Euan Beer

Experience

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  HBOS Treasury Services

  Jul 2004 - Jan 2006

  Regulatory Accountant

  - Managing liquidity and providing analysis to ensure key Basel and internal liquidity targets were met.- Ensuring an effective partnership with the Bank of England is maintained to stay ahead and help shape regulatory initiatives.- Analysis and commentary on the drivers behind the lending/borrowing rate of loans and deposits.- Successful implementation of project to automate statistical returns for the BoE.

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  Royal Bank of Scotland

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2010

  - Responsible for the daily completion of the Profit and Loss and ensuring it is reconciled to the ledger. Aided in bringing the daily P&L process to a T+1 basis for Asia close and consistently delivering to the 11am GMT deadline for London.- Commentary and analysis on drivers and movements with a focus on the wider macroeconomics.- Responsible for understanding and developing an automated ‘rates’ explain tool, as well as other project work such as developing a new Bloomberg credit P&L tool.- Developed a process to report price testing and valuation on a weekly basis rather than the bank wide monthly output. My team was the only area to achieve this milestone with the ultimate aim to provide daily testing to external marks.- Month end reporting including reserves, commentary and providing additional metrics to senior management.- Continued to build strong relationships with Front Office, the ledger control team and middle office.- Supported the integration of Australia trading P&L into the RBS platform and have developed a good working relationship with Australia BUC. Show less - Driving the Effective Interest Rate reporting function. Leading the team on building, commenting and analysing the various business functions that make up the RBS Group.- Design and implementation of new tactical reporting database as part of the wider BoE Project to help streamline, improve and deliver consistently high deliverables.- Working closely with all aspects of the Group including Front Office to understand the core business and its’ key drivers. Back Office to gain knowledge and to help clear breaks and Finance IT to consistently deliver improvements to the IT infrastructure. Show less

  • Product Controller

    May 2008 - Sept 2010

  • Regulatory Accountant

    Jan 2006 - May 2008
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  Credit Suisse

  Oct 2010 - Apr 2013

  Assistant Vice President

  - Leading a team to help drive improvements and understanding of the collateralised debt obligation business. Reduced reporting time through better processes and improved the risk and control environment.- Working with all aspects of the business including quants, front office, middle office, IT and price testing to ensure that the new and existing trades were booked correctly and to continually drive the reduction in FOBO breaks.- Led a cross-functional team to eliminate dormant books. In the process I was able to greatly reduce the number of dormant books in the system, improve the existing process to reduce lead time, train and educate stakeholders in the correct standardized procedure.- Created a monthly management pack for divisional heads to show an overview of the business and how it performed. Included key metrics to highlight areas of importance to management such as journals posted, price testing variances and breaks on the ledger.- Initiated an improved SOX control environment across the team by standardizing reports and incorporating SOX into BAU. Show less

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  Kamehameha Schools

  Aug 2014 - now

  Director of Investment Operations

  Risk ManagementResponsible for developing and continuously improving a risk framework for operational due diligence for all potential and existing investment managers, including defining necessary documentation of decisions reached for due diligence completed. Operational reviews provide an assessment on the following areas: organizational structure, valuation, internal controls, trading process, counterparty risks, and disaster recovery/business continuity. Due diligence includes reviewing legal and formation documents, on-site visits, audited financial statement reviews, and manager correspondence reviews to identify changes that may impact operations.Operational EfficiencyManages and coordinates operations in the investment reporting department to ensure all accounting functions, reporting and processing is maintained on an on-going basis with efficiency, integrity and accuracy. Responsible for maintaining and developing prudent financial and accounting policies, practices and procedures within areas of responsibility including strong internal controls to safeguard the assets of the organizationManagement ReportingResponsible for accurate and timely reporting of Total Return via the Master Custodian. Lead conversations with Financial Asset Division staff and Master Custodian to ensure most efficient end to end business processes while meeting information requirements of various users. Responsible for identifying, evaluating and resolving complex reporting issues that arise given the rapidly changing investment landscape. Continuous improvement using external sources for performance results, systems and processes. Show less

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  East-West Center

  Sept 2024 - now

  Director

  Member of the Board of Directors for the East-West Center Foundation. Helping to support and grow the mission of the East-West Center