Back Office Specialist Resume , New York, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Banking industry operations support professional with proven technical knowledge and compliance experience in the international trading/accounting/quality control component of the financial industry.
Background includes international/domestic, retail/investment banking, regulatory issues, trade processing and settlements, derivatives and money market instruments, reconciliations, foreign currency.
Independent detail - oriented contributor, specializing in time sensitive deadlines, data management, daily international client inquiries/high-end customer service.
In addition, significant retail management and small business owner experience.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS Windows: Outlook, Word and Excel

Banking Operating Systems/Database: MONTRAN, Summit Trading System

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Back Office Specialist

Responsibilities:

Confidential Cash plus system for balance checks between divisions of bank.
Maintenance of FX swap and spot deals
All currency payments as well as OFAC maintenance.
Payment systems including Fedwire Advantage, Citi direct, Confidential Treasury Edge and JPM Chase.
Working knowledge of MUREX trading system including trade capture and reports.

Confidential, New York, NY

Derivatives Specialist

Responsibilities:

Accountable for daily trades totaling approximately $1 Billion USD/foreign currency;
Entered and/or verified trades into the Summit Trading System;
Tracked trades for possible errors-quality control;
Responsible for daily resets for Interest Rate Swaps, Cap and Floors, FRAs;
Reconciliation of foreign currency and USD accounts;
Monitored MONTRAN system for swift settlements and account reconciliations;
Front/back office deal comparison;
Completed reconciliation between the general ledger and derivatives sub-system;
Global client contact regarding trade information, resets and cash settlements;
Manual accounting entries and subsequent reconciliations;
Validated all brokerage invoices and related accounts payable for derivatives and other treasury products including foreign exchange, money market, and fixed income securities;
Maintained broker fee schedules.
Processed interbank and interoffice and corporate money market loans and deposits for international (NAS, IBF) and Grand Cayman accounts, including all U.S. and South American branches;
Monitored real-time settlement of cash accounts;
Ensured proper processing of all money market trades, including input, confirmation, USD/foreign currency payments, including customer compliance with banking regulatory issues;
Conducted follow-up of settlement discrepancies in conjunction with reconciliations area;
Daily input of foreign currency conversion and USD interest rates;
Handled client and trader inquiries and audit requests.

Confidential, Woodside, NY

Shipping Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed a staff of ten shipping employees;
Primary liaison between vendors and executive level management;
Ensured all shipments were made to vendors and clients via UPS, FED EX, and various independent shipping companies;
Reviewed inventory and merchandise returns;
Monitored inventory system for proper credit from vendors;
Chosen as permanent substitute supervisor in all areas of establishment in the event of staff shortages.

Confidential, Elmhurst, NY

Owner/President

Responsibilities: