William Salamanca
willsalamanca@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guggenheim Investments, Rockville, MD
Vice President Fund Administration
December 2008- Present
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Responsible for submitting audited financial statements to shareholders and SEC
Analyze and prepare reports for the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee
Ensure that expenses are allocated correctly and oversee expense accruals for all funds
Disseminate financial information to different departments and answer questions from shareholders or third
party providers
Monsoon Capital, Bethesda, MD
Financial Operations Manager
June 2007- December 2008
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Responsible for all financial operations related to three Indian Hedge Funds and one Indian Private Equity
Fund
● Generated monthly risk and performance reports to CEO
● Liaison to the Fund Administrator and Auditors
● Verified that the Funds are correctly accounting for dividends, foreign exchange, and valuation
American Capital Strategies, Bethesda, MD
September 2006 – June 2007
Financial Operations Manager
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Responsible for calculating payoff letters of exited investments which include computing IRR, value the
equity and determine outstanding cash interest
Generate reports which show detail of investments and their performance in multiple periods
Responsible for updating private equity valuations in the accounting system
Rydex Investments, Rockville, MD
Fund Administration Senior/Supervisor
February 2003 – September 2006
● Supervised fund administrators on financial statements: monitoring both status and deadlines
● Prepared Financial Statements for 90+ mutual funds
● Created a more efficient way to distribute mutual fund holdings to third parties using VBA.
Rydex Investments, Rockville, MD
September 2000 – February 2003
Senior Fund Accountant
● Performed valuation checks for stocks, futures, options, swaps, and short term instruments
● Ensured that daily performance and exposure of mutual funds agreed to its index and net assets
● Instituted and monitored control procedures designed to ensure accurate calculations of net asset values
● Implemented a new way to check for incorrectly priced equities by using Bloomberg
EDUCATION
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
May 2000
 B.S. Quantitative Finance and Economics
 Minor in Mathematics
University of Maryland – Robert H Smith School of Business, College Park
 MBA student with expected graduation in 2016
COMPUTER SKILLS
● Fortran90:Computer language used to solve mathematical and Engineering problems
● Visual Basic: Constructed complex macros to generate Monte Carlo Simulation
● SAS: Used to analyze statistical data