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Miguel Angel Senra Alejandre – (Contracting CV) Address: 40 Sebert Road, London E7 – United Kingdom (UK) D.O.B 3 rd December 1973 Nationality: British Born - (2 nd generation Spanish) Telephone 0044 (0) 208 536 0709 (Home) Mobile 0044 (0) 7515 427 777 Email [email protected] PERSONAL PROFILE I am an extremely accomplished, able and highly motivated and experienced individual with knowledge stretching across a number of Management and operational backed processes including extensive Global Tax knowledge and Asset Services. I am a very dynamic, keen, confident and enthusiastic individual, who strives for excellence in all forms of my work ethic. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Cardinal Pole Secondary School -1985-1992 5 GCSE’s Including Grade A and C. - English – Spanish – Maths – Economics – Combined Science Our Lady’s Convent High School – 1990-1992 A & AS Levels Grade C and above. - Spanish – English - Maths LINGUAL SKILLS - Spanish – Portuguese – Fluent. Italian –French – Latin - Intermediate. I.T. SKILLS & SYSTEMS All Windows based Applications – Access – Power Point – Bloomberg – FIDELITY – TLM/SMARTSTREAM/GEAC – GLOBAL 1 – KTEK – EQUILEND – EUCLID – DTC – SWIFT –CREST GUI – GLOSS – INTELLIMATCH – GABRIEL – SAGE – BaNCS – IBRD – COSMIC – IWT. CAREER HISTORY FROM March 2016 to May 2016 Job Description: Business Analyst – Securities Lending Project - Corporate Tax Department Company: JP Morgan Chase & Co. 2 Month short term contract Role Securities Lending Manufactured Income Revision Project. 4 Tiered Project – As follows: - 1 –

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Miguel Angel Senra Alejandre – (Contracting CV)Address: 40 Sebert Road, London E7 – United Kingdom (UK)D.O.B 3rd December 1973Nationality: British Born - (2nd generation Spanish)Telephone 0044 (0) 208 536 0709 (Home)Mobile 0044 (0) 7515 427 777Email [email protected]

PERSONAL PROFILEI am an extremely accomplished, able and highly motivated and experienced individual with knowledge stretching across a number of Management and operational backed processes including extensive Global Tax knowledge and Asset Services. I am a very dynamic, keen, confident and enthusiastic individual, who strives for excellence in all forms of my work ethic.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSCardinal Pole Secondary School -1985-19925 GCSE’s Including Grade A and C.

- English – Spanish – Maths – Economics – Combined Science

Our Lady’s Convent High School – 1990-1992A & AS Levels Grade C and above.

- Spanish – English - Maths

LINGUAL SKILLS

- Spanish – Portuguese – Fluent. Italian –French – Latin - Intermediate.

I.T. SKILLS & SYSTEMSAll Windows based Applications – Access – Power Point – Bloomberg – FIDELITY – TLM/SMARTSTREAM/GEAC – GLOBAL 1 – KTEK – EQUILEND – EUCLID – DTC – SWIFT –CREST GUI – GLOSS – INTELLIMATCH – GABRIEL – SAGE – BaNCS – IBRD – COSMIC – IWT.

CAREER HISTORY

FROM March 2016 to May 2016

Job Description: Business Analyst – Securities Lending Project - Corporate Tax DepartmentCompany: JP Morgan Chase & Co.

2 Month short term contract Role Securities Lending Manufactured Income Revision Project. 4 Tiered Project – As follows:

o Treaty Revision of 8 Markets vs 18 Entity Types. o Domestic Legislation Review. o Document Provision – RAS/Exemption/Tax Reclaim eligibilityo Review/Scrutinise E&Y and Deloittes feedback on Custody

based Project.

Purpose of the Project was to validate the MIR/MDR rate of all the clients in the Securities Lending programme, taking into account every factor validating that rate.

FROM AUG 2013 to Feb 2016

Job Description: Tax Manager – International Income Tax Group Tax Operations.Company: Northern Trust & Co.

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Providing Clients with bespoke/Tax Matrices. Delivery table suite of accounts and reviews. Bespoke Client Modelling on Pooling and Lending based Clients. Understanding ACS Models/UCITS/AIF’s Pooled/Tax Transparent

Funds. Bespoke/Tailored Tax Advice. Treaty and Domestic Legislation

based. Adhering to the QI/NQI regime and US regulations/obligations Monthly US NRA Pay Away and procedures for the team. FTT (French and Italian) – IGA and AFME Protocols and reporting. US Documentation Review for Nortrust Nominees Guernsey and

offshore based clients in accordance to FATCA/CRS Annual Questionnaires reconciliation and processing. Lending – and MDR/MIR review. Knowledge of Global WHT Rates, Knowledge of Tax Reclaims and completing the necessary US Documentation based requirements. US Annual Reporting: 1099 and 1042s Research/Development and Implementation. Client and Email queries processing. Tax Desk Escalation point.

Projects and Achievements.

FATCA )Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Knowledge. US Documentation/completion guidance and Knowledge under

FATCA. Withholding tax reporting and Monthly pay away process. Reconciliation of FATCA Suspense Accounts. CRS – Common Reporting Standard. CDOT – Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories Member of the FATCA and CRS tax processing committee. Bringing in line in-house procedures/Systems/Controls and protocols

in scope of the above legal requirements and obligations from all aspects of client on-boarding to custody serviced based clients.

FULL Migration of the Tax Specialist Team from London to Limerick (9 month Assignment)

BaNCS (Tata Resources) Project team member.

