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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Delivering waterfall calculations and trust reporting to all stakeholders on a timely basis, accurate and professional manner.• Managing the on-boarding of a new trust and ensuring the ongoing compliance of all trusts.• Overseeing and supporting the day-to-day operations of the accounting team, to ensure timely and accurate recording of trust transactions, reconciliations. Working in tandem and cohesively with the Finance team to deliver the required outcomes on all trust related… Show more • Delivering waterfall calculations and trust reporting to all stakeholders on a timely basis, accurate and professional manner.• Managing the on-boarding of a new trust and ensuring the ongoing compliance of all trusts.• Overseeing and supporting the day-to-day operations of the accounting team, to ensure timely and accurate recording of trust transactions, reconciliations. Working in tandem and cohesively with the Finance team to deliver the required outcomes on all trust related matters.• Be a key member and driver of both the team and firm’s digitalisation initiatives.• Manage relationships with banks and trustees in relation to the ongoing management and reporting of the trusts. Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

• Creation of all in-house proprietary systems/tools for the Trust Management business including a Credit Analysis & Cash Flow Model and Trust Management Models.• Perform drawdowns and monthly distributions for mortgage backed and asset backed security trusts according to timelines set out in transaction documents.• Developed a RBA Reporting Tool for clients to fulfill repo-eligibility reporting requirements. Conversion of data into RBA template, automated validation checks of the data,… Show more • Creation of all in-house proprietary systems/tools for the Trust Management business including a Credit Analysis & Cash Flow Model and Trust Management Models.• Perform drawdowns and monthly distributions for mortgage backed and asset backed security trusts according to timelines set out in transaction documents.• Developed a RBA Reporting Tool for clients to fulfill repo-eligibility reporting requirements. Conversion of data into RBA template, automated validation checks of the data, create XML file for client to submit to RBA. • Creation of CRM and Obligation Tracking System (recurring tasks such as monthly distributions) that are used company wide to facilitate fulfillment.• Establishment of digital Document Custody Register where Certificates of Title are automatically captured, so details do not need to be manually inputted. Show less

Sydney, Australia

• Development of cash flows models for repo-eligible RMBS and ABS transactions as part of a project to fulfil RBA reporting requirements. The creation of the cash flow models required a full understanding of the documents and the structuring of the trust and included: a) Modelling of basis swaps and fixed rate swaps b) Incorporated hedging mechanics in complex securitisation cash flow models c) Validation tool inclusion within models where required d) Scenario tests… Show more • Development of cash flows models for repo-eligible RMBS and ABS transactions as part of a project to fulfil RBA reporting requirements. The creation of the cash flow models required a full understanding of the documents and the structuring of the trust and included: a) Modelling of basis swaps and fixed rate swaps b) Incorporated hedging mechanics in complex securitisation cash flow models c) Validation tool inclusion within models where required d) Scenario tests e) Authored the cash flow model user guide for securitisation issuers• Development of a weighted-average life (WAL) model to enable securitisation issuers to report both initial and dynamic WAL to the RBA• Establishment of an SQL database and automation of data import (including principal and interest for a range of consumer products) for Australia’s largest credit card and consumer receivables securitisation. The distribution models for this client were automated to pull data from the database to satisfy the daily, weekly and monthly reporting requirements.• Automation of existing securitisation distribution models. Part of this was the automation of principal and interest data breakdown, foreign currency swap calculations and basis swap and fixed rate swap calculations. Show less

Sydney Area, Australia

* Created a portfolio construction tool* Automated creation of inflation linked bond cash flows* Automated performance reporting* Automated reconciliation process for project to upgrade current trading system

