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• Assisted with integration of 150+ actively managed equity portfolios from an external trading platform to Aladdin

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)• Interfaced with the Board of Directors, prepared quarterly board materials and prepared ad hoc reports• Partnered with Tax, Auditors, Accounting Agents and Operations• Provided exceptional level of support to external auditors concerning annual audits• Chaired and participated in weekly Pricing Committee meetings

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