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Englewood, Co, Us

Focusing on optimizing businesses by delivering substantive, sustainable and incremental value through pragmatic and actionable solutions

Denver, Colorado, Us

Assist in administering investment thesis in artificial intelligence/machine learning targeting growth stage high tech venture capital companies. Oversee all aspects of financial, operations and administration of investment funds.

Maypearl, Tx, Us

In charge of planning and executing critical engagements with clients in the investment management sector. Skillfully define work scope, form cross-functional teams, allocate resources and administer processes. Prepare and deliver Board-level presentations on project status and potential impact. Recognized as trusted advisor and business partner with CFOs, COOs and Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer at top-tier investment management firms. * Currently involved with Private Equity/Venture Capital firm to assist in administering investment thesis in artificial intelligence/machine learning in order to target growth-stage high-tech venture capital portfolio companies. * Brought on by Investment Manager in US Southwest to supervise all audit tasks and prepare annual financial statements for the Board.* Acquired, implemented and automated new financial reporting system for advisors to improve accuracy, quality and efficiency, while decreasing production cycle from 57 to 43 days. * Conducted comprehensive review of all processes and procedures to enhance efficiencies and streamline key function, generating $750K in yearly savings.* Authored full-scale business plan to reduce business expenses supporting investment products by 40%.* Engaged by Investment Manager on US East Coast to create and deploy policies and procedures for portfolio security valuation, financial reporting, service provider oversight, calculation of fund net asset value and reporting for top management and fund boards.* Hired as Subject Matter Expert by Money Center Bank to assist in drafting responses to RFPs from mutual fund complexes and investment managers; participated in detailed pitches and won mandates from several new customers.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Managed 25-person team as Fund Principal Financial Officer and Fund Advocate for $200B mutual fund complex, focusing on traditional and alternative asset management – US and international mutual funds, CITs, LPs, LLCs, ETFs and UCITs. As Board Trustee/Director, Strategic Partner and Fund Advocate, reviewed and tracked full range of products relating to treasury, liquidity, accounting, valuation, custodial, operational and administrative issues. Chaired numerous committees: Valuation, Dividend Policy, Financial Oversight, Service Provider Oversight and OFI Global Retirement Savings Plan Administration. * Personally negotiated renewal of $7.7B in credit lines for mutual funds. * Created, introduced and directed for-profit transfer agency that generated $50M free cash for the business.* Headed outsourcing of accounting and fund operations platforms that saved over $100M over ten-year contract.* Succeeded in achieving $3.5M in annualized negotiated fund savings for pricing, accounting, administration, custody and auditing services. * Restructured services, processes and functions relating to offshore fund family, generating $500K in cost savings. * Reorganized job definitions and procedures and reducing headcount by twelve within Fund Accounting department to produce $450K in savings. * Decreased time to produce and distribute monthly management report to senior leadership and business unit heads from 20 to ten calendar days, resulting in much better executive decision-making. * Researched and implemented regulatory and US GAAP-required changes – Rule 2a-7 and SEC information reporting – Swing Pricing, Liquidity Rules & Forms N-PORT & N-CEN and S-X.* Provided accurate reporting to Audit Committee and Fund Board relating to financial statements & disclosures, fund vendor & service provider performance, annual advisory contract renewal and accounting topics.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Responsible for leading 160 professionals in handling all accounting, tax, shareholder servicing, administration, SEC & tax compliance, financial reporting and metrics analysis of 45 proprietary mutual fund complex, representing $35B AUM. Chaired Audit Committee and board meetings for mutual fund complex.* Smoothly integrated and consolidated two mutual fund families that produced $2M in savings.* Authored new business plan that brought legal services functions internally to eliminate reliance on external legal counsel, saving another $2M yearly.* Instituted and cultivated strong controls-oriented environment to ensure peak quality and accuracy for fund accounting, compliance, fund administration and reporting functions, while expanding AUM by 40%. * Evaluated and restructured mutual fund services relating to fund accounting and shareholder services, generating $500K in annual savings. * Piloted business plan to internalize tax and legal functions that improved service delivery and reduced product time-to-market by 50% for annual savings of $1M.

Zurich, Ch

Responsible for the domestic and offshore product development• Re-engineered investment accounting and operations • Explored, selected and implemented a partnership accounting system to support hedge fund business. • Implemented expense management program reducing annual expenses by 4%• Managed portfolio accounting system evaluation and implementation project. • Assessed and negotiated new contracts for services to the investment manager and structured products

New York, Ny, Us

Managed qualified staff in all facets of accounting, financial reporting & disclosure and accounting policy for 22 equity and fixed income mutual funds with assets of $10 billion.• Authored Pay-In-Kind bonds (PIK) position paper for the accounting, trading, valuation and interest payment characteristics of PIK bonds reducing the potential loss to fund shareholders and the investment advisor of up to $3.6 million annually• Consolidated two accounting teams increasing productivity by 20%

Coordinated all accounting, tax and regulatory reporting for equity and fixed income mutual funds - $2 billion in assets• Designed software applications to utilize on-line data services in preparing daily financial statements for five mutual funds reducing 50 hours of staff preparation time weekly.

Responsible for conducting internal audits, evaluating internal controls, developing & implementing compliance tests and providing recommendations for process & procedures enhancements• Established strong control environment & proper control methods to eliminate risk of erroneous or unauthorized release of securities through large clearing house. * Eliminated duplication in posting customer journal entries, which eliminated errors and saved over 1,000 man-hours/year

Navigated planning, supervising and preparing audits for private and SEC clients.• Rescued troubled project to audit receivables, payables and expenses• Analyzed records, current accounting procedures, client staff resources and developed action plan. • Identified lack of controls over new automated ticket sales system. • Created comprehensive operational and accounting controls system and trained client staff in its use.