Celeste Reed Email & Phone Number

Over 30 years of back office experience within the financial brokerage industry. Strengths include implementation and maintenance of various banking and back office platforms. Successful in resolving internal and external sales force concerns. Developed strong department teams by cross training, keeping lines of communication open and providing support.

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  Vice President - Cash Management

  Mesirow Financial, Inc.

  Sep 1983 - Present - Greater Chicago Area

  Initiated the set up and created daily, weekly and month end procedures for all of the below: • Remote Check Deposit (3 main branch, 25 correspondent offices)• Set up settling banks for DTC/NSCC and OCC • Set up collateral bank account for pledging firm inventory and customer securities for overnight loans• Maintained close banking relationships • Set up main and dividend disbursement accounts• Worked closely with internal and external examiners• Reviewed customer wire transfers• Reviewed customer ACH set up banking information• Prepared Senior Management daily reports • Reviewed firm inventory for investment / non- investment grade pledging Money Markets• Reconcile 30 various money markets and FDIC accounts• Set up customer money market check writing• Set up customer Debit and/or Credit Card• Reviewed annual cash management statements that included only Debit/Credit card and money market check writing activitySecurity Receipt & Transfer• Supervised the quarterly physical security vault counts• Booked in the receipt of physical certificates• Initiated DRS stock transfers• Processed restricted certificates• Reconciled stock record positions • Reconciled DTC and Government positions ACATS (Account Transfer) and Client Services• Overseen the department with the manager reporting directly to me