Joseph Anain Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Generate daily P&L reports for the rates trading desk, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery to traders and senior management
• Ensure precise valuation of complex financial products including Agency TBA's, Agency Passthrough/Pools, MBS, Bonds, Bond Futures & Options, Cap Floors, CDS Index, Commodity Futures & Options, CFD's (Contract For.
• Identify and resolve P&L discrepancies by verifying trades, positions, and market data
• Collaborate effectively with front office and operations teams to confirm trade details and rectify booking errors or misallocations
• Adjust and update P&L calculations to reflect corrections, ensuring consistent and precise financial reporting downstream
• Serve as the primary contact for front office inquiries related to P&L variances, trade bookings, and market fluctuations

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Perform price calculation and independent price verification (IPV) testing, investigate trade breaks, calculate fair value adjustments, and provide fair value leveling
• Assemble and distribute month-end IPV reports, and provide commentary and supporting analysis for material impacts and adjustments
• Create and present global business valuation control reports to summarize and communicate IPV results to senior management of front office, product control, risk management, and valuations
• Implement controls and revisions to current IPV processes to ensure accuracy and improve the quality of price testing results
• Perform level 3 roll-forward analysis and unobservable input analysis in accordance with the fair value reporting control framework
• Frequently interface with front office and act as the first point of escalation with regards to any discrepancies and breaches

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Researched and validated entity data using appropriate internal and external data sources. Entity data includes nature of business, legal, credit, tax, and KYC requirements, legal name and address verification, etc.
• Populated account opening, market opening, and tax documentation. Ensured all documents were collected, verified, and stored, and provided status back to the client
• Partnered with Accounts Control team to ensure KYC, AML, and other regulatory reviews on all clients were performed

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Using excel, created a comprehensive model of 55 select securities used for allocating clients’ funds into the financial market based on their risk assessment
• Performed due diligence, fundamental & technical analysis, utilized excel models, Morningstar, and Bloomberg terminals, along with several other valuation metrics to evaluate potential and current holdings
• Gained direct experience in financial planning and asset management, with a focus on retirement planning and life insurance

Geneseo, New York

• Analyst of the fund’s energy sector; made recommendations to invest and divest
• Developed detailed PowerPoint presentations on specific companies based on thorough research
• Presented the research in the form of a stock pitch to the president and members of the club
• Quantified data to perform financial analysis on various securities
• Calculated EBITDA margin, free cash flow, capital expenditure as % of revenue, and dividends as % of free cash flow of stock
• Championed research in alternative energy, which resulted in new purchases that generated a 6% excess return in 1H 2015

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Reviewed and analyzed client asset allocation models developed by Merrill Lynch Chief Investment Office
• Analyzed securities including mutual funds for possible inclusion in group’s portfolio models
• Supported administrative staff in wide range of activities including phone coverage, filing, document production, and client requisition
• Assisted team in preparation of documents and research for client reviews

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Conducted Search Engine Optimization (SEO) research and analysis
• Transformed data files using Microsoft Excel into meaningful and presentable charts and tables in completion of the SERP research experiment
• Used different forms of marketing software including but not limited to Google+ and MyBusiness, Ad Preview, Conductor, and Moz Local

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Student Managed Investment Fund, APICS Club