Karl Howard Garrett Email & Phone Number

• Work in Trade Support that encompasses Bank Loans, Corporate Actions, Futures, and Equities, for an asset management that has 600+ billion euros under management. My primary responsibility is to manage all aspects of.
• Responsible for creating the “closing document package” from start to finish coordinating across various business groups. The role entails working closely with Portfolio Management, Legal, Compliance, and Treasury.
• Review Transfer Certificates, Assignment Agreements, Trade Confirmations for discrepancies and work with counterparties (internal and external) to resolve any issues.
• Responsible for the “Separation Project,” one portfolio was splitting into two. This involved 150+ trades which consisted of heavy interaction with portfolio management, agent banks, legal, and compliance to resolve.
• Assist with year-end audit by ensuring WSOWeb, Geneva and latest agent bank notice all match. Research any discrepancies and provide a valid explanation to the external auditor.
• Review position and cash discrepancies with agent banks and WSO.

Kansas City, MO, US

• Prepared federal and state tax returns with H&R Block’s proprietary tax software.
• Determined Filing Status, Personal Exemptions, Income (Wages, Interest, Dividends), Capital Gain or Loss, Retirement Income, Schedule K-1’s, Rental, Unemployment Compensation, Social Security Income, Credits for Child.

Hewlett Harbor, NY, US

Provided a superior golfing experience for members, members’ guest, and non-members at a premier private country club. This included cleaning the golf clubs and golf carts, ensuring the driving range, pitching area, and putting green were fully functional, setting up and assisting in the running the golf outings and members’ tournaments and performed tasks.

Edison, New Jersey, US

• Assisted on a project that facilitated the closure of UBS Private Bank and the subsequent transfer of assets (equity, fixed income, loans, ETF’s, hedge funds, and mutual funds) to UBS Global Wealth Management or to an.
• Booked fixed rate contracts for Bank USA in Loan Servicing Platform.
• Performed client search in Compliance Structured Intelligence Management database for PPL loans.
• Reviewed and uploaded correspondence to the client’s brokerage account.
• Added and removed special loan indicators as requested by the branch.Private Bank Operations Intl. Custody Ops – Asset Transfer (Oct. 2020- Feb. 2021)
• Responsible for the daily reconciliation between two custody databases (Global Plus & BBH).

Washington, DC, US

Worked in the field visiting households that have not responded to the 2020 Census, spoke with residents, neighbors, and proxies to collect 2020 census data. In addition, worked on a special project to gather data for those folks that were homeless.

• Produced a Fund of Hedge Funds custody holdings report for the client, leverage provider and nav calculating agent. Responsible for client onboarding; trade confirmation; settlement of cash receivables; trade bookings.
• Reduced the time to confirm transactions by 75% by reengineering the work flow allowing for a more accurate custody report to be generated.
• Researched client complaints, offered a detailed explanation and process enhancements to management leading to a reduction of errors by 30%.
• Trained new hires and interns as well as provided on-going feedback to management.
• Assisted in the training with Chennai (India) in order to facilitate the partial outsourcing of custody reporting.
• Identified and escalated items of risk to management as well as recommended ways to mitigate potential losses.

Paris, FR

• Managed staff (ten) within Alternative Investments Trade Operations (Fund of Hedge Funds) with over $50 billion in assets. Responsibilities included managing trade bookings; trade confirmations; settlement of cash.
• Guaranteed accurate and timely execution of 600+ client trade orders each month.
• Developed a “Data Sheet” & “Client Questionnaire” which led to a 20% decrease in execution errors.
• Reduced unconfirmed trades by 75% (3,000+) with weekly meetings and reporting matrix.
• Won Global Innovation Award for designing a FoHF custody platform in the United States.
• Implemented a collection procedure, which reduced open receivables by 95%.

• Administered the day to day investor relations requirements for a series of hedge fund portfolios which included managing the subscription and redemption process; cash reconcilation; mailing of investor correspondence.
• Completed on average 60+ transactions monthly for underlying investments in Fund of Hedge Funds.
• Processed 100+ wires monthly via JP MorganChase Access with strict adherence to AML / BSA policies.
• Reviewed documentation to ensure KYC, as defined by the USA Patriot Act, was being satisfied prior to investing.
• Compiled data to accurately report SEC headcount, Blue Sky and ERISA reporting requirements.

• Managed staff (seven) in Delaware and Dublin (Ireland) which was responsible for the investor servicing functions for approximately 40 Domestic and International hedge funds (’40 Act and Unregistered). Included the.
• Established mailing procedures for external print vendors which reduced the mailing time by 25%.
• Coordinated the mailing of over 10,000 K-1’s, 1099’s, tender material and audited financial statements yearly.

• Responsible for updating the account database for new and existing retail and institutional brokerage accounts for sales and trading. This included gathering all the required AML / KYC documentation, account opening.
• Reduced the number of non compliant accounts by 65% (750 accounts) by generating weekly MIS reports to Management and holding biweekly meetings to review each outstanding issue with the staff.
• Organized and trained staff on account opening procedures for AML / KYC which reduced non compliant accounts by 40%.