Michael Freeman Email & Phone Number

Edison, Nj, Us

Business Manager for the Pinnacle Partnerships under VOE

Bedminster, New Jersey, United States

Started a new venture under FOA - Pinnacle Partnerships https://pinnaclepartnerships.com/

Bedminster, New Jersey, United States

Residential/Commercial Mortgage Brokerage Owner/Managing PartnerQualified Individual (3/2022-Present) • Responsibilities Include Sales, Marketing, Administrative & Operational Oversight for the Business.

Used subject matter expertise to convert Broadridge’s Revport client billing system used by Morgan Stanley/Eaton Vance onto the latest version while also consolidating into a single version shared by both. MS acquired EV in 2021.▪ Successfully delivered an updated and consolidated billing system using an AGILE project framework via JIRA. ▪ Represented Broadridge during all meetings which included daily stand-ups, sprint planning/retrospective/review, and backlog refinement.▪ Conducted interview sessions with both MS and EV business and operations teams to document current process flows to establish an optimal future state. ▪ Hosted additional interview sessions to document issues, pain points, nice to haves, and enhancements.▪ Presented all findings to leadership on a bi-weekly basis.

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Pioneer the launch of the Revenue & Expense Managed Services offering for both buy and sell side clients utilizing Broadridge's proprietary Revport system.▪ On the buy side Revport is an automated, flexible, rules-based technology application that tracks and calculates fees across a variety of complex workflows and improves revenue reporting while on the sell side is used to reconcile invoices across capital market products to ensure accurate accrual, payment and reporting of brokerage and agent bank fees.▪ Established all operations to support Revenue & Expense Managed Services, building a team of thirty, overseeing staffing in the United States and India, and managing pre-sales, sales, and client relationships.▪ Guided Asset Management firms in utilization of Revport’s automated fee and billing processes to achieve more efficient accounting functions, faster and more accurate billing and better reporting.▪ Led workflow and product development strategy for new and existing clients.▪ Built and maintained the customer base for Revenue & Expense Managed Services, encompassing eight clients in nine countries and over five hundred rate agreements generating an average savings of $30K per month per client.

New York City Metropolitan Area

2013 to 2015: Senior Vice President, Global Head of ETD Brokerage Settlement & AnalyticsFulfilled a critical role overseeing the vendor relationship with Wipro, which serves as an outsource partner performing the processing and payment of derivative invoicing for Citigroup’s Futures & Options business in Chennai, India. Ensured the satisfaction of all terms of the SLA with Wipro, which has forty team members working on a 24/7 basis to support all regions.▪ Examined key performance indicators to identify opportunities for improvement; conducted process reviews of multiple functions within the Wipro facility.▪ Represented and advanced the interests of Citigroup at meetings of the FIA Steering Committee and other events.▪ Managed relationships with external broker dealers and oversaw all net settlements.2011 to 2013: Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Operational Head – Brokerage, Clearance & ExchangeEffectively managed a team of five direct report finance professionals in North America, along with sixty-five support personnel in Chennai, India accountable for $950M in annual spend flowing through the Brokerage, Clearance & Exchange group.▪ Oversaw the centralization and processing of BC&E invoices, including reconciliation, payment, and daily MIS reports distributed to middle office and front office teams.▪ Administered the month-end closing process for global commodities across all businesses, ensuring the accurate reconciliation and validation of expense and balance sheet accounts.▪ Improved efficiency and accuracy of reporting using automation. Identified and resolved inefficiencies and inconsistencies in accounting and processes across Fixed Income & Equity products.▪ Eliminated unnecessary spend by identifying operating and accounting redundancies between divisions.▪ Created monthly analytics that provided insight into management on vendor spend and volume trends.

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Oversaw a $250M global direct expense budget for telecommunications services used by this investment management firm. On a monthly basis, submitted reports to management detailing voice services and data communications expenses, along with variance analysis.▪ Scope of work included annual budget development for global technology infrastructure, monthly actual to budget, monthly forecast to budget, and ad hoc reports.▪ Oversaw the month-end close process; prepared accruals and general ledger entries, amortized prepaid liabilities, reconciled accounts, and submitted reports.▪ Trained new product controllers in technology expense management.

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Staten Island, New York, United States

Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting And Business/Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations