Thomas Wesols

In this role my duties are focused within fund administration, stakeholder management regulatory compliance and project work for operational uplift. My achievements have focused on project work to uplift the mandate monitoring process and ASIC renewal process.

Key Responsibilities and Contributions:

• Managed tasks related to fund administration, stakeholder management, regulatory compliance, and operational uplift projects
• Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
• My achievements have focused on project work to uplift the mandate monitoring process and ASIC renewal process.
• Working with relationship managers, legal and tax teams. To enable seamless client servicing to clients under Corporate Trustee business unit.
• Fund administration regarding payment instructions, ASIC compliance, tax document creation, Listed ETF monthly reporting to the ASX.

My key achievements in this role have been to graduate quickly within my team, to be able to take on complex tasks and queries with confidence and accuracy.

Key Responsibilities and Contributions:

• Processing the settlement of complex ad hoc trade requests across multiple restricted and standard foreign markets
• Improved department efficiency by streamlining and implementing policies and processes.
• FX trade processing across emerging and restricted markets
• Application and creation of SWIFT formatted messages
• Cross currency settlement and daily funding of trades
• Responding to complex queries from various Fund Managers and internal client relationship managers
• Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams to address complex issues, leading to more efficient problem-solving processes.

In this contracting role I primarily worked with legacy software as Vanguard transitioned to new operations platforms. I collaborated closely with multiple international custodians, worked with discipline and accuracy to process multiple forms of corporate actions events and related queries.

Key Responsibilities and Contributions:

• Achieved consistent accuracy in data entry tasks related to portfolio accounts, trades, and other transactions within the firm''s record-keeping systems.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of investment strategies and trade orders.
• Reviewed reconciliations promptly, identifying discrepancies and initiating corrective actions when necessary.
• Managed complex trade settlements, ensuring timely execution and minimizing errors during the process.

Managed all processing for Australian dividends & distributions from managed funds, including stock and cash reconciliations related to income producing events. Independently handled and served as the contact point for all domestic income events in my team.

Key Responsibilities and Contributions:

• Processing income events at Ex and Pay Date through financial services software, for a large high net worth client base.
• Reduced operational risk through diligent adherence to compliance policies, industry regulations, and internal controls.
• Processing tax components of managed funds distributions.
• On boarding of new clients into the Portfolio Administrative service and reconstructing their portfolios to accurately reflect their cost base position for tax purposes.
• Reconciling security positions and income events with applied templates in IRESS & GBST.
• Evaluated transactions and reporting for adherence to applicable regulatory guidelines and data integrity.