Experience

IFS

• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Officer

  • Mar 2014 - Present

  - Lead CDS/Credit team within IFS Valuation Group Ireland responsible for independent valuations of client portfolios and assumed responsibility for daily CDS pricing of about 100 clients across 9000 trades- Performed valuations of various OTC financial instruments, including but not limited to CDS, IRS, Swaptions as part of the pricing process for Hedge Funds; worked with clients, data vendors and NAV teams to resolve pricing disparities- Assumed responsibility and managed credit events and index roll processes- Minimized risk in the CDS pricing process through establishing preventative and protective controls, i.e. established review procedures for stale spreads, large data movements, difference in recovery rates as well as improved PNL checks- Work as part of a team on research and development of IFS proprietary Derivatives pricing system (DPS), which is used to price financial instruments such as CDS, CDX, ITRX, ABX, CMBX and Tranches

• Fund Accounting Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

  -Net Asset Value (NAV) Preparation Overview: Manage the timely and accurate calculation of the NAV for a variety of Hedge Funds, Fund of Hedge Funds and Private Equity funds with varying deadlines- Staff management- On-boarding and transitioning new funds and clients- Review and assist staff in preparing other ad hoc financial reports as required

• Fund Accounting Supervisor

  • Jul 2006 - Jun 2013

• Fund Accounting Supervisor

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2009

  Expatriated to Toronto to help setup a new International Fund Services Office and train staff to continue the progression and growth of this office.