Bernice Jere

Bernice Jere

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Portfolio Director at Cambridge Associates

  • Education

    • Arundel School, Zimbabwe

      2005 - 2010
      O'Level and A' Level
    • Salisbury University

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of Arts - BA International Relations and Affairs

      Activities and Societies: Field Hockey Student Athlete with 2 NCCA Appearances and 2 CAC conference titles, Resident Assistant, YoungLife Leader

  • Experience

    • Salisbury University

      Aug 2011 - May 2014
      Resident Assistant

      Mentored and assisted freshmen transitioning into collegeOrganized activities to build sense of community and foster campus engagementEnsured safety of student residents by enforcing dormitory policies

    • Einstein Rising

      Jun 2013 - May 2014
      Operations and Development Intern

      Researched successful locally owned African businesses to facilitate planning of future projectsGenerated revenue through contact with donorsPlanned events and fundraisers; Managed social media presence

    • Tibatane

      Dec 2013 - May 2014
      Associate Founder

      Support data analysis and research for future projects that empower social entrepreneurs who advocate for land, animals and communities through business development and investmentProvided African micro entrepreneurs financial resources and education to foster their economic autonomy through fundraising and connecting the entrepreneurs with government officials and other business ownersFormally presented sustainable aid program practices at National Conference on University Rese Managed social media presence and assisted with marketing efforts for ongoing projects Show less

    • Young Life

      May 2014 - Aug 2014
      Intern

      Trained and supervised summer volunteers, assisting Guest Services Coordinator with daily activitiesReceived operations certification to maintain and oversee ropes team­building obstacle course

    • Search for Common Ground

      Feb 2015 - May 2015
      Africa Program, Spring Intern

      Conduct research related to fundraising from bilateral governments, multilaterals, and foundation for multimillion dollar projects. Examples include USAID and EUAssisted with the development of grant proposals and contracts for projects, including but not limited to writing capacity statements, past performance reviews, context statements, articulating project activitiesDrafted and published Newsletters through Salsa to more than 50,000 SFCG subscribers with commentary on respective African regions with regards to sustainable peace and conflict transformationPlanned and organized SFCG sponsored events for over 100 people at the World Bank and Woodrow Wilson Center Show less

    • Cambridge Associates

      May 2015 - Mar 2016

      Input data into proprietary databases and maintaining data integrity through extensive quality checking proceduresCommunicating with investment management firms to collect and extract investment dataRecord data specific details and maintain portfolio administrationFulfilling time-sensitive data requests and managing competing deadlines while providing professional customer services to internal parties and stakeholdersMaintaining relationships with internal investment teams and external investment management firms Show less Input data into proprietary databases and maintaining data integrity through extensive quality checking proceduresCommunicating with investment management firms to collect and extract investment dataRecord data specific details and maintain portfolio administrationFulfilling time-sensitive data requests and managing competing deadlines while providing professional customer services to internal parties and stakeholdersMaintaining relationships with internal investment teams and external investment management firms Show less

      • Investment Operations Associate

        Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
      • Junior Investment Operations Associate

        May 2015 - Mar 2016
    • Cambridge Associates

      Apr 2019 - now

      Provide quality assurance on data sourcing, data analysis and data reconciliation to ensure clients' private investment inputs are independently verified, timely and accurate. As a Team Lead, help manage the team's system of process controls to ensure consistency of tracking methods across over 23,000 client investments and adherence to proprietary performance reporting methodologies. Coach team members to improve individual performance along dimensions of quality, productivity and client service. Steer relationship building and feedback mechanisms with primary stakeholder group, bridging communication of a 15 person team and a 80 person department across multiple officesIdentify team knowledge areas with the strongest potential for improvement and develop and lead case- study based training Show less

      • Portfolio Director

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Senior Investment Analyst, Team Lead

        Sept 2018 - now
      • Investment Analyst, Team Lead

        Mar 2017 - now
      • Associate - Team Lead

        Sept 2016 - now
      • Investment Analyst

        Mar 2016 - now
      • Associate Portfolio Director

        Jan 2023 - Feb 2024
      • Client Service Associate

        Apr 2019 - Feb 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • IGSCE AS Level

      University of Cambridge
      Dec 2004
    • IGSCE O'Level

      University of Cambridge
      Nov 2011
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer Leader

      Issued by Young Life on Aug 2010
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