Dragos Serbanica, IMC
Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments at Merseyside Pension Fund- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Romanian Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Investment Management Certificate (IMC)
CFA UKSep, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
CISI Diploma, MCSI
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)May, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
CFA Institute - 2015 Research Challenge - Local Participant
CFA InstituteNov, 2014- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Merseyside Pension Fund
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United Kingdom
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Pension Funds
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1 - 100 Employee
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Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments
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Mar 2023 - Present
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Senior Investment Analyst, Alternative Investments
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Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
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Investment Analyst, Alternative Investments
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Aug 2020 - Oct 2021
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Profit and Loss Analyst, Global Credit, FICC
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Nov 2018 - Aug 2020
Responsible for building and maintaining product control processes including daily P&L reporting for the Credit Derivatives trading desks, focusing on the P&L substantiation of Credit Default Swaps Options and Credit Default Swaps Tranches. • Working closely with Front Office to explain the daily P&L attribution and validate daily movements in the Mark to Market of trades, providing detailed analysis on the drivers of specific risk allocations; • Liaising with Trade Control to identify the correct accounting treatment of trades; • Performing daily and monthly balance sheet substantiations, reconciling multiple subledgers with the general ledger and reporting systems; • Liaising with Front Office, Risk and Operations for new portfolio openings and maintenance; • Performing ad-hoc P&L analysis for the trading desk; • Pioneering the application of emerging technologies such as Alteryx in automating processes and improving operational efficiencies, having an instrumental role in delivering several Alteryx projects across multiple teams.
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BNY Mellon | Pershing
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Representative, Reconciliations Oversight, Client Service Delivery
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Jan 2017 - Oct 2018
Ensuring the safe custody of investor assets, safeguarding £62 billion in client assets in accordance with the rules and principles of Client Asset Regulations, whilst contributing to process improvements and driving down operational costs. • Providing an accurate record of client assets held for each client by performing daily reconciliation of cash, equity and unit trust account holdings; • Segregating client assets from firm’s assets; • Performing the calculation of the daily client money requirement and instructing the movement of funds between firm and client accounts, maintaining an adequate level of funding in the client accounts; • Maintaining a thorough knowledge of FCA’s Client Asset Rules (CASS) and their Channel Islands and Irish equivalent;
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Towergate Insurance
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Bank Reconciliations Team Leader, Finance
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May 2016 - Jan 2017
Managing 7 Bank Reconciliations Officers, driving team and individual performance against business objectives. Exercising the control function of mid-month and month end reconciliation reports, attesting their accuracy for Client Money Calculations and ensuring team-wide compliance with applicable FCA’s Client Asset Rules (CASS).
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Bank Reconciliations Officer, Finance
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Dec 2015 - May 2016
• Reconciling client money bank accounts to Towergate accounting systems in accordance with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) client money rules;• Submitting accurate mid-month and month end reconciliation reports for client and insurer money calculations;• Resolution of any unmatched items within the bank reconciliation by liaising with the business units and operational teams;• Liaising with banks and treasury to aid resolution of banking discrepancies and eliminating timing differences;• Communicating and building relations with other business departments in order to investigate and resolve any potential issues or avoid further delays;
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BCR
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Romania
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Internship, Internal Audit
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Jul 2013 - Sep 2013
Had an active role in various audit engagements by taking part in meetings with the audited parties, assessing the compliance function, identifying possible risks and breaches of internal regulations, and formulating recommendations upon ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations. Achieved commercial awareness by understanding the bank’s overall activity, together of the risks implied as well as being familiarized with the laws and regulations governing the banking industry. Extensively developed my analytical and problem solving skills by analysing the risk involved in various bank’s divisions, performing audit tests and analysing output results as well as by engaging in the formulation of the internal audit reports. It enhanced my ability to work under pressure, being required to perform tasks within tight deadlines as well as keeping focussed throughout the task. Improved my attention to details, having to analyse contracts and evaluate large amounts of data ranging from number of employees attending training sessions to retail and corporate client’s accounts; being able to check the consistency, correctness and compliance of the available data. Gained extensive IT experience while using Microsoft Office package for performing audit tests and preparing the internal audit reports.
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Education
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University of Exeter
Master’s Degree, Finance and Investment -
University of Bradford
Bachelor’s Degree, Financial Economics -
Colegiul National I.C. Bratianu, Pitesti, Romania
Baccalaureate Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science