Richard J. "Chip" Murphy Jr

Financial Planner for defined contribution and defined benefit plan clients

manage 40-50 customer inbound and outbound calls daily

the top leader in firm-wide call volume

recipient - overall excellence in productivity award

• RETIREMENT PLANNING
• OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE
• CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Senior Financial Planner

• SERVING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CLIENT BASE SPECIALIZING IN:
• INVESTMENTS
• IRA ROLLOVERS

• Grow institutional client base while maintaining existing base
• Consistently call on institutional clients (hedge funds, investment bank equity trading desks, mutual funds) utilizing sales skills and building relationships in the equity trading world
• Key Contributions:
• Diligently communicate with NYSE management and senior officials on ever changing SEC and FINRA rules and compliance issues to stay current with changes
• Contributed to the development of the client base while attaining Series 7 and Series 63 certifications
• Service and maintain institutional client relationships - provided market color information

• Managed and traded personal equity portfolio – executing and monitoring dozens of trades weekly – refined risk management skills and electronic equity trading skills
• Key Contribution:
• Successfully attained profitability across investment portfolios.
• Assessed hourly market conditions to look for hedge and arbitrage opportunities.

• Performed and oversaw the daily operational functions within a start-up hedge fund in addition to raising capital and researching investment opportunities
• Key Contributions:
• Served as daily point of contact for vendors and brokers and presented formal investment presentations to high net worth individuals and institutional investors
• Wrote and produced a monthly investor newsletter to maintain communication and brand awareness
• Successfully achieved above market relative returns on investments.

• Performed range of financial and accounting activities to include preparing financial statements and managing general ledger, analysis, reconciliation, journal entries, and AR/AP functions
• Supported senior management in reconciling budgets
• Key Contributions:
• Grew the business from 5 clients at $500K revenue to over 20 clients and $1.5 million
• Managed a staff of 7 employees in a strictly regulated industry with zero compliance issues
• Implemented a daily review to manage quality of client experience to attain exceptional satisfaction ratings.

Executed daily TRADING/MARKET MAKING in most active NYSE stocks

Extensive relationship management with C SUITE executives of FORTUNE 500 NYSE LISTED COMPANIES