JULIANA HALAS
RIO DE JANEIRO/ SÃO PAULO
Resumo
Senior financial markets executive with more than 18 years of experience in asset management, fund administration, and global markets operations. Proven track record leading operational infrastructures, regulatory compliance frameworks, and cross-border investment structures across onshore and offshore jurisdictions.
Extensive experience managing operational teams, structuring investment funds, and coordinating with regulators, administrators, custodians, and legal advisors. Background spanning brokerage firms, asset managers, and international financial platforms, with strong expertise in regulatory compliance, custody structures, investor servicing, and operational risk management.
Visão geral
27
27
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Experiência profissional
Director
CEBRI
2024.03 - 2026.04
- Responsible for the financial, legal, administrative, and outsourced accounting areas.
- Strong contribution to strategic planning and financial management with the presentation of performance reports and annual budgets, monitoring the process of Institutional and Project audits.
- Interface with legal advice, providing documents and information whenever necessary.
- Executive management of budgets and general coordination of project accounts.
- Development and implementation of internal processes, Compliance and IT policies.
- Support for the development of key performance indicators for the areas and their respective assessments.
- Develop, implement, manage and control administrative procedures in general, ensuring the efficiency of the flow of information between areas of the company.
- Support to the Ethics and Compliance Committee in the development and management of CEBRI's internal processes.
RM - Associate Director
The Catalyst Group
2023.02 - 2024.03
- Managed client relationships and development of new client accounts.
- Works closely with Case Manager on the on-boarding and retention of clients, ensuring the appropriate 'Know Your Client' (KYC) and other compliance deliverables are met.
- Ensure an unequalled client experience for the company’s book of Brazilian and foreign clients.
- Work with the main financial instruments (Derivatives, Forex, Bonds, Issuer bonds, Equities and Commodities), as well as with the main businesses involved: Global Markets.
- Share insights to enable development of new processes and procedures that will create business efficiency and support delivery of client excellence in service.
- Establish an awareness of industry, regulatory, jurisdictional, and other trends that could affect the business.
- Administrate the credit relationship of the client, coordinating and supervising the entire process, ensuring the proper application of policies and institutional processes.
Operations Director
Dojo Capital Asset Management
2022.03 - 2023.02
- Responsible for Risk and Internal Controls.
- Management and control of all company processes.
- Management and control of the company's activities - direct work with the accountant, monthly reports, insurances, brokerage license and ongoing management of the company from a bureaucratic and legal point of view.
- Management and control of banking processes - mortgages, opening bank accounts and managing purchases that are carried out through bank financing.
- Managing the team and ensuring compliance with the goals.
- Ongoing work with brokerage offices and property owners, establishing relationships and developing the company's asset tracking system of the funds and Managers.
Operations Director
Piemonte Holding
2021.01 - 2022.02
- Responsible for operations, focusing on Back-Office, Compliance and HR teams of 8, in average.
- Follow-up of asset portfolios of the Group (Fixed Income/stock investing), providing C-level officers with solid reports, aiming at optimizing finance management.
- Analysis of the interest market and economic and financial viability, proposing new investments/financing in order to support strategic decision-making.
- Assessment of results, risk and financial product payback for the Group investments.
Chief Operations and Compliance Officer
Aguila Capital
2016.12 - 2020.12
- Responsible for Risk and Internal Controls focusing on management and leadership in businesses such as tax framework for funds, corporate control of funds, and asset pricing.
- Compliance with regulatory agency requirements (ANBIMA/CVM/Central Bank) and offshore requirements (CRS/FATCA).
- Responsible for the certification process of Manager with Regulators, as well as incorporation of investment funds for the adherence to codes and fiduciary administration.
- Solid knowledge and understanding of accounting principles, being responsible for the compliance and of audit requirements of the funds and Managers.
Investor Relations Expert
Liq Participações S.A.
2013.08 - 2016.12
- Peer analysis in telecom industry, assessment of business sectors and financial results of the Company.
- Services to the market in general (sell-side and buy-side).
- Follow-up of company assessments, as well as conditions for its securities trading.
- Planning and execution of routine disclosure of regular and eventual information.
