CFO Resume
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Great Oak Drive, Churchville PA
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SENIOR FINANCE EXECUTIVE
Diverse expertise includes Alternative Investments, Hedge Funds, Real Estate Funds
&#; Fast-track and comprehensive career path to current role as CFO with multibillion dollar asset delivery and authority. Effectively building and leading teams involved in back office operations, accounting administration, investor servicing, client regulatory and tax reporting. History of controlling costs, maximizing resources, communicating expectations and implementing solutions to meet variety of business and financial needs. Employ keen business sense and solid understanding of hedge funds, hybrid registered investment company activities, private equity funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds.
&#; Equally qualified in managing controllership operations through expertise in accounting and finance operations including capital and operating budgets, technology innovation/utilization, financial analysis, loan negotiations, auditing and taxes. Easily assume executive decision making, risk and ownership of projects with ability to effectively manage through change. Respected for wide range of industry knowledge and commitment to achieving corporate objectives.
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE & EXPERTISE
&#; Alternative Investment Strategies
&#; Client Maintenance / Retention
&#; Financial / Investment Service Offerings
&#; New Business Development
&#; Funds and Investment Structuring &#; P&L Management
&#; Cash Flow Management
&#; Financial Management
&#; Hedge Fund Reporting and Management
&#; Private Equity Reporting and Management
CAREER PROGRESSION
Capmark Investments LP (formerly GMAC Institutional Advisors LLC) to Present
(Wholly-owned global subsidiary of Capmark Financial Group (formerly GMAC Commercial Mortgage), providing investment advisory services to proprietary and third party institutional clients. Capmark Investments is a respected leader in managing equity real estate and mortgage-related investments in the public and private markets with $. billion in investments under management. As a SEC registered investment advisor, the firm provides tailored investment programs to help meet specified client income, income-growth, and opportunistic return/risk objectives. Strategies include opportunistic and value-added real estate, commercial mortgages, investment and non-investment grade CMBS, REIT debt, B-notes, RMBS, mezzanine debt, non-performing loans and collateralized debt obligations.)
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Executive Overview:
Responsible for the integrity of the financial information for this registered investment advisor as well as the fund accounting and investor reporting for the funds and separate accounts offered to institutional clients and high net worth individuals with investments in the US, Pan-Europe and Pan-Asia. Recruited and trained staff and upgraded financial and administrative infrastructure to support the expansion of the investment advisory business. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, annual GAAP and tax based financial statements for the consolidated Advisor and for the funds, management reporting, regulatory reporting and Sarbanes Oxley certification.
&#; Complete administration of Registered Act Fund. Additionally, this effort included extensive work with external counsel and internal compliance officer to restructure the funds design that previously.
&#; Financial Reporting including consolidating and non-consolidating entities. Analysis for financial disclosure included analysis and documentation regarding FAS , FIN R, EITF - and EITF -.
&#; Established and executed a plan for SEC readiness in conjunction with CCO to ensure that all policies, procedures and documentation in place for SEC Advisor examination.
&#; Established global infrastructure for fund accounting and investor reporting in Europe and Asia.
&#; Assisted in divestiture of separate business units which were not profitable and did not fit into corporate vision and goals.
&#; Chairperson of the Valuation Committee which is responsible for the business strategy and key initiative approval.
&#; Member of Board of Directors and Management Committee which is responsible for the business strategy and key initiative approval.
&#; Treasurer or Officer on over funds with complete responsibilities for GAAP reporting, tax returns and cash management.
PFPC INC. – Wilmington, DE to
(Wholly-owned global subsidiary of PNC Financial Services Corp., providing back office services including accounting, administration, transfer agency, regulatory administration, blue sky, tax and custody to all manner of commingled pooled investment vehicles and separate accounts; revenues totaling $M)
MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SERVICES
Executive Overview: Hold full authority over all services provided to alternative investment/hedge fund and private equity fund clients including back office operations of funds as well as daily, monthly and annual accounting, administration, investor servicing, regulatory reporting and tax reporting for more than clients such as Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Citibank, PaineWebber, GAM, RockCreek, Soros. Manage business development and client relationship activities and maintained P&L management over line of business, budgeting and forecasting activities. Directed activities of risk management department in escalation of business risk and analysis of new services and associated risks.
&#; Played pivotal role in increasing assets from $M to more than $B during tenure, with consistent profitable margins realized after five years as startup division; grew department from staff of to over .
&#; Grew business through the addition of new products and service offering developments such as domestic long short equity funds, derivative based hedge funds and private equity funds.
&#; Realized reduced FTE per fund from . to . in two years through variety of operational and technology efficiency improvements.
&#; Significantly improved performance, productivity and quality of programs through variety of initiatives including:
&#; Selection/implementation of new general ledger and tax reporting systems as well as new software for partnership allocations
&#; Selection/implementation of accounting system for private equity, real estate and venture capital funds.
&#; Development of proprietary investor servicing database
&#; Establishment of strategic direction designed to expand business into middle office
&#; Design of new client boarding process as well as investor reporting platform that provided reporting via the web, the only platform of this kind that effectively managed registered hybrid hedge funds.
&#; Centralization of organizational roles to provide for targeted expertise and staff career advancement
&#; Cultivated and solidified key strategic relationships with risk reporting service providers and numerous pricing vendors that contributed to improved operating efficiencies of % over four years.
&#; Contributed to improved client /partner performance and productivity by managing client conversions from their internal systems or other service providers by offering project oversight, strategy and staffing requirements. Partners include Oppenheimer, Merrill Lynch, Citibank, Rock Creek. Specific results / activities included:
&#; $M in annual revenue via Merrill Lynch conversion from other service provider.
&#; Profitability gained from numerous strategic negotiations including alliances with Hedgefund.net, RiskMetrics, Advent and Sunguard as external vendors
&#; Coordinated conversion of all new systems including selecting of new tax and partnership allocation programs including Sunguard’s Investier for fund of private equity funds and hedge funds. Developed proprietary technology utilized for investor reporting and tracking.
&#; Developed necessary technology to support the country’s first act registered hedge fund including compliance tracking and retail type investor base support.
&#; Successfully spearheaded change in policy regarding non-lending of hedge funds by developing this line of business which is currently key component of overall financial services strategy. Company recently lifted restriction for fund of funds and FX processing.
ENTERPRISE SOCIAL INVESTMENT GROUP – Columbia, MD to
(A subsidiary of The Enterprise Foundation and Syndicate of Low Income Housing Funds and Projects, a federal program working with partners to finance, develop and acquire affordable housing and other community development initiatives in underserved neighborhoods nationwide)
DIVISION CONTROLLER
Charged with managing Equity Funds and private placements; corporation managed funds with approximately investments and fund totals of approximately $B in committed gross equity. Functions including cash management, bridge loan financing, capital call for investors, preparation of consolidated quarterly financial statements and management of internal rate of return. Managed staff of including six CPAs and six junior/administrative staff. Designed, prepared and maintained forecasting models for equity funds and routinely assisted in various underwriting issues.
&#; Served as cash manager of approximately $M, covering eight equity funds; responsible for coordination and distribution of quarterly reports to corporate investors.
&#; Improved customer/account services by leading communications with operating limited partnerships and developing interdepartmental presentation highlight specific accounting \\issues, review of financial statements, financial analysis tools and analysis troubleshooting techniques.
&#; Boosted productivity and efficiencies by designing proprietary reporting system.
&#; Recognized as department expert on I.R.S. regulation ((b) – reallocation issues on limited partnerships and internal rate of return GAAP issues.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Institute of Administration and Management Development, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia ()
Senior Accountant, Berman, Goldman and Ribakow, CPAs ( to )
Staff Accountant, Gary Bozel and Associates ()
Financial Director, Uniglobe Executive Travel Center ( to )
B.A, Political Science, University of Maryland,
