Eric Smith Email & Phone Number

United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Volunteer in support of the mission of Mount Baker Housing Association

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Los Angeles, California

Greater Los Angeles Area

*Leads Data Management and Valuations Teams for an asset management firm with greater than $75BB of assets under management.*Direct management responsibility for 5 analysts across 2 teams.*Direct oversight and indirect management responsibility for an outsourced relationship with a team of 8-10 analysts supporting the data management and valuations functions.*Building and developing correct investment operations procedures and data flows which are SOX and SOC1… Show more *Leads Data Management and Valuations Teams for an asset management firm with greater than $75BB of assets under management.*Direct management responsibility for 5 analysts across 2 teams.*Direct oversight and indirect management responsibility for an outsourced relationship with a team of 8-10 analysts supporting the data management and valuations functions.*Building and developing correct investment operations procedures and data flows which are SOX and SOC1 compliant.*Responsible for set-up, maintenance, and valuations of a broad array of asset types, including: ABS, CMBS, RMBS (Agency and Non-Agency), Investment Grade and High Yield Corporate Bonds, Bank Loans, Commercial Mortgage Loans, Credit Tenant Leases, Residential Mortgages, Private Placements, Cell Tower Bonds, Military Housing Bonds, Swaps (Interest Rate and Currency), and Re-Performing Loans.*Manages cross company functional teams of data management and valuations which work to ensure that data is accurate, timely, and complete.*Lead the Firm's monthly Valuation process and Quarterly Valuation Committee Meetings.*Steering Committee member responsible for the oversight of the outsourcing relationship project and implementation.*Responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of the Firm's Restricted Issuer and Asset process which prevents trading on insider information and protects the firm from litigation arising from such trading.*Developing and Leading the Firm's implementation of Data Governance, defined as: Data Strategy, Data Classification, Data Lineage, Data Management, and Data Governance. Show less

Bethesda, Maryland

*Develops, leads, and executes an enterprise data strategy for the firm consisting of: data procurement, data governance, data quality, data process flows, data reporting, data vendor management, and change management.*Sets direction for the enterprise data strategy and the enterprise data management team based on the firm’s goals and vision and also based on a comprehensive understanding of business units (challenges, needs, and opportunities).*Managing the Sales/Distribution data… Show more *Develops, leads, and executes an enterprise data strategy for the firm consisting of: data procurement, data governance, data quality, data process flows, data reporting, data vendor management, and change management.*Sets direction for the enterprise data strategy and the enterprise data management team based on the firm’s goals and vision and also based on a comprehensive understanding of business units (challenges, needs, and opportunities).*Managing the Sales/Distribution data lifecycle for the firm from end to end (data receipt and validation through data reporting, both senior management and board of directors reporting).*Project management and oversight for a number of tactical projects led by the EDM Team (Stifel data integration, Raymond James data integration, Merrill Lynch data integration, Morgan Stanley data disintegration and reorganization). Role includes project scoping, management, BA, and QA.*Steering committee and data management lead for the firm's largest strategic project: accounting system on-boarding (Advent Geneva). Responsible for the security master, pricing, corporate action, and index data strategies and integration.*Provides senior level leadership and consulting to the application development team and the data warehouse teams.*Instituted data quality checks which led to two large findings within the first four months of employment (Mutual Fund internal data reporting error and correction (>$300MM monthly), Schwab channel reporting error and correction (>$1BB monthly).*Direct responsibility and management of the EDM team as well as the CRM analyst for the Firm. Management responsibilities are complete from hiring through the entire performance management process. Show less

Chicago, Il

Data Governance Manager*Chair of the Data Governance Team. Facilitator for the Data Governance Council. Central point of contact for data issue escalation.*Established a formal Data Governance organization within the firm. Led the project steering committee which created the charter, policies, roles and responsibilities, SharePoint site, and Issues Log. Formed a Data Governance Council, Data Governance Team, and Data Domain teams to continue management of the governance… Show more Data Governance Manager*Chair of the Data Governance Team. Facilitator for the Data Governance Council. Central point of contact for data issue escalation.*Established a formal Data Governance organization within the firm. Led the project steering committee which created the charter, policies, roles and responsibilities, SharePoint site, and Issues Log. Formed a Data Governance Council, Data Governance Team, and Data Domain teams to continue management of the governance process.*Spearheaded governance communication efforts, including: *creating presentations for large groups of managers to socialize the effort and to win support across multiple functional areas. *leading training sessions for domain teams to equip them with the tools to on-board their data domains.*Direct governance management responsibility spanning 10 data domains across the organization (Security, Reference Data, Contact, Vehicles & Strategies, Trading, Performance, Portfolio Accounting, Human Resources, Domestic Research, International Research).Market Data Vendor Manager*Manage market data vendor relationships firm-wide, including: Bloomberg, FactSet, RIMES, NYSE, NASDAQ, TMX, FTSE, S&P, Moody's CUSIP Global Services, London Stock Exchange, and MSCI.*Manage vendor contract process and monitor fees.Master Data Management*Scoped and led the Master Data Management (MDM) project.*Planned and executed the project to implement Eagle Security Reference Manager (SRM) and Pricing Center (PC) as the MDM tools for the firm.*Implemented data validation rules and controls to release cleansed data throughout the firm.Operations and Data Management*Responsible for the day-to-day management of: new security set-up, continued security maintenance, and daily security valuation.*Manages the team responsible for the firm's accounting system.*Direct responsibility of 3 of the firm's 12 control objectives for the SSAE16. Combined responsibility for an additional 3 objectives. Show less

