Performance-driven Vice President with over 20 years of experience aligning systems with business requirements, policies and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting on business processes to drive results based on sound overall business judgment.
Overview
Work History
Vice President, Financial Advisor
INTERNATIONAL ASSETS ADVISORY, LLC
Primary point of contact for clients, and responsible for operational management and oversight of the client experience
Managed onboarding of client relationships, ensuring clients' investment objectives, managing fraud risk, trade execution, liquidity management and ongoing relationship management
Oversaw asset movements, portfolio implementations and leveraged understanding of organizational documents, estate planning, tax concepts, client suitability and risk tolerance
Helped to identify and prevent fraudulent activities by leveraging understanding of clients and their behaviors
Worked with middle and back office colleagues to ensure exceptional client experience
Execute, process and reconcile trading and other investment related transactions.
Vice President, Financial Advisor
CITIZENS INVESTMENTS SERVICES
Lead of 4 person team in Franklin wealth management
Grew revenue from $700k to over $13 million first 12 months
Developed and managed growth of book of business from zero to 100+ clients, $50 million AUM
Heavy focus on meeting with prospects to discuss and evaluate all aspects of individualized financial planning services
Connect clients across all lines of business of Citizens Financial Group
Delivered highly customized wealth management planning based on client’s objectives
Continuous monitoring of client accounts to ensure progress towards achieving set goals
Attention to maintaining compliance standards.
Senior Financial Advisor
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
Primary point of contact for high net worth and affluent clients for all financial planning and investment management needs
Developed and managed growth of book of business from zero to 100+ relationships, $250 million AUM
Leading partner of a Wealth Management team of four team members
Heavy focus on cross selling through existing retirement plans and accounts
Coordinate and collaborate with client’s other advisors during life altering events
Delivered highly customized wealth strategies based on client’s objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance
Capitalized on referrals through collaboration and delivering full resources of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America.
Mutual Fund Coordinator
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
Responsible for initiating, developing and maintaining professional relationships with external wholesalers of mutual funds, annuities, separately managed accounts, unit investment trusts, alternative investments, fixed income and exchange traded funds
Responsible for coordinating Bank of America Merrill Lynch research with external wholesalers product lineup to Wellesley branch of financial advisors.
Proprietary Trader
ACCESS GLOBAL PARTNERS
Responsible and accountable for managing own trading books with regard to positions, mark-to-market, P&L, and risk
Continual communication with established sell side relationships to generate trading concepts
Generate proprietary trading ideas based on technical analysis and fundamental research
Fluent with Bloomberg, Reuters, and REDI trading systems.
Vice President Global Equities
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY – CITIGROUP
Traded equities in Telecommunications, Media, Technology, Semiconductor, Semi-Cap Equipment, Internet Software, Healthcare and Retail sectors
Ranked 2nd out of 50 traders in proprietary P&L in NASDAQ trading, (2000-2003), top 5 (2004-2006)
Generated P&L that annualized from $18-25 million
Mastered fundamentals of risk management and capital commitment as a senior trader on the global equities block desk in Telecommunication, Media and Technology sectors
Established solid relationships with buy-side traders and Portfolio Managers via direct daily communications
Facilitate ongoing dialogue and communications between research analysts, traders, capital markets and institutional sales trading teams throughout United States and overseas
Served as an ambassador for Citigroup on client visits throughout United States
Managed highly sensitive and proprietary information for numerous accounts
Collaborated with ETF traders, Derivatives desk, Program desk, and Risk Arbitrage desk to exploit market inefficiencies.
Education
Bachelors of Arts - Sports Science
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, Ohio
Skills
Operations Management
Complex Problem-Solving
Customer Service
Goal Setting
Relationship Building
Schedule Management
Coaching and Mentoring
Channel Management
Organizational Skills
Personal
MS Office, Salesforce.com, Bloomberg, Thompson Reuters, MoneyguidePro, Coaching Youth Soccer and Lacrosse, Skiing, Hiking, Youthbuild Boston, Greater Boston FoodBank
Timeline
Vice President, Financial Advisor
INTERNATIONAL ASSETS ADVISORY, LLC
Vice President, Financial Advisor
CITIZENS INVESTMENTS SERVICES
Senior Financial Advisor
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
Mutual Fund Coordinator
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
Proprietary Trader
ACCESS GLOBAL PARTNERS
Vice President Global Equities
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY – CITIGROUP
Bachelors of Arts - Sports Science
Ohio Wesleyan University
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