28 East Rocks Road Norwalk, CT 06851w. (203)541-4255
c. (646) 417-3822
Sarah Lutkus
EDUCATION
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYMALIBU, CA 1998-2002
- Received B.S. in Business Administration April 2002
- Studied accounting, finance, organizational behavior, and service leadership
- Selected as the Teacher’s Assistant for Organizational Behavior and Human Relations and Values classes during the International semester in Scandinavia
WORK EXPERIENCE
KAMUNTING STREET CAPITAL STAMFORD, CT MAY 2009-
VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS PRESENT
- Oversee all financial and operational aspects of a convertible arbitrage hedge fund
- Point of contact for three prime brokers and multiple swap relationships
- Responsible for the selection and management of service providers and negotiations of all docs with brokers (ie ISDA’s, new pb accounts, compensation CDS agreements, etc)
- Responsible for all securities settlements including Equity, Convertible Bonds, High Yield Bonds, Bank Loans, Credit Default Swaps, OTC Options, and Futures etc
- Meet with current and potential investors for the marketing and due diligence reviews of the fund
- Draft various monthly and quarterly reports for internal and external use
- Formulated responses for corporate actions: dividends, splits, and initiated DWAC exchanges
- Monitors and investigates Foreign Currency balances and initiates trades with the FX desk to mitigate exposure
- Implemented straight thru processing trade file including cancel/correction amendments from the Kynex front office system to Citco Fund Service’s Aexeo platform
- Review administrators' accounting packages to insure accuracy of NAV, journal entries, corporate action processing
- Input all receivables and payables into Peachtree Accounting system to help prepare year-end balance sheet and income statement
- Work directly with CFO and Ernst and Young Auditors to finalize year-end financial statements
- Worked directly with CFO to finalize FIN 48 Analysis and FAS 157 list
- Prepared and submitted quarterly 13F report
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.SALT LAKE CITY, UT MAY 2008-
EQUITY DERIVATIVES TEAM MANAGER FEBRUARY 2009
- Worked with the team managers in the London, Hong Kong, and New York offices to build a new team in the Salt Lake City office tailored for US Hedge Fund clients trading equity derivatives
- Managed a team of 5 employees while overseeing all client relationships with US Hedge Fund clients
- Helped automate the Contract for Difference trade implementation system to reduce manual errors
- Reported directly to the head of equity derivatives in Salt Lake City
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.NEW YORK, NY JUNE 2005-
PRIME BROKERAGE ASSOCIATE MAY 2008
- Member of the Client Services team providing direct client support to Hedge Fund clients with AUM up to $2 billion
- Managed the relationships of 15 Hedge Funds (ranging from small start up funds to over $2 billion) with new funds constantly added
- Primary contact for CFO’s, Portfolio Managers, and Head Traders of Hedge Funds resolving any issues involving trade breaks, trade fails, accounting issues and appropriate resolution
- Successful cross selling of all Goldman Sachs products including synthetic products, money market funds, REDI electronic trading platform
- Helped clients liaise with different departments within Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage,such as Capital Introduction, Sales, Stock Loan, and Consulting Services
- Participated in all client meetings, preparing presentations on the services of Goldman Sachs to gain business from other prime brokers
- Assisted clients with inquiries on setting up new strategies for the fund, adding new market profiles for existing clients
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.SALT LAKE CITY, UT APR. 2003-
PWM OPERATIONS ANALYST JUNE 2005
- Principal analyst for GSMoney Market and Mutual Funds, ensuring all manual orders and trade breaks are corrected in a timely manner
- Daily execution of Position Reconciliation for all Money Market and Mutual Fund breaks and appropriate rectification
- Responsible for working directly with the fund to rectify trade corrections requested from the CA’s and IP’s
- Participated in diversity recruiting trip with senior management to the University of New Mexico
- Protect firm capital by providing oversight on client asset movements and regulatory breaks
- Primary analyst responsible for the Chicago, Philadelphia, and International handoff for all PWM International Offices
- Principal analyst for Month end Interest issues and Remit population
- Responsible for training new analysts on Goldman Sachs & Co internal systems (AMS/AMR, Sprints, Spectra, Vision, Rumba/Mainframe, Cool Report Viewer)
JOHN PAUL RICHARD, INC.CALABASAS, CA JAN 2002-
DESIGN/OPERATIONS ASSISTANT MAR. 2003
- Worked in a team to assign fabric codes, style numbers and verify pattern numbers and color codes for garments
- Verified and tagged garments received from both Domestic and International factories
- Received and entered all orders for both John Paul Richard and Vince labels
- Responsible for all domestic costing by using Accumark software
LICENSES
- Series 7and Series 63
- Licensed Notary Public in the state of Connecticut
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
- Extensive volunteer work with the organization No More Homeless Pets in Utah
- Approached by Senior Management to coordinate the 2004 United Way Campaign at Goldman Sachs
- Member of Goldman Sachs Community Teamworks in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Member of the Division 1 Varsity Women’s Swimming and Diving Team at PepperdineUniversity
- Enjoy snowboarding, traveling, triathlon, working with animals and environmental conservation
References available upon request
28 East Rocks Road Norwalk, CT 06851 w. (203) 541-4255
c. (646) 417-3822
Sarah Lutkus
REFERENCES
John Kanellitsas
Portfolio Manager
Geologic Resource Partners
George Marinopoulos
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
Kamunting Street Capital Management
212-490-4350
Michael Fazzari
Chief Financial Officer
Oskie Capital
646-470-7279
Jason Abrams
Chief Financial Officer
Capstone Investment Advisors
646-839-9908