Jennifer Avery, Cipm Email & Phone Number

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Manager of Cash Operations team responsible for cash publishing, cash forecasting, and reconciliation and research of payment discrepancies for $100 billion of AUM invested in fixed income, equity and alternative markets. Support investment portfolio management strategies by driving technical and procedural enhancements collaborating with IT and PMO.

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Analyzed business requirements by validating logic, feasibility and testing assumptions, and make them actionable for development for performance measurement implementation. Provided functional guidance to the client through the successful development and integration of new systems. Provided research and insight relating to operations processing.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Manage projects across the organization, including but not limited to, new product development, process redesign, control improvement, and system implementation and development. Provide support and oversight to leaders of all projects in the organization.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Provide performance and risk analysis data. Interpret data and build models for portfolio management, clients and management. Oversee technology initiatives, systems conversions and continuous business analysis.
• Partnered with investment team to design the portfolio and risk review process and materials
• Led cross functional, client reporting automation project addressing shortcomings with custody, ABOR and IBOR reporting capabilities and data consistency. Reduced processing times by 75%
• Initiated centralization of return history and automation of composite returns and GIPS reports in StatPro
• Directed portfolio management report suite automation with IT in Power BI
• Drove transition of trade order management system

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Coordinate resource management to meet changes in processing volume, investment strategies, investment guidelines and client reporting deadlines maintaining operational performance. Earned the CIPM designation.
• Successfully completed the securities products annual GIPS verification process
• Improved performance data distribution and communication
• Administer quality controls and performance data reviews prior to external delivery
• Oversee global equity client reporting, attribution, and performance requests for US, European and Asian clients
• Designed data visualizations and analytics of top down analysis of product performance and contributing factors

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Manager key relationships with third-party providers directing overall system of policies, procedures, and practices minimizing likelihood of and enabling timely detection of errors while minimizing the adverse impact.
• Proactively identified upstream issues that affect performance, attribution, positions and trade compliance results and worked closely with other teams and vendors to resolve these issues in a timely manner
• Partnered with risk and compliance stakeholders implementing regulatory and compliance initiatives
• Led implementation of global real estate securities strategy
• Researched and guided selection of custodian, OMS, operations and accounting providers
• Partnered with advisor and business development on expansion of strategy to a mutual fund

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Management and leadership of the team on a day-to-day basis through given systems and procedures. Coordinate and execute related operational risk controls and procedures to ensure that policies are fulfilled.
• Organized training, management and resource allocation to meet deliverables
• Ensured tax reclaim fund receipt teaming with clients, tax agencies and custodians and sub custodians
• Department lead for large scale initiatives including fund integration and large custody conversion
• Oversaw Omgeo CTM implementation for international trades. Supported doubling of accounts onto platform and facilitation of 10 new investment countries.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Oversaw U.S. and International teams’ compliance with firm, audit and regulatory policies and guidelines.
• Reduced trade processing time by 80% testing and implementing proprietary trade OMS
• Error correction loss/gain analysis and processing
• Work closely with Operations manager during Internal and external audits related to SAS70 and SEC
• Developed and documented standardized procedures across six positions
• Provide backup coverage to other functions within unit

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Processed international equity and foreign exchange transactions maintaining global market settlement instructions and market practice expertise. Calculated trade amounts and generated currency trade tickets.
• Improved settlement rates through the timely identification of fail reasons. Followed through with brokers and custodians with a focus on long term corrections.
• Achieved zero failed trade rate for securities involved in a corporate action
• Accessed daily international pricing via Reuters and provided for upload to PORITA
• Daily confirmation futures positions and variation margins and requesting collateral requests

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance