Farhan Ahmed

• Assisted in annual budgeting and rolling forecastsfor departmental expenses.
• Monitored actual performance vs budget and explained variances.
• Automated reporting processes using Excel and Power BI.
• Prepared monthly financial reports and performed variance analysis, identifying key cost
drivers and trends to support management decision-making
• Supported month-end closing activities including reconciliations and financial reviews
◦ Process employee expense claims and vendor invoices in Quick Dice ERP.
◦ Coordinate with internal teams for timesheets, petty cash, AR/AP documentation.
◦ Ensure timely and accurate vendor payments while maintaining compliance.
◦ Reconcile vendor statements and resolve discrepancies efficiently.
• Maintain strong working relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Basic knowledge of IFRS

 Presenting daily fund file, valuation report and ECID tracking file to the team.
 Reconciling Fund Records with Client Records, Reconciliation done based on AIRS, GDR, DTCC file and Fund
Portal.
 Communicating with funds on provide manual position file. Based on manual file, bulk position file and
reinvestment files are uploaded to the Alternative investment reconciliation system.
 Researching on the discrepancy with position and taking right action on resolving the break.
 Reaching out to fund on transaction history to reconcile the GDR.
 Identifying and analysing the “Proactive Accounts” which will hit in to “Cap charges” and take right resolution
to avoid cap charge.
 Interacting with Internal team on Transfer, Redemption, subscription, Investment solution teams to resolve
the break.
 Adding Transfer, Redemption and subscription backup to the share point, which help Transfer, Redemption
and subscription team to take action on breaks.
 Requesting fund to merger the account.
 Mapping external client id (fund account) to our system.

• Presenting daily fund file, valuation report and ECID tracking file to the team.
• Reconciling Fund Records with Client Records, Reconciliation done based on AIRS, GDR, DTCC file and Fund
Portal.
• Communicating with funds on provide manual position file. Based on manual file, bulk position file and
reinvestment files are uploaded to the Alternative investment reconciliation system.
• Researching on the discrepancy with position and taking right action on resolving the break.
• Reaching out to fund on transaction history to reconcile the GDR.
• Identifying and analysing the Proactive Accounts which will hit in to Cap charges and take right resolution
to avoid cap charge.
• Interacting with Internal team on Transfer, Redemption, subscription, Investment solution teams to resolve
the break.
• Adding Transfer, Redemption and subscription backup to the share point, which help Transfer, Redemption
and subscription team to take action on breaks.
• Requesting fund to merger the account.
• Mapping external client id (fund account) to our system.

• Performed daily fund, position, and valuation reconciliations using AIRS, GDR, DTCC files,
and fund portals.
• Investigated position and transaction breaks and implemented corrective actions.
• Coordinated with fund managers to obtain manual position and transaction history files.
• Identified proactive accounts to prevent capital charge impacts.
• Collaborated with Transfer, Redemption, Subscription, and Investment teamsto resolve
discrepancies.
• Maintained reconciliation documentation and backups on SharePoint.
• Mapped external client and fund IDs to internal systems.

Interacting with portfolio Managers for their daily funding and investing activities  Portfolio analysis by using RITS, RKS and TLM.  Provide daily cash availability and forecast balances to portfolio Management.  Providing Daily, Monthly return reports of the portfolio to the portfolio Managers that helps to take informed decision by analyzing on how the fund performed comparing to the benchmark.  Act as primary point of contact to Portfolio Management, Relationship Management, Performance Measurement Group, Compliance and Custodian inquiries for assigned portfolios.  Assist internal reconciliation teams with researching and resolution exception between SSGA and the external record keeping.  Providing accurate monthly NAV for fixed income and equity portfolios.

• Interacting with portfolio Managers for their daily funding and investing activities
• Portfolio analysis by using RITS, RKS and TLM.
• Provide daily cash availability and forecast balances to portfolio Management.
• Providing Daily, Monthly return reports of the portfolio to the portfolio Managers that helps to take informed
decision by analyzing on how the fund performed comparing to the benchmark.
• Providing Daily NAV file, Daily Broker statement, Daily fees report and OD and Exposure report to onshore Team.
• Act as primary point of contact to Portfolio Management, Relationship Management, Performance
Measurement Group, Compliance and Custodian inquiries for assigned portfolios.
• Assist internal reconciliation teams with researching and resolution exception between SSGA and the external
record keeping.
• Providing accurate monthly NAV for fixed income and equity portfolios.

• Supported portfolio managers with daily funding and investment activities.
• Conducted portfolio analysis using RITS, RKS, and TLM systems.
• Prepared daily cash forecasts and availability reports.
• Delivered daily/monthly performance and return reports benchmarked against indices.
• Generated NAV files, broker statements, fee reports, exposure and overdraft reports.
• Acted as liaison between Portfolio Management, Compliance, Custody, and Reconciliation
teams.
• Assisted in resolving reconciliation breaks between internal and external records.