Exempt Non-Officer
Credit Suisse
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :5 years, 3 أشهر
• To provide set up & Maintenance for security, Strategy, Commission, Allocation, Benchmark and standard Settlement Instructions
• To review and account for Fund Expenses, Custody and PB related fees, Interest Income and Expenses and any other cash payment
• To process corporate action
• Manage Scheduled Events
• To contact executing broker via e-mail to obtain paper confirm, confirm receipt of trade confirmation from executing broker, review trade breaks arising if any, notify manager of trade amendments, perform trade matching. Deliver all executed trades to the Prime Broker or custodian from the Portfolio Master system. These are to be monitored to ensure that the trades reach the required destination.
• Monitor Trade Settlement ie receive settlement status updates from custodians and PB's.
• Also monitor details of failing and failed trades with necessary details for escalation and inform manager in case of charges levied by exchange on failing settlement of trade.
• Perform T+1 Position and cash Reconciliation and send to manager daily.
• To Report end of day P&L + custom reporting as required
My responsibilities in Accounting and valuation involved the following:
• Reconcile and review trades, positions and cash in line with client service level agreement. Review and substantiate all aged breaks for management escalation reporting.
• Monitor corporate actions and process dividends at each valuation point in line with operating procedures.
• Collate, review and independently verify portfolio pricing and ensure all variances are investigated and escalated.
• Prepare final trial balance, accruals and expenses on funds to ensure that information on account is up to date and complete.
• Prepare payment instruction for fees and expenses and act as signatory for the approval of payments when required in accordance with approved authorization levels.
• Liaise and work with the Investor Services team to ensure accurate recording of shareholder capital activity within Geneva ensuring full client sign off and NAV reporting of investor activity.
• Preparation of full NAV reporting pack for review by Fund Accounting Manager.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of NAV to client in accordance with client SLA.
♦ From 15 Feb 2010 until present have been working with JP Morgan Services India Private Limited Mumbai as Operations Team Leader (Global Pricing Operations) . As part of The Hedge Fund Services Pricing group I have been involved in the following
• Correct pricing of numerous portfolios for Hedge Fund Administration and Hedge Fund Middle Office clients using source authorized by client.
• Take responsibility for the accuracy of the inputs and outputs of the trade economic data, accurately loading the prices and data elements provided.
• Seek the use of independent third party pricing services to value and price client assets.
• Vendors used for pricing include Bloomberg, Financial Times Interactive Data, Markit, Super Derivatives, Reuters and use Broker or Counterparty Valuations wherever required or as per client requirement.
• Review securities priced wherein manually input data completing pricing process and signing off to Accounting for single manager funds.
• Review on a daily basis or monthly for a stale, zero price movement or large price movements outside of agreed tolerances with any occurrences being verified. Research and resolve price exceptions (movers: percentage and BPS)
• Advice client on the finalized NAV pack detailing any price overrides used in the production of the Fund's NAV
• Take responsibility for vendor management and the primary price verification process.
• Support financial reporting by confirming price levels and providing details on prices for IAS39 reporting.
• Worked as an intern at MICROSEC CAPITAL LTD (Feb 2009 - May 2009) and did a project on Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds and External Commercial Borrowings. The objective of the project was to study the various sources of raising funds overseas (through FCCB and ECBs). This project was done to help the Company identify the current trends and look over the future prospects of FCCBs and ECBs through its Equity Research Division. The report would enable the Equity research division to find out problems pertaining to the use of FCCBs and ECBs by its clients and take necessary decisions in the area of investment banking to help both, the investor as well as the client. For ECBs an overall study has been done.
As an administrator - portfolio valuations - Hedge Funds (from January 2008 - April 2008), my work involved the following: • Ensuring that holdings and cash were correctly accounted for by performing cash and holdings reconciliations to the Prime Broker
• Confirming all price movements which had breached previously set tolerances to an external source such as Reuters or Bloomberg
• Checking that Corporate Actions like dividends have been processed correctly by confirming to both the Prime Broker and an external source, such as Bloomberg
• Processing of all fees (accruals and payments) onto the relevant accounting system, whether fixed or percentage based
• Confirm all interest has been accrued for correctly and process payments where necessary
• Book all currency contracts (spots and forwards) based on information received on the trade file from the Prime Broker
♦ Worked as Technical Support Executive in the DELL process in WIPRO (from May 2007 - Aug 2007)
The Job profile was mainly to provide professional assistance over the call, for technical issues related to dell desktops.
YEAR INSTITUTE DEGREE RESULT 2010 ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA Finance 6.69/10 (CGPA)
2007 SRI SHIKSHAYATAN COLLEGE B.COM (ACCOUNTANCY) HONOURS 63%
2004 G.D.BIRLA CENTRE FOR EDUCATION I.S.C 88%
2002 G.D.BIRLA CENTRE FOR EDUCATION I.C.S.E 84%