Baruch College

Bernard M. Baruch College

Reconciliation Coordinator

DriveWealth

Provided strategic and organizational leadership to staff responsible for providing a superior level of service to client base and reduce the level of risk associated with the processing and settlement of variety of products within equity, credit, IRP, MBS and ABS derivatives.
•	Performance management conducted with direct rapports representing the OTC settlements team – Best practices included consistent focus on proper settlement of daily activities, timely and accurately resolve cash breaks, lead and developed staff on Market Initiatives. 
•	Developed objectives-based performance measurement system as tool to create strong, cohesive teams, focused on common goals.
•	Managed process improvements, including an automated query system and Co-managed streamlining back-office applications for the firm's participation on to trade information warehouse.
•	Acted as the settlements coordinator for Credit Events.  Prepared daily reports that identified operational risk and assisted in resolution of discrepancies. Participated on industry calls and provided appropriate update to global teams.

Credit Suisse

Operations Manager-Derivative products AVP

Investigate financial institution inquiries for various derivatives products such as interest rate and credit default swaps, Mortgage products, forward rate agreements and cross currency swaps .
Provide solution to identified discrepancies as a result of post settlement issues. Prepare appropriate P/L adjustment, chase clients for non-receipt of funds.
Reconcile   nostro accounts for various entities within the bank. Identify and  resolve cash breaks and prepare daily report for review by upper management and traders.

Derivative Operations/ Control Unit - Senior Analyst

of Foreign Exchange and Money Market Operations

Managed foreign exchange products, such as foreign currency lending, swaps and outright transactions through in house SPOT system.
Performed end of day procedure in order to secure traders as well as profit and loss within their limits.
Verified all nostro accounts for incoming and outgoing payments on a daily basis.
Coordinated cash manager accounts then routed net result on to SMART system(Cash Manager System)
Allocated monthly interest earned on the mutual funds traded to each cash manager accounts.
Generated balance verification reports for all operational departments such as, letters of credit, loan department, foreign exchange and money market.
Arbitrated all futures and options on the FUTRAK system.

Mizuho Corporate Bank

Assistant Treasurer

Administered treasury operation products such as, foreign exchange, money market, government securities, interest rate swaps and customer foreign currency deposits.
Arranged payments in U.S Dollars and foreign currencies via Federal Reserve Bank, CHIPS, SWIFT and drafts.
Confirmed all foreign exchange and money market transactions.
Reconciled brokerage bills and conducted all discrepancies.
Validated monthly marked to market values for securities held by the bank.

Arab Bank

Operations Technician

Executed and managed all orders using FXAT (foreign exchange dealing system).
Reconciled tickets input by dealers against trade blotters system and compared confirmations. 
Reviewed and processed dealer's overnight positions and arranged cover with broker.
Computed daily balances and adjusted overnight cash positions.
Analyzed trends using several analytical information systems (Telerate, Bloomberg) and prepared daily market report for clients.

Bank of Yokohama

Treasury Analyst

Catalogued all incoming and outgoing international money transfers.
Prepared payments through SWIFT as requested by client.
Replied to and resolved all customer inquiries pertaining to bank products and policies.
Investigated all wire transfer discrepancy (domestic and international).
Assessed all personal loan applications.

Zeynep Hatipoglu