Eloise Smit Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Driven by a genuine desire to help others has led me to become a Financial Adviser with JMI Wealth. I gained my National Certificate in Financial Service (Financial Advice) six years ago and also have a Bachelor of Science. I was introduced to the Finance industry almost ten years ago during my role in Institutional Equities Settlements at Goldman Sachs.

Auckland

• Effectively support a team of Advisers
• Accurately action client transactions and trades; including portfolio rebalances
• Assist Advisers in successfully managing all aspects of client relationships
• Maintain excellent record keeping in Salesforce relating to client information and communication and actioned transactions
• Compile and review client Investment Reviews and Proposals
• Maintain current AML and Compliance knowledge through ongoing training

Auckland, New Zealand

• Efficiently reconciled stock, cash and portfolio positions between IRESS, Custodians and Registries
• Successfully identified, reported and escalated discrepancies in a timely manner
• Accurately matched and allocated trades with brokers for underlying Funds
• Ensured settlement instructions were in place with Custodians to meet settlement deadlines
• Prepared, validated, and distributed monthly Fund reports to clients

Auckland, New Zealand

• Effectively supported a team of Advisers
• Liaised with the Cash, Stock Transfers, Settlements, Compliance and Client Records teams in order to successfully complete client and Adviser requests in a timely manner
• Co-ordinated with the administration of on-boarding new clients, Estate wind-ups and transferring holdings
• Worked closely with the Intermediary Advisers and New Initiatives Managers
• Accurately took and placed client and Intermediary trade and FX orders
• Maintained current AML and Compliance knowledge through ongoing training

Auckland, New Zealand

• Effectively supported a team of Advisers
• Successfully onboarded new clients and ensured that AML requirements were met
• Effectively processed daily banking by monitoring upcoming transactions and consistently completing reconciliations of all Trust accounts
• Maintained and updated Forte (firm’s internal reporting system) to ensure the accuracy of client reports
• Accurately entered trades and FX transactions on the Consilium platform
• Successfully liaised with multiple managed Funds regarding applications, withdrawals and any adhoc requests

Auckland, New Zealand

• Successfully transitioned to the Operations Division from the Services Division which required learning new product areas, operating systems, regulations and complex internal and external procedures.Effortlessly.
• Settled Institutional trades via NZClear by prioritizing trades and negotiating with Custodians regarding the netting of trades and timing of stock deliveries
• Settled BaNCS market deliveries for NZ equities and fixed interest assets within the daily deadlines to prevent trade fail fees
• Pre-matched trades with multiple external third party Custodians prior to settlement and investigated and corrected any discrepancies by liaising between the GS NZX traders, overseas allocation teams and the external.
• Accurately calculate the next day funding and collateral requirements by evaluating all expected settlements, stock borrows and cash obligationsForex, Arbitrage Settlements and Trade Allocations
• Entered trade allocations in NOVA based on client specifications and confirmed trades via IRESS and Omgeo with the correct external third party Custodians

Auckland, New Zealand

• Effectively managed catering/pantry staff members while providing on-site inductions, monthly training sessions and performance reviews
• Assisted in the hiring of new staff; including interviewing, reference checking and training
• Managed all administration aspects of the day to day running of a 50+ person office
• Co-ordinated with Executive Assistants from other divisions regarding all client/staff requirements
• Liaised with all office related vendors regarding services provided, invoices and any contract amendments/renewals
• Successfully assisted the Executive Assistants to plan, budget and execute onsite and off-site client functions

London, United Kingdom

• Successfully provided Reception cover by greeting all guests and clients on arrival and monitoring all incoming phone calls (up to 25 lines) for all employees; including the Head of the Tax Department
• Efficiently booked and managed meeting rooms, ordered stationery and managed all mail, filing and archiving requirements
• Provided administrative assistance to all employees (including the Head of the Tax Department) by managing their Outlook calendars, booking meetings, organizing conference calls, managing business expenses and.
• Liaised with HMRC regarding certificates of residence and with GS Accounting Services regarding payment of invoices
• Efficiently created ad-hoc presentations and reports on request
• Entrusted to hand deliver highly confidential documents to clients

• Efficiently managed staff and delegated duties throughout the day in order to adjust to the volume of customers in the store at a given time
• Assisted in the hiring of new staff; including interviewing, reference checking, staff inductions and on-going training
• Effectively learnt a new internal operating and security system in order to complete daily transactions
• Accurately completed daily cash and Eftpos transactions and quarterly stock takes
• Entrusted to complete banking duties and the opening and closing of the business
• Successfully assisted customers by providing suggestions based on their specifications and my extensive product knowledge

Bachelor’S Degree, Zoology & Animal Science

National Certificate In Financial Service (Financial Advice) Level 5, Financial Planning And Services, Completed