Experience

Paxos

• United States
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Manager, Banking Operations

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Gemini

• United States
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director, Treasury Operations

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2022

  - First hire made by Gemini for the Treasury Operations team. Lead a global team of 10 (US, UK, Singapore). - Managed all day to day functions of the Treasury Operations department, including: All fund transfers in and out of Gemini customer accounts (Wire, ACH, FPS CHAPs, SEPA, FAST) - Lead in the establishment and maintenance of relationships with various banks in the US, UK, EU, Colombia, Australia, and Singapore. - Designed and led the technical implementations across the Cash Management platform, leading to less manual intervention, higher efficiency, ability to expand outside of the US, and the ability to scale with the growth of volume that comes along with that expansion. - Designed and lead the implementation of wire deposit automation, allowing Gemini to easily scale from 60 to 4,000 wires daily within the first year of employment. - Manages day to day hot wallet liquidity to ensure funds are available for daily operations - Lead in the creation of GeminiGivesBack, a group within Gemini dedicated to community service. Events include the NYC Cares Winter Wishes gift drive and monthly dinner service at the Bowery Mission. **Please note that all inquiries about open positions with Gemini must flow through our HR team. Show less



Arcesium

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bank Account and Wire Operations

  • Jul 2015 - Mar 2017

  Arcesium is a company spun out of D.E. Shaw. When created, my group was moved under Arcesium. -Responsible for handling or overseeing all requests from Arcesium’s largest client, D. E. Shaw. -Lead in the creation/closing of cash accounts with various banks. Personally handled 95% of bank openings in 2015. Worked with one of our largest bank teams to streamline client and vendor systems which resulted in turnaround time being cut from 8 to 3 weeks. New efficiencies in our process allowed us to open 4x as many accounts in 2015 versus previous year. Efficiently handling account openings requires coordinating between a diverse array of teams including the requesting business groups, legal, tax, compliance and relevant bank groups. -Processing of daily wires. Personally processed 40% of the 200-300 daily wires in 2015 in a team of 5. Primary tasks include following up on call backs for external wires, pushing wires to appropriate signatories, communicating with banks and beneficiaries to assure payments are made/ received in a timely manner. -Assisted in the launch of Arcesium LLC. Gathered data, created presentations and directly contributed to the design of the new multi-client wires software system at Arcesium. -Analysis of private bank quarterly fees, push towards approval and payment, reconciling current fees and finding explanations for irregular changes. Show less



The D. E. Shaw Group

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bank Account and Wire Operations

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2015

  - Responsible for the processing of daily wires. Total wire average varies from 200-300 wires per day. Included in the role is to follow up on call backs of external wires, pushing wires to the appropriate signatories, communicating with banks and beneficiaries to assure payments are made/received in a timely manner. - Lead in the creation/closing of cash accounts with various banks, with a heavy focus on HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and The Bank of Bermuda, Ltd. Process includes working closely with the groups in need of the accounts, as well as other groups that assist with providing documents for the accounts (Legal and Tax), and communication with the banks to ensure that the process is moving smoothly. - Updates and maintains bank account data for internal and external parties within the DESCO infrastructure. Includes adding account information, creating wire templates for various currencies, and closing account information. - Analyze private bank quarterly fees, push towards approval and payment. Process includes comparing current fees to previous quarters, finding explanations for irregular changes, confirming charges are made correctly. - Responsible for the logging and depositing of all class action litigation checks. This involves logging all check information on the excel sheet, confirming with our team in Hyderabad, and depositing in a timely manner to meet end of month deadlines. - Assisted in the launch of Arcesium LLC – Responsibilities includes onboarding new clients leading up to launch, contributing to updating the new wires system, and creating presentations that were used when forming new controls for wires production at Arcesium. Show less



BNY Mellon

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• AIS Cash Management

  • Nov 2010 - Sep 2013

  - Responsible for daily reconciliation of 50+ bank accounts belonging to 4 separate clients. Total process includes recording and tracking wires, as well as maintaining correct beginning and ending balances that are reported to the client after each business day is complete. - Processed daily wires. Total wires varied from 15-350 every day. Responsibilities include wire input, quality check, customer call backs to confirm wire amounts and beneficiaries, as well as verification and release of the wire. - Prepare and distribute bank fee invoices to various clients. - Spearheaded the creation and training for a contingency wire staff. Currently leads team of 10 employees. - All processes above involve extended use of iTelecash, Cash Register Plus, TreasuryEdge and CMS. - Monitors and maintains daily tracker for end of day reconciliation - Leading member of the Somerset Employee Engagement Committee. The point of this committee is to form activities that bring together employees outside of work. Includes: Organizing group participation in 5ks and office softball teams. We have also organized for ice cream trucks to come give out free ice cream to the workers during the summer and bake sales for charity throughout the year. Show less



Ideel Inc

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Accountant

  • Dec 2009 - Nov 2010

  - In charge of all daily electronic bank deposits, including deposits and final payments for merchandising and commercial vendors of this multimillion dollar web based e-retailer. - Responsible for final payments in all buying sections for the merchandising department. Process includes analysis of receipts at warehouse, verifying shortages and overages, communications and interaction with vendors when necessary, and preparing payment approvals. - Account reconciliations. - Technologies used in all processes above include extensive use of Net Suite and Excel software. Show less



Mazars in US

• United States
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • May 2007 - Aug 2008

  - Summer Intern June-August 2007, June-August 2008 - Assisted senior partners in Corporate and Realty Tax Departments in the preparation for filing of Federal and multi state tax returns resulting from the acquisition of a national chain of fitness facilities. - Experience included developing schedules of depreciated assets and the organization of financial data on both Excel and ProSystem software. - Summer Intern June-August 2007, June-August 2008 - Assisted senior partners in Corporate and Realty Tax Departments in the preparation for filing of Federal and multi state tax returns resulting from the acquisition of a national chain of fitness facilities. - Experience included developing schedules of depreciated assets and the organization of financial data on both Excel and ProSystem software.



Amboy Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Summer Teller

  • May 2006 - Aug 2006

  - Summer intern filling in for any teller in Monmouth County that was using vacation days. - Identify customers, validate, and cash checks - Accept cash and checks for deposit and check accuracy of deposit slip - Process cash withdrawals - Perform specialized tasks such as preparing cashier's checks, personal money orders, issuing traveler's checks and exchanging foreign currency - Record all transactions promptly, accurately and in compliance with bank procedures - Balance currency, cash and checks in cash drawer at end of each shift - Ensure compliance with all internal controls and established policies and procedures Show less