Thomas Cherry Email & Phone Number

Newport Beach, California, United States

Portfolio Events Manager

Irvine, Ca

Senior Associate/Officer–Account Transitions-Project Management Successfully completed all types of PIMCO Client Account Transitions including new accounts, asset transfers between accounts, inkinds into mutual funds, custodian changes, mergers etc. Large scale conversions.Key point of contact on transition planning calls where strategic planning and action plans are developed.Successfully developed ideas which were pitched and presented to clients and or PIMCO directly that resulted in processes and procedures that became used on a day to day basis or when needed. Fostered very strong relationships with PIMCO account managers on both the US and ASIA/PAC Rim side of the business.Work directly with the PIMCO transitions team to facilitate the full gambit of transitions involving client separate accounts and Mutual Funds.Developed procedural documents for new processes that arose as well as updating our existing instructions with new processes and instructing the team on how to execute properly.Considered a go to person in the group for questions, advisement and assistance on a day to day basis.Chosen for a leadership role working alongside the VP of transitions on a very large Custody and Fund Admin conversion between 2 of the largest financial service institutions in the world which ultimately resulted in the conversion of over 700 funds and 286 Billion in assets. Have received individual praise from senior management for my performance.Cross trained JV teams on sending broker emails based on a procedure that I developed and implemented. Act as the backup manager for the Asia/Pac Rim transitions group when current manager is not in the office.Review, audit and sign off on other associates projects before the information is disseminated to PIMCO.Successfully oversaw/managed the transition of 100 Bony/Mellon bank conversions over a 2 month span.

Irvine,Ca

• Worked side by side with the PIMCO Funds Team to learn the audit confirm process across the entirety of PIMCO Investment products. Over 150 funds• Fostered relationships with all major brokers in order to facilitate the receipt of Investment position confirmations.• Cross trained the Indian Team in all aspects of the audit reporting and confirmation process.• Developed and documented a 40 page procedure detailing the audit process and controls.• Built manual spreadsheets to track receipt of confirmations and for other record keeping purposes • Answered and deciphered complex security position exceptions between brokers and bank records. • Built strong working relationships with BIG 4 audit Teams that lead to 3 successful consecutive audits in Dec 2013 and 2 for March 2014.

Newport Beach,Ca

• Works closely with the account managers and clients to service client needs surrounding new account openings, Amended Fee Schedules • Reads and analyzes legal documents including Fee schedules and Investment Management Agreements to obtain fee structure logic• Works with the Fee Team and Legal Team to identify discrepancy’s in fee structure that deviate from normal procedure. • Builds manual excel spreadsheets to calculate complicated fee structures.• Identified and implemented billing for a new revenue source, resulting in over $2 million of additional annual fees

Boston,Ma

• Provided impeccable client service to a host of five Alternative Investment clients worldwide.• Key client contact on all accounting related inquiries; communicate with clients daily one on one as well as via conference call. Selected clients include: PIMCO, Pictet, Thornburg, and W.P. Stewart. • Managed, and responsible for, the General Ledger (GL) accounting on over 10 Partnership, Hedge Funds, Fund of Funds, Fund of Hedge Funds, ETF's and Private Equity Funds• Supervised and contributed to four successful yearly GL audits in collaboration with third party Big 4 audit firms.• Heavily involved in new business implementation to the Alternative Investment Group including two successful partnership conversions. • Successfully integrated all client portfolios into the Eagle Investment Product Star and Pace including all testing and reporting of results. • Developed and wrote procedures and control manuals to ensure minimal risk exposure for both BBH and clients.• Effectively executed ad hoc client initiatives by developing accounting procedures and workarounds. • Partnered with multiple groups cross organizationally/functionally to conduct yearly audits, conversions and daily accounting functions.• Efficiently handled complex processes involved in the unwinding and closing of client funds. • Cross trained by Senior Management to assist on Private Equity Fund Accounting activities.

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for the day to day accounting functions of up to 5 mutual and Hedge funds both domestic and international. Worked in a large group and cross functionally with other groups to ensure daily accurate NAV calculations. During my 1 year at the company, I received an clean record with zero NAV errors reported to Nasdaq.