Ms. Monique Magno is the Director of unclaimed securities examinations. Ms. Magno holds a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Michael’s College and has experience in the field of unclaimed property since 2008. Ms. Magno applies her unclaimed property audit knowledge and management experience to ensure effective and efficient examinations under her charge. Ms. Magno facilitates professionally responsible examinations and filing analysis on behalf of Kelmar’s clients by providing guidance to associates, senior associates, and managers, and communicating effectively with holders. In so doing, Ms. Magno ensures delivery of the highest levels of service and support to Kelmar’s clients.

Ms. Magno joined Kelmar in 2014 as a Manager before becoming a Senior Manager in 2017, and prior to taking on the role of Director in 2020. As Director of unclaimed securities examinations, Ms. Magno oversees Kelmar’s Securities Examination team and Filing Analysis team. In this capacity, Ms. Magno ensures that Senior Managers and Managers under her leadership maintain regular correspondence with holders using documented examination requests, phone conferences, and in-person meetings throughout a securities examination, as required. She is responsible for providing final approval of documentation produced by a holder and final review of the escheatment analysis performed by Kelmar’s Filing Analysis team. In performing these tasks, Ms. Magno oversees the progress of all assigned examinations and engages with holders to address follow-up requests or status updates, as needed. Ms. Magno stays apprised of current unclaimed property laws and communicates updates accordingly to both client states and Kelmar team members throughout all stages of examinations under her management.

Prior Unclaimed Property Experience

Prior to joining Kelmar, Ms. Magno was a Senior Consultant at Ryan, LLC. In this role, she managed securities related audit and voluntary disclosure agreement projects. Ms. Magno also assisted on general ledger audits and voluntary disclosure agreements and collaborated on ongoing compliance efforts and quantitative risk assessments for clients.

As a Consultant at Thomson Reuters, Ms. Magno managed securities audits for clients from a variety of different industries. She served as a resource on voluntary disclosure initiatives, state mandated audits, ongoing compliance efforts, and quantitative risk assessments.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Magno was a Client Service Manager / Corporate Client Liaison for Xerox Unclaimed Property Clearinghouse (now Avenu). Ms. Magno held a steady progression of positions and responsibilities, including report processing for corporate clients to states and jurisdictions, training administration, and due diligence monitoring, prior to serving as lead Client Service Liaison for four major transfer agents and a Fortune 500 company.