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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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.