Accounting Manager at Commonfund Capital (2023-10 – 2024-03)
- Manage the oversight and preparation of the quarterly valuation process.
- Work with the peers in the preparation/review of quarterly and annual balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, partner's capital statements and work papers provided by third party administrator
- Work closely with third party administrator to ensure timely delivery of quarterly information to investors
- Work directly with outside auditors and supervise external annual audit
- Analyze quarterly/annual ITD performance returns, including fund level and investment level gross/net returns
- Assistance with regulatory compliance policies, procedures and filings as needed
- Ad-hoc reporting, finance, and project management
- Refine internal finance processes and procedures to instill "best practices" operating environment
Fund Finance Associate at iCapital Network (2021-06 – 2023-09)
- Build and maintain relationships with underlying fund managers, fund administrators, and distributors
- Design and implement processes and procedures for servicing funds. Work in close partnership with the management team to enhance and automate key processes, and to develop and enhance product, management, and other reporting, targeting both efficiency and scale
- Work closely with Investor Relations, Product, Legal and Compliance, Technology, Sales, and Management teams to support fund operations
- Participate in new fund structuring, setup, and onboarding
- Provide oversight of fund administrators and other service providers, such as auditors, tax service providers, and custodians
- Monitor cash positions and liquidity of investments, reconciliations, and manage cash reserves
- Run accounts payable and expense allocation processes
- Define, update, and maintain operating policies and procedures
- Liaise with funds' custodian and funds' bank, as well as other counterparties as needed
- Work with counsel and CCO to ensure general compliance with fund docs as well as regulatory filings and requirements such as SEC and FINRA
- Fulfill ad-hoc tasks as required by the team and different parts of the organization
Associate Director at Gen II Fund Services (Acquired Abrdn PLC back office in 2019) (2019-06 – 2021-06)
- Manage the operations and accounting of an existing fund independently
- Ability to interface and manage a client/ business with limited guidance
- Familiar with LPA and other Governing documents. Able to extract key economics, compile, and document a thorough Summary with limited guidance
- Oversee and provide guidance on the initial set up of the Clients Funds deliverables (capital calls, distributions, balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, partner & capital statements, waterfalls, IRRs) and perform thorough, in-depth review and sign off prior to Directors/Managing Director review
- Perform multiple levels of review/analyses of Financial reports/Capital Events and Private Equity Complex Transactions
Fund Accounting Manager – Hedge Funds at Abrdn PLC (2017-06 – 2019-03)
- Review monthly NAV packages and expense budgets provided by third-party administrator to facilitate oversight with respect fund accounting, financial reporting, and other fund administration areas
- Review and on a daily basis and maintain information for Investment Committee decision making
- Assist with all activity related to the audit, including proper review and follow up with third party administrators and auditors
- Book and review trades to ensure proper signoff and availability of cash
- Monitor & execute the FX hedging program of the Assigned Funds
Trade Control Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland (2014-07 – 2017-06)
- Responsible for preparation of daily P&L for banking business, dealing mainly with commercial and syndicate loans
- Investigate and resolve P&L issues caused by either systematic issues or mistakes created by various Operations teams
- Prepare daily global position file detailing all significant loan and bond positions across all regions
- Provide monthly commentary on the leverage loans market and the banks' monthly P&L relating to their loan positions for management
- Address concerns from front office personnel
