Mark Fanagan Address: 350 Lower Kimmage Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W, Dublin, Ireland

Mobile: +353 86 194 3100 Email: mark.fanagan@gmail.com; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markfanagan

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A professional with a diverse skill set, developed through my educational background and my work experience.

Currently have over three and a half years working in the funds industry. My previous role in GAM and current

position in BNP required excellent time management, organisational and multi-tasking skills to meet numerous

deadlines daily. Team working forms a crucial part of my position, working together to ensure all tasks are

completed effectively and efficiently. I have worked diligently and have put in great effort and commitment during

my time in GAM, resulting in my promotion to senior administrator. Following my promotion, I developed strong

leadership skills through my increased my responsibility, allowing me to effectively deal with any issues and queries

that may arise. I have expanded my skill set through my employment in BNP Paribas. Being exposed to different

type of funds and completing end-to-end NAV valuation has given me great knowledge of the whole fund process.

My primary degree in economics forms a strong foundation in the fund industry. My primary degree in Economics

forms a strong foundation in the fund industry. Economics has enabled me with numeracy and problem solving

skills. I have continued to expand my educational background by undertaking postgraduate course outside of

work. In 2014, I received a Professional Certificate from the Institute of Banking. The course covered the derivatives

market extensively. Earlier this year, I completed an Advanced Diploma in Investing and Capital Markets in DBS.

The diploma broadened my knowledge on how capital markets work and covered all asset classes . I believe all

this demonstrates my willingness to increase my knowledge of the industry and to continue to advance my skills set.

Company Name: BNP Paribas Fund Services

Job Title: Fund Accountant

Period: (30/03/15 –Present)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasked with preparing and reviewing of fund NAVs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis prior to the final

review by senior fund accountant or team leader.

Greater exposure to end-to-end NAV process on various types of funds including Fixed Income, Equity

Balanced, Index and Complex funds.

Analysing NAV variation by reviewing the portfolio impact from realised or unrealised gain or losses on

equities, FXs or forwards and other instrument types including assessing income and expenses

impact.

Reviewing and booking in fund transactions e.g. security trading, investor activity and other complex

contracts including CFDs, Swaps, Inflation linked Bonds and MBS trades.

Ensuring all corporate actions are processed, accounted and validated in the NAV.

Calculation of performance fees on several funds.

Review and validate large price movements through Bloomberg and other pricing vendors and certifying

stale/static pricing with the client and pricing vendors.

Monitoring all cash and security reconciliation items and ensure any breaks are investigated thoro ughly.

Payment and accounting for all fund invoices, ensuring all required documentation is needed.

Assisting and adapting with new fund accounting procedures and with future development of the fund

accounting process and systems to meet future market and client development.

Understanding of fund operating document, prospectus, pricing policy agreements

Adherence to client agreed NAV delivery deadlines as set out by fund prospectus.

Dealing with several clients daily through email or by phone to ensure all information received is accurate

and to highlight any discrepancies that could impact the NAV as soon as possible to meet deadlines on

time and to ensure the accurate calculation of the NAV.

Completing monthly fee reviews on funds to ensure fee accruals are in line with invoices paid and agreed

fee basis with the clients and adjust if required.

Providing any information required by the Auditors or Trustees is available within the timeframe agreed

with your Team Leader.

Assisting team members with queries or questions and training new staff members. Liaising or

escalating queries to team leader of any issues when necessary.

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Career History

Company: GAM Fund Management Ltd.

Job Title: Senior Valuations & Settlements Administrator

Period: (01/08/14 –25/03/15)

Job Title: Valuations & Settlements Administrator

Period: (11/02/13-31/07/14)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Promoted to Senior Administrator expanding my role within the team.

Analysing daily and weekly controls correctly and accurately. Highlighting any potential issues with funds.

Maintaining that our metric requirements are being and within regulatory requirements.

Cash and Stock Management: Reconciling cash items on each fund’s bank accounts daily.

Calculation of rebates and equalisation as part of the weekly and month end valuations.

Preparing and ensuring all weekly, monthly and quarterly reports are completed on time for clients.

Completing reporting requests from Trustees and Auditors - investigating and solving their queries.

Maintaining professional relationships with GAM personnel as well as external fund managers,

administrators, auditors, brokers and other asset management firms.

Providing cover during my supervisor’s absence. Taking on a greater leadership role, liaising with my

managers providing updates on the team’s performance.

Chairing weekly team meetings – discussing the meeting’s agenda, setting out weekly goals and providing

an opportunity for feedback from the team.

Delegating and assigning the weekly workload amongst the team. Informing the team of their tasks through

the weekly rota.

Assisting other team members with their queries or issues as they arise and escalating them to supervisor or

manger when necessary.

Showing initiative, suggesting new ways to improve training and implementing changes on one of the funds

which I was given responsibility.

Training new staff on various funds and reviewing their work.

Working in a high pressurised environment and being exposed to the complete GAM fund range and

developing a detailed knowledge of their structure and operation.

Calculation of the net asset value (NAV) including the calculation of the funds income and expense

accruals.

Given responsibility on one of GAM’s largest and most complex funds was a major challenge as it involved

a lot of manual and time consuming work reconciliation given the high volume of trades per day.

Ensuring all trades, futures, forwards and/or Spot FX’s correlated with the daily trade files for each fund.

Proficient in completing the valuation of funds within deadlines and working with other departments to

ensure outstanding queries are settled.

Ability to adapt to departmental changes in relation to teams and new funds.

Postgraduate:

(Feb 2016 – May 2016): Advanced Diploma in Investing & Capital Markets: Dublin Business

School (DBS), Aungier Street, Dublin, Dublin 2.

(Oct 2013 - Jan 2014): Professional Certificate in Complex Financial Instruments: Institute

of Banking, IFSC, 1 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland. 1st class honours.

Third Level:

(Sep 2009 - Jun 2012): B.A - Economics and Politics: University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4:

2.1 honours

Second Level:

(Jun 2009) Leaving Certificate: Templeogue College, Templeville Road, Dublin 6W. 450 points

Education Qualifications

Career History

Strong Experience with Microsoft Office: Excel, Word Outlook & Explorer.

Proficient knowledge of SWIFT payments & SunGard’s Invest One Enterprise and Multifonds Accounting

system.

Strong Knowledge using Bloomberg Terminal.

Professional Development:

Consult newspapers, financial magazines, and news apps to keep up to date with current affairs and to

increase awareness on the current economic situation.

Subscriber to The Irish Times, The Economist magazine and The Financial Times.

Actively managing my own small portfolio of stocks – seeking to achieve strong returns.

Attending different courses outside of work to increase my knowledge & skills as shown above in my

educational qualifications.

Sport:

Member of DMPT gym. Partaking in monthly group weight lifting challenges to pursue one rep max lift.

Taken part in charity 5km runs for the Irish Cancer Society.

Travelling:

Gained valuable cultural experience travelling extensively around Europe, while Inter-railing or on city

breaks. Travelled across the United States. Worked in the U.S. on a J1 visa in 2012. I have recently just

visited South America and Cuba.

Completing and financing several post graduate courses – most recent was the Advanced Diploma in

Investing & Trading in Dublin Business school.

Getting newspaper articles published in the three main Irish broadsheets, The Irish Times, Irish Independent

and Irish Examiner while working with a freelance journalist during my work experience in Transition Year.

Presenting in front of the Irish Consulate in New York as part of a group Business project in Transition Year.

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