Van Tran

Lead Associate Director @ The Trade Desk | Client Services | Digital Advertising SaaS

Singapore

About

Experience

  • The Trade Desk (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Lead Associate Trading Director
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Senior Trading Specialist (Client Services)
      Apr 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr

      Solution Consultant | Customer Success | Client Servicing | Business Strategy Programmatic Advertising | Digital Marketing | SaaS

    • Trading Specialist
      Apr 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Gordian Capital Singapore (2 yrs 4 mos)
    • Investment Operations Associate
      May 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Performed daily investment operations for 3 Japan Long Short funds with combined AUM over $35mil. Responsibilities include: • Monitored trades placed and stocks borrowed. Informed portfolio manager if side, quantity or stock borrow amount is incorrect. • Calculated daily Net Asset Value (NAV), P&L, sharpe ratio and other risk parameters • Performed position matching, portfolio reconciliation, risk check and FX hedging • Provided timely intervention to resolve system issues and ensure good settlement practices • Assisted in year-end audit and subscription/redemption of the fund • Liaised with multiple external parties including prime brokers, fund administrators, investors, auditors, etc

    • Data Management Associate
      Sep 2016 - May 2017 · 9 mos

      • Built excel dashboards to analyze performance KPIs of 20 liquid funds and GCS’s management fee revenue composition • Conducted market research about Japan-focused hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, real estate and fund formation-specialized law firms in several markets (US, UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, China, etc.) to find potential clients for GCS. Maintained and updated lead database. • Liaised with performance databases such as Preqin, Eurekahedge, AsiaHedge, eVestment, etc to create fund profiles and update monthly performance of GCS funds on databases • Fund on-boarding compliance support: performed AML/KYC checks on Worldcheck One to flag out high-risk parties • Marketing support: redesigned marketing materials and fund newsletter, disseminated newsletters using Salesforce and analyzed response rate, maintained and updated company website

  • TauRx Therapeutics Ltd. (1 yr 5 mos)
    • Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Executive
      Aug 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Reported to Chief Finance Director. Performed quarterly forecasting and budget variance analysis to identify discrepancies and suggest potential cost reduction • In charge of a system development project: liaised with external IT consultants to develop and conduct UAT for a customized SAGE module to automate TauRx's budget forecasting process which enable management to quickly assess financial performance and trends • Inspected historical data and performed project cost forecasting to recommend optimal supplier choice • Provided training for new interns and conducted budgeting Business Intelligence training for UK colleague • Prepared departmental budget for 10 HODs to keep track of their department budget • Processed monthly payment, A/P, A/R, billing journal and bank reconciliation in SAGE

    • Finance Intern
      May 2015 - Aug 2015 · 4 mos

  • Internal Audit and Risk Management Intern at Infineon Technologies
    May 2014 - Jul 2014 · 3 mos

    • Worked with Asia Pacific Compliance Manager to manage annual internal audit for Infineon Singapore & Malaysia, consisting of 109 financial and operational test controls • Assisted to conduct interviews with 12 APAC heads of department to identify compliance deficiencies • Prepared training materials and coordinated internal control training for Singapore, Malaysia and China divisions

  • Research Assistant at NUS Business School
    Dec 2012 - May 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Extracted information on directors and corporate governance disclosures from 200 companies annual reports into an excel coding template • Analyzed the annual report and SGX company announcements to calculate ASEAN Scorecard for top 100 companies