BaNCS – Project Tax Team member Tax System Process Mapping. Tax System compatibility and downstream effect analysis. Working with Tata Resources on Global Tax Matrices Table. System and Tax integration mapping. Project Forecasting. (Various methods, GANNT) Project updates and MIS Metrix. Meeting with Core Developers and Asset Services SME’s. Risk Assessing/mitigation and escalation review. Knowledge of Asset Servicing, both Income, Corporate Actions and

Tax on a Global Scale. BaNCS and GTOP phase 3 linkage. Updating of Procedures and System flows/mechanics.

FROM FEB 2012 TO AUG 2013

Long Term Contractor – Robert Half InternationalJob Description:  Head of Asset Services.Company:   ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd.

 Head hunted from Jefferies to assist in a start up company of ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd*  Head up their Asset Services/Corporate Actions/ Tax Operations area.

 

DIVIDENDS. Process all Global Dividends, All Markets All Currencies. Consisting of Custody Services/Manufactured Dividends.

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Appendix F's and Appendix C's. Manage the Payables and Receivables on all Dividends. Resolve all Nostro and Control Accounts breaks. ISLA Meetings

 CORPORATE ACTIONS.

Process ALL Corporate Actions events. Reconcile and Process all Cash and Stock Elections. Process and application into the client accounts. Meet all client and desk expectations.

 TAX OPERATIONS

FATCA-NRA Pay Away Process. FTT (French and Italian) Tax Reclaims (Global) SX1 QSL regime QI Regime AFME protocol and IGA agreements Documenting clients and Accounts US reporting Strategic tax – Front office tax Liaison to Equities trading Desk. European Savings Directive. Pension Funds/Supra/Sovereigns/CIV/UCITS Specialist.

CLIENT ONBOARDING.

KYC and AML Protocols. Client Onboarding – Documentation collation. Risk Scoring. Client Account Opening – Account Set up Tax Set up for all clients and Documentation overview. Monthly NRA Pay Away Procedures. Fiscal Account Review. AIFMD Protocols. SLA Agreement Agent Reviews.

JULY 2007 – FEB 2012 JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL LTD. LONDON Contractor – Income Team Lead and Ops Tax Senior Analyst.

Head Hunted by David Blundell from Lehman Bros to assist in setting up an Income Team at Jefferies International Ltd.

Manufactured Tax Processing matching criteria SX1 Operational fiscal year tax return Reg 9 and Reg 10 Matching. Tax Investigation and Resolution. Global Tax Knowledge all Markets all Currencies. Desk liaison for Foreign Tax Authorities. Knowledge of Manufactured Dividend Rulings. US Reporting 1042s and 1099 Reporting US Documentation Review. Knowledge of Euroclear and CEDEL Tax Doc requirements. PID and REIT specialist. Tax Reclaim Knowledge all Markets All Currencies. Processing of all Dividends Globally. Comprehensive knowledge of Global Tax Rates. Escalation point for all queries in regards to Asset Services. PERF (Project Enhance Request Forms).

MAY 2006 – JULY 2007 LEHMAN BROTHERSSenior Analyst – Income Team Leader.

Processing the day to day BAU of the Asset Servicing & Custody Team within Income Operations Department.

Reporting and new implementation of controls surrounding the daily cash, stock, and Coupon fails/Recs/

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Working Instructions fully reviewed to address gaps in processing to reduce operational risk.

Successfully on boarded Cash Equities to ensure the Asset Servicing team could fully support the business, from a Proprietary and Securities Lending perspective.

Significantly managed down the departments Cash and Stock breaks to new record lows to avoid anything becoming aged.

Restored senior management’s trust to avoid the area being ranked a priority one area for operations.

Manual Front to back processing of all Global Securities across all markets, multi entity basis and all currencies.

Weekly and Monthly team and managerial delegation of duties.

Contract liaison/delegate with service providers/Client/RM’s

JULY 2005-MAY 2006 PERSHING INTERNATIONAL LTDAssistant Vice President – Head of Tax & Control London

Managing the tax and Risk Control Department within Asset Services

Reporting daily stats to senior management for Payables & Receivables.

Resolving Autocomp issues whereby the Real Dividend and Manufactured have been compensated

Organize daily workloads for staff Liaison with Middle Office and Traders Regular interaction with Corp Actions and Processing Team

to ensure data is captured correctly and accurate based upon Cum Div Entitlements.

Clearance and reporting of Cash Breaks and Client Money Ensure BCP procedures were in place and tested regularly Conduct 1-1 ‘s , performance reviews including Mid year /

year end appraisals Made several improvements to systems and the way in which

the processing was done. This has created faster turnaround times for our clients and made the process more STP.

Recently Managed the Migration of the Manufactured Dividends Team to our Singapore office. Having spent a numbers of months providing training and mentoring to local staff to reduce our operational cost from a cheaper cost location.

Significant contribution in helping Pershing Intl Ltd. to achieve 1st position for Income in the ISF survey in 2005-2006

Processing of all US reporting for pooled US and European Clients.

FURTHER CAREER HISTORY – Reference upon Request.

Sept 2004 to July 2005 BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANOAsset Services – Team Leader.

March 2003 – Sept 2004 UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND Fixed Income Team Leader

Sept 2001 – March 2003 ING Bank LondonManufactured Dividend Income Team Leader.

Oct 2000 – Sept 2001 Merrill Lynch International London Corporate Actions Senior Analyst

April 2000 – Oct 2000 Morgan Stanley Dean WitterBA – Risk Management.

Jan 1999 – April 2000 Deutsche Bank London AGManufactured Income Team Leader.

Oct 1997- Jan 1999 Credit Suisse First Boston Fixed Income Team Leader.

Jan 1997 – Oct 1997 CITIBANKClerk - Contractor

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