Rob Jacobi Email & Phone Number

New York, NY

• Manage a team of 8 individuals to ensure loan closings, reconciliations and amendments are completed accurately and timely
• Preparation and review of daily/monthly/quarterly metrics and management reporting
• Coordinate with Trading, Legal, Compliance and Credit to address escalation inquiries and execute amendments and organizational restructuring ballots
• Monitor performance trends, market conditions and regulatory impact and work with relevant stakeholders to identify solutions and strategize on process improvement
• Establish and maintain efficient working relationships with portfolio managers, sell-side clients, legal counsel, resolve issues and negotiate appropriate follow-up action
• Created, implemented and conformity tested various procedures for Middle Office teams

New York, NY

• Designed, developed and implemented an efficient process for trading and supporting new derivative instruments across the firm
• Streamlined internal compliance requests, cusip requests and automated e-mails to external accounting agents
• Conducted a business process review to reduce operational errors, enhance communication, streamline processes and satisfy internal SLA deadlines
• Serve as liaison between Business Operations and Portfolio Management, ensuring 100% accuracy for all trades booked for High Yield - Fixed Income portfolios
• Manage oversight of the Leveraged Finance-High Yield portfolio management team with 200+ portfolios and $270B+ AUM
• Partnered with Operation Risk to reduce the number of Operating Events in Leverage Finance

Plainsboro, NJ

• Negotiated, prepared and implemented accounting fees resulting in a fee reduction of 35%
• Prepared and reviewed Financial Reports for 200+ mutual funds with 100% accuracy
• Managed successful conversion of over 215 mutual funds onto a new accounting platform
• Reviewed and approved AUM, management fees and asset reconciliations for 250+ mutual funds with $310B+ in AUM
• Managed team of 5 to achieve deadline-dependent financial reporting tasks and daily administrative matters
• Instrumental in reinforcing compliance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Plainsboro, NJ

• Streamlined asset reconciliation process, reducing the number of exceptions by 75%
• Analyzed and reviewed monthly management fees, assets under management, budgets and expenses
• Served as audit coordinator by assisting auditors in completion of annual audits
• Participated in accounting policies and procedures meetings with management
• Primary liaison between senior management and accountants/auditors
• Tested and implemented fair valuation of foreign securities to prevent market timing

Plainsboro, NJ

• Monitored and ensured dividend reinvestments were preformed accurately and timely for closed end funds
• Reviewed shareholder reports for consistency and accuracy in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Prepared monthly reports for senior management and fund directors that compiled statistical information relative to fund operations
• Prepared IRS reports i.e. 1042, 1042-S, 1046 and 1099's