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West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Collaborate with Portfolio Management, Derivative Trading, Risk, IT, and Investment Accounting to anticipate and provide solutions arising from a dynamic business environment for diverse operational efficiencies.• Develop product oversight and stories for various new and existing projects, programs, and initiatives. • Utilize PAM, Markitwire, Acadia, and FIS-Apex software solutions in daily responsibilities• Worked closely with Scrum Master, BSA, and IT professionals to complete production issues for more effective Derivative Operations.• Improved operation processes by applying system knowledge, leading to reduced risk.• Present policies and controls to senior management to avoid effects on risk and reputation.• Worked closely with other Product Owners to prevent production errors from the front office to investment accounting.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Assign to the Undergraduate and Graduate School of Business for a competency-based institution. Review assessment submissions in an objective manner to determine if competency has been demonstrated.• Grade submissions via guidelines set for competency, while writing comments with recommendations for submission improvements.• Evaluate submission in Business Leadership, and Financial Analysis

Greater Boston Area

Develop policies and procedures for Global Treasury Operations. Responsibilities include developing operational procedures for new products and documentation.• Wrote the operational policies and controls for derivative trading, Brazilian office operations, and FDIC Broker Deposit program with successful implementation.• Develop controls and procedures for the LIBOR to SOFR transition. • Monitored the fixed income and reconciliation operations for the Brazilian office resulting in an error decrease.• Managed the cash operations for the $9B FDIC Broker Deposit program for LCR.• Educated middle office staff on the trading and operational process for investment instruments.• Improved accounting policies through applying regulatory knowledge leading to reduce risk.• Present policies and controls to senior management to avoid effects on risk and reputation.• Collaborated with the front office, risk, IT development, and accounting areas to verify proper external trading and operational systems.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Oversaw a ten-person team overseeing the collateral operations and settlement. Responsibilities include collateral risk, cash and security management, regulatory reporting, derivative valuations, and accounting. Assigned derivative swap authorization, its regulatory compliance, and risk limits.• Updated the computerized accounting systems for efficient control of collateral movements.• Wrote the policies and procedures for daily monitoring of derivative collateral for Citizens Financial Group.• Managed the trade authorization (Markit), input, and compliance.• Educated staff on accounting for FIN39 reporting and hedge accounting for accurate result reporting.• Developed a more effective and efficient time frame for finalizing the daily collateral process using Pivot tables. • Partnered closely with risk and management reporting areas resulting in improved reporting of performance results.

Greater Detroit Area

Initiate and develop the operational and accounting process for derivative instruments, include writing a white paper on the policies and procedures. Oversee the process for trading, settling and reporting of derivative products for the Portfolio Managers. Provide assistance to the operation manager on setting up the various instruments in the profit/loss system. Accomplishments:• Developed policies and procedures for trading, settling and reporting derivative instruments• Wrote trading policy for pricing, foreign exchange, risk management and collateral management of derivative instruments• Wrote the procedures for reporting P/L results under GAAP, tax and regulatory guidelines.• Oversee the daily and monthly performance reporting to senior management and PMs.• Manage a staff of three senior and junior analysts handling settlement and accounting reporting.

Greater New York City Area

Fund startup company, an emerging markets, fixed income, and equity hedge fund firm trading OTC derivatives, sovereign and corporate bonds, FX, credit default swaps, and equities and options.• Directed a staff of five analysts.• Oversaw trading, compliance, and risk management areas for a domestic and international fund. • Created computerized profit and loss, risk, and portfolio analysis reports successfully reconciled to the administrator, investor, and prime broker reports.• Confirmed that trades were booked and properly placed into a computerized profit and loss system (Bloomberg Order Management system).• Develop client stewardship for daily interaction with counterparties and prime broker.• Coordinated with outside vendors including custodian, prime broker, and administrator.• Performed fund accounting and management reporting with administrator and investors.• Provided support for outside vendors resulting in effective relationships and timely resolution of issues. • Implemented the Advent Suite of Products including Axys, Moxy, Rex, and Geneva; wrote computer specifications for daily reports.• Oversaw successful clean audits for a master-feeder structure.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Economics