Assistant Vice President - Operations Control Group Rabobank New York

Manage a team on daily Operational Reconciliations, Funds Transfer Investigations and Exception reporting and reviews of a control model based on the daily cash reconciliations of Nostro Cash, Internal Clearing, Suspense, Front to Back Reconciliations(FOBO) and Source to Balance reconciliations and the monitoring of General ledger account balances. 

Coordinate Month End close process ensuring back dated cash entries are completed and all balances and accounts are in control and within threshold.

Oversee the mitigation of Operational Risk as the first line of defense by ensuring the staff adhere to a strict execution of the Control framework defined in the Risk Control Matrix as a Risk Partner for Operations.

Monitor and certify all Operations General Ledger accounts on a monthly basis(700 accounts).
Support inquiries from other departments on Control items(Reconciliations, Loans, Ledger issues, Static Data, and Compliance). 

Full Audit responsibility for all external auditors and Federal Reserve/New York State Regulatory examinations to ensure all requirement standards are met.

BCP(Business Continuity Planning) Coordinator for Operations-Prepare test plans for BCP(Disaster Recovery testing at offsite location ensuring all employees have system access and can perform full workload from the Recovery location.

Ensure Ops Control group promotes an “In Control" Environment by providing KPI/KRI Month End Reports to management on all open items for Operations, Investigations. Past Due Loans Reporting on all failed Loan transactions and overdrawn DDA accounts. 

Approve all Funds Transfer Investigation cases, journal entries and Swift messages.

Rabobank North America Wholesale

Vice President-Operations Control Manager

•	Provide end user support for SmartStream TLM (Transaction Lifecycle Management) by assisting users with queries such as trial differences, missing broker data and other general system support as a subject matter expert.
•	Manage and analyze broker data files to ensure successful load to TLM and liaise with the prime brokers to escalate and resolve any issues with missing data as well as the setup of new client reporting.
•	Map and approve Broker data files into Xceptor Database to automate smaller broker feeds and reduce the time spent on manual reconciliations.
•	Create and maintain client mappings of broker accounts for those reconciled in TLM, adding new accounts and updating the mappings as clients launch new funds. Liaise with the Client Integration and the Global Reconciliations teams to obtain client prime broker account information to ensure complete setup on TLM. 
•	Onboard new clients onto TLM platform and participate in weekly Client Integration meetings to determine which clients are eligible to be reconciled in TLM.
•	Participated  in Workflow, UAT and Regression Testing for TLM for the release of new functionality such as the addition of Swaps and Futures financial products onto TLM, 3 way Reconciliations etc and ensuring prior functions remain consistent and new additions are tested according to prewritten test scripts and documenting any issues.
•	Train new hires on TLM procedures for the Jersey City Office.
•	Subject Matter Expert for LENS Platform – Automated Delivery system for Hedge Fund Reconciliations to clients.
•	Client training representative for TLM and LENS Reconciliation Delivery platform.
•	Prepare Monthly/Quarterly Investor Letters for Hedge Fund Clients.

CITCO FUNDS SERVICES

Business Analyst (Full Time)

•	Monitor insurance policies for Co-ops and Condominiums ensuring that premiums are paid and policies and coverage is bound and renewed on a timely basis.
•	Main contact for Shareholders and residents for any issues in the buildings.
•	Process claims from the Buildings to the insurance companies.
•	Review and process Applications for Subleases and Purchases of Apartments including background checks.
•	Prepare letters and memos at the request of the managing agent and/or Board of Directors as required.
•	Arranged for payments of Real Estate Taxes, Water and Sewer Charges.
•	Enter vendor invoices for payment for Accounts payable.

First Management Inc.

Account Executive

Access Project-Fund of Fund Trade Input Aug 1, 2007-Oct 3, 2008:

• Prepared and executed Test Scripts for Workflow,User Acceptance and Regression Testing to test key components of the system, production fixes and new functionality releases while successfully tracking and resolving system defects.
• Liaised with the Fund of Funds Custody Team in various jurisdictions in order to gather requirements and feedback to create the Business Requirements Documents for various project initiatives for development such as Trade Automation and Follow up Reporting.

Reconciliations Supervisor-June 2004 to July 2007.
• Implemented SSR/TLM systems into the department to automate the Hedge Fund Reconciliations while leading the ongoing automation phases of the project as a Reconciliations Subject Matter Expert by participating in system design, working with Brokers to obtain Broker Data Files for Cash and Positions and provided the IT team with matching rules, test files and writing the business requirements documentation for the system.
• Participation in the project included travel to Scotland and India for Workflow and User Acceptance Testing, writing and executing test scripts to ensure system functionality, outlining user procedures, and resolving system defects.Traveled to Kolkata, India to train the users on the TLM reconciliations system and provided user support from the New York office for the India  team. 
• TLM/SSR Super User- Provided system support functions for both New York and Kolkata offices on any system related issues including user support, responding to queries, ensuring data files are loaded properly, system maintenance, account and user set up.
• Carried out controls of all reconciliation procedures for completeness and accuracy according to the company Compliance and Anti Money Laundering Procedures to reduce risk and exposure to the group.

HSBC

Business Analyst

•	Cash, Trade and Position Reconciliations of Hedge Fund Clients dealing in the following financial products: Bonds, Repos, Foreign Exchange, Money Markets, Swaps, Equities and Futures on a daily basis.
•	Provided support services for Hedge Fund clients include middle office duties between the clients and prime brokers such as reporting, data files and trade discrepancies and settlements and  processed all clients’ related wire transfers of subscriptions and redemptions.

SS&C GlobeOp

Analyst

•	Reconciliations of Nostro Foreign Currency Accounts while reporting and investigating open items.
•	Reconciled traders P/L reports and reported exceptions to management.
•	Reconciled all USD General Ledger accounts for Foreign Exchange and prepared exception reports for senior management.  
•	Prepared spreadsheets for reconciliations as well as balanced sheets for month end and income and expense reporting.
•	Reconciled FX and cash and monitored the P/L and management fees.
•	FX investigations and compensations of open items in Intellitracs.	
•	Prepared wire transfers in settlement of Foreign Exchange Trades.

Maria Marino