Changhao (Leo) Lu, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Post-trade lifecycle management for OTC derivatives on a wide range of underlying asset classes
• OTC Products: Cover OTC products, including swaps (TRS on Equity/Commodity/Fixed Income/Index+IRS/CDS), forwards(FX/Fixed Income), and options(Equity/Fixed Income/FX).
• Clearing: Perform trade verification and the margining process.
• Settlement: Calculate settlement amounts and reconcile transactions with counterparties for the TRS desk.
• Operational Risk Control: Identify high-risk areas, implement controls to mitigate risks, and investigate any process breaks.
• Automation: Develop VBA code to streamline and replace repetitive processes.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Accounting for Hedge Funds and FOF(PE); provide NAVs & financial statements within tight deadlines
• Completed fund restructure and constructed sophisticated framework of accounting model for new class
• Wrote 10+ VBA programs for teamwide use; debug VBA codes and improve existing Excel formulas
• Experienced in accounting and valuing for complex OTC derivatives, e.g. Exotic options, swaps
• Identified opportunities for operational efficiency improvement and wrote Excel Macros accordingly
• Extensive experience in communicating with client, analyzing and outlining client’s demands, discussing and coordinating with various teams to finish ad-hoc projects, explaining complex ideas/conceptual knowledge to.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Review junior’s work to ensure flawless NAV delivery; train new teammates and help when needed
• Analyze mismatches and figure out solutions; answer clients' and auditors' inquiries

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Provide investors with accurate daily NAV, iNAV, income/expense allocation within tight deadlines
• Accounting for a variety of funds, covering equity, fixed income, derivatives, alternatives(REIT/Crypto)
• Pricing fund holdings on daily basis, including unlisted securities which require high-tough approach
• Analyze dividend taxation & entitlement and reconcile capital stock, cash, and portfolio
• Accounting for M&A, spin-off, right offering, bond redemption and many other corporate actions
• Prepare trial balance for distribution and inter-funds mergers

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Tax filing, tax planning, and tax advisory- won 2 of 3 National Top Performer awards and an A score in the final employee evaluation- Market our add-on products to create additional value to each service that we provide - Make cold calls/follow up calls to clients and build up long-term relationships with them

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Built up a relationship between the company and the local post-secondary student community- Designed and implemented business expansion towards KPU students- Led a volunteer group of 15- Hands-on experiences with bookkeeping, accounts management and tax filing