anthony falco

* Monitor clearance and settlements in all US Treasuries, Agencies, and MBS securities of cash and repo trades through Bank of New York BDC system * Manage allocation of Tri-Party repo through Bank of New York Access Edge system * Monitor and report the firm’s cash balances to respective trading desks * Provide support and reporting to all business lines and counter-parties * Communicate with all internal departments (i.e. Finance, Accounting, Risk, Treasury) on trade processing

* Financed both the Firm’s and the Repo Desk’s daily position of $10-12 billion treasury and agency collateral. * Worked with sales force in support of new account development. * Functioned as liaison between trading floor and operations department

* Minimize the bank's risk by making and responding to required margin calls in accordance with agreements and internal credit and audit guidelines for OTC derivative products and Repurchase agreements backed by US Treasuries * Perform margin activities and exposure analysis to ensure compliance with credit terms in ISDA agreements * Ensure that all margin calls are issued and responded to meeting agreement deadlines * Research, reconcile and resolve margin call disputes with counterparties * Work closely with front, middle and back office ; * Notify Risk IM team on margin call disputes ; * Confirm and process collateral movements in a timely manner and support the booking and settlement of OTC cleared and bi-lateral derivatives * Investigate control reporting breaks ; * Accurately prepare daily reports for review by senior management ; * Escalate unresolved issues to management

* Provided superior customer service in the branch office and on the phone * Employed business development techniques to strengthen client relationships * Acted as a total solutions provider by using Scottrade's product and service suite to meet client's needs * Ensured exceptional client service was provided by partnering with Scottrade Lines of Business to optimize the client experience * Partnered with Scottrade Client Education Services to provide clients with depth and understanding regarding financial markets, trading guidance, and portfolio management

* Provide personalized investment advice and guidance for individual investors. * Provide investment, savings, and liability management solutions utilizing wealth management tools. * Identify prospective clients and welcome new clients to platform. * Deepen relationships with existing client base and partnering with internal team members when appropriate. * Knowledgeable of investments and financial markets with ability to apply key principles appropriately to clients investment needs. * Strengthen client relationships by anticipating needs and exceeding service expectations. * Ability to grasp and apply complex material quickly. * Maintain a high level of personal integrity and professionalism.

Consulted in Treasury Finance Department to determine funding levels, benchmarks and internal spreads for various asset classes to provide better transparency for management. Assisted in establishing proposed funding framework to document how RBCCM utilized secured financing to fund its balance sheet. Offered recommendations to enable financing costs to be allocated to trading desks in an economically valid and consistent way.

* Managed a staff of 6 traders and sales people and coordinated trading and sales activities. Planned and executed transactions and trading strategies in Repo and Fixed Income markets. * Directed expansion of client base which led to improved customer volumes and repo matched book transactions. Assets grew from 3 billion to more than 10 billion resulting in an increase of group revenues. * Monitored on a daily basis P/L reports, risk and trading limits, margin calls and margin dispute discrepancies. * Worked with IT group to successfully implement system enhancements such as straight-thru-processing and real time front office trading and risk management systems. * Member of firm’s Investment Committee, Operational Control Committee, Compliance Committee, and Business Continuity Committee. * Wrote, maintained and updated group’s operational manual, policies and procedures, and disaster recovery manual. * Group’s representative with internal and external auditors and self regulatory organizations.

* Responsible for Repo trading in the front end of the treasury curve, overnight and term collateral trading for the customer book, as well as proprietary trading. * Traded Fed Funds, Euro Dollar, and Treasury Bond Futures to express a market view or for hedging purposes. * Communicated with sales force in support of efforts to increase customer transactions. * Worked with operations group on trade discrepancies and security clearance problems.

* Monitor, analyze, and process treasury transactions. * Responsible for the timely settlement support of all treasury transactions and Fed settlements at Bank of New York. * Work on clients internal systems to monitor all trade pre-settlement and settlement date activities. * Process and allocate tri-party shells. * Perform general reconciliation activities including reconciling client’s custody accounts versus Bank of New York. * Research, resolve, and report all discrepancies. * Keep client apprised of transactional status. * Work closely with other operational partners located in different global regions. * Follow all procedures maintaining Broadridge’s stated internal controls and regulatory reporting.

* Convert BNYM clients from existing GSCX platform onto new BDC platform * Work with BNYM relationship managers by taking on lead role of informing BNYM clients regarding the system conversion from GSCX to BDC * Perform BDC product training and extensive testing with BNYM GSCX clients and vendors through on-site support and web-based training sessions * Implement internal testing and UAT for systems and application releases related to project assignments * Complete network connectivity testing with BNYM GSCX clients and their various vendors such as Broadridge, Sungard, Matrix, Readq, and Thompson-Beta in anticipation of conversion to BDC * Assist BNYM clients in completion of BDC Client Test forms and documentation * Initiate and maintain high level of personal contact with clients to deliver outstanding client experience * Acquire expert-level knowledge and experience in use of BDC platform