JOSEPH SIGISMONDO
Yonkers,NY
Summary
Accomplished and talented financial operations analyst with extensive background in middle and back office and management experience seeking to take on a new challenging role within or outside of the financial industry. I have vast knowledge of all many different securities types (Mortgage Backed, Swaps, Emerging Markets, Corporate and Government Debt, Options, Foreign and Domestic Equity as well as many others). I am considered a very fast learner and work well in a team and in fast paced environment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Systems/Applications Manager
Alpine Woods Capital Investors
Purchase, NY
02.2014 - 03.2015
- Organization and implementation of an Order Management System (OMS) using Advent's MOXY
- Organization and implementation of an Portfolio Accounting System using Advent's APX
- Organization and implementation of an Order Management System (OMS) using InvestorTools SMART and PERFORM
- Trade entry and operations support for Municipal Money Market Fund Trade entry and operations support for
- Municipal Short-Term Duration and High Yield Funds Assisting in daily trade entry
- Working closely with Compliance team to develop and maintain trading rules
- Process of end of day trading and the reconciliation between OMS and Portfolio Accounting Systems
- Maintaining the upkeep of functionality of both the all business systems.
- Responsible for all business system vendor relationships
Operations Manager/Head of Data Management
Alpine Woods Capital Investors
Purchase, NY
10.2008 - 03.2014
- Chair of the Internal Valuation Committee Developed data reconciliation between internal systems and custodial bank
- Developed Trading, Reconciliation, Security Set-up, Pricing, Fair Value and Proxy Voting procedures
- Setting up a Security Master within the Portfolio Accounting System to accurately reflect P&L across all accounts for both MOXY and APX
- Settling derivative products Assisting in daily settlement issues for Domestic and Foreign Equity as well as Fixed Income
- Processing all corporate actions including dividends
- Assisting external fund administration in daily transaction processing to ensure a daily correct NAV calculating
- Assisting in the upkeep of functionality of both the MOXY and APX.
- Producing Trade Error Reports and NAV recalculations Managing both internal and external fund administration data sources.
Data Management Team Leader
Allianz Global Investors
New York, NY
09.2006 - 09.2008
- Responsible for the notification, execution and tracking for all corporate actions Security set up for all equity and derivative securities
- Security set up for fixed income securities in portfolio trading system and portfolio accounting system
- Responsible for data integrity for all types of equity, fixed income and derivative securities
- Responsible for processing dividends, MBS pay downs and interest payments
- Spearheading group implementation from Advent's Axys to APX
- Spearheading implementation of new security database
- Assisting in providing an estimated pay down method for mortgage backed securities
- Providing fair valuations solutions
- Provided valuation expertise establishing market neutral product via a absolute return swap.
Corporate Action Analyst
Moore Capital Management
New York, NY
06.2003 - 07.2006
- Responsible for the execution for all corporate actions for trading advisor of 10 billion dollar hedge fund using Advent's Geneva Prepared position liquidity reports Kept portfolio managers aware of all upcoming and pending corporate actions including company mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations on all products Provided profit and loss implications to portfolio managers for all corporate actions Reviewed IPO and private placement agreements for execution Executed, reconciled and settled absolute return swaps, stock loan and repos Daily crediting and tracking for dividend accruals Responsible for reconciling and settling equity, debt and derivative products both foreign and domestic.
Intern
Moore Capital Management
New York, NY
10.2001 - 06.2003
- Created monthly and weekly reports for alternative investment program analyzing performance and liquidity.
- Obtained and pricing investments for outside portfolio managers.
- Maintained daily risk and liquidity for firms fund of funds portfolio.
- Maintained records for alternative investments including agreements, financial statements and due diligence.
Education
BBA -
Pace University
June 2003
Skills
- Possessing strong skills all word-processing systems, MS Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficient in using Advent Portfolio Accounting Systems Geneva, Axys and APX
- Order Management Systems Advent's Moxy, Antares, InvestorTools and Macgregor XIP
Expereinced with accruals, acquisitions,
Ex
Equity, financial statements, FixedIncome, Funds, mergers, MS Excel, Money, Order Management, Pricing,profit and loss, reconciling, securities, swaps, trading system, transa
database,
Interests
Active member of New York Cares
Additional Information
- ALS TDI Active member of New York Cares
Timeline
Business Systems/Applications Manager
Alpine Woods Capital Investors
02.2014 - 03.2015
Operations Manager/Head of Data Management
Alpine Woods Capital Investors
10.2008 - 03.2014
Data Management Team Leader
Allianz Global Investors
09.2006 - 09.2008
Corporate Action Analyst
Moore Capital Management
06.2003 - 07.2006
Intern
Moore Capital Management
10.2001 - 06.2003
BBA -
Pace University
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