Prisul Naik

• Maintained and coded ESG flags on universe of issuers using MSCI and ISS data. Led project to develop Shariah Compliance universe for prospective client business.
• Engaged investment Groups and worked with Trading, Client Services and Investment Operations to resolve issues.
• Led conference calls between key stakeholder teams globally, developing playbooks for complex events.
• Developed frameworks during the work-from-home period of COVID-19 to identify training opportunities within the global team. Solicited regular updates and produced metrics for management and senior management.
• Responsible for asset setup and ownership limits related to offering activity across Equity and Fixed Income assets.
• Coordinated and processed mandatory and voluntary corporate action events across asset classes.

• Independently analysed pre-trade, post-trade and batch (overnight) compliance exceptions.
• Participated in company-wide projects to retire and implement software change and the related training initiatives. • Coordinated departmental projects and process initiatives such as the FORCE project to implement Aladdin.
• Led working groups such as the Training Task Force which develops and administers training initiatives for the global FI PC team.

• Hold primary responsibility for daily margining of futures & options business across all clearing brokers, reconciling all resulting cash movements and assisting in creating action plans for exceptional market events.

• Maintain an excellent working relationship with executing & clearing brokers to ensure all ETD trading is executed, settled and applied accurately to minimise the risk of any breaks.

• Support front office functions, assisting in the execution and application of FX trades between margin accounts, and providing up-to-date information on cash balances and positions.

• Manage projects in addition to BAU, including the development of an automated margin spreadsheet outlining any exceptional accounts and generating the instructions which are sent to clearing brokers. Detailed procedure notes and process improvements actioned in order to minimise the risk of manual error within the team.

• Daily interaction with clearing brokers, traders, FMAs, portfolio accounting, custodians and TPAs.

• Performed trade surveillance on all Equity, Commodity and Fixed Income Derivatives on the Bclear platform - ensuring trading is executed at fair value, according to derivative contract specifications.

• Calculated & issued EDSP's & expiry reference prices for contracts on all NYSE LIFFE markets.

• Produced weekly risk reports for internal management, and monthly risk reports for FCA, outlining market structure of NYSE LIFFE main deliverable commodity markets, including client positions held and delivery intentions.

• Improved dividend maintenance procedures on
pricing model to ensure more accurate and timely fair value calculation of equity prices in light of corporate actions.

• Assisted Equities and Derivatives trading desks in corporate actions, trade support & reconciliation

• Held main responsibility for corporate actions on all client and hedge positions within the firm. Required very diligent organisational ability and effective communication with clients, trading desks and prime brokers.

• Developed regulatory and compliance functions, producing reporting spreadsheet (for submission through UnaVista) and liaising with takeover panel on client positions.

• Aided Risk desk in allocation of bookings to ensure all positions could be effectively hedged.

• Performed cash & stock reconciliation of 70+ retail, institutional, and multi manager funds, investigating exceptions relating to corporate actions, derivative settlements and pricing.

• Managed tasks in addition to BAU, broadening my knowledge of the firm, including contributing to month end audit projects and creating fund keying procedure handbook.