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Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania, United States

Head of Fund Administration focused on Policy/Process/Controls. Lead annual due-diligence program of vendors supporting Fund Accounting, Custody, RIC Tax, Securities Pricing, and Fund Administration. Lead and coordinate internal board reporting process specific to Fund Treasury's report to the Fund's Audit Committee. Focused on identifying efficiencies in process and creation of new processes as regulatory changes occur. Assist the various functions within Fund Treasury as needs arise, relating to Accounting, Securities Valuation, Fund Administration, RIC Tax, and Fund Distributions. Mapped Fund Treasury policies, processes, and desktop procedures.Continuously engaged with SMEs across the firm to assist with internal and external reporting of Fund characteristics and KPIs.Driven by a profound desire to ensure proper safekeeping of shareholder assets with a focus on operational excellence.

Brooklyn Park, Mn

Financial Controller of a small, family owned, dairy sales and solutions company in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN area. I was hired to help the firm with accounting/finance/treasury needs as it sought to emerge from financial hardship and significant employee turnover. Immediately established rapport with the existing lender and accounting firm. Quickly identified areas of improvement related to inventory management processes and helped establish the correct responsibilities for each owner-employee to leverage their skills to successfully improve the firm's financial health. Successfully established a new lender relationship that reduced overall credit facility fees by 50% on an annual basis. Successfully engaged a new vendor for merchant services to reduce overall merchant service fees by 15% on an annual basis.

Chesterbrook, Pa

Mutual Fund Board approved Officer of the Funds. Trusted leader and advocate of the Treasury Team, with extensive institutional knowledge and dedicated work ethic. My primary responsibilities included oversight of the Funds' AP and expense accrual processes while also supporting the team if tax, financial reporting, accounting, or pricing help was needed. In addition, ensuring all fund related expenses in shareholder reports and registration statements were correctly presented in an easy to follow manner, consistent with applicable Reg S-X, N-1a, and N-14 regulations. Regularly reported firm and shareholder expense impacts to the CFO and CIO to ensure both were aware of trends and impacts of fee agreement changes. Worked closely with the Finance, Legal, and Investment Advisory Groups to support new fund launches, mergers, liquidations, and fee agreement changes. Completed the Leadership Principles & Profiles program through the Main Line Chamber of Commerce. Awarded an opportunity to participate in an external leadership development program due to my performance and desire to improve my leadership skills.

Chesterbrook, Pa

Assisted with Financial Reporting, Tax, Dividend Distribution, Accounting, and Valuation oversight of our third party administrator as it pertains to 48 retail '40 Act Funds, and 19 variable annuity/life insurance '40 Act Funds. Spilling six months into my prior role, assisted with the conversion of in-house Tax functions and led the conversion of in-house Dividend Distribution functions to our third party administrator. Each day consists of working closely with our third party administrator to ensure Hartford Funds' policies and processes are maintained, filing deadlines are met, and regulatory guidelines are followed. In addition, also responsible for supporting various functions within the company; including Product Research, Marketing, Compliance, Legal, Sales/Distribution, Dealer Services, IT, and Finance. Focused on strengthening partnerships both internally and externally.Assist with and at times lead projects within the group, including Financial Reporting, Prospectus/SAI annual updates, 15c renewal/review, quarterly Board reporting, and shareholder tax reporting (1099 process). In addition, was the lead Fund Treasury resource for a recent shareholder proxy filing.Help mentor and cross-train Fund Treasury team members.Contributing member of an internal Data Stewardship team, providing enterprise knowledge and Fund Treasury support to decipher data from multiple sources for internal research/reporting needs. Act as liaison between Data Stewardship team and Fund Treasury to strengthen our brand.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for ensuring more than 45 mutual funds maintain Regulated Investment Company (RIC) status by meeting Subchapter M requirements; diversification, distribution, and income. Lead distribution calls with our Product/Marketing teams, focusing on income performance and dividend yields of each fund. Calculate per share dividend rates and publicly release to dealers/shareholders.Lead year-end planning process and distribute workload appropriately. Ensure deadlines are aligned with other groups within the organization, and processes are completed on schedule. Point person for many Tax related items including defaulted securities, diversification, distributions, REITs, 1256 contracts, wash sales, passive foreign investment companies (PFICs), qualified dividend income (QDI), dividend received deduction (DRD), and shareholder 1099s. In addition, contributing strong knowledge of Hartford Funds' product line, Sungard Enterprise software, and Microsoft Excel.Enrolled in The Hartford's "Early Leadership Development Program" (ELDP). The ELDP is a two year program designed to hone the skills of the top performing 4% of individual contributors that have demonstrated sound leadership skills and an ownership mentality. Scheduled to graduate from the ELDP on July 31, 2015.

Hartford Funds

Responsibilities included maintaining tax spreadsheets, learning accounting software, developing RIC tax knowledge, identifying process improvements, building vendor relationships, and escalating issues as they arise.

Hartford Funds

Hired for a "Rotational Associate" position supporting all four areas of Hartford Funds' Investment Finance department; Fund Accounting, Tax & Reporting, Fund Support, and Fund Finance. Role was designed to develop a high potential individual that could assist in all groups as needed.