- Elaboration of quarterly and annually Press Releases, being responsible for outlining the economic scenario for such reports.
- Relationship with regulatory agencies, entities and market institutions.
Latam Desk (Icap BZ/NY)
ICAP
2008.12 - 2011.10
- Responsible for investor onboarding and Due Diligence on local and NY portfolio bases.
- Responsible for the NY Back-office team composed of 3 analysts, in average.
- Interaction with Compliance/Legal department, CTO, CFO, and Traders.
- Responsible for the trading connections.
- Negotiation and structuring skills, relations with clients, passionate to build a line of business within Fixed Income/Variable Income and Currencies team, broadening the global markets platforms and boosting the presence of the company across LATAM region.
International Back-Office Manager
ATIVA
2007.04 - 2008.04
- Responsible for implementing and safekeeping of international custody and custody flow management.
- Back-office team management, applying a deepened operational, strategic and regular knowledge.
- Definition of semi-annually goals and objectives aiming at maximizing the results and minimizing operational errors, reaching 100% successful outcomes in the periods.
- Responsible for foreign client onboarding on the registration sector, satisfying market requirements.
- Definition and development of routine enabling tools along with the development sector.
Back-Office Manager
ALPES
2006.12 - 2007.04
- Implementation of international Back-Office services, as well as all realignment to specific audit practices required by regulatory entities.
- Responsible for consolidating, together with the managed team, all operational procedures connected to foreign client flow, such as: due diligence; onboarding follow-up, specification of operations in the fixed income/variable income market; operations prematch; risk management; physical and cash settlement follow-up.
- Strategic planning of operational maximization and cost reduction for the area.
- Company’s goals and objectives in order to achieve or exceed predefined target budget.
- Responsible for internal and external audit follow-up.
Senior International Back- Office Analyst
ÁGORA
1999.08 - 2006.11
- Responsible for operations carried out by foreign clients in the Brazilian capital market.
- Functioning and mastering specification systems of stock exchange operations, delivery and checking of the operations at the custodian company and monitoring of financial flow in Brazil and abroad.
- Daily monitoring of applications/positions of non-resident clients relating to the internal and external risk.
- Management of capital flow of foreign clients: direct negotiation with clients for returning brokerage fees and operational profits, closing of currency exchange transactions, assistance to the control of foreign funds’ portfolios.
Formação acadêmica
MBA - Compliance, Controllership and Audit
FGV
2024.01 - 2026.01
MBA - International Business Management
FGV
2005.01 - 2007.01
Bachelor’s degree - economics
Candido Mendes University (UCAM)
1999.01 - 2004.01
Habilidades e competências
Asset Management Operations Investment Fund Structuring
Regulatory Compliance (CVM, ANBIMA, FATCA, CRS) Global Markets Infrastructure
Custody & Fund Administration Operational Risk & Internal Controls
Cross‑Border Investment Structures Investor Relations & Institutional Clients Financial Reporting & Governance Operational Transformation
Executive Stakeholder Management
Idiomas
Portuguese
Bilíngue ou proficiente
C2
English
Avançado
C1
German
Básico
A2
Linha do tempo
Director
CEBRI
2024.03 - 2026.04
MBA - Compliance, Controllership and Audit
FGV
2024.01 - 2026.01
RM - Associate Director
The Catalyst Group
2023.02 - 2024.03
Operations Director
Dojo Capital Asset Management
2022.03 - 2023.02
Operations Director
Piemonte Holding
2021.01 - 2022.02
Chief Operations and Compliance Officer
Aguila Capital
2016.12 - 2020.12
Investor Relations Expert
Liq Participações S.A.
2013.08 - 2016.12
Latam Desk (Icap BZ/NY)
ICAP
2008.12 - 2011.10
International Back-Office Manager
ATIVA
2007.04 - 2008.04
Back-Office Manager
ALPES
2006.12 - 2007.04
MBA - International Business Management
FGV
2005.01 - 2007.01
Senior International Back- Office Analyst
ÁGORA
1999.08 - 2006.11
Bachelor’s degree - economics
Candido Mendes University (UCAM)
1999.01 - 2004.01