- US Intermediaries - Broker/Dealer- Area of focus: National accounts - home office research coverage- Objectives: Grow placement of T. Rowe Price strategies and respective vehicles to recommended lists at broker/dealers. Secure existing strategies on recommended lists.- Value Add: Engage with gatekeepers to strengthen awareness of T. Rowe Price funds sharing strategy specific white papers, webinars, and opportunities to connect to ensure we are delivering solutions that… Show more - US Intermediaries - Broker/Dealer- Area of focus: National accounts - home office research coverage- Objectives: Grow placement of T. Rowe Price strategies and respective vehicles to recommended lists at broker/dealers. Secure existing strategies on recommended lists.- Value Add: Engage with gatekeepers to strengthen awareness of T. Rowe Price funds sharing strategy specific white papers, webinars, and opportunities to connect to ensure we are delivering solutions that meet the needs of our clients. Capitalize on these engagements by following up on items that resonate and fit the objectives of our gatekeepers. Show less

•Specialized as the primary Middle Office analyst and relationship contact for the Hong Kong office by supporting all of their trade and cash needs as well as frequently updated that team on business enhancements via off-hours conference calls and detailed emails. •Demonstrated self-initiative by independently taking the lead of building out the role of new account/broker specialist and developed a standard operating checklist to ensure completeness through the setup process.•Applied… Show more •Specialized as the primary Middle Office analyst and relationship contact for the Hong Kong office by supporting all of their trade and cash needs as well as frequently updated that team on business enhancements via off-hours conference calls and detailed emails. •Demonstrated self-initiative by independently taking the lead of building out the role of new account/broker specialist and developed a standard operating checklist to ensure completeness through the setup process.•Applied pedagogy methods through the delivery of engaging presentations to various sized groups on insights from a conference attended to business related books.•Independently coordinated swift resolutions on matters between multiple parties to avoid negative impact on day-to-day operations.•Continuously developed clear and articulate step-by-step training manuals for key functions within the Middle Office for colleagues to utilize.•Utilized exceptional relationship management and engaging personality as point of contacts with our trustees, brokers-dealers, system vendors to address important issues, deliver fast results, and garner the respect among all parties involved. •Applied insights and exceptional ability to distill large amounts of information and communicate efficiently to relevant partners in various global locations.•Worked as a team player on major department projects such as the implementation of the Bloomberg AIM and Imagine systems the Middle Office duties.•Independently assumed the role and responsibility of primary analyst for all audit support requests and communications from Middle Office.•Routinely tapped as the go-to person for ad-hoc projects or requests from various managing directors.•Served on interview teams when filling multiple roles within the Middle Office team as well as during due diligence meetings with external system vendors under consideration to implement into our business operations. Show less

•Served as the lead analyst for the Specialty Group’s swap activities by verifying initializations, corporate actions on underlying positions, daily returns, resets, and payments are accurate to internal controls. •Independently performed daily review of all fund activity through an off-line calculation of the NAV before submitting the prices for all internal funds into Invest One system.•Recorded, reconciled, and settled trades such as reverse repos, bank loans, delayed draws, and… Show more •Served as the lead analyst for the Specialty Group’s swap activities by verifying initializations, corporate actions on underlying positions, daily returns, resets, and payments are accurate to internal controls. •Independently performed daily review of all fund activity through an off-line calculation of the NAV before submitting the prices for all internal funds into Invest One system.•Recorded, reconciled, and settled trades such as reverse repos, bank loans, delayed draws, and revolvers for various trading desks within Guggenheim.•Created ground-up reports distributed to management and portfolio managers across Guggenheim that demonstrated accurate trade processing, cash forecasting, and security data recording.•Communicated concise updates with high-level stakeholders from the Santa Monica office on a frequent basis that provided answers to their ongoing activities.•Maintained surveillance on all income and cash activity that occurred in our funds to identify unexpected payments, validate accruals, and remove invalid postings.•Conducted end-of-day reconciliation that covered call options and ETF positions meet our valuation accepted pricing methods.•Tapped into my education background as I prepared and delivered presentations to multiple teams covering industry best practices gained from seminars attended. •Authored over a dozen robust training manuals with detailed instructions that included process as well as purpose explained.•Reviewed and signed-off on work by Middle Office members that they submitted to SharePoint. Show less

