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Nicole Salandy

Conyers,GA

Summary

Performance-driven Vice President with 15+ years of experience providing business administration services and legal support for a well-known investment banking company. Equipped with analytical, billing, project management, and client relations expertise. Skilled in managing RFPs, gathering metrics, and providing technology backend administration. Expert in monitoring internal invoice reviews and payments, performing invoice analysis and reconciliation, and managing related metrics and reports. Proactive individual, adept at partnering with executive teams to drive change and achieve corporate objectives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with clients, management teams, and industry stakeholders.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President / Operations Officer

Morgan Stanley
01.2022 - Current
  • Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
  • Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
  • Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long-term goals.
  • Identified opportunities to improve business process flow and productivity.
  • Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors, and strategic partners.
  • Partnered with management and team leaders to drive efficiency in operations, achieving challenging schedule targets
  • Formed strategic partnerships and connected with potential clients to drive business development.
  • Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.

Director

Morgan Stanley
01.2016 - 01.2022
  • Coordinate legal projects while developing and managing counsel relationships for Investment Management Private Funds and Alternative Investment legal team
  • Aid finance control group with quarterly reporting of Capital Raise and New Product updates
  • Assist in the structure, development, and maintenance of various local and offshore funds
  • Prepare annual SEC filings and forms for Alternative Investment Registered Funds
  • Gather, arrange, and evaluate legal expenses to deliver monthly forecasts to senior managers
  • Assess marketing materials to identify legal, compliance, and world sky issues
  • Schedule and conduct global quarterly meetings for Private and Real Assets legal team
  • Determine legal requirements while soliciting vendor remarks to improve processes
  • Successfully managed funds, improving billing practices and dollar value in millions
  • Monitored and coordinated workflows to optimize resources.


Manager

Morgan Stanley
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Provided support to attorneys representing and advising Private Equity and Real Estate Funds within Morgan Stanley's Merchant Banking and Real Estate Divisions
  • Partnered with business teams and finance group to facilitate new fund launch
  • Collaborated with attorneys to process billing, time entries, and vendor rate cards
  • Managed daily operations of the business including employee records, client profiles, outside counsel databases, document retention, and archiving of fund organizational documents
  • Assisted in review of marketing materials while coordinating complex annual counsel meetings including livestream production, remote location arrangements, and senior executive accommodations
  • Gathered and analyzed expense reports and Excel sheets, providing executive summaries
  • Provided paralegal support to the firm's Alternative Investment Partners funds, assisting with fund filings and streamlining various processes for legal team annual registrations
  • Provided excellent recommendations to management on improving billing processes while communicating best practices among various business strategies to achieve goals
  • Implemented workflow review on all legal invoices, bridging gap between business unit and legal department's billing practices.

Executive/Legal Assistant

Morgan Stanley
11.2005 - 01.2013
  • Delivered support to Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Merchant Banking Legal and reporting staff
  • Performed various administrative tasks including producing and maintaining office files, updating spreadsheets, managing team calendars, and scheduling global meetings and travel
  • Drafted meeting agendas and confidential legal department memos, arranged legal filing database, and designed charts
  • Created and prepared presentations for executives, teams, and legal/ compliance trainings
  • Assisted with ad hoc projects including, preparing annual Form ADV Part 1&2 filings, T&E reports
  • SECinternal audit exams, and drafting department policies and procedures
  • Organized due diligence in preparation for new fund launch and aided in production and review of Private Funds marketing materials
  • Boosted team efficiency by producing effective presentations and delivering prompt support when required to.

Education

Coursework Completed - Communicative Sciences and Disorders

NYU Steinhardt
New York, NY

Skills

  • Operations Management
  • Client & Stakeholder Relations
  • Business Administration
  • Cross Functional Collaboration
  • Legal Project Management
  • Policy & Procedure Development
  • Team Leadership & Training
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • Billing & Financial Management
  • Expenditure Reports
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Administrative Support

Timeline

Vice President / Operations Officer

Morgan Stanley
01.2022 - Current

Director

Morgan Stanley
01.2016 - 01.2022

Manager

Morgan Stanley
01.2013 - 01.2016

Executive/Legal Assistant

Morgan Stanley
11.2005 - 01.2013

Coursework Completed - Communicative Sciences and Disorders

NYU Steinhardt

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