Bernice Jere

Experience

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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
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  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