Sydney, Australia

• Created a Portfolio construction tool that allows user to easily construct and distribute a bond portfolio that takes into consideration the client’s preferences and restrictions.• Created a menu of sales tools that facilitate bond sales by informing the client which bonds are on offer, the advantages of certain bonds, what if scenario analysis, advantages of switching between specific bonds and relative value comparison.• Designed spread sheet to facilitate the book build process… Show more • Created a Portfolio construction tool that allows user to easily construct and distribute a bond portfolio that takes into consideration the client’s preferences and restrictions.• Created a menu of sales tools that facilitate bond sales by informing the client which bonds are on offer, the advantages of certain bonds, what if scenario analysis, advantages of switching between specific bonds and relative value comparison.• Designed spread sheet to facilitate the book build process for FIIG lead corporate bond issues.• Designed a spread sheet that monitors the balance sheet limits and automatically generates limit extension requests when needed.• Automated the creation of individual bond cash flows using the current swap curve to project future cash flows and credit margin.• Modelled and analysed various complex RMBS opportunities. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Responsibilities• Provide services to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM).• Develop and support Microsoft Office applications that support the trading and funds management business.• Provide support on the equity, fixed income and FX front office trading systems including Bloomberg and IRESS• Implement, support and integrate third party applications into the front office trading and funds management environment.Achievements• Developed a fund… Show more Responsibilities• Provide services to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM).• Develop and support Microsoft Office applications that support the trading and funds management business.• Provide support on the equity, fixed income and FX front office trading systems including Bloomberg and IRESS• Implement, support and integrate third party applications into the front office trading and funds management environment.Achievements• Developed a fund comparison spreadsheet which draws data from a number of sources including IRESS. It allows the portfolio manager to analyse trades on a daily basis and create orders automatically in IRESS.• Part of a project team that improved accuracy of cash figures in FTS trading system. This has not only improved the data accuracy within the system, but will also reduce risk and free up some time for CFS Compliance and FO Support by eliminating the large number of cash breaches for the equity funds.• Knowledge gained with regards to systems being used at CFS GAM (IRESS, Bloomberg, IMPACT, Calibre, Charles River) as well understanding of portfolio management and dealing environment.• Demonstrated the ability to work under very tight deadlines. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop flexible and complex reverse mortgage product-based financial models. The models applied RBS complex lending criteria and rating agency assessment criteria to SRM product design to determine consumer loan advance (lending) rates.Key AchievementsApproval by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings, of investment grade ratings for SRM products, in warehouse phase. The existing financial model was extended to adhere to the criterion from each rating… Show more Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop flexible and complex reverse mortgage product-based financial models. The models applied RBS complex lending criteria and rating agency assessment criteria to SRM product design to determine consumer loan advance (lending) rates.Key AchievementsApproval by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings, of investment grade ratings for SRM products, in warehouse phase. The existing financial model was extended to adhere to the criterion from each rating agency.Developed a financial reporting system that is integral to treasury and business risk management. Because Seiza Reserve is a new company with a new product this system had to be developed from scratch.Developed a web-based interface that calculates (on line) consumer loan advances for a large matrix of mortality based criteria. This required regular meetings and contact with the web company to ensure that the calculator was completed within specified timelines.Prepared a user manual for the financial models outlining the workings of the developed extensions. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Company Profile: Citibank is part of Citigroup Inc., a pre-eminent financial services company, with some 200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries. Citigroup Inc. provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage and asset management. The Fiduciary Monitoring Unit is responsible for regulatory monitoring of a… Show more Company Profile: Citibank is part of Citigroup Inc., a pre-eminent financial services company, with some 200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries. Citigroup Inc. provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage and asset management. The Fiduciary Monitoring Unit is responsible for regulatory monitoring of a range of investment funds.Fiduciary Monitoring Officer / Excel Developer Key ResponsibilitiesDaily trustee NAV reviews, performing capital and income reconciliations to ensure funds are operating within regulations.Maintain Excel database, tracking information flow between clients and FMU.Develop and maintain MIS reports, extracting performance figures from the database.Investigate possible breaches of the regulations through working with MIG21 - a compliance monitoring system.Key AchievementsStreamlined the work process by automating various tasks in Excel and making spreadsheets easier to use.Wrote several user manuals that explain the workings of the developed spreadsheets. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Company Profile: CPB provide global portfolio strategies and counselling to meet complex high-net-worth requirements. Clients benefit from an extensive range of asset classes and investment styles including traditional, alternative, growth and value.; Key AchievementsDeveloped a system that collates sales figures from different regions into one spreadsheet through the use of VBA in Excel.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Company Profile: TNT Express is the leading provider of business to business express delivery services and is a global integrator and offers a range of unique international express delivery services between more than two hundred countries.

Master'S Degree, Econometrics

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