Alyssa Romano
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Alyssa Romano is from New York, New York, United States. Alyssa is currently Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Avego, located in New York, New York, United States. In Alyssa's previous role as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Pura Vida Investments, Alyssa worked in Greater New York City Area until Jun 2023. Prior to joining Pura Vida Investments, Alyssa was a Partner, Head of Fund Administration Group at Arrowstreet Capital and held the position of Partner, Head of Fund Administration Group at Greater Boston Area. Prior to that, Alyssa was a Vice President-Operations Manager at Bank of America from Apr 2006 to Mar 2008. Alyssa started working as Assistant Controller at TA Associates Realty in Sep 2001. From Jan 1997 to Sep 2001, Alyssa was Audit Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, based in Greater Boston Area.
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Responsible for financial accounting and reporting for Pura Vida and its related entities as well as multiple master feeder structure hedge funds, private equity funds, and separately managed accounts. Launched new funds and entities as needed including entity formation, fund document review, bank and prime broker selection and onboarding, and internal operational setup. Responsible for oversight of all vendor relationships, due diligence, onboarding, and contract and fee negotiations including more favorable ISDA terms with counterparties. Responsible for implementing and overseeing firm compliance with applicable laws and regulations as a registered investment advisor with the SEC. Designed and implemented policies and procedures to strengthen the compliance program including onboarding of new compliance provider and software. Implemented more robust IT policies with outsourced provider as well as a cyber risk assessment process and updated cyber policies.
Fulfilled the CFO role over Arrowstreet's private investment funds. Responsible for fund structuring, launch and formation which grew the firm’s fund business to 35 investment funds totaling approximately $23 billion in assets under management. Fund strategies included long only, long/short and 130/30 global publicly traded equity portfolios (including emerging and frontier markets) and derivative instruments (futures and forward contracts). Fund structures consisted of Irish Common Contractual Funds, Irish Qualified Alternative Investment Funds, U.S. Group Trust Funds, U.S. Collective Investment Trust Funds, Canadian Pooled Funds and Cayman Island stand-alone and master feeder funds. Responsible for service provider selection and oversight of multiple fund administrators, auditors, tax advisors, custodians and trustees. Responsible for fund administration including annual audits, tax and ERISA filings, corporate governance, investor on-boarding, NAV review and investor reporting. Served as primary liaison between internal parties and external board members for each of the investment funds. Strengthened internal controls by implementing process improvements through automation in conjunction with external and internal technology resources. Update of terms to make funds more marketable by offering more frequent liquidity and negotiating fee reductions from service providers to reduce fund operating expenses. Created and delivered internal training materials for the client relationship and business development teams to enhance knowledge on fund offerings and facilitate fund marketing and sales. Designed and implemented policies and procedures for NAV review and investor on-boarding ensuring strong controls over processes.
Oversaw the financial accounting and reporting for funds of hedge funds, funds of private equity funds and real estate funds. Conducted operational due diligence on all underlying hedge and private equity fund managers and report findings to the investment committee. Coached and supervised three operations analysts responsible for trade processing and investor subscriptions and redemptions. Worked with team members to bring new alternative investment products to the platform.
Oversaw GAAP basis financial reporting for five investment partnerships with over $4 billion in real estate assets including quarterly financial statements, debt covenant compliance and budget to actual analysis. Supervised and reviewed the work of four Senior Portfolio Accountants and one Intern, providing regular training and feedback. Coordinated and reviewed the tax return preparation process including federal and state tax returns prepared by Ernst and Young for five investment partnerships and their related entities. Negotiated favorable financing terms (e.g., rates and covenant requirements) for five investment partnerships.
Responsible for the audits of registered and non-registered investment funds including planning, budgeting, staff supervision and financial statement review. Developed and delivered external training programs to fund accounting service providers in both the registered investment company environment and the offshore funds environment.