PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential ,Chicago, IL

Investment Portfolio Specialist

• Managed middle and front office operations for Parasol Investment Management (PIM) including modeling, trading, portfolio accounting, GIPS performance verification, client reporting and database administration.
• Performed research and analysis for PIM’s two major strategies: Dividend Re - investment Growth Strategy (RINGS) and Global Enhanced Management Strategy (GEMS).
• Maintained investment models and traded all agency and trust accounts for First Midwest Wealth Management (FMWM).
• Supervised Advent AXYS / MOXY conversion to FIS Investors View / Trust Desk platform during the FMWM-PIM merger.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Financial Services Consultant: Performance and Attribution

• Managed investment performance, composites and attribution for two major pension plans.
• Generated monthly and quarterly analysis and reports for all asset classes, including Fixed Income, Equity, ETF’s, Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Real Estate.
• Collaborated on conversion and implementation project involving the transition to the Eagle PACE platform, including benchmark / return validation, attribution calculation, IBOR verification and parallel testing with legacy system.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Portfolio Analyst and Trader

• Maintained trading, middle / back office functions and database management for c. 30 US investment management firms using the Advent Suite (AXYS, APX, MOXY, etc.) and Fiserv.
• Managed all investment performance and composite functions, including GIPS verification.
• Coordinated with investment advisors in reviewing asset allocations and rebalancing models. Monitored static and dynamic trading models.

Confidential , Chicago, IL

AVP - Manager: Investment Performance and Portfolio Analytics, Global Wealth Management

• Directed a team of four associates in the Performance Measurement and Analytics area. Analyzed investment performance using Advent AXYS for c. 7,000 domestic and international accounts, holding c. $14 billion in assets.
• Calculated, evaluated and reported individual and group investment returns by asset class and sector; constructed portfolio manager composites using GIPS guidelines. Investigated returns that deviated from benchmarks through variance analysis.
• Supported investment managers, High Net Worth and Institutional customers on all performance related issues, including client investment reporting, query resolution and system maintenance as well as back-up for trading during peak periods.
• Managed IBOR, performance, composite and benchmark databases, reviewing discrepancies and preserving data integrity.
• Streamlined processing and implemented efficiencies: reduced error rate by 70%, improved monthly deliverables by 40%.
• Validated data flow and integration between Advent AXYS APX / MOXY and SunGard GLOBAL PLUS. Worked with IT, testing and implementing changes and upgrades to software systems. Managed Advent and other business partner relationships. Acted as back-up administrator for Advent products.
• Provided leadership role for department; training, mentoring and developing the Performance & Analytics team.
• Evaluated 2004 post-conversion issues for the GLOBAL PLUS multicurrency integration with Advent AXYS and re-engineered workflow for unit through the implementation of new procedures. Reconciled all AXYS / APX and MOXY databases (trade, price, cost basis, etc.) with GLOBAL PLUS through MS Access, Excel and Business Objects SQL.
• Acted as business lead and subject matter expert (SME) on Global Wealth Management projects; including full cycle investment portfolio management and performance system conversion from AXYS / APX to FIRST RATE and technology transition from GLOBAL PLUS to Confidential ’s PACE platform. Project successfully delivered by deadline.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Investment Performance Analyst - Asset Management

• Analyzed and monitored investment returns for 1,700 accounts, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Computed individual, group performance and composites in compliance with GIPS.
• Set-up and managed all performance and portfolio databases. Created and maintained all benchmarks (real and blended).

Confidential , Chicago, IL

Investment Consultant - Project Support and Analysis

• Administered and maintained institutional, trust and retirement fund accounts for six Asset Managers.
• Reconciled custodian data, reviewed asset allocation and cash-flow forecasts, and re-balanced investment portfolios.
• Prepared quarterly investment reviews and ad hoc reports.
• Supported special projects, evaluating and testing portfolios for conversion from GIM II to PORTIA.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Software : MS Office 2016 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook), MS Project, SharePoint, Visio, Lotus Notes, Business Objects, Hyperion, Clarity, Salesforce.

Market Data : Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, First Call, I/B/E/S, Dun & Bradstreet, Telerate, Interactive Data IDC, Datastream, Morningstar Principia, Lipper, Value Line, Y-charts.

Investment Management : Advent AXYS, APX, DTC, DataPort, GENEVA, Report Writer, Barclays Point, Blackrock Aladdin, Eagle PACE, FIS Investors View, Trust Desk, SunGard, Omni Trust, Global Plus, Beta, Fiserv OneView, APL, Checkfree, GIM II, GIM 2000, Greenhill, Portia, Thomson Reuters, Baseline, Portview, First Rate, StatPro, Charles River, FactSet, CAPS, MSCI Barra, TrustAmerica - TCAdvisor, Zephyr

Custodial Systems : Fidelity NFS Streetscape, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade VEO, Pershing NetX360, Trade PMR.

Trading : Bloomberg, Reuters, Advent MOXY, AtomAlign, EdgeTech Analytics.

Languages: English, Italian and Lithuanian; working knowledge of Spanish.