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Los Angeles, California, United States

• Manage the full-cycle of accounting for multiple real estate funds and co-investors including preparation and analysis of the financial statements, general ledgers, and subsidiary ledgers. • Review of reconciliations and all entries to balance sheet, income statement and other financial statements and footnote disclosures.• Assist with Treasury functions including review of lines of credit and property loans, debt covenant compliance, DSCR testing, liquidity management and cash… Show more • Manage the full-cycle of accounting for multiple real estate funds and co-investors including preparation and analysis of the financial statements, general ledgers, and subsidiary ledgers. • Review of reconciliations and all entries to balance sheet, income statement and other financial statements and footnote disclosures.• Assist with Treasury functions including review of lines of credit and property loans, debt covenant compliance, DSCR testing, liquidity management and cash projections and review of cash transfers.• Analyze fund and investment operations, calculated distribution allocations, incentive allocations and performance returns applying knowledge of legal agreements and fund structure, including complex co-invest and joint venture structures, and fund and property level debt agreements.• Provide accurate and timely financial information to other internal departments as well as external parties, such as lenders, investors and sales consultants while managing specific deadlines.• Oversee, approve and manage vendor and corporate allocation invoice payments at the fund level.• Coach, mentor and develop internal resources.• Collaborate cross functionally across various teams within the organization to support the needs of other department to produce and analyze variety of ad hoc and recurring investor reporting.• Provide information for and take part in Q&A for audits and tax preparation.• Performed Yardi software transition testing and troubleshooting of data and developed new performance and investor report generation ideas. Show less

New York City Metropolitan Area

Purchased residential real estate to remodel for rental and resale to market. Managed the negotiation, financing and logistics of all purchases and sales. Acted as the on-site project manager and prepared the cost estimates, bid reviews, vendor management, and scheduling for all property purchases, remodels and sales.

New York, Ny

• Review the monthly NAV’s for multiple off-shore hedge funds. Calculate waivers and set expense accruals for the hedge funds with the administrator. Review and approve invoices to be paid by the administrator of the funds. Coordinate activities between the fund management company and the accounting, administration and legal divisions of the fund administrator.• Work closely with the funds auditors on the financial statements. Coordinate internal and external resources to meet deadlines… Show more • Review the monthly NAV’s for multiple off-shore hedge funds. Calculate waivers and set expense accruals for the hedge funds with the administrator. Review and approve invoices to be paid by the administrator of the funds. Coordinate activities between the fund management company and the accounting, administration and legal divisions of the fund administrator.• Work closely with the funds auditors on the financial statements. Coordinate internal and external resources to meet deadlines and ensure accurate and timely preparation of the funds audited financials. Initiated and maintained relationships with the prime brokers, custodians, general counsel, compliance adviser and insurance underwriters for both the firm and the hedge funds.• Prepare regulatory filings, due diligence information requests and product development team updates. Calculate weekly performance estimates for internal marketing purposes. Maintain relationships with our clients and managed client inquiries including the outside advisory firms for funds on which the firm acted a sub-advisor in order to assist them in their marketing efforts and reporting requirements. • Assisted in the formation of a master feeder off-shore hedge fund from offering document development and review to the selection of the third party administrator, fund registration with regulatory exemptions, negotiated side letters with prospective investors and setup the operational infrastructure to get the funds ready to trade. Show less

Jericho, Ny

Manage the financial, operational and compliance functions for an SEC registered RIA and NFA registered CTA & CPO to domestic and off-shore hedge funds and separately managed accounts.• Review the monthly NAV’s prepared by the hedge funds administrator, manage the monthly investor subscription/redemption process and work with the funds auditors on the financials & K-1’s.• Calculate and invoice the performance & management fees for the separately managed accounts, monitor high… Show more Manage the financial, operational and compliance functions for an SEC registered RIA and NFA registered CTA & CPO to domestic and off-shore hedge funds and separately managed accounts.• Review the monthly NAV’s prepared by the hedge funds administrator, manage the monthly investor subscription/redemption process and work with the funds auditors on the financials & K-1’s.• Calculate and invoice the performance & management fees for the separately managed accounts, monitor high water marks, and prepare various other ad hoc reports to analyze data. • Launched both domestic and off-shore hedge funds from offering document development and review to the selection of the third party administrator, fund registration with regulatory exemptions, negotiated side letters with prospective investors and setup the operational infrastructure to get the funds ready to trade.• Responsible for the timely filing of SEC forms ADV and NFA registrations, exemption and quarterly filings, updating of the compliance manual and disaster recovery plan. As a member of the compliance team prepared and participated in both SEC and NFA onsite audits where no material deficiencies were found.• Initiated and maintain relationships with the FCM, custodians, general counsel, compliance adviser, insurance underwriters and auditors for both the firm and the hedge funds. Responsible for risk oversight and the implementation of policies. Report directly to the CIO and CEO allowing them to focus and efficiently manage the day to day activities of the firm.• Manage the accounts payable/receivable, payroll, human resources, 401k and cafeteria plans and insurance needs of the firm. Update the CIO of investor cash flows and futures margin activity. Moved the entire office from one location to a new larger raw space and negotiated the lease details, monitored construction build out to requested specifications, as well as, technology needs and purchases. Show less

New York, Ny

Leveraged the internal Dreyfus accounting and financial reporting departments to allow Dreyfus to extract additional cost saving from the then recent outside sub-adviser purchases by bringing their fund accounting and reporting in house.

New York, Ny

As the Accountant for the group’s first alternative hedge fund I assisted in the launch of the hedge fund from the drafting of the PPM to the review of the monthly NAV’s. I updated the CIO of the funds daily cash and collateral requirements and was responsible for trade reporting. I was the groups point of contact for the funds third party administrator on investor activity, offering documents and monthly NAV. I was the groups primary point of contact for fund matters with legal, compliance… Show more As the Accountant for the group’s first alternative hedge fund I assisted in the launch of the hedge fund from the drafting of the PPM to the review of the monthly NAV’s. I updated the CIO of the funds daily cash and collateral requirements and was responsible for trade reporting. I was the groups point of contact for the funds third party administrator on investor activity, offering documents and monthly NAV. I was the groups primary point of contact for fund matters with legal, compliance and marketing, as well as, the funds auditor for the year end reports and investor K-1’s. I maintained relationships with the funds high net worth investors and financial advisers.Managed a team responsible for the daily and monthly accounting of the firm’s domestic and international equity and fixed income mutual funds and money market funds. Prepared and reviewed the mutual funds financial statements, prospectuses and NSAR’s. Analyzed monthly fund expenses for accrual and waivers. Show less

New York, Ny

Planned and performed audits, reviews and compilations on a variety of public and private clients of the firm in the financial, real estate, insurance and hospitality industries. Prepared financial statements with footnote disclosure and assisted in the preparation of taxes.