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SHOKOOH MELA BANIASADI

Dallas,Texas

Summary

Experienced Private Equity Supervisor with a strong background in managing alternative investments, including hedge funds and private equity. Skilled in Purchases/Redemptions, Reorganizations, Reconciliation, Income processing, GAAP reporting, and year-end audit coordination of alternative investments. Proven track record of supervising and mentoring analysts, ensuring accurate reporting process to compliance. Adept at collaborating with external investment managers and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality service. Strong commitment to regulatory compliance, continuous process improvement, and operational excellence.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Manager - Alternative Investments

Equity Trust Brokerage
09.2024 - Current
  • Lead and manage a team of associates, providing hands-on training, onboarding support, and continuous development in accounting systems, procedures, and client deliverables.
  • Collaborate with Reorganization departments to facilitate the processing of alternative investment events, including processing DWACs, stock splits, spin-offs, and public offerings.
  • Collaborate with Compliance and Legal teams to develop and update company forms in alignment with regulatory requirements and industry standards
  • Supervise and train associates on the processing of purchases, redemptions, capital calls, and reconciliation of all alternative investments held in custody
  • Review client deliverables, quarterly financial statements, investment data, partner’s capital allocations, fund net asset value and applicable accrual bookings
  • Oversaw daily cash reconciliations, ensuring accurate financial reporting and minimizing discrepancies.
  • Assisted in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new employees to maintain adequate staffing levels.


Senior Alternative Investment Specialist

Charles Schwab Corp.
01.2023 - 09.2024
  • Work with hedge funds, private equity funds, offshore funds and REITS in the re-registration and reconciliation of assets within institutions and transfer agents.
  • Produce and review fund reporting documents , quarterly statements, contract notes, LOA’s, order acknowledgement and regulatory reports.
  • Provided support to team members in urgent and complex cases, offering guidance and targeted training to ensure timely and effective resolution.
  • Develop monthly and quarterly financial models for directors and executives regarding the valuation of assets (NAV) based on capital calls and distributions taking effect.
  • Conduct audit process, ensuring timely and successful completion of fund audits including preparation of fund financial statements.
  • Work with over 600+ sponsors and transfer agents to leverage data to identify risks, provide guidance, execute risk assessments, and perform testing activities.
  • Navigate company’s Governance and Risk & compliance (GRC) tool to record ,update and report on various financial reportings.

Stock Broker

Charles Schwab & Co.
03.2020 - 01.2023
  • Establish control of complex orders for clients by assisting with placing trades and educating on securities markets
  • Ensure all operations are carried out in accordance with SEC and FINRA guidelines
  • Manage a book of over 100+ clients with a net worth of 10M+ (Accredited Investors / Private clients)
  • Maintain up-to-date information on reorganizations, IPO’s, margin policies and option expiration’s.
  • Prepare quarterly reports and led presentations regarding current financial markets

Relationship Banker

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
09.2018 - 11.2019
  • Manage a portfolio size of $55 million for over 300+ high net worth clients: providing them a full range of banking and investment services, such as business banking, mortgage lending and investment management
  • Partner closely with mortgage bankers, relationship managers and commercial lending groups in DFW market at senior levels to develop and execute growth strategies to acquire new clients
  • Contribute to the branch’s profit growth with consistent high sales performance as one of the top performing bankers in DFW
  • President’s club reward achievement for consecutively reaching sales goals for the 12 month fiscal reports for all of DFW markets

Education

Bachelors - Finance & Accounting

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
07.2024

Skills

  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
  • Net Asset Value (NAV) Calculation
  • Fund Reconciliation & Reporting
  • Investment Valuation (Hedge Funds, Private Equity)
  • Year-End Audit Coordination
  • Microsoft Excel (Advanced: PivotTables, VLOOKUP, Macros)
  • Fund Accounting Platforms (eg, Investran, Geneva, eFront, Advent)
  • Custody Systems (eg, Altserve, Bloomberg, FIS, Salesforce)
  • Reconciliation Tools (eg, BlackLine, TLM)
  • Data Management Systems (eg, Snowflake, SQL,Tableau)

Certification

  • FINRA- Securities Industry Professional (SIE)
  • FINRA- Securities Industry Professional (Series 7- General Securities Representative)
  • FINRA- Securities Industry Professional (Series 99 -Operations Professional )
  • Microsoft Office Certification - IBM
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
  • Customer Engagement Specialist
  • Salesforce ( Trailblazer Certificate)
  • Certification : Java EE and WEB services / Oracle Certified Professional
  • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)


Timeline

Assistant Manager - Alternative Investments

Equity Trust Brokerage
09.2024 - Current

Senior Alternative Investment Specialist

Charles Schwab Corp.
01.2023 - 09.2024

Stock Broker

Charles Schwab & Co.
03.2020 - 01.2023

Relationship Banker

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
09.2018 - 11.2019

Bachelors - Finance & Accounting

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

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