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Chang Liu

DUBLIN

Summary

Experienced investment analyst with excellent research, reporting and relationship-building abilities. Analytical and results-driven with excellent communication and problem-solving abilities. Looking to bring over seven years of related experience and take on challenging new role with room for advancement.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Derivatives Security Specialist

Citigroup
01.2022 - Current
  • Support and anticipate operation automation projects with the production team.
  • Daily review of all securities pending rate fixing, amortization payment, early redemption, trigger events, and position markings.
  • Provide effective communication and maintain a close working relationship with the operational Risk and Control team and Front Office.
  • Update ATIS Data system with advised Rate fix information from External Calculation Agents.
  • Assist Team Leader with ensuring Standard Level Agreements between all areas are in place.

Senior Representative, Fund/Client Accounting

BNY Mellon
05.2020 - 12.2021
  • Managing Market Value Reconciliation Automation Projects with offshore teams.
  • Preparing and accomplishing accurate and timely reviews of NAV in accordance with BNY Mellon standards or client-specific procedures and timetables.
  • Ensuring Fund Administrators maintain daily/monthly files in a manner suitable for future review by the internal auditors.
  • Supervising the preparation and calculation of NAVs across all funds.
  • Daily reconciliation of BNY Mellon assets holdings vs Clients.
  • Investigate any exceptions in positions reconciliation and escalate when applicable.
  • On daily basis, provide Matched spreadsheet to Cash Reconciliation Team.

Investment Oversight Analyst

New Ireland Assurance
01.2019 - 11.2019
  • Contribute to the writing of reports for our clients that are clear, insightful and help their investment process.
  • Reviewed, analyzed, and resolved breaches of fund investment guidelines.
  • Calculated funds profit or loss due to an active breach of investment guidelines in accordance with manager breach policy.
  • Prepared and distributed monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and yearly compliance reports for Clients, auditors, and regulators.
  • Produced Counterparty Risk and KPI KRI Reports quarterly for the purpose of internal governance meetings.
  • Process daily float to ensure that aggregate floats positions imported to the pricing system are complete and accurate.
  • Support the Investment Accounts Department in the daily unit pricing process and act as a point of contact for all specialist unit pricing queries.

Senior Assets Analyst

Canada Life International
10.2017 - 12.2018
  • Manage the Fund Acceptance Automation Project, ensuring that service level standards are adhered to and non-standard applications are escalated within the organization on a timely basis to support the business.
  • Assist with the training of new members of the team and provide ongoing support and guidance were necessary.
  • Ensure the quarterly and annual Investments Solvency II reporting processes and timelines and related reporting are fully met and engage with internal and external stakeholders as required.
  • Manage the reconciliation of Investment managers assets ensuring processes and procedure manuals are followed so that best practice is consistently adhered to.
  • Monitoring of investment managers statements ensuring DFMs are purchasing assets in accordance with the Asset Admissibility guidelines.

Fund Accounting and Valuations

SEI New ways New answers
04.2016 - 05.2017
  • Communicating with the funds’ investment advisers and entering security trades.
  • Calculating the funds’ expenses.
  • Performing security and cash reconciliation between our records and those of the funds’ brokers.
  • Calculating and reporting the funds’ Net Asset Values (NAVs).
  • Assisting with the preparation of financial statements and audits as requested.
  • Meet client and investor reporting deliverables and deadlines.

Equity Researcher and Analyst

Interactive Data Dublin
11.2009 - 02.2015
  • Extensive in-depth working knowledge of global financial exchanges with a particular focus on the Europe market.
  • Liaising with internal departments such as fixed income, and fund administration in order to improve data quality.
  • Ensure all corporate actions events and other relevant information are captured and analyzed through data checks and reports with internal queries before the deadline.
  • Identify relevant sources and conduct research on assigned publicly listed companies.
  • Create new Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL), a unique identification code for new listed company Initial Public Offering (IPO) security, company warrants, and other listed derivatives by using London Stock Exchange Sedol Master File.
  • Identify and update corporate actions information into system for different markets and resolution of any issue or queries in real-time base.

Education

BA Hons - Accounting and Finance

Dublin Business School
2009

Skills

  • Compliance monitoring
  • Assets Portfolio Management & Risk Management
  • Financial reports analysis - particularly in SII, KPI, KRI, and Risk reports
  • Automation process improvements
  • Financial markets, corporate actions, and instruments in particular derivatives securities
  • Morningstar, Bloomberg, Geneva(Fund Accounting System), InvestPro(Fund Accounting System), ATIS
  • Resourceful in completing projects & efficient in multitasking
  • Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Energetic & Self-motivated with high degree of cultural sensitivity

Timeline

Senior Derivatives Security Specialist

Citigroup
01.2022 - Current

Senior Representative, Fund/Client Accounting

BNY Mellon
05.2020 - 12.2021

Investment Oversight Analyst

New Ireland Assurance
01.2019 - 11.2019

Senior Assets Analyst

Canada Life International
10.2017 - 12.2018

Fund Accounting and Valuations

SEI New ways New answers
04.2016 - 05.2017

Equity Researcher and Analyst

Interactive Data Dublin
11.2009 - 02.2015

BA Hons - Accounting and Finance

Dublin Business School

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