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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

• Strategized and executed retirement income, investment allocation, tax planning, long-term care planning, and estate planning solutions. Provided continuous financial guidance to meet both short-term and long-term client objectives.• Established a client base of sixty families with over $25 million in assets under management.• Held FINRA Series 65 license and Life and Health Insurance licenses in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Woburn, Ma

• Managed strong client partnerships to implement financial plans, facilitated seamless account establishment and maintenance with financial institutions, fulfilling client service needs, and led comprehensive review meetings.• Proficiently utilized Redtail CRM, Fidelity Wealthscape, eMoney Advisor, and Nitrogen (formerly Riskalyze).

Greater Boston Area

• Designed and developed KPMG’s centralized pricing database encompassing monthly pricing and descriptive data of equities, fixed income securities, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, and syndicated term loans.• Collaborated within a team to streamline procedures and implement quality controls for accurate data import from seven vendor partners. • Executed data accuracy testing data accuracy against vendor sources using Excel to test various data attributes and internal analysis calculations. • Created standardized database reports in Excel to support audit assertions of client’s investment portfolios.• Presented database functionality to PCAOB inspectors during audit efforts, supporting KPMG leadership during the inspection process.• Instructed nationwide training sessions for the Investment Management practice, sharing insights on the National Pricing Desk.• Collaborated on annual vendor due diligence audits, ensuring alignment of pricing with documented methodology.• Optimized pricing desk staffing model to enhance support for audit engagement teams, resulting in improved turnaround time and customer service.• Effectively led a team of up to ten financial professionals, providing mentorship that led to promotions and increased advancement opportunities.

Greater Boston Area

• Provided global support to audit engagement teams by securing third-party vendor prices for various investment securities.• Utilized multiple market and data vendor platforms, including Bloomberg, Refinitiv, ICE Data Pricing and Reference Data Service, Pricing Direct, S&P Securities Evaluations, IHS Markit, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch PriceServe.• Investigated and resolved price discrepancies for audit engagement teams.

Jersey City, New Jersey

• Maintained FINRA Series 7, 63, 55, and 24 licenses.• Conducted technical analysis to identify short-term investment opportunities, leading and mentoring a team of traders.• Conducted random audits of traders’ blotters to ensure compliance and address potential irregularities.

Greater New York City Area

• Engaged in equity trading on the New York Stock Exchange, emphasizing consolidated tape trading.