Cindy Yip Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

London, Gb

Managing a small team to provide middle and back office operational support to hedge fund and private equity clients traded in various investment strategies and syndicated loans. Analyzing and addressing break resolutions with clients, prime brokers, counterparties, and internal departments for reconciliations of cash, position, transaction, market value, cost, and PNL issues. Reviewing FM /trade settlement docs, CA to setup new contract facility, and processing all life cycle events of loans. Tracking and supporting trade upload, fail trades, trade settlements, restructures, audit, new fund / client or conversion setups. Leading projects and UAT testing that require independent judgment guided by established policies, processes, and procedures. Actively involve in the work of my team members to resolve escalated and complicated issues and meet daily/monthly/ quarterly client deliverables. Recommending new procedures and changes to workflows to meet client requirements.

London, Gb

Managed a team of five employees and supervised day-to-day team functions for various small and large hedge fund clients to provide middle and back office supports, such as reconciliations, trade supports, settlements, fail control, and wire processing on products related to bonds, MBS, repos, reverse repos, equities, futures, commodities, options, FX spots, FX forwards, and FX options. Training operations staffs in both NY and India offices. On boarded new clients/funds/conversions. Conducted quarterly client visits in order to improve client service reviews and process improvements. Participated and spoke on client board park meetings, due diligence review by client and client's investors, and audits. Provided system demos / trainings as and when required to the clients.

• Prepared statistical trade reports for upper management.• In charged to gather all trade instructions from clients, verified trade economics, and securities setup on each trade blotter. • Retrieved DTC confirms and processed trades in POPS, Iops, and Boes• Cancelled and corrected as of trades.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

• Performed risk management by monitoring and controlling security breaks in Neutral Control Area.• Performed transaction and position securities reconciliation on a daily basis, such as on buys and sells, corporate actions, stock loans, and payments.• Investigated discrepancies and unmatched positions and transactions and to refer to responsible group for resolution.• Ensured each break is cased and referred• Reduced the number of items leaking through the referral process.• Monitored all correspondence are replied within24 to 48 hours either with an answer or an acknowledgment of when an answer will be available.• Assisted in production of daily, weekly, and monthly MIS reports as required by management.

• Responsible for account administration, cash management, and securities settlement for all custody accounts.• Responsible for the receipt of all customer instructions, the verification of authorized signatures, and the adequacy of the trades received.• Confirmed trade details with brokers and identify turnarounds, pair-offs, and Repos.• Daily account reconciliation to ensure no overdrafts.• Invested in Euro Time Deposit and mutual funds on client’s behalf.• Monitored and processed securities and cash settlements through GSCS, Laser, Fed, DTC, and PTC.• Provided cash management service to customers through Fed / Chips payment systems.• Communicated settlement results to clients.• Checked and provided daily transaction reports to clients.• Undertook any special assignments as directed.