Vice President, Operations Manager - Paloma Partners - New York, NY
(2025-03 - 2026-07)
- Responsible for the confirmation of all trades executed for multiple funds across different strategies which include products: Futures, Equities, Options, Equity Derivatives, CDS, Rates, Bank Debt, FX and Bonds
- Collaborated with Portfolio Managers, Traders and Accounting teams to oversee operational functions of multiple funds and managed accounts
- Act as the central point of contact between trading desks, sales, technology, risk departments and external counterparties
- Performed daily reconciliations for trade date positions and cash transactions. Worked closely with fund administrator to facilitate timely completion of month-end reconciliations and NAV's
- Collaborated with multiple Prime Brokers and FCM's (BAML, CITI, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, UBS and JPM), as well as the administrator (SS&C) to resolve issues with clearance, settlements, trade matching and documentation
Vice President, Operations - Asset Management One USA - New York, NY
(2019-06 - 2025-02)
- Supported Back and Middle Office Operations to coordinate functionality across 5 different Portfolio Managers, including high volume global systematic macro instruments (Futures, FX, LME and Swaps), as well as Bonds and Equities
- Assisted Portfolio Managers, Investor Relations and senior management with frequent adhoc analyses and requests
- Increased overall organizational efficiency by streamlining workflows and eliminating redundancies in day-to-day operations
- Led change management efforts to successfully implement new policies, procedures, and technology throughout the organization
- Provided team oversight to ensure all daily responsibilities are being met accurately and efficiently
- Researched and resolved daily high volume breaks on trade date to prevent / mitigate T+1 breaks
Vice President, Operations - Leucadia Asset Management (position outsourced) - New York, NY
(2018-07 - 2019-03)
- Managed and led a team who worked on implementation of operational process flow for all new buy-side business
- Implemented order management and portfolio accounting systems for firm (Bloomberg AIM and Geneva)
- Oversaw daily reconciliation of positions and currency exposure
- Managed prime broker relationships to rectify any trade settlement issues across various markets for several accounts / funds
- Monitored and assisted several Traders and Portfolio Managers in booking trades and setting up securities (TRS, FX, Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed Income, Custom Basket Swaps, CFDs, Sector Swaps, CDS, CDX)
- Monitored trade allocations against several entities on a daily basis, and assist with monthly rebalancing
- Worked closely with Compliance to update form ADV, monitored risk and covenant monitoring
Vice President, Operations - Cowen Investment Management LLC - New York, NY
(2018-10 - 2018-07)
- Direct point of contact for all inquiries from portfolio managers which includes P&L issues, monthly financing inquiries, position discrepancies and security markings
- Coordinated the on-boarding of new prime/execution broker relationships, including negotiation of fee and commission schedules
- Analyzed and reported on year to date, month to date, daily, and day trade P&L performance for senior management.
- Corporate Actions: booking of all voluntary corporate events; obtain corporate elections from portfolio managers to ensure that they are submitted to the prime brokers prior to their deadline
- Responsible for trade capture, booking of trades, settlements and trade breaks related to Credit & Equity Derivatives; including equity and currency forwards, swaptions, options on futures, G-7, repos, forward rate agreements, bond futures, cash bonds, Interest rate futures and swaps
Vice President, Operations - Incapture Investments (firm closed) - New York, NY
(2018-03 - 2018-10)
- Developed and maintain operating infrastructure for Multi-Strategy focused hedge fund
- Daily cash, trade, and position reconciliations of front-end trading systems to Prime Brokers and Fund Admin
- FX spot and forward execution for the purposes of hedging currency exposure
- Assisted in operational due diligence meetings with potential investors
- Created, maintained and updated procedures for client specific deliverables
- Streamlined operational processes to reduce risk and improve efficiencies
- Oversaw PB Margin, Collateral Management and OTC Settlements functions
Operations Specialist - Balyasny Asset Management - New York, NY
(2013-03 - 2014-03)
- Performed daily transaction and cash reconciliation for multiple funds, between the internal risk system, Fund Administrator and Prime Brokers
- Worked with multiple Prime Brokers (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS) as well as the Administrator (GlobeOp), to resolve issues with settlements, trade matching, documentation, etc.
Operations Manager - Brencourt Advisors (firm closed) - New York, NY
(2011-08 - 2013-01)
- Responsible for managing the Middle and Back Office operations for Event Driven, Credit Opportunities and Merger Arbitrage strategies with an AUM of $365 million
- Worked with team to identify opportunities for automation and other process improvements
- Daily communication with trading desks and prime brokerage account representatives regarding portfolio reconciliation, trade settlement, valuation and documentation issues
- Prepared daily Funds' performance after market close, including valuation of portfolio and P&L analytics and review
- Reviewed mandatory and voluntary corporate action events (stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, exchanges, mergers, tenders, consents, etc.) and ensure that they are maintained properly in internal portfolio accounting system and external counterparties
Operations Manager, Client Operations - SS&C GlobeOp - New York, NY
(2006-09 - 2011-08)
- Provided Global Middle Office support for multiple Hedge Funds
- Addressed & researched cash, position & market value reconciliation exceptions
- Ensured all position and trade reconciliations were addressed in a timely manner with external Prime Brokers
- Assisted managers in ensuring that client accounts comply with investment & compliance guidelines
- Defined and implemented end to end tactical and strategic improvements
Operations Manager, Purchase and Sales Department - JP Morgan Chase - New York, NY
(2000-12 - 2006-08)
- Managed a team of six junior and senior staff members
- Responsible for all real-time trade matching for GSCC and NSCC broker to broker transactions
- Thorough and extensive knowledge of Government securities including Treasuries, Repos and MBS
- Provided high level MIS to Senior Management on a weekly and monthly basis for MSRB statistics
- Worked in DTC Settlements for Municipal Bonds settling approximately 400 trades per day
- Assisted traders with Stocks, Index Futures, Interest Rate Futures, Put & Call Options, Mutual Funds, Govt. & Corp. Bonds, Muni Bonds, Fixed Income, Foreign Currency, Futures & Commodities transactions
