Matthew Pollard, FCA

Founder | Director at Archax at Archax
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(386) 825-5501
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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founder | Director at Archax
      • May 2018 - Present

      London, United Kingdom Archax is a London head quartered, FCA regulated, institutional grade digital security exchange, broker, custodian and CryptoAsset VASP, built for the professional investment community. Founded by experts from the financial markets and backed by an accomplished advisory board, Archax offers a credible bridge between the digital asset and traditional investment space.

    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • CFO
      • Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

      London, United Kingdom Fund Accounting: Open ended hedge funds and managed accounts. Closed ended LP direct lending funds. Compliance reporting, Tax reporting including K1s. Fs prep. Management accounting: the LLP business and wider group. FPA, regulatory reporting, Stat accounts. Family office: responsible for all finance, operations and day to day. Listed investments, Private Equity and Venture Capital investments.

    • Fund accounting and Operations
      • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

      London Fund accounting and operations using Sophis Value PMS. Responsible for all fund accounting, reconciliation and audit (IFRS). Involved in trade order process from trade memo creation through to broker confirmation and trade settlement. Compliance - involved in report design and data used in reporting including AiFMD, CFTC, EMIR, Form ADV. Tax reporting: SEC Form 13F, Form 1099. Oversee the investor tax reporting prepared by the administrator including K-1's, PFIC and foreign bank… Show more Fund accounting and operations using Sophis Value PMS. Responsible for all fund accounting, reconciliation and audit (IFRS). Involved in trade order process from trade memo creation through to broker confirmation and trade settlement. Compliance - involved in report design and data used in reporting including AiFMD, CFTC, EMIR, Form ADV. Tax reporting: SEC Form 13F, Form 1099. Oversee the investor tax reporting prepared by the administrator including K-1's, PFIC and foreign bank accounts. Show less

    • Malta
    • Investment Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Finance, Fund accounting, Operations
      • Jun 2013 - Aug 2014

      London Responsible for management accounts in Sage, daily cash/collateral management, FP&A treasury and budgeting, oversight of trade settlement and reconciliation, running a shadow PnL, reconciling the NAV from the administrator, FCA/MFSA submissions and a seemingly endless list of tasks that crop up when running a small business. Daily interaction with service providers when instructing cash and collateral movements, approving NAVs etc. Responsible for whole audit cycle for London based LLP and… Show more Responsible for management accounts in Sage, daily cash/collateral management, FP&A treasury and budgeting, oversight of trade settlement and reconciliation, running a shadow PnL, reconciling the NAV from the administrator, FCA/MFSA submissions and a seemingly endless list of tasks that crop up when running a small business. Daily interaction with service providers when instructing cash and collateral movements, approving NAVs etc. Responsible for whole audit cycle for London based LLP and Maltese Ltd. Show less

    • Bermuda
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manager Selection and Operational Due Diligence Analyst
      • Feb 2011 - May 2013

      Aurum: Assessing key risks and control environments of current/prospective hedge fund investments. Comprehensive research and due diligence reports, assessing current investment portfolio risks (operational,liquidity, headline etc) while feeding into ongoing improvements to internal control mechanisms that monitor the $2bn+ portfolio.

    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant Manager, Financial Services Group
      • Nov 2007 - Feb 2011

      Deloitte: Provided advisory and due diligence assistance to financial institutions in their review of potential and existing securitisation transactions while studying for ACA. Audit experience gained on SPVs and Global banking group.

    • France
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Application Developer
      • Sep 2005 - Nov 2007

      Atos Origin: Graduate programme that involved functional and procedural testing, project management office and application development. Attained PRINCE2 Practitioner and ITIL V3 qualification while working in the PMO function.

Education

  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
    ACA
    2008 - 2010
  • University of Leeds
    Computing and Management, Computer Science, Management, Accounting
    2001 - 2004

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