentation management and the communication of the investor relations group through the development of a virtual private network
• Built a proprietary client database and transfer agency system for offshore funds, domestic limited partnerships and master-feeder structures with a technology consultant
• Remodeled the firm’s website to make more accessible for clients and investors
• Engineered the relocation of the firm, guided the search, negotiated the lease, designed the space and purchased all furniture

$200mm Investment Management Company