Brian Michalik Email & Phone Number

United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• First point of contact for 125 clients and 5 consultants invested within full curve AFI credit, equity and LDI strategies across CIT, LLC and Segregated account vehicles
• Responsible for the coordination and communication of overseeing new and existing client onboardings, transitions, strategy changes, IMA/guideline amendments and custodian changes across all internal teams
• Receive and enter client cashflows, external market values and liability cashflows for all clients and 22 custom LDI mandates
• Support Client Strategist and Relationship Managers to allow them to focus on improving the overall client relationship and acquiring new business
• Prepare 45 monthly and 60 quarterly deliverables and custom client reporting to clients, consultants and custodians
• Monitor the funded status of ERISA pension plan accounts to mandate tolerances and the fluid credit and interest rate landscape

United States

United States

• Main point of contact for all external clients, consultants, custodians and third-party administrators for all daily inquiries and communications
• Responsible for preparing over 60 monthly and 90 quarterly deliverables for 20 segregated clients
• Produced quarterly client and consultant review presentation decks and materials and attended all meetings
• Lead role and coordinator on all client related activities; new client onboardings, existing client transitions, benchmark licensing and setup, mandate guideline amendments and custom client reporting initiatives
• Developed a Client Master File spreadsheet that recorded all cashflows and client transition activity across all accounts and vehicles
• Prepared monthly and quarterly client MI data presentations for upper management to be used for cashflow and AUM goal tracking

Chicago, Illinois

• Responsible for trade and settlement support for over 400 accounts and approximately 25,000+ trades per month
• Liaise with client service and onboarding teams for all new client assets, legal documents and strategy implementations
• Daily trade, cash and risk support for internal clients which consists of 18 PM’s and 6 traders across Bloomberg, Tradeweb and MarketAxess liquidity trading platforms
• Facilitate and communicate timelines and strategy details for all client in-kind asset transfers with internal client service teams and end client
• Execute new client account setup across all trading platforms, internal reconciliation platforms and custodians
• Developed trading, settlement and workflow models for new investment vehicles (TBA’s, Private Credit and Loans)

Chicago, IL

• Served as primary day-to-day contact for all custodian, investment manager and client relationships
• Lead Operations Analyst on the team and oversaw the day-to-day activities of 2 Junior Operations Analysts
• Responsible for daily monitoring of $5 billion in DB/DC portfolio assets for 12 DB/DC clients
• Instructed and settled ~140 transitions per month with investment managers and custodians per subscription document and IMA guidelines
• Performed multiple pre and post trade activities which include: Trade cost analysis, settlement reconciliation support at custodian and investment manager, NAV accuracy and ensuring trade costs and settlement details.
• Prepared client ready quarterly transaction reports and provide commentary on all new and terminated subscriptions

Chicago, IL

• Acted as the primary custodian contact for 18 investment management firms on all daily transactions, client requests, and trading procedures
• Communicated directly with the client on all cash activity, trade processing and settlement, cash and stock reconciliation, and transition transactions
• Provided efficient and accurate solutions for complex investment inquiries
• Responsible for amending all trades to settle on time per investment manager and standard settlement instructions
• Compiled cash and stock reports for investment managers
• Executed client directed foreign exchange deals and ensure adequate funding of accounts

Chicago, IL

• Effectively communicated mortgage products to clients to ensure understanding of contracts
• Coordinated with underwriters to efficiently assess solutions to clients mortgage accounts
• Analyzed and followed market trends to determine volatility of mortgage rates
• Obtained NMLS National and State licenses with a score of 90% on exams

Cicero, IL

• Responsible for maintaining and servicing 30 accounts in Chicago market
• Implemented beverage solutions to all accounts to improve efficiency and profitability
• Maintained and executed all corporate programming compliance in all accounts
• Rectified all cash management discrepancies for clients
• Communicated with Channel Managers to ensure efficient delivery schedules

Lemont, IL