Christopher Costa Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

ICE Data Indices, Index Analyst

Warwick, Ny, Us

Manage accounts receivable and payable department including invoicing and debt collectionResponsible for multiple bank reconciliations including operating and payroll accountsWork with management and sales departments on profit optimization and new businessPrepare financial statements for the CEO and independent accounting auditors

Design custom Excel spreadsheets based on client needsTrade ETFs and equities based on relative strength, pairs, premium and discount reversion

Manage trading execution, risk management and accounting for multiple accounts using long/short and hedged equity portfolios in the United States and Japanese stocks markets.Assist in the development, implementation and support of a low latency proprietary equity execution system Responsible for monitoring 10 simultaneous computerized equity trading algorithmsResponsible for implementing real-time time news and data feedsDevelop equity strategy portfolios based on market conditions, investor risk and market exposure preferenceQuantitative research for Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR)Assist in SEC compliance procedures and employee compliance

Portfolio management, trading, risk control and hedging strategies for FMR Long/short Japan FundDesigned and maintained a multinational proprietary real-time P&L tracking, accounting and communication system to interface with both prime brokerage, clients and trading desks Designed and programmed a NYSE TAQ database including code, maintenance and data cleaning of a minute bar database for all trades executed on S&P 500 equities and other issues from 1999 to the presentAssisted in development and execution of an S&P500 Index fund portfolio which includes duplicating the performance of S&P500 and applying quantitative strategy models to increase portfolio performanceManaged trade, position, corporate action and P&L reconciliation with all prime brokerage firms

Quantitative research on Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Japanese equity index constituentsProgramming support for Lehman Brothers Tokyo Japan Fund and Merrill Lynch ML-PAC Japan FundConverted a US and Japanese binary file structure price database to a relational SQL based database including schema design, maintenance and backup Converted BASIC signal and accounting code to user friendly Visual Basic formatDesigned an automated a system for stock short sale loans via secure FTP

Assist in back office system design, implementation and monitoring for a proprietary accounting, stock loan and account reconciliation system

Assisted in the system design and programming of a relational database end user student placement software system for a large for profit education companyAssisted in company operations including office management, various database programming projects and hardware installations

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer And Information Sciences, General

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