Maria Sheikh Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Determining fund pricing in compliance with client’s Service Level Agreement (SLA) or fair valuation.
• Review and reconcile tax adjustments and corporate actions.
• Prepare audit packages for internal and external auditors, liaison with the internal auditor for resolving audit findings.
• Assist senior management in finalizing reporting requirements including monthly attestation file, manual price list, and distribution summary report.
• Delegating and leading a team of 6 professionals for daily and monthly activities including distributions.
• Onboarding complex investment structures and developing and roll-out procedures to meet SLAs.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Proficiency in preparing and processing complex fund structures and trading instruments to calculate NAV per share on a daily basis with limited supervision
• Independently execute key centralized processes for the entire fund family, such as trades processing, multi-currencies capstock posting, expense calculation and end of day pricing cycle
• Provide assistance to Assistant Manager in reviewing pre-NAV packages and final fund price packages submitted by Fund Accountants
• Work closely with Assistant Manager to identify and resolve fund accounting related issues
• Verify and review accounting postings completed by Fund Accountants and reconcile against Custodians/Brokers for accuracy and reasonability
• Assist in reviewing cash and portfolio reconciliations between accounting and custodian records; provide first level review in reconciliation packages submitted by Fund Accountants

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Prepares timely and accurate reports for complex high yield ETF, TLB and mutual funds showing yields, net asset values and distributions.
• Reconciles various accounts with data from custodian, transfer agents, and clients’ reports.
• Identifies and resolves and/or escalates issues or irregularities with accounting records or fund activities keeping minimal fund level impact
• Prepares and reviews fund reconciliations to be sent to clients for conversion purposes.
• Participates in preparing and verifying reports for monthly and yearly income distributions.
• Analyzes market activities and pricing methodology affecting movement of the net asset value, while constructing solutions to unusual transactions through research and prompt settlement

Toronto, Canada Area

• Investigated past due accounts, attempted to locate and contact missing clients and subsequently closed $10million in bad debt accounts.
• Reviewed final disposition packages received from Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) to verify all documents were appropriately scanned into employer accounts.
• Assisted in initial planning phase of upcoming Fall recruitment including identification of missing assets, available workstations and preparation of materials for distribution to new hires.
• Vigilant data review for processing account access forms and reconciliation of documentation on file to ensure only appropriate and authorized parties have access to account information.
• Assisted in preliminary review of year to date expenditures across multiple departments to identify trends in spending and compiled recommendations regarding reallocation of funds for the 2020 fiscal year to ensure.
• Spearheaded initiative to boost employee morale and encourage healthier team dynamics.

Mississauga, ON

• Prepared timely and accurate reports showing yields, net asset values and distributions.
• Reconciled various accounts with data from other sources and corrected variances.
• Identified issues or irregularities with accounting records or fund activities.
• Prepared and reviewed fund on fund trade sheets as well as trade sheet summaries to be sent to clients.
• Managed the preparation of financial statements for up to nine fund accounts daily

Mississauga, ON

• Worked on document management systems to file, catalogue and index items as per system requirements.
• Worked in a lead role in system conversion team transitioning from legacy system to a new system.
• Worked actively with families to educate them on availability and benefits of programs available. Coordinated schedules to get them on-boarded in the system.
• Promoted various educational workshops and quality initiatives among teachers, educators and other stakeholders to identify key benefits of each workshop and harness enthusiasm into increased attendance at these events.
• Compiled and edited the 2017 Professional Education Booklet listing all available workshops and events. Completed within tight timelines and on budget.