Experience

DEPT OF EDUCATION, NYC
• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Teacher

  • Sep 2017 - Present


Compass Group LLC

• United States

• Senior Fund Accountant

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  •Management of month end closing process for various Hedge Funds domiciled in Chile and Cayman Island to be completed within 10 business days following month end. This includes detailed review of all financial statements, general ledgers, and supporting schedules. The process also includes review of all portfolios and valuations, cash reconciliations, fee calculations, dividends, interest, and investor statements. •Proper recording of interest accruals, coupon payments, income/expense accruals and corporate actions. •Calculate management and incentive fees (where applicable) to the Funds. •Coordinate communication between fund accounting and portfolio management groups in New York, Chile and Colombia. •Manage collateral and margin activities with JPM, Banco Santander and Credit Suisse conforming to ISDA agreements. •Lead year-end audit. Supervise weekly audit meetings, prepare financial schedules and confirmation process. ●Monitor the settlements of derivatives, including Swaps and Forwards in various currencies. •Review and approve capital stock activity in accordance with the Prospectus. Show less



MackayShields, LLC

• United States
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Portfolio Administrator

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2010

  •Performed month-end close processes including valuation and trade reconciliations. Communicated with brokerage firms daily to resolve differences in cash and positions reconciliations, in addition to sending wire transfers. •Prepared daily Cash and weekly Position reconciliations between our portfolio accounting system and our prime brokers and cleared any unreconciled items on a timely basis. •Product knowledge includes: equities, fixed income, total return swaps, credit default swaps, bank debt (including term loans, revolvers, trade claims, etc.), and forwards. Show less



Greywolf Capital Management, LLC

• Senior Accountant

  • Oct 2006 - Jan 2009

  •Compiled all performance fund data for investor relations purposes including historical AUM and performance, exposure details and investor allocations. •Reviewed daily P&L for internal distribution and weekly estimates for external distribution. •Daily maintenance of internal portfolio accounting system, i.e. recording interest accruals/coupon payments, income/expense accruals, corporate reorgs, dividends, etc. •Reviewed bank loan activity for accuracy along with bank loan set ups, (i.e. proper global amounts, base rates, spreads, etc.) in the portfolio accounting system. Booked paydowns and drawdowns, as well as updated interest rates. •Reviewed administrator’s monthly Cash and Position reconciliations and assisted in the resolution of any breaks. •Month End Net Asset Value (NAV) reconciliation between our accounting system (VPM) and our administrator SS&C. •Monitored and booked subscriptions, redemptions, associated management and incentive fees to the Funds. •Prepared weekly, monthly and YTD performance reporting. Gathered and calculated financial information support for the monthly letters to the investors. •Supported year end audits and supervised the audit confirmation process. Show less



Structured Portfolio Management LLC

• Vice President

  • Jul 2005 - Sep 2006

  •Successfully coordinated monthly closing process for multiple Hedge Funds with an independent administrator. This required but not limited to calculating and reconciling month-end market value of each fund, calculating the accrual for bond interest, verifying interest earned and determining various fees. •Coordinated the cash and margin reconciliation process with Citigroup, the prime broker, along with broker dealers such as Lehman Brothers, CSFB, Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Deutsche Bank. Also reconciled monthly margin interest across 15 dealers. •Communicated with brokerage firms to resolve trade settlement discrepancies, cash and position reconciliations, in addition to sending wire transfers and trade confirmations. •Proactively recommended processes and procedures for resolving discrepancies between the administrator (SS&C) and company proprietary software. •Prepared monthly mark sheet to evaluate independent prices received from the dealer community. •Completed the daily reconciliation of P&L report for multiple Hedge Funds. Calculated the daily performance for the funds. This process also involved investigating the reasons for differences between the traders and the accounting department. Show less



GlobeOP Financial Services

• India
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Mar 2004 - Jul 2005

  •Performed daily P&L reporting and month-end close process for funds specializing in bonds, OTC derivatives, futures, options and FX forwards products. •Assisted in the implementation of Geneva, a new fund accounting system. Proactively recommending processes and procedures for resolving discrepancies between Geneva and the heritage accounting system. •Reconciled Fund’s daily trades to prime broker statements. Identify and resolve breaks. •Performed month-end close processes, verifying settled trades and recorded prices. Communicated with brokerage firms daily to resolve cash and positions reconciliations, in addition to sending wire transfers. Show less


Globeop
• India
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Associate

  • 2004 - 2005


UBS Global Asset Management (Formerly PaineWebber Inc.)

• Senior Accountant

  • Apr 1999 - Apr 2003

  •Developed annual and semi-annual shareholder communications for various domestic and international mutual funds including open and closed ended equity, municipal, fixed income and money market. •Prepared tax and portfolio compliance, earnings reports, dividend analysis and distributions. •Initial support to portfolio managers and sub-advisors for accuracy of holdings for all funds. •Heavy interaction with legal, marketing, and tax departments in the preparation of various reports such as fund prospectus, statement of additional information, shareholder letters and excise tax. •Generated quarterly reports for the board of directors, including quarterly surveys, rolling dividends, 12B-1 fees and appreciation/depreciation schedules. •Provided regulatory reports such as NSAR’s and press releases to the SEC under aggressive deadlines. •Ensured proper disclosures of 7 and 30-day yields, NAV and AUM to research institutions; including Morning Star, Reuters, Standard & Poor’s as well as the SEC. Show less