Experience

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  Sango Capital

  • South Africa
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director of Fund Operations

    • Jan 2024 - Present

  • Sr VP Operations

    • May 2013 - Dec 2023

    As a senior VP Ops for an Africa-focused private equity fund advisor my responsibilities include, but are not limited to, fund reporting, tax and regulatory compliance, and general administration functions such as fund vehicle/SPV setups, conducting AML/KYC reviews, side letter arrangement management, performing fund operational due diligence and assisting with the corporate finance and investor relations roles.

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  Red Mountain Capital Advisors LLC

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Senior Fund Accountant

    • Feb 2011 - Apr 2013
    • Los Angeles, California

    Fully responsible for the accounting and administration functions of a $300M Hedge Fund, compliance related issues for the Hedge Fund and the Investment Adviser, as well as accounting/admin functions for the Investment Adviser and General Partner of the Fund. - Working with the Fund administrator to ensure daily postings of Funds’ trading and non-trading related transactions in the portfolio accounting system is made.- Preparing weekly estimates for the portfolio group; working with the Fund administrator to ensure the monthly closing of the Fund’s books and monthly/quarterly reporting to investors. - Responsible for the preparation of monthly management reports, which include financial statements such as balance sheet, income statements, statement of cash flows and statement of changes in partners’ equity, as well as the schedule of investments and footnote disclosures, deal funding data, gross and net returns, incentive allocation/carried interest calculations factoring preferred returns (hurdles) and other pertinent Fund data.- Assisting with completing compliance related tasks such as documenting the Fund’s Anti-Money Laundering policies and procedures, reviewing employees’ broker statements to ensure they are within the guidelines of Red Mountain, etc.

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  ExxonMobil

  • Lagos, Nigeria

  • Treasury Analyst

    • Mar 2010 - Feb 2011
    • Lagos, Nigeria

    - Assisting with Affiliate Finance functions, which consist of accounting for inter-company and third-party loans, performing analyses of financing structures for newly developed oil fields and preparing quarterly drawdowns to fund project costs and pay borrower’s expenses.- Assisting with cash and banking operations, which include preparing daily bank reconciliations, recalculation of interest income and expenses on daily account balances, preparation of instructions to banks to invest excess cash in short-term money market instruments, selling and buying foreign exchange and local currencies used in the normal course of business, and processing the repatriation of proceeds to the parent Company.- Assisting with risk management functions, which consist of engaging in the 2011 insurance renewal process, and monthly reconciliation of insurance payments to the general ledger system.

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  Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Senior Fund Administrator

    • May 2008 - Feb 2010
    • Los Angeles, California

    Fully responsible for the accounting and administration functions of multiple closed-end private equity funds with total net asset value in excess of $3B and 400+ limited partners. - Daily postings of Funds’ trading and non-trading related transactions in portfolio accounting system, which includes equity and fixed income trades, par and distressed bank debt trades, and private deals and funding.- Assist with performing trade support functions by confirming trades with brokers/dealers/counterparties and posting into portfolio accounting system. - Daily update of securities prices for equities and fixed income instruments; preparing weekly estimates/flash NAV reports for portfolio group; monthly closings of Funds’ books and quarterly reporting to investors. - Responsible for the preparation of monthly management reports, which include financial statements such as balance sheet, income statements, statement of cash flows and statement of changes in partners’ equity, as well as the schedule of investments and footnote disclosures, deal funding data, gross and net internal rate of returns, incentive allocation calculations factoring preferred returns (hurdles) and other pertinent Fund data.- Assist with FAS 157 (Fair Value Hierarchy) bifurcation for the Distressed accounting team.- Work with marketing team to respond to client requests which include monthly/quarterly to annual audit confirmations, custodian requests for information and other adhoc requests. - Liaison between portfolio team and prime brokers/custodians on corporate actions and proxy notices.- Training and supervision of 3-5 staff and senior fund accountants.

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  Rothstein Kass

  • Beverly Hills, California

  • Supervising Sr. Auditor

    • Jul 2003 - Apr 2008
    • Beverly Hills, California

    Fully responsible for supervising multiple field audit engagements for financial services’ clients such as Hedge Funds, Broker-Dealers, Fund-of-Funds, Master Feeder structures, Offshore and Private Equity Funds. Also responsible for performing the audits of commercial services’ clients such as Manufacturing, Real Estate and Not-for-Profits’ clients. - Direct fieldwork and inform managers and partners of the engagement status, and manage staff performance. - Perform audits of complex areas of a clients' balance sheet and income statements, agreed upon procedures, as well as prepare financial statements and draft footnote disclosures. - Oversee the completion of clients' annual reports and interact with clients to discuss field audit issues. - Collaborate with engagement team, including client, to set goals and responsibilities. - Perform risk assessments, regulatory filings and analytical procedures. - Possess good knowledge of financial markets and simple to complex, sophisticated securities. - Supervising 3-5 staff auditors and developing staff through teamwork, integrity, and leadership.

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  Honeywell

  • Minneapolis; Chicago; Los Angeles

  • Cost Accountant II

    • Jul 1998 - Dec 2000
    • Minneapolis; Chicago; Los Angeles

    Cost Accountant II Torrance, California & Alsip, Illinois, USA 2/2000 – 12/2000Responsible for activity based management cost accounting functions, month-end closings, accounts payable, payroll, inventory management and general ledger functions.- Assisted with the preparation of annual operational and capital budgets and reviewed proposals.- Performed trend analyses and prepared reports that summarized company activity and provided management with timely reviews of the organization’s financial status and progress.- Assisted in the development of statistical process controls, which generated annual cost savings of over $2.6M, using Six Sigma Tools.Capital Accountant Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 7/1998 – 1/2000Responsible for performing all capital accounting functions to ensure compliance with GAAP principles. Also responsible for the execution of financial planning and reporting functions for the Research & Development facility.- Assisted with the preparation of annual operation and capital budgets.- Monitored project costs, processed inter-company billings and interacted with other divisions on billing concerns.- Provided management with financial performance as related to the management of assets.- Assisted with the implementation of Oracle Financials ERP System.- Assisted with conducting internal compliance audits of the technology areas and initiated process improvements using Six Sigma Methodologies.