Iona University

Lead Business Analyst  -  Project Management -  Client Relations  -  Financial Reporting  -  Business Process Improvement - 

Ryiste Financial

Strategic Implementation Consultant

NextEra Energy Resources

Principal IT Systems Business Analyst

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

HBMJ Consulting is a boutique financial consulting firm serving the dynamic operational and accounting needs of hedge funds, fund administrators, private equity and prime brokers.  They assist their clients in optimizing their middle and back office functions to ensure high impact operational efficiencies and increased effectiveness.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

*Spearhead the SDLC of projects within the hedge fund, private equity, prime brokerage, family office and fund administration arena revolving around the SS&C Advent Geneva Portfolio Accounting System.  Project types compose of new implementations, fund conversions, and upgrades to its latest version.

*Analyze and evaluate client’s current processes to effectively identify enhancements designed to help mitigate operational risk.

*Develop and write clear and concise business documents (Project Charter, BRD, SLA) that align with client’s functional and technical requirements. 

*Construct and implement Month End NAV package that performs a trial balance reconciliation back to the client’s fund administrator for shadowing purposes.

*Routinely interface and collaborate with C-level business stakeholders to provide status updates including key risks, issues, budget, and escalations through PowerPoint presentations.

*Hire, develop, mentor and supervise team of business analysts and developers in monitoring client deliverables while working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

*Create learning assessments to educate new hires on industry materials and track their learning progress.

HBMJ Consulting

Senior Business Analyst Project Lead

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals


CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

*Responsible for reporting and analysis of the securities lending P&L for GSS trading desk.

*Analyzed portfolio composition and performance at the security level (equity and fixed income products) and review with management and traders.

*Worked closely with front office to develop and improve reporting for trading desk strategies.

*Monitored and investigated foreign currency balances and initiated trades with the FX desk to mitigate exposure daily.

*Established firm-wide controls and procedures related to financing activities, as well as, the compilation of documentation to support analyses and comply with the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) mandate.

Goldman Sachs

Controller

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Globeop Financial Services provides automated, integrated, middle and back-office support, and fund administration services to hedge funds, fund managers, family wealth managers, and institutional investors. Services include trade data acquisition; and middle and back-office solutions, such as daily reconciliation, daily portfolio P and L statements, data aggregation and pricing, exposure calculations and reports, OTC processing, real-time analytics, and trade capture, as well as security master processing, monitoring, and maintenance.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

*Supervised and maintained several master-feeder structured hedge funds dealing with multiple products including bonds, bank debt, mortgages, equities, options, futures, forwards, swaps. 

*Conducted reconciliation of Portfolio’s cash and positions from general ledger to internal back office systems and multiple Prime Brokers in more than twenty different currencies. 

*Produced daily client reports including Profit and Loss and Portfolio Valuation in an accurate and timely fashion. 

*Prepared monthly financial statements for clients consisting of the funds’ Net Asset Value, accruals of management and incentive fees, and the economic allocation of profit and loss to partners. 

*Acted as primary contact for internal and external audit schedules for numerous client accounts.

GlobeOp Financial Services

Manager

Louis Kuhn