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Cassandra McAfee
Tel: (Mob) 077 65393054
Email: cassiemac2175@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Fully qualified CPA with 10 years Investment Banking experience who is self-motivated and result driven. A strong leader
with diversified experienceacross various areas of theInvestment Bank who has managed global teams,co-ordinated various
offshoreprojects and been a key driver of reporting and financechangeprojects. Conscientious and hardworking, possessing
excellent communication and management skills with an ability to effectively develop and sustain profitable relationships
with stakeholders.
Now looking for a new and challenging role, which will utilise my extensive skills and experience and also further my
professional development.
CAREER HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS
Travel break: Oct 15 - Mar16
Travelling around South America, Antarctica, Philippines and Australia.
Credit Suisse Aug 13 - Sep 15
Regulatory Reporting
Liquidity Reporting and Change (Contractor)
Responsible for accurate and timely PRA liquidity reporting returns and driving strategic enhancements to ensure new business
requirements are realised and implemented with effective solutions.
Projects:
EBA
 User Acceptance Testing on EBA LCR & NSFR templates within Axiom.
 Reviewing of EBA business requirement documents produced by CFOC
 Liaison with Finance change and Head of EMEA LMR on EBA business requirements and sign off.
EMR T+1
 Active involvement with achieving a timely and accurate process for T+1 reporting
 Reduction of manual adjustments and manual processing time.
 Liaison with IT and Finance change to agree technical specification and Axiom configuration
 Preparing and reviewing test scripts
 Setup and maintaining manual adjustment checklists
 Attending data quality and Axiom defect meetings
Continuous
 Liaison with finance change and new business on treatment of new products
 Involvement in monthly reconciliation of FSA 048 to ledger and commenting on differences
 Liaison with external auditors on S166 review.
 UAT testing and review of system migrations into one cohesive feed.
Production:
 Manage timely and accurate production of daily liquidity PRA returns
 Liaise and manage daily offshore production team.
 Interpretation of the firm’s liquidity profile through the FSA’s Liquidity Metrics Monitor
 Review of the adequacy of the firm’s liquidity buffer against the firm’s ILG
 Review variance analysis on daily, monthly and quarterly returns

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 Daily liaison with Treasury and Finance management before submission to PRA
 Identification of data quality issues to ensure completeness and accuracy and subsequent roll-out of remediation
plans
 Review and documenting the firm’s liquidity policies, procedures and control.
Volunteering and travel Dec 12 - Jun 13
Voluntary Resigned from UBS to pursue a long time goal of volunteering in a Kenyan Orphanage working alongside other
volunteers and the community to complete the building of a new house and help the orphanage become self sustainable.
Also travelled to South - east Asia, Australia, Africa and around Ireland and the UK.
UBS Jun 05 - Dec 12
Finance Shared Services Controls
Global Ledger & Liquidity and Funding Control Manager (Director) Nov 10 - Dec 12
Globally managing teams in Singapore,Hong Kong,Stamford, London and Hyderabad to deliver the month end close,ensuring
the delivery of quality static data within the ledger to meet Regional Controllers sign off and Regulatory reporting
requirements.
Achievements:
 Promotion to Director in Feb 2010
 Successfully off-shored 9 roles fromLondon, America and APAC, resulting in onshoresavings of £500k.
 Builtstartup teams to meet the new requirements for Liquidity and Funding Reporting.
 Implementation of strategic fixes within the team ensured that incremental headcount was not required for new
reporting requirements.
Responsibilities:
 Global Functional Lead for 9 onshorestaff and 39 offshorestaff
 Manage the Liquidity and Funding and Ledger Control month end closeand report/ sign off to Senior Management.
 Ensure the clearanceof Rules and Principlevalidations in theledger
 Weekly and Monthly FSA reporting for UBS Ltd and Group reporting for Liquidity and Funding
 Implementation of tactical and strategic workaround adjustments due to systeminefficiencies to meet Regulatory
requirements
 Investigation and Analysis of breaks
 Working with offshoreteams to deliver results againsttightdeadlines
 Managing offshoretransitions and projects and reviewing headcount projections
 Driveimplementation of controls,accuracy,and process improvements
 Manage and remediate risk items to support SOX sign off and work with internal and external auditors.
 Maintain integrity of project& resourcereference data across systems.
 Ensure adherence to deadlines and supportthe team during the month end close.
 Monitor new rules and principles and impacts to resources and negotiate headcount.
 Interactwith various teams across thebank including Change,CorporateCentre, Financial Reporting
 Regional Reporting, Product Control and Operations/ TradeSupport.
Global Accounting Control Manager: (Director) July 09 - Dec 12
Manage Accounting Control processes to ensure Swiss GAAP and IFRS are recorded correctly on the Financial statements for
each month end.
Achievements:
 Builtnew team to manage monthly accounting processes.
 Assessed risk and created controls to mitigate any auditquestions or Senior Management review.
Responsibilities:
Managed processes such as:
 Hedge Fund and SPE accounting
 Swiss GAAP accrual accounting
 FV Option Accounting
 Bank of England Reporting