Chicago, Il

•Manages 2 teams (11 analysts) for an asset manager with $180BB in assets under management.•Sat on steering committees for systems implementations of firm’s Investment Accounting System (ePAM), Options Trading System (Sophis), Order Management System (Charles River), and internal Data Warehouse.•Responsible for Valuations, Security Set-Up, Maintenance, and Analytics of over 18,000 securities, across the multiple systems in asset management.•Manages the firm’s Valuation… Show more •Manages 2 teams (11 analysts) for an asset manager with $180BB in assets under management.•Sat on steering committees for systems implementations of firm’s Investment Accounting System (ePAM), Options Trading System (Sophis), Order Management System (Charles River), and internal Data Warehouse.•Responsible for Valuations, Security Set-Up, Maintenance, and Analytics of over 18,000 securities, across the multiple systems in asset management.•Manages the firm’s Valuation process.•Wrote the firm’s Valuation policy and continues oversight of the Valuation policy.•Provided specifications, design, and direction for the technology team in building the firm’s valuation database.•Responsible for all Security Master Files and the reconciliations of those files across the firm’s 5 major systems (portfolio management, investment accounting, options management, order management, and data warehouse)•Responsible for enhanced controls around data management including daily, weekly, and monthly checks to ensure data quality.• Responsible for conducting quarterly cash flow testing for our 3 largest insurance clients to assist with their actuarial forecasts.• Member of the Operations Management team which successfully completed continuation of the firm’s Type II SAS70/ SSAE16. Personally responsible for monitoring, sign-off, or sub-certification for 7 of the firm’s 12 major operational control areas.• Wrote specs and provided design and guidance for the firm’s data quality/data governance process and documents.• Manages the firm’s data vendor relationships for valuations, security master files, and market data feeds.• Product responsibility and knowledge includes: ABS, CMBS, RMBS (Agency and Non-Agency), Investment Grade and High Yield Corporate Bonds, Bank Loans, Commercial Mortgage Loans, Credit Tenant Loans, Reverse Mortgages, Private Placements, Cell Tower Bonds, Military Housing Bonds, Swaps (Interest Rate, Credit Default, and Total Return), Equity. Show less

Chicago, Il

•Monitored and evaluated risk for Principal Investment Real Estate portfolio of over 300 investment grade and below investment grade bonds with a total market value of $793MM and total notional of $4.5BB.•Facilitated project plans between business and technology teams to advance full integration of trading products onto Investment Bank’s infrastructure.•Validated and reported monthly profit and loss on entire principal investment real estate portfolio for investment bank management… Show more •Monitored and evaluated risk for Principal Investment Real Estate portfolio of over 300 investment grade and below investment grade bonds with a total market value of $793MM and total notional of $4.5BB.•Facilitated project plans between business and technology teams to advance full integration of trading products onto Investment Bank’s infrastructure.•Validated and reported monthly profit and loss on entire principal investment real estate portfolio for investment bank management team.•Completed daily position and risk reconciliations along with trade support, including trade confirmation, trade entry, and trade validation in risk management system Show less

Chicago, Il

• Operates as Co-Administrator for the Corporation’s client profitability system, which supports all business units.• Analyzes business unit products and services and fees charged for cost effectiveness and recommends changes based on profitability and the competitive environment.• Maintains and updates the business unit pricing model used by the sales team as a key determinant for new business prospects and client rebids.

Chicago, Il

Fee Technician (Sr. Fee Analyst) 01/2004-04/2005•First Technician to solely support the entire Large Corporate ERISA client base. Client base included 175 clients with annualized fee revenue greater than $86MM.Fee Analyst 10/2002-12/2003•Supported Foundations and Endowments and Insurance client bases. Foundations and Endowments client base included 192 clients with annualized fee revenue greater than $32MM and Insurance client base included… Show more Fee Technician (Sr. Fee Analyst) 01/2004-04/2005•First Technician to solely support the entire Large Corporate ERISA client base. Client base included 175 clients with annualized fee revenue greater than $86MM.Fee Analyst 10/2002-12/2003•Supported Foundations and Endowments and Insurance client bases. Foundations and Endowments client base included 192 clients with annualized fee revenue greater than $32MM and Insurance client base included 94 clients with annualized fee revenue greater than $9MM. Show less

Ba, Economics

Economics major with a minor in Psychology.

Certificate Of Completion, Data Analytics

10 week intensive focusing on data analysis and analytics. Tools used were advanced Microsoft Excel, PostgreSQL, and Tableau. 2 data.