Dynamic Senior Associate at J.P. Morgan with a proven track record in securities management and client relationship development. Successfully onboarded over $200 million in assets while enhancing portfolio reporting through collaboration with developers. Adept at financial analysis and project management, driving efficiency and client satisfaction in fast-paced environments.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Associate
J.P. Morgan
San Francisco
01.2018 - Current
Works in a complex team-oriented and fast paced environment with advisors, administration and operations teams to deliver a consistent and integrated approach across all Wealth Management products
Instrumental in onboarding $200 million plus accounts in assets, and introducing new investment opportunities
Extensive high touch relationship with clients while delivering solutions and ideas for building their wealth and protecting assets.
Collaborating with in-house, third-party developers and programmers to customize portfolio reports for client.
Responsible for managing client’s accounts on a daily basis, incoming, outgoing cash and asset reconciliation
Account Manager
Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc.
San Rafael
01.2016 - 01.2017
Managed multiple non-traded alternative investment funds, private equity, real estate funds and hedge funds
Liaison between clients, investors, custodians, advisors and brokers
Responsible for shareholder investor administration, disbursements, correspondence and billing
Ensured all projects and processes were handled properly for clients, and wrote orders for additional services
Handled all back-office operations needs for clients, troubleshoot and escalated problems as needed
Collaborated with programmers to develop proprietary system enhancements and fulfill client requests
Work directly with upper management in support of business development and client retention efforts
Operations Manager
PCBB Capital Markets LLC
Walnut Creek
01.2009 - 01.2016
Administered and analyzed fixed income portfolios, while guiding C-Suite on downwards in meeting their business needs
Successful in supporting continued growth of existing relationships with assets under management of 20MM
Streamlined procedures to automate the account reconciliation process and increased accuracy and efficiency
Worked with strategic partner Fidelity to achieve more transparency for customers while cutting monthly custodial fees by 50%
Provided clients with a customizable application to monitor their portfolio, and enabled participation of all personnel in the decision making process
Expedited the process of resolving client issues by partnering with our custodian to create specific support groups
Collaborated with a cross-functional team implementing Salesforce as a useful database tool to collect client/prospect information through the subscription of our targeted newsletter of 55k readers
Product Specialist
Bear, Stearns Securities Corp.
San Francisco
01.2001 - 01.2007
Developed client training presentations for hedge fund, broker dealer, and investment advisors
Established product depth on 40 diverse products including, trading, reporting, operations and analytical applications
Customized applications for high net worth clients managing assets of 1billion+, which created a 10% increase in revenue
Presented sales demonstrations, focusing on technical, quantitative and risk analysis features for diverse product suites
Participated in release management of new product rollouts and upgrade releases
Directed new client migration and integration projects by leading a cross-functional team to optimize the transition
Expedited the QA process by assisting the department at HQ in NYC on the web-based end user application
Conducted competitive analysis to support product development team, which became essential in developing proprietary systems that incorporated our client’s wish list
Collaborated with sales, marketing and product developers to design product demonstrations for prospective clients
Account Manager
Bridge Information Systems
San Francisco
01.1994 - 01.2001
Successfully converted 80% of existing accounts to the new Bridge platform, from market data provider Telerate
Managed 50 fixed income and non-equity accounts including BofA, Charles Schwab and JP Morgan
Product specialist and liaison between technical developers, institutional traders and internal stakeholders
Customized user applications to maximize usability of desktop and web-based products
Responsible for developing training guides for fixed income clients
Trained users on premier charting software, and a suite of financial products and services
Demonstrated products to brokerage and investment banking institutions
Responsible for high-net-worth client escalations, steered the process until a timely solution was met
ESDBA Project Management Team
Charles Schwab Trust Company (CSTC)
San Francisco
01.2008
Part of a team within the External Self Directed Broker Account (ESDBA) group, hired for a specific high profile strategic conversion project of a multibillion dollar Keogh Trust Fund to Schwab as trustee
Negotiated 5 exclusive contracts between Schwab’s legal department and broker dealer’s compliance personnel
Monitored the flow of agreements to ensure documentation of approvals
Prepared and obtained CSTC trustee approval for the participant’s external brokerage accounts
Supported and worked with product and operations managers to integrate new client information into Schwab’s client portfolio management system
Education
Bachelor of Music - Music Merchandising, Business Minor
University of Miami
Skills
Securities & Account Management
Sales Support
Financial Analysis & Reporting
Database Management
Client Relationship Management
Product Management
Financial Software Training
Project Management
Certification
Series 7 License
Series 66 License
Timeline
Senior Associate
J.P. Morgan
01.2018 - Current
Account Manager
Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2017
Operations Manager
PCBB Capital Markets LLC
01.2009 - 01.2016
ESDBA Project Management Team
Charles Schwab Trust Company (CSTC)
01.2008
Product Specialist
Bear, Stearns Securities Corp.
01.2001 - 01.2007
Account Manager
Bridge Information Systems
01.1994 - 01.2001
Bachelor of Music - Music Merchandising, Business Minor