Lina Chaves Email & Phone Number

Chicago

Experienced accountant in a non-profit foundation with accounting management and financial reporting skills.• Record receivables, cash receipts and check preparation for deposit• Analyze and record foundation credit card activity• Perform monthly reconciliation of site payment general ledger accounts• Reconcile the bank accounts in the foundation’s accounting system• Record and reconcile investment activity for investment bank accounts• Process Accounts Payable invoices• Ensure transactions are in accordance with GAAP and internal policies and procedures• Research and reconcile outstanding checks issued

Greater Chicago Area

• Responsible for researching and resolving any client inquiries relating to client fee schedules, agreements, and membership profiles. Compared client statements and reconciliation reports against Exchange advisory bulletins. Resolved client support issues.• Maintained all exchange related product fees and codes necessary for balancing client accounts. Primarily managed data through back office systems.• Collaborated on back-office data issues with several client-facing departments. Maintained close communication with Client Integration, Account Management, Compliance, Clearing Operations, and Client Services teams, working together seamlessly to support clients.• Focused on increasing efficiencies. Developed new and enhanced existing process flows and procedures with the aim of automating. Performed periodic reviews of departmental procedures to assure accuracy. • Experienced in constructing SQL queries. Utilized advanced Excel functions for designing customized reports.• Extensive experience with internal, third party and major futures exchange back office systems.• Led initiatives working closely with outside vendors to learn about new improvements, changes, and updates within their systems. Where beneficial, project managed to apply updates to our environment.

• Coordinated daily and monthly reconciliation of execution and clearing reporting. Worked closely with internal partners and departments to resolve discrepancies in the reports.• Contributing team member on the Calyon/Fimat merger project. Defined requirements and helped implement changes needed for migrating trade and billing data from Calyon’s GMI, to Fimat’s UBIX back office system.• Supervised automated daily uploads to the UBIX back office system. When errors were discovered, led investigation for the root cause issues, applied a resolution, and established preventative measures to mitigate further risk.• Constructed and delivered standardized commission reports to the Sales team.• Contributed to internal and external support related projects.• Ongoing work to improve operational efficiencies by tightening controls, increasing financial efficiency, and improving departmental performance metrics.

Chicago

• • Monthly reconciliation between $1M - $3M of trades on futures & options.• Developed and maintained strong working relationships with Senior Management at other major banks and financial institutions to improve the settlement of transactions between firms.• Processed invoices with attention to detail. Attention is given to volumes/rates and proper documentation.• Resolved discrepancies/exceptions with non-routine situations. Ensured all discrepancies regarding invoices were brought to resolution promptly with the respective counter executing broker.• Reconciled P&L and other accounting issues. Created and distributed Payments Received and Aged Analysis reports. Maintained payment records in the financial accounting system.• Responsible for reconciliation of account receivables and payables from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange system versus Firms system.• Worked on daily and monthly A/R duties, creating and distributing daily reports to the Sales group. Responsible for creating and sending invoices to firms, allocating payments, and updating aged analysis reports.• Contacted customers for past due for payment. Researched discrepancies between payments received and billed invoices to expediting resolution and payment.