Gary Stuart Jones

Nationality British Contact email gary_s_jones@live.com tel 07843 057068 LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/gary-jones/34/60/a31 Notice Period Available for immediate start An experienced Senior Settlements Clerk with an attention to detail and a proven track record of success in all financial services market sectors, working for high profile institutions including HSBC, Bank of New York Mellon and JP Morgan Chase. A strong pro-active leader, providing guidance and mentoring to new joiners and junior staff to enable all departmental tasks to be completed on time. Experienced in settlement, custody and portfolio transfers and the accurate and timely production and review of investment management performance figures, client report scheduling and security data maintenance in support of the investment management business. Excellent understanding of UK Gilts, Unit Trusts, Worldwide Market Equity, Fixed Income trade allocations with exposure to North American, European and Emerging markets. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Education 1994 – 1997 University of Luton BA (Hons) Business Administration – Third 1991 – 1994 Palmers Sixth Form College, Grays, Essex A Levels: Business Studies (D) and English Language (D) 1986 – 1991 Gable Hall School, Corringham, Essex

GCSEs including Business Studies (C), Science Double Award (CC), CDT: Technology (C), Mathematics (C), French (D), English Language (C) and English Literature (C)

System Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Explorer), Lotus Notes Swift (Merva MT540 series), Global 1, Tradeflow. Crest, Euroclear EMPLOYMENT

03/15 – 06/15 MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST INTERNATIONAL LTD, London Transaction Processing (Temporary role) Responsible for pre-matching and ensuring timely settlement of trades in Euroclear

within a highly focused team Liaising with brokers and the front office to resolve mis-matching issues Setting up static data on new lines of stock and new client accounts and sub-accounts Preparing daily and intra-day statistical reports

05/14 – 11/14 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, London Client liason and cash reconciliation queries (Temporary role)

Responsible for resolving investment manager cash reconciliation issues or reassigning queries to the appropriate team for resolution to clear cash exceptions

Filing reconciliation reports or forwarding them to the correct fund group Daily conference call to discuss outstanding month end reconciliation reports

11/10 – 11/13 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, London Investment Operations Services - Tri-party

Responsible for managing global settlements for client JP Morgan Asset Management and three boutique clients from receipt of instructions through passing to custodians and agents for matching

Pre-match and monitor the settlement of and updating trade statuses Manage failed trades, liaising with brokers and custodians to correct any errors Take appropriate action when instructions are affected by corporate actions Investigate interest claims on behalf of clients for loss on interest due to failed trades Hand hold and manage the settlement of Initial Public Offerings Instruct and monitor the client’s collateral trades Complete client settlement analysis on Worldwide Market Equity and Fixed Income Build and maintain relationships with Client Fund Managers, Brokers & Custodians Work within a Tri-party set up on accounting operational risks for clients Ensure any cash or stock breaks are reconciled in a timely manner Review the unverified trade report including STP exception management and

highlighting issues to the client and / or the technology team to continually improve STP rates and therefore increase operational efficiency

Regular communication with internal departments, such as Cash and Static Data teams to ensure continued smooth running of settlements and related areas

Review and re-write standard operational procedures Training and cross-training new and existing members of staff Seconded to the Bournemouth office to cross-train the new team in all aspects of

operations when the bank outsourced its operations to the Bournemouth hub. 07/07 – 10/10 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON Investment Operations Services - Tri-party for the client

JP Morgan

Responsible for managing global settlements for client JP Morgan Asset Management from receipt of instructions through passing to custodians and agents for matching as above

TUPE transferred from Bank of New York to JP Morgan Investment Operations Services to continue client operations as above when they took their middle office operations back in house.

01/01 – 07/07 HSBC INSTITUTIONAL FUND SERVICES, London Back Office Gilt Settlements (06/04 – 07/07)

Responsible for managing custodian settlements of high value UK Gilts Handled UK Gilt stocks for client accounts via omnibus and segregated CREST

participants Pre-matched and monitored trade settlements and resolved issues with clients &

brokers Contact the stock lending team to cover short positions Instruct and monitor LCH trades via Crest Managed the repo and reverse repo process to sell stock and agree buy back Instructed DBVs (Debit By Value) to complete upon settlement of Gilts

Unit Trust Settlements (01/01 – 06/04)

Responsible for supervising a team of eight staff handling Unit Trust settlements, purchases, re-purchases, stock transfers and redemptions

Reviewed team performance & prepared reports based on performance statistics Introduced cross-training for staff to provide cover during leave or absences Attended procedural meetings and provided overviews for clients and staff Liaised with clients, brokers and fund managers to ensure queries were resolved swiftly

and progressed trades to settlement Made Sterling payments for purchases and allocated all payments received Approved by FSA to place redemption deals & appoint at signatory for the bank Set up coverall forms of renunciation with fund managers, resulting in increasing the

efficiency of the repurchase process 1998-12/00 HSBC BANK PLC Credit Card services then transferred to IFS