Clay Scott, CPA
Senior Vice President
Premium Strategies Group

Clay Scott has been involved in the financial services and banking industry since 1995. He was formerly with Ernst & Young, LLP in Memphis. As a Senior Accountant, Clay provided auditing and consulting services to the Financial Services industry, primarily community- to medium-sized banks.

Clay provides his clients with unique services that differentiate him from other investment professionals. For example, Clay offers

  • Quarterly color graph studies with specific short and long term recommendations for earnings improvement and/or risk reduction
  • Monthly reporting of projected cashflow ladders including prepay and call feature estimates
  • Instant notification and well documented explanations of trade opportunities when bonds brought into inventory match a customer’s holdings
  • Superior analytics prior to trade execution interfacing Bloomberg information with LOTUS spreadsheets to provide concise summaries of the risks and rewards of various investment opportunities
  • Documentation packets after each trade executed that include a summary of the reasons for the trade as well as all required regulatory supporting documentation.

As a Senior Vice President in the Premium Strategies Group, Clay now serves institutional clients nationwide by assisting them in focusing on those products and strategies that fit their needs. His strong accounting and regulatory knowledge coupled with his extensive computer-based analytic capabilities and product expertise enable Clay to provide a superior level of service to his clients.

Clay is a graduate of the University of Tennessee where he earned both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accountancy. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the Tennessee Society of CPAs. Clay has also completed the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) licensing and registration programs Series 7 - General Securities Representative and Series 63 - Uniform Securities Agent State Law examinations. He and his wife, Sarah, reside in Memphis.