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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

End-to-End Operations Management: Spearheaded comprehensive management, covering financial management, internal operations, scheduling, call sheet coordination, equipment procurement and leasing, expense management, and payroll administration.Strategic Restructuring: Strategically restructured the company, delivering a substantial reduction in debt by approximately 50%Revenue Growth and Client Engagement: Transformed sales and client retention processes, resulting in an exceptional increase of over 100% in the average customer project, driving business growth and fostering enduring client relationships.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

End-to-End Operations Management: Spearheaded comprehensive management, covering financial management, internal operations, scheduling, call sheet coordination, equipment procurement and leasing, expense management, and payroll administration.Strategic Restructuring: Strategically restructured the company, delivering a substantial reduction in debt by approximately 50%Revenue Growth and Client Engagement: Transformed sales and client retention processes, resulting in an exceptional increase of over 100% in the average customer project, driving business growth and fostering enduring client relationships.

Moscow, Russia

- Managed the company’s cash position of over C$3 trillion in total on a daily basis, rebalanced cash b/w over 30 accounts opened with 3 different banks in 7 different currencies, processed payment orders, followed currency control regulations- Opened banking accounts with International banks, performed KYC procedures in accordance with European and Russian law- Reconciled 50+ bank statements daily, identified and put in up to 100 missing transactions, investigated and closed breaks by EOD- Supported DCM/ECM issuance weekly: reviewed brokerage/underwriting agreements, verified and paid fees, issued invoices/acts- Administrated loans: calculated interest, principal amounts; put data into the back-office system, monitored loan trade events

Moscow, Russian Federation

- Managed a team of 4, set team goals, delegated tasks, set deadlines, oversaw and reported performance to senior management- Kept a 65k+ entries database: clients, counterparties, SSI/SDIs, calendars, books, accesses daily, reconciled b/w FO/BO systems- Onboarded clients: performed KYC/AML to comply with the US, UK, Cyprus, Russian regulatory requirements, FATCA, MIFID II- Opened internal/external (LORO/NOSTRO) accounts with banks, custodians, stock exchanges, clearing/settlement houses weekly- Successfully completed project: transition to a new record-keeping software. Performed pre-project data clean-up: eliminated over 40k false and doubled entries; closed over 200 inactive/dormant client accounts, post-project data validation- Represented the team in a business group to merge the accounts under a single legal entity in order to reduce operational costs

Moscow, Russian Federation

- Supported HFT/DMA desk clients: phone calls, emails, online chat; processed queries, resolved issues timely and effectively- Partnered with a salesperson, post-sale KYC/AML client support, collected and validated incorporation/personal documents- Appointed and held meetings with clients: account paperwork filling, signing, clarifying terms- Monitored, checked and amended limits in the trading system, confirmed a marginal level with Risk, issued brokerage reporting- Tested (UAT test-cases) new products and services for the clients and counterparties

Moscow, Russia

- Collected, analyzed, categorized, maintained a database of 2100+ incidents and 200+ risk events. Tracked closure, counted the loss- Identified and kept an over 50 KRI book: confirmed controlling actions with teams monthly, moderated risk self-assessment yearly- Appointed and trained ~20 risk-champions (representatives) from each dept, increased risk event collection by at least 10%- Central Securities Depository rating by Thomas Murray RA: represented Risk in the project of obtaining this rating- Took part in tendering of an external consultant to assess risk-appetite, as a result, PwC was selected and performed the task

Moscow, Russia

- Monitored over 20 simultaneously traded portfolios intra-day and EOD, set/checked stop-loss values, reduced triggered positions- Collected and analyzed risk events, incidents, moderated Risk Committee to identify and track action plans- Implemented (including vendor selection and testing) electronic workflow to reduce personnel-related operational risk- Participated in online market risk monitoring system development, including UAT-testing and going live

Moscow, Russia

- Opened up to 40 client/counterparty brokerage accounts daily, uploaded and kept customer document pack with the BO system- Advised Sales/front and middle office teams regarding the document pack, filling it out, signing, mailing out to the support group- Universal joint agreement introduction: took part from Operations’ side, performed form evaluation, software tune-up

Moscow, Russian Federation

- Serviced up to 15 walk-in and by-appointment clients daily; processed client calls and correspondence, timely resolved issues- Advised on products and services, including the market in general, mutual funds, web-trading, asset management- Recorded and tracked activity in CRM-system, reported results to the management weekly

Csc Certificate (In Progress), Canadian Securities Course

Master'S Degree (Evaluated By Wes As Equivalent To A Master’S Degree From Canadian University), Finance And Financial Management Services

Master'S Degree, Law Faculty, Civil Law

Qualification Certificate, 1.0 Series, Broker/Dealer Activity And Asset Management

Qualification Certificate, 5.0 Series, Administration Of Investment Funds, Mutual Investment Funds, And Non-Government Pension Funds