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 CMIS clientreporting
 Net downs of gross ups in the ledger
 Discussions with Accounting Policy and Financial Reporting for changes in Group reporting
 Review and Determination of reporting policy using Term sheets for Structured notes.
 Splitout for IFRS reporting, accrued interest,benchmark interestand derivativep&l for structurenotes
FSS Offshore Co-ordinating Manager: Jul 07 – Jul 09
Driving one of the first Finance Offshore Initiatives for the FSS team
Achievements:
 Co-ordinated the creation of new offshoreteams resulting in an onshoresaving £450k.
 Established oneof the firstSLAs for Financeand advising other teams of how to implement a sustainableand
efficientoffshore program.
Responsibilities:
 Designing and Developing a working SLA between UBS and OffshoreManagement.
 Marketingthe SLA globally to other teams looking to offshore.
 Interviewing and hiring Offshorestaff (Hyderabad)
 Creating training plans and working with FSS managers to ensure training and accreditation of offshorestaff
 Signing off OBIs and Transition Task Orders
 Ensuring systemand access for the offshorestaff and co-ordinating theonshoretravel.
FXMM Inter-company Manager: Jun 05 – Jul 08
Started career with UBS within the FXMM Inter-company team (of 5 team members) in June 2005 and then took over the
management of the team in 2007.
Responsibilities:
 Investigation and Analysis of Inter-company breaks during the month end close(over 100 relationships)
 Liaising with ProductControl, trade Support and Traders across global regions to determine causeof break
 Strategically following up on break analysis to permanently clear issue.
 Managing a team of 4 team members
CLARK AND ASSOCIATES (Australia)
Senior Tax Accountant Jul 00 – Apr 05
 Preparation of Individual, Company,Unit Trust, Discretionary Trustand Partnership Tax returns and tax planning.
 Assisting Partners with Financial Planning and liaising with high net worth individuals.
 Preparation of Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly BAS and IAS returns.
 Holding clientmeetings and advising on Taxation planning.
 Managed largeand small audits for charity and government funding organisations.
 Managing 2 junior accountants
 Senior Superannuation Fund Accountant
QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Certified Practicing Accountant CPA - completed all modules 2005 First time passes
1. Taxation 2. Reporting and Professional Practice 3. Strategic Management Accounting
4. Personal Financial Planning and Superannuation 5. Corporate Governance and Accountability
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
Charles Sturt University (Australia)
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Charles Sturt University (Australia)
Major - History

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Minors - Japanese Language and Culture and Economics
SKILLS:
Systems:
Desktop : Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook Express, Visio, Live meeting
Banking Systems: Axiom, REPO client, Masterfiles, Business Objects, SAP Business Warehouse Analyzer & Browser,
SEM Production, One Tool, Martini, Fusion, Oracle, OBIEE, Peoplesoft,
Other packages: BGL, MYOB, Quickbooks
Courses: Access, Excel, Macros, Green Belt, Economics for Markets, Managing within UK Law, Effectively
Handling Conflict, Group Accounting policy updates (quarterly), Essential Management Skills (EMS), Energizing for Results,
Strategic Relationship Management, Stakeholder Management UK (ENG), Driving Effective Development, Coaching Circles,
Hedge Funds, Cultural Awareness Course, Exotic Derivatives, Module 1 NLP
PERSONAL DETAILS
Interests: Theatre, art classes, clay pidgeon shooting and travel.