Keith Kemp Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

New York, New York

Oversaw the growth of operations in a manual environment from 4 to 15 international equity funds over a six month period with assets increasing from USD 1.5 billion to 4.2 billion. Responsible for fund accounting and administration oversight, middle office operations and FX/cash management for open and closed end mutual funds and hedge funds. Instruments types: equities, repo's, fx spots and forwards, total return and interest rate swaps and leverage.Developed, documented, and implemented controls, processes and procedures for all funds operational activities.Provided strategic direction, documentation and implementation management on Business Process Re-engineering for the systems implementation of SIMCORP Dimension.Developed detail business specifications for the SIMCORP Dimension portfolio accounting systemCreated structure and operational efficiencies that led to better internal, SEC and fund audits. Reduced audit fees by 25%.Transformed New York operations from back office to middle office functions.Planned and assisted moving back office functions to Sydney, Australia.Oversaw the implementation of FASB 157 and FIN 48.Assisted in RFP and selection process on fund accounting, transfer agent, custodian for an existing mutual fund and a new hedge fund.

Provided consulting services to both investment advisors and venture capital firms. Project manager for client on implementing an ASP trading system.Assisting client with SEC Rule 38a-1 policy and procedures manual.Advised client in setting up a new business in the hedge fund sector.Developed and implemented plan for selecting a fund administrator.Performed due diligence by preparing an RFP and making site visits.

Managed shareholder servicing, performance reporting, portfolio relationship management, cash management and credit operations for a managed account structure with nine major hedge fund investment strategies: Equity Long/Short, Equity Neutral, Macro, Managed Futures, Fixed Income Arbitrage, Distressed, Special Situations, Convertible Arbitrage and Merger Arbitrage, and assets in excess of 1.5 billion.Interacted with 60 plus portfolio managers and over 15 counter parties.Liaise with fund administrator (daily reconciliation, technology, accounting; treasury, etc).Perform operational screening on potential new portfolio managers.

Responsible for the accuracy and completeness on the valuations of the Net Asset Value for eight alternative funds, all shareholder transactions and statements with assets in excess of 500 million. Implemented corporate and fund expense budgets, sales reporting, fund revenue and broker commissions by product, region, distributor and sales person. Oversaw fund accounting and transfer agent operations in Chicago, fund administration in New York and multiple third party fund administrators. Developed, documented and implemented controls, processes and procedures for all funds investment and operational activities for a newly created alternative investment division.

Oversaw fund accounting, fund administration and transfer agency for 24 fund sponsors of 50 mutual funds with $3 billion in assets. Managed 70 professional.Organized and supervised operational turnaround of company by relocating fund accounting from Colorado to New York and transfer agency operations from New York to Nebraska.Reengineered fund accounting, fund administration and transfer agent operations to be more efficient while implementing higher quality service standards.Implemented new fund accounting, performance and transfer agency systems totaling 3 million dollars.

Responsible for onshore and offshore fund operations (fund administrators, systems, settlements, procedures, and personnel).Planned and implemented four mutual fund acquisitions.Supervised implementation of ten new fund launches in coordination with legal, marketing, investment management and external service providers.Planned and supervised the implementation of individual projects within the operations initiative (systems, conversions, security lending, new products, etc.).

Assisted fund accounting and fund administration divisions on various projects or sales opportunities.Assisted in the RFP process and conversion of the largest fund family conversion in the industry.Consulted on reengineering policies and procedures, financial statement process and treasury functions.Implemented a new tax accounting system and a financial reporting system.Coordinated fee proposal and profit analysis for potential new business line on a $4.2 billion complex venture capital fund.

Fund Administration Supervised all aspects of financial reporting and performance reporting for 90 mutual funds with assets exceeding $30 billion.