I was an associate within the Capital Markets Operations department. We supported all aspects of front office trading, included, but not limited to trade processing, account settlement, and project management, and system enhancement testing.More details:• Reviewed key trade details with counterparties that pertain to discount notes, medium term notes, and various derivative products.• Communicated with customers and internal stakeholders on a daily basis to resolve issues… Show more I was an associate within the Capital Markets Operations department. We supported all aspects of front office trading, included, but not limited to trade processing, account settlement, and project management, and system enhancement testing.More details:• Reviewed key trade details with counterparties that pertain to discount notes, medium term notes, and various derivative products.• Communicated with customers and internal stakeholders on a daily basis to resolve issues, provide status reports, and facilitatecompletion of production items.• Handled issuance of mortgage backed securities, settlement of pools, and structured trade activity.• Monitored and validated the disbursement of funds for round robin, pair off, and original issue wires to respective counterparties.• Participated as a tester in a user role capacity for Capital Markets Futures trading in a UAT environment to execute test scripts, monitoractivities for system enhancements, and conduct shakeout simulations to identify problems.• Resolved independently time sensitive issues, while keeping customers and internal stakeholders informed at all times.• Provided coverage to my teammates for responsibilities and assist others in cross-training of processes and resolution methods.• Presented analysis and explanation for the production activity handled by the Middle Office Liabilities team at monthly businessperformance meetings to management and related business units. Show less

I was a member in the operations department at Smith Breeden. The primary focus of my job duties was handling all aspects of derivatives trading operations.More details:• Managed all aspects of derivative trade support by monitoring and reviewing holdings, which include ABS single name credit defaultswaps (CDS), ABX, corporate single name CDS, CDX, total return swaps, interest rate swaps, and foreign currency based swaps.• Oversaw the entire swap process between brokers,… Show more I was a member in the operations department at Smith Breeden. The primary focus of my job duties was handling all aspects of derivatives trading operations.More details:• Managed all aspects of derivative trade support by monitoring and reviewing holdings, which include ABS single name credit defaultswaps (CDS), ABX, corporate single name CDS, CDX, total return swaps, interest rate swaps, and foreign currency based swaps.• Oversaw the entire swap process between brokers, traders, and custodians, which varies up to 30 swap trades per day and between 150and 300 payments per month for derivatives reconciliation.• Served as the primary backup for cash bond processing that include security setup, broker affirmation, and trading reconciliation oncommercial paper, mortgage backed, corporate, treasury, Government pools, and TBA’s trades.• Developed workshop style presentations on firm traded derivatives for other teams within the operations department.• Acted as the primary backup for our confirmations process by working with brokers to obtain executed paper and electronicconfirmations on all traded swaps. Show less

• Implemented DTC Trade Suite into the Operations Department to increase efficiency of the trade settlement process and served asproject leader for the affirmation system.• Handled all facets of trade support including trade entry and settlement for cash bonds, interest rate swaps, corporate single name CDS,and total return swaps.• Monitored security performance via trustee remittance reports to verify dealer research on asset backed and mortgage backed securities.•… Show more • Implemented DTC Trade Suite into the Operations Department to increase efficiency of the trade settlement process and served asproject leader for the affirmation system.• Handled all facets of trade support including trade entry and settlement for cash bonds, interest rate swaps, corporate single name CDS,and total return swaps.• Monitored security performance via trustee remittance reports to verify dealer research on asset backed and mortgage backed securities.• Communicated trade details and resolved settlement discrepancies with relevant counterparties.• Reconciled portfolio accounting statements to custodian and trustee bank statements.• Administered collateral movements, monitored swap daily mark-to-market reports, and executed wire requests. Show less

• Conducted account maintenance, cost basis updates, and fee schedule setup/changes.• Administered account terminations, system maintenance, prorate fee refunds, and objective changes.• Managed quarterly client reporting, communicated with Financial Advisors daily, and led department specialized projects.