Celeste Reese Email & Phone Number

-Analyze and monitor investment manager performance for US and Canadian defined benefit and defined contribution plans.-Responsible for raising funds to meet monthly benefit payments from defined benefit plan assets.-Prepare presentations and meeting notes for US and Canadian Investment Committees.-Manage asset allocation for US defined benefit plan.-Manage assets and perform reconciliations for Rabbi Trusts for the benefit of non-qualified pension plans.-Coordinate activities with custodian, record-keeper and investment consultant for investment manager replacements.-Negotiate investment management fees and certain aspects of investment management agreements.-Perform various investment administration duties such as letters of direction, opening and closing custodial accounts, updating signatories with investment managers and custodian and writing investment policies.-Coordinate special projects such as custodial RFP and defined contribution investment restructures.

-Met global liquidity needs through executing and managing inter-company loan portfolio.-Led Corporate Finance track for implementation of SAP Treasury module. -Forecasted global inter-company interest income, accrued interest receivable and principal receivable.-Performed SOX controls for third party and inter-company debt issuances.-Assisted Tax and Legal in global merger/acquisition and reorganization functions.-Oversaw guarantee and performance bond /bid bond program.-Hedged foreign currency and interest rate exposures.-Assisted in execution of debt restructure activities such as bond issuances and term debt extension.-Performed compliance requirements for various debt issues including pollution control bonds, industrial revenue bonds and term debt facility.-Managed Letters of Credit program within Credit Link Facility.-Prepared yearly cost center budgets and performed variance analysis for monthly results.-Performed various monthly and quarterly duties and schedules: Interest Accruals, Fix/Float Debt Mix, WACC and Debt Maturity Tracking.-Systems and Software: Sungard Quantum and QRisk, SAP Treasury, Risk Management and Business Intelligence Modules, FXAll, Bloomberg, Microsoft Office Suite, Contract Management System.

-Managed policy deployment, adherence and assure uniform application of credit and collection policies.-Administered SOX controls for credit release and credit line functions.-Delegated credit authority up to $500,000.-Performed financial statement modeling and analysis.-Factored trade receivables for South American portfolio.-Collected portfolio of $40,000,000 including domestic and international customers.-Brokered receivables sales to third parties. -Forecasted monthly cash flow projections for Accounts Receivable.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

-Advanced from Small Business Department to Large Corporate Accounts with credit authority increase from $50,000 to $350,000.-Set and managed credit lines for corporate customers who leased Dell computers.-Managed customers with credit exposures up to $20,000,000.-Evaluated and approved lease type, term and payment structures.-Assisted in setting scoring model metrics.-Negotiated creative lease plans with top management of lessees.-Named On-The Spot Award Winner for fraud prevention.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

-Credit consultant for small companies who outsourced credit functions.-Financial Analysis and Credit Score Modeling.-Sales and Service of credit information products.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelors Of Science, Agribusiness