Christopher Burkhardt, Senior Fund Administrator II

Christopher Burkhardt

Senior Fund Administrator II

Wilmington Trust

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree,
Experience
7 years, 11 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 11 months

Senior Fund Administrator II at Wilmington Trust
  • United States
  • March 2010 to November 2010

Wilmington Trust (Phoenix, AZ)
(March, 2010-Nov, 2010)
Senior Administrator II (accounting for the portfolio of investments held in a mutual fund.)
• Increased my daily managed funds from ten to thirty funds with a net asset value of $5, 000, 000, 000
• Received, vetted for accuracy and subsequently processed 100’s of trades for all applicable funds.
• Learned new software and responsibilities to make an immediate contribution to team productivity
• Resolved disparities, monitored variances, and explained tolerance breaks through research and analysis of financial resources.
• Regularly calculated and booked fund level journal entries for corporate actions, securities lending, share activity, class distributions, and expense adjustments; then audited the trial balance for accuracy.
• Performed reconciliation of securities and cash, identified breaks, assembled and sent inquiries.
• Acted as the contact for multiple brokers to answer inquiries regarding funds

Fund Accountant at Pioneer Investments
  • United States
  • March 2006 to September 2009

Pioneer Investments (Boston, MA)
(March, 2007-Sept 2009)
Fund Accountant (accounting for the portfolio of investments held in a mutual fund.)
• Managed daily transactions and processing of ten funds with a net asset value of $3, 000, 000, 000
• Processed all fund transaction data received from multiple sources in order to calculate the daily net asset values, class distributions, and the weighted average maturity of securities.
• Summarized financials using spreadsheets and prepared final fund packet in accordance with SOX.
• Submitted by deadline the price of all funds to management for reporting to the NYSE with 100% accuracy.
• Prepared annual and semi-annual audits, culminating in the analysis of collected data for the creation of detailed financial statements.
• Personally designed and recorded spreadsheet macros to increase daily team productivity and accounting accuracy.

Property portfolio manager at Empire Real estate Mgt
  • United States
  • May 2003 to January 2006

Empire Real Estate Management (Albany, NY)
(May, 2003 - Jan, 2006)
Real Estate Portfolio Manager (execution of asset strategy, risk management and transaction over sight)
• Oversaw the operation of 17 commercial and residential properties with more than 40 units.
• Conducted property analysis to determine accurate real estate value to maximize profit and turn over.
• Responsible for sales and assisted in business development.
• Managed advertising for sale and rental property; formulated marketing strategy to target ideal candidates.
• Implemented tenant placement and retention strategies increasing occupancy 50% over 2 years.
• Profitably managed building maintenance projects, minimizing costs and accounting for labor and supplies.
• Maintained and tracked tenant and landlord accounts including rent logs, collections and deposits, and enforcement of overdue accounts.
• Headed rent collection effort of unmanaged properties moving client from negative to positive income.
• Extensively researched foreclosed properties and analyzed data to determine an accurate market price to be submitted to the foreclosing bank.
• New York State Real Estate Licensee.

Education

Bachelor's degree,
  • at State University of New York at Albany
  • December 2005

I graduated from SUNY Albany in 2005 with a B.S. in Business Administrations with a duel concentration in Management/Finance, minor in economics with a 3.2 gpa.

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Real Estate
Marketing Strategy
Securities
Research Analysis