Brian Pistor Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, AZ, US

Tempe, Arizona, US

Phoenix, Arizona, US

• Fully implemented use of Entrata Job Costing system to track budgets, costs, contracts and lien waivers for multiple renovation projects.
• Improved timelines for capital reserve disbursement process and vendor payments.
• Maintained investor waterfall distribution calculations including resolving agreement interpretation differences with investors.
• Created legal agreement summaries including detailed reporting requirements and financial models.
• Managed lender due diligence requests including creating pro forma financials and IRR calculations.

• Implemented internal and external reporting and compliance processes for $2 billion in commercial mortgage-backed security loans.
• Built a top performing and goal-oriented team of five, while managing growth of hotels from 47 to 85.
• Identified key items for executive management review and operational implementation by analyzing agreements and creating written summaries along with related financial models; agreement types included loan, cash.
• Lead the asset management reporting process by creating a new comprehensive quarterly reporting package for executive management review.
• Enhanced reporting by implementing an agreement management system to track key terms for over 400 agreements.
• Achieved significant improvement in escrow reimbursement timelines from lender capital reserves from an average of over 30 days to less than 10 days, while capital spending doubled to over $100 million/year.

• Vaco Arizona, LLC, Phoenix, Arizona, 2015
• Performed and documented SOX control testing and walkthroughs across multiple departments for Western Refining, Inc.; including understanding business processes, risks and provided recommendations to address identified.
• Conducted due diligence on companies including analysis of financial statements, models and market data.

Toronto, ON, CA

• Oversight of managers in investment and derivatives operations including sixteen staff in total; derivatives operations responsibilities including accurate recording and reporting of trade terms in ISDA’s.
• Member of the Hedge Fund Investment Committee; responsibilities included preparing operational due diligence reports with recommendations for committee review.
• Due diligence procedures included review of offering memorandums, investment management agreements, operating agreements, financial statements and responses to questionnaire.
• Prepared the quarterly investment performance budget- to-variance analysis for CFO review.

• Developed a high-performing team in trade operations and accounting through providing challenges and support with new tasks and projects.
• Restructured and re-staffed an accounting department during re-growth of investments under management from $200 million to $750 million.
• Oversaw projects related to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers resulting in recovery of over $400 million of client assets.
• Key team member in a both hedge fund and private equity fund launches resulting in over $100 million of new subscriptions within the first 12 months of launch date.
• Took lead role in a corporate restructuring including accounting for acquisition; termination of an existing parent company; launch of a new parent company with over 150 investors.
• Managed due diligence process for potential investors.

New York, New York, US

Georgetown, Grand Cayman, KY

Toronto, Ontario, CA