Muthoni Githua

Experience

1. AVP, Fixed Income Credit - Distressed Debt

   Barclays Investment Bank

   Sep 2017 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Served as the escalation point for resolving material P&L breaks over $100K and aged P&L breaks greater than 60 days, resulting in resolution of net $19mm and 78% reduction in breaks vs. prior year• Led training and oversight of offshore team on daily distressed debt P&L production for loans, bonds, equities, ETFs, and CDS securities• Resolved valuation discrepancies on liquid and illiquid securities, collaborating with data engineers on design and implementation of market data reporting from Bloomberg and Reuters based on front office’s levelling • Presented quality commentary that explains revenue drivers, and discussed strategy to resolve significant items at risk of impacting desk P&L with the head of the trading desk• Utilized control framework and accounting guidelines (GAAP, IFRS) to substantiate $900mm balance sheet, and income statement on a monthly and quarterly basis • Reconciled front office risk systems to the ledger (FOBOs) to ensure data integrity and liaise with the Front and Middle Office, Accounting, and Risk teams to resolve operational issues, trade booking errors, settlements, and similar developments • Finance team lead for 2 successful IT migrations to proprietary platforms, managing the business’ requirements, system enhancements and design with developers, testing and system deployment• Designed and implemented a centralized daily Distressed Debt P&L dashboard for traders to quickly make business decisions for revenue optimization• Selected by senior leadership for two management development training programs

Education

• University of Maryland Baltimore County

  Financial Economics, B.S.

  2005 — 2009

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA