Robert Kerns Email & Phone Number

Investment accounting professional with over 25 years of fund accounting experience in back-office administration supporting global clients for traditional, alternative, and donor advised fund (DAF) products. Current role includes oversight of five direct reporting teams responsible for all operational and compliance related investment activities for 15000+ DAFs and separately managed accounts, frequently communicating with our largest donors’ Financial Advisors, Foundations, Endowments, and Family Offices.Prior position included managing teams of various sizes whose key functions include monitoring results on key risks, errors/near misses, and root cause analyses, as well as supporting SOC1 reporting process, daily traditional and alternative NAV calculations and audit support. Expertise analyzing and accounting for complex fund structures including master-feeder, managed accounts, partnership, series, blockers, and unitized accounting. Extensive background in investments such as bank loans, revolvers, private loans, convertibles, options, futures, bonds/fixed income, asset/mortgage backed, OTC/swap derivatives, and SPV’s. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and experienced with various accounting/trading systems such as: Stellar Iphi DAF investment platform, SunGard: Invest One, Investier, and Investran, Advent Geneva, Electra, Wall Street Office, and Bloomberg. Experienced with various market data vendors and pricing agents including Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, Albourne, Markit Partners, and Vertis. Responsible for both portfolio accounting and partner allocations and expense calculations. As a leader, I have managed up to fifty direct reports and overseen more than twenty individuals from partner vendor processing teams. I frequently partner with Sales and Client Service teams in support of new prospect initiatives as well as ongoing client service initiatives, projects, and reporting requirements. I possess strong commitment to team environment dynamics with the ability to contribute expertise and follow leadership directives appropriately.

Listed skills include Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Account Reconciliation, Derivatives, and 26 others.

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  Golden Gate University

  Accounting