CATHLEA BALDO
1555 Quintos Street, Sampaloc, Manila
0917-4709-969
cathlea_baldo06@yahoo.com.ph
cathleabaldo@yahoo.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To be a part of an institution that will provide me a competitive working environment where learning and
progress is continuous especially in the field of banking and finance and to be an asset to the organization and
help reach its objectives.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Holds a Bachelors degree in Financial Management with more than 5 years of profound experience in the
financial industry as a T+1 product controller in the world’s top caliber investment bank, senior fund
accounting specialists in one of the top custodian banks worldwide and a research analyst in one the world’s
largest information provider.
PERSONAL REFERENCE
Birthdate:
June 11, 1987
Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan
Citizenship: Filipino
Age:
24 years old
Sex:
Female
Civil Status: Single
Religion:
Catholic
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
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Ability to multi-task and deliver under pressure.
Has a strong sense of priority and time management.
Ability to communicate confidently with a diverse range of colleagues and be able to challenge accepted ideas.
Experience dealing with diverse internal/external stakeholders during day-to-day activities
Microsoft Office proficiency (Excel, Pivot, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, LOTUS Notes, MACRO)
Proficiency in Bloomberg, WINS, TITAN, COSMIC, Directive Tracking, DBWIA, Global One, IMAGINE,PLESR
Well-versed in using Thomson Reuters Products (Datastream, PowerPlus Pro, 3000XTRA).
Knowledge in SAP, Global One Prod, Sharepoint
Excellent written communication skills.
Ability to adapt quickly to challenges and changing environments.
Self-motivated, diligent and displays a high degree of control awareness.
Focused on providing quality output.
Fluency in English language.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
T+1 P&L Product Controller - (March 19, 2012-Current)
Deutsche Knowledge Services Private Limited – Philippine
Net Quad Center, 31st Street corner Avenue E-Square Zone Crescent Park, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines
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A wholly owned subsidiary of the Deutsche Bank Group. It is the bank’s primary global shared service centre
for Finance, Global Business Services (GBS) and IT. This organization provides end-to-end services to Deutsche
Bank across the entire back office spectrum of the life cycle of a trade.
Department: Global Business Services Financial Services (GBS FS) – Global Markets Equity
Region: Japan and Hong Kong
Team: Hong Kong and Tokyo Prime Finance
The primary role of a T+1 product controller is to produce the daily P&L and risk numbers for the business lines he/she is
assigned to, ensuring all trading activities are properly recorded and accounted for in the Bank’s systems and providing
accurate data to the businesses and downstream groups on a daily basis.
Accountabilities: Tokyo and HongKong Prime Finance
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To produce and report daily P&L and Risk
Ensure all controls embedded in the process are operating effectively
Review daily exceptions within the P&L e.g. failed trades, currency breaks and booking issues
Provide analysis, explanation and commentary for the P&L.
Report and analyze risk exposures. Ensure that risk is correctly reported and explain any deviations
Calculate, post and provide commentary on daily P&L adjustments
Interact with local and Onshore GBS colleagues and Front Office on trade bookings and P&L queries
SENIOR FUND ACCOUNTING SPECIALISTS (September 27, 2010-September 27, 2011)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA – PHILIPPINE GLOBAL SERVICE CENTER
Net Plaza Building, 31 Street Zamora Circle, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines
- The leading financial services firm with global scale and reach.
Department: Fund Accounting Operations, Worldwide Securities Services
Region: ASIAPACIFIC (apac.recon@jpmchase.com)
Teams Assigned: Hong Kong Futures, Manila
Hong Kong Reconciliations, Manila
Accountabilities: Hong Kong Futures, Manila
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To properly execute all futures trades on the accounting system (WINS) as per broker statement for each futures
account on a daily basis.
Performs reconciliation of futures mark to market gain/loss as well as futures position between the accounting
and broker statement in a daily and monthly basis.
Performs manual computation of futures mark to market gain/loss.
Prepares the profit and loss analysis of the futures investment.
