Keith Smith
Operations & Client Service - Fixed Income at Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Barrow Hanley Global Investors
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United States
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Investment Management
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100 - 200 Employee
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Operations & Client Service - Fixed Income
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2015 - Present
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J.P. Morgan
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Alternative Investments Analyst
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2011 - 2015
- Responsible for end-to-end execution of client trades, position confirmation and accounting, investment and non-investment cash management, as well as responding to all client inquires- Prepped between up to150 monthly subscription, redemption, transfer, and other Hedge Fund and Private Equity trading documents and submitted to fund administrators under strict deadlines each month.- Lead team member for $5B client on-boarding. Worked with client and previous custodian to complete transfer of assets.- Monthly reconciliation of over 1000 statements and trade activity confirmations to produce monthly accounting NAVs- Resolved account balance discrepancies with external administrators and internal accounting groups.- Additional Activities: Monthly Billing for client portfolios using Excel spreadsheets, UAT system testing, Hosted bi-weekly client calls, Pulled daily metrics for morning meetings, Training/Mentoring of new employees. Show less
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Fund Accountant
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Apr 2009 - Jun 2011
- Reconciled accounting system for daily, monthly, and annual accounting NAVS and ensured correct reporting of cash and assets for client accounts.- Accounted for numerous security products including equities, bonds, swaps, options, and futures.- Performed three-way manager reconciliation between the accounting system, custody, and the investment manager.- Verified prices, P&I payments, trades, and other data using Bloomberg platform.
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Placemark Investments
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Portfolio Manager / Operations Analyst
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Jun 2006 - Mar 2009
- Reviewed, analyzed, and approved client accounts for trading based on manager model changes, cash deposit or withdrawal requests, account re-balancing, and tax purposes. - Submitted Equities, Mutual Funds, and Fixed Income securities on a managed account platform. - Monitored and analyzed individual client accounts with an emphasis on tracking errors, cash weightings, wash-sale violations and net tax positions. - Reconciled client assets between custody and client accounts daily. - Enhanced trading and operations procedures to help minimize errors through the trading and reconciliation processes. Show less
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J.P. Morgan
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Fund Accountant
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May 2004 - Jun 2006
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Ameritrade
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Stock Broker
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May 1999 - Apr 2001
- Responded to incoming customer phone calls and input stock and options orders per customer instructions. - Assessed and managed high risk situations related to cash balances and securities holdings - Processed orders entered by customers routed to the review process. - Licensed registered representative with the FINRA. - Responded to incoming customer phone calls and input stock and options orders per customer instructions. - Assessed and managed high risk situations related to cash balances and securities holdings - Processed orders entered by customers routed to the review process. - Licensed registered representative with the FINRA.
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Education
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Texas Tech University
Bachelor’s Degree, Finance, General