Jake Walker

Led the operational growth of a quantitative startup investment firm. Design of all operational, accounting, compliance, IT, and HR processes to ensure accuracy and operational efficiency. Chief back office software architect and engineer. Selected achievements include: OPERATIONS • Operational strategy and business roadmap optimized for scalability, automation, and efficiency; financial operations, firm growth areas, and staffing and resources • Successful launch of European mutual fund; designed custom transition to neutralize market exposure • Operational risk program to ensure compliance with investment guidelines, regulations, and best practices • Operational due diligence program to evaluate the company’s operational controls with clients & boards of directors • Oversaw all trade execution, modeling, and middle-office settlement; developed continuously improving operational risk and regulatory compliance program ACCOUNTING • Ensure firm solvency through management of firm’s financial roadmap, working capital projections, and financial planning (FP&A) to ensure short- and long-term financial stability • Design of month-end close process for company and its investment funds, including controls for publishing NAVs, financials, and compliance with desktop procedures DATA / SOFTWARE • Led architecture and engineering of all back-office software systems to automate most operational procedures (SQL Server, Python, Pandas, OOP design). • Automated file loader to systematically locate files; read, clan, and normalize data; insert data into proprietary SQL Server database (Python, OOP, Pandas, SQL Server) • Extensive Python code library: email reporting engine, FTP, job scheduling, web scraping, investment code • Automated engine in AWS to locate, read, and process emails and attachments firm-wide