Prepares business process map and risk and control matrices to identify possible weaknesses in the design of the
process.
To properly investigate and identify the reason for margin break and currency collateral variance per futures
account.
To ensure that any collateral position adjustments are reviewed before being processed.
Facilitates process training to junior associates and supervises their performance.
To sign-off each corresponding futures account as per scheduled time on a daily basis.
Accountabilities: Hong Kong Reconciliations, Manila
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Performs daily, weekly and monthly fund reconciliation of all complex, standard and simple funds under the Asia
Pacific.
Investigates cash and asset variances between custody systems and the accounting systems on a daily basis.
Resolves discrepancies by properly assigning it to relevant teams to take prompt actions as required.
Ensures completeness, timeliness and accuracy of funds reconciliation for NAV computation prior to release.
Assists in fund servicing activities to deliver portfolio value
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Conducts position checks and balances
Communicates with service partners, both internal and external to resolve account discrepancies
Maintains Fund Account profiles to facilitate continuity during absences and employee turnover.
Assists with systems testing or enhancements.
Participates in various projects/activities as assigned.
RESEARCH ANALYST (April 21, 2008-September 24, 2010)
THOMSON REUTERS (PHILIPPINES), FGU Center, Makati City, Philippines
- The world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
Department: Sales and Trading
Assigned Teams: Content Manila Ratings & Entity Management Team
Content Manila Fixed Income Team
Content Manila Bond Indices Team
Accountabilities: Content Manila Ratings & Entity Management Team
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Creates company profile of various entities worldwide regardless of industry and prepares a summary report out
of the research made. Collates the relevant sources that supports the research conducted.
Prepares business process map report and revises standard operating procedure document.
Administers new projects and data testing for new Thomsonreuters product and prepares a report for the status
of the project.
To ensure that daily, weekly and monthly raw data ( such as credit ratings of entities and maturities) that was
received from the supplier is properly ingested in the system in a timely manner.
Performs manual checks on the data ingested in the system in order to ensure accuracy of data delivered to the
clients.
Conducts cross –training for junior and senior research analyst.
To provide correct, complete and timely resolution to client queries and request.
To monitor data changes and properly update the system as per sources such as supplier, stock exchange and
etc.
Accountabilities: Content Manila Fixed Income Team
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To properly ensure that prices of all maturities are correctly ingested in the system in a timely manner.
To ensure that details of every bond is properly updated in the system.
To properly identify the different types of bonds and subsequently setup each corresponding bond with its
correct details in the system.
To execute manual checks for the prices loaded in the system as per supplier, stock exchange and other sources.
To monitor and investigate if there are drastic movement in the prices of the bonds.
To provide correct, complete and timely resolution to client queries and request.
Accountabilities: Content Manila Bond Indices Team
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To ensure that correct data has been received from the supplier and properly update the prices of each
corresponding indices maintain into the system in a daily basis.
To execute manual checks for the prices loaded in the system as per supplier, stock exchange and other sources.
To monitor and investigate if there are drastic movement in the prices of bond index.
To provide correct, complete and timely resolution to client queries and request.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (April 2007-June2007)
PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE CENTRE, Pasig City, Philippines
- The national stock exchange of the Philippines.
Disclosure Department
 To perform report on the corporate action taken by listed entities and discloses public information in
the Philippine stock exchange website.
ORGANIZATIONS / AFFILIATIONS / ACTIVITIES
 Junior Financial Management Association (2005 – 2008)
 Bedan Ecological Society (2004 – 2008)
 UNESCO (2004-2008)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Financial Management (2004-2008) TERTIARY
San Beda College, Manila City, Philippines
Graduated last March 14, 2008
 Dean’s Lister (1st sem 2004-2005)
 Dean’s Lister (2nd sem 2004-2005)
 Annual Honor Roll ’04-’05
 Dean’s Lister (2nd sem 2006-2007)
 Dean’s Lister (1st sem 2007-2008)
La Salle University – Ozamis City, Philippines (2000-2004) SECONDARY
 Class Distiction Awardee
REFERENCES
Available upon request.