Maria Serbea
Senior Depositary Analyst
Saint Paul,MN
Summary
Detail-oriented and results-driven finance professional with 8 years of diversified experience in accounting, retail banking, and depository-investment funds. Demonstrates a strong ability to manage financial operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize financial performance. Adept at leveraging analytical skills and financial acumen to drive business growth and enhance operational efficiency. Known for exceptional problem-solving abilities and a collaborative approach to achieving organizational goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Transaction Management -PERES
Caceis
Luxembourg
10.2023 - 06.2024
- Organize workload within team to ensure all tasks are completed in timely manner and support manager to ensure team runs efficiently.
- Ensure proper communication with clients and client retention through proper service delivery and active support of client reviews.
- Highlight any risk areas within team and prepare procedures to mitigate risk and ensure all tasks are completed timely and accurately. Work on ad hoc projects.
- Evaluate Private Equity, Debt and Real Estate transactions and cash flows. Perform oversight on audit requests and obtain and assess legal documentation to fulfill depositary’s ownership verification and record keeping duties.
Depositary Officer II
Alter Domus
10.2022 - 10.2023
- General client portfolio oversight.
- Safekeeping and record keeping of AIF's assets.
- Perform cash and asset monitoring, reconciliation, and processing transactions/settlements.
- Train new employees and monitor their progress.
- Track and report customer's key performance indicators.
- Review new regulations concerning the fund industry and monitor new process and procedures of the company.
Junior Depositary Analyst
Aztec Financial Group
03.2022 - 09.2022
- Resolved problems and improved operations.
- Perform completion of routine depositary queries (oversight, safekeeping and cash monitoring).
- Maintain accurate records on Efront and Microsoft Excel working paper schedules for all aspects of depositary procedure.
- Prepare periodic cash reconciliations and provide supporting documentation evidencing transactions.
Billing Coordinator
Fish&Richardson
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Accurately processed client invoices by following billing guidelines on how to process an invoice. Ensure all requested edits have been made along with reviewing and confirming all client specific billing notes have been followed.
- Utilized various databases to track drafts (missing, returned, processed), identify cancellation types, and update unique billing instructions for clients.
- Responded to team inquiries regarding billing and ebilling issues.
Complex General Accountant
W Minneapolis-The Foshay and Le Meridien Chambers
08.2019 - 10.2020
- Developed processes to control and increase internal controls over cash.
- General ledger accounting of accounts payable.
- Cash entry journal and end of period reconciliation.
- Prepared, maintained, audited, and distributed accounting, auditing, or payroll reports.
- Monitored and accounted cash management related to cashiering and petty cash.
- Developed and implemented regulations in order to meet Marriott’s requirements.
- Communicated regularly with many department heads.
General Accountant
Westin Hotel Minneapolis
08.2018 - 08.2019
- Processed and paid all hotel invoices in a timely manner- ensuring accuracy of amount paid, account coding, invoice extension and discounts applied.
- Lead the migration and automation system to Oracle by checking the correspondence of the file format, testing and implementing new filing systems from hard drive to electronically.
- Audited all deposits, cashier banks and process due backs each month.
- Responsible for maintaining the main vault and providing currency exchange for all Hotel Cashiers.
- Assisted Director of Finance with month end closings, audits and administration of the budget.
Vault Teller
BankCherokee
02.2018 - 08.2018
- Maintained accurate record of all cash exchange.
- Supervise the team and provide transaction approvals.
- Processed, monitored, and validated coin/currency amount in vaults according to company's regulations.
- Promoted BankCherokee as well as all related bank products.
Vault Teller
US Bank
06.2015 - 08.2017
- Responsible for managing the branches cash levels to remain in compliance with regional standards.
- Assisted in training new employees and made sure that operational controls behind the teller line were up to company standard.
- Minimized customer wait times by quickly processing transactions while maintaining excellent customer experience.
Education
Business Management
St Catherine University
Skills
Customer service support
Research and due diligence
Billing systems and applications
Project management
Languages
Native in English and Romanian, also comfortable with conversational level Spanish. Currently learning French.
Timeline
Senior Transaction Management -PERES
Caceis
10.2023 - 06.2024
Depositary Officer II
Alter Domus
10.2022 - 10.2023
Junior Depositary Analyst
Aztec Financial Group
03.2022 - 09.2022
Billing Coordinator
Fish&Richardson
10.2020 - 12.2020
Complex General Accountant
W Minneapolis-The Foshay and Le Meridien Chambers
08.2019 - 10.2020
General Accountant
Westin Hotel Minneapolis
08.2018 - 08.2019
Vault Teller
BankCherokee
02.2018 - 08.2018
Vault Teller
US Bank
06.2015 - 08.2017
Business Management
St Catherine University
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