Mason Knowles Email & Phone Number

Canada

• Supported diverse range of Public and Private market strategies through playing a critical role in BCI’s Bloomberg AIM implementation and providing extensive portfolio management, trade execution, and trade settlement support• Implemented process improvements relating to Bloomberg AIM, Bloomberg FXGO, SimCorp Dimension, DTCC CTM, and other financial middleware • Designed and implemented automated solutions relating to trade flow and trade confirmations• Expertise in equity, fixed income, FX, futures, and repo trading workflows

• Played a key role in the implementation of a new order management system, Bloomberg AIM, by assisting numerous project workstreams to configure the system, analyze business requirements, build compliance rules, and design solutions for workflows and integrations with SimCorp Dimension (SCD) and other middleware• Lead internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement automated workflows for FX transmission to custodian banks, generating operational efficiencies and significantly reducing operational and settlement risk• Designed, conducted, and reviewed User Acceptance Testing sessions relating to fixed income, equity, FX, futures, and repo trading throughout BCI’s Bloomberg AIM implementation• Provided system support to all AIM users for issues relating to order generation, trade execution, trade matching and settlement, and compliance• Developed and implemented trade history reports used by AIM users or third-party systems to automate reconciliation workflows or analyze trade data• Provided technical troubleshooting for trade flow between Bloomberg AIM, third-party systems, and BCI’s custodian bank

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Analyzed, recommended and developed efficiencies in existing processes, such as leveraging Excel VBA to download trade data and automate trade confirmation emails sent to counterparty banks• Provided subject matter expertise in areas of trade settlement, marketable securities, and front-to-back investment management systems• Managed exceptions by troubleshooting systems, consulting with internal and external partners, and recommending appropriate action to resolve issues• Mitigated settlement risk by understanding the nuances across markets and confirming trade details with traders, brokers, and custodian banks• Navigated competing workflows and trade instruction deadlines to prioritize and achieve timely settlement on all trades• Reviewed and prepared documentation for all manually executed internal trades to ensure an accurate investment inventory is maintained for decision-making purposes• Ensured trading activity adheres with BCI’s SOC1 controls and appropriate segregation of duty is followed• Actively adhered to compliance and risk management policies, and participated in business continuity planning

• Mitigated sporadic software and system issues in the daily money market security pricing process by consulting with internal and external partners and taking appropriate action• Analyzed existing internal control wording for various risk and control matrices and recommended actionable changes to be consistent with current policies and procedures• Created and maintained a database of SOC1 controls, control owners, and process owners to coordinate and trace changes to the SOC1 Report• Gathered and summarized key information from various asset class documents to update quarterly Management’s Discussion and Analysis reports, resulting in a better understanding of various investment risks for different funds• Showed a high level of professionalism and interpersonal skills through the attendance and documentation of weekly audit meetings, with a subsequent summarization of notes into actionable items• Reviewed and prepared documentation for valuation assessments related to public market securities, such as a yield curve analysis for pricing money market securities• Displayed ability to take direction from multiple supervisors and communicate effectively in order to ensure objectives are met in a timely manner

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business/Commerce, General

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business/Commerce, General