Vanessa Nguyen
About Vanessa Nguyen
Vanessa Nguyen is a Securities Accounting Senior Associate at Fannie Mae in the Washington D.C. Metro Area, with a background in financial economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Company
Vanessa Nguyen is currently employed at Fannie Mae, where she holds the position of Securities Accounting Senior Associate. Fannie Mae is a leading source of mortgage financing in the Washington D.C. Metro Area. Vanessa has been instrumental in various significant initiatives within the company, including the General Ledger Transformation project and the Single Securities initiative.
Title
Vanessa Nguyen serves as a Securities Accounting Senior Associate at Fannie Mae. In this role, she is responsible for improving operational efficiency and accuracy within the company's securities accounting functions. She has also been involved in training and cross-training efforts to bolster team knowledge in critical accounting areas.
Education and Expertise
Vanessa Nguyen completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where she studied from 2010 to 2015. Her expertise encompasses securities accounting, fixed income fund accounting, and tax preparation, gained through various internships and specialist roles at several organizations, including Fannie Mae, BNY Mellon, T. Rowe Price, and Liberty Tax Service.
Background
Vanessa Nguyen's career began with internships that provided her with a diverse range of experiences in tax preparation and retail account management. She worked as a Tax Preparer/ Intern at Liberty Tax Service and as a Retail Account Management Intern at T. Rowe Price. She later gained significant experience as a Fixed Income Fund Accounting Specialist at BNY Mellon before moving on to her current role at Fannie Mae.
Achievements
Vanessa Nguyen played a crucial role in the General Ledger Transformation project at Fannie Mae, transitioning the general ledger from PeopleSoft to Workday. She enhanced operational and disclosure reports, significantly reducing their run time from over 3 hours to just 3 minutes. Vanessa conducted parallel testing and daily validations for the Single Securities initiative and worked closely with upstream technology teams to resolve accounting system errors. Additionally, she communicated with custodian banks like J.P. Morgan and US Bank to address interest payment discrepancies.