Yaseen Shaikh, Senior Fund Accountant

Yaseen Shaikh

Senior Fund Accountant

Maples Group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
12 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 4 Months

Senior Fund Accountant at Maples Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2018

Perform NAV calculation and Month-end NAV finalisation for various hedge funds .
Review full set of middle office deliverables provided to multiple hedge funds.
Analyse errors, provide resolution and build checkpoints to minimise them.
Weekly and Monthly Performance reporting for multiple funds and managed accounts.
Ad-Hoc reporting and point of contact for raising queries on behalf of funds.
Assist with the preparation of year-end financial statements for Auditors review.
Communicate regularly with external data providers and vendors.
Interact with clients to manage existing relationships & look to develop them further.

Senior Fund Accountant at Miras Investment and Project LLC
  • Oman - Muscat
  • July 2015 to January 2018

Booking of Trades and fund related expenses and revenues
Ensuring all positions are priced in accordance with applicable valuation policy
Verify corporate actions to ensure accurate processing
Perform cash, position and market value reconciliations between books and Custody
Undertake research and resolution processes for exceptions & incorrect transactions
Update Monthly and Quarterly valuation of Bond Funds and Private Equity Investments
Prepare outgoing wire transfers for various investment activities
Calculating portfolio profit/loss and Net Asset Value (NAV) on a daily basis
Assist with the preparation of year-end financial statements and associated reports
Converse and liaise with Custodians to resolve miscellaneous fund issues

Senior Officer at Viteos Capital Market Services Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2014 to July 2015

Responsible for setting up of new Hedge Fund Portfolios in Geneva
Involved in Historical Conversion of Hedge Funds into Geneva
Reconcile cash, trades and open positions in multiple assets with custody
Prepare month end accounting and NAV packs/ P&L reconciliation
Calculation of various fees such as performance fees, management fees etc.
Build various types of Recons (Cash, Position, Dividend, Interest, Unsettled Trades)
Test various client reports using different scenarios

Summer Trainee at Reliance Securities Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 2013 to July 2013

Macro-economic analysis of Consumer Durable sector followed by company Whirlpool India Ltd. And Panasonic Appliances India Ltd. Recommendation to Buy or Sell or Hold in the short run and long run by analyzing the fundamentals and technicals of the company. Generating Leads and creating a database in order to sell various financial products like Life Insurance Policies and Demat Accounts. Giving Presentations to prospective clients and explaining all the details related to the products. Assisting the prospective clients in filling up the form and submitting the documents to facililate opening of accounts. Managing Payments recieved from clients for availing various facilities

Associate Analyst at Oracle Processing Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2011 to September 2012

Performing Quality control checks for client which offers risk analytics and enterprise investment systems for multiple asset classes
Ensure that risk analytics jobs are run properly & completed on time
Quality check the prices of securities on which risk numbers are generated
Verify exceptions reports generated on various Risk parameters
Analyse the effect of Corporate Action and process the same
Reporting to analyst the day over day changes in the risk numbers & reason there to
Highlighting large NAV changes and reason for the same

Customer Care Executive at Spearhead Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • September 2009 to December 2009

Attending to queries of Existing customers related to billing and data consumption. Helping them trouble-shoot the issues they face during internet usage. Identifying potential customers by way of research and information collected by marketing team. Speaking to existing customers and explaining them about new schemes. Forwarding leads to the marketing team. Filing of documents collected by the marketing team.Assisting the operations team by way of providing the address and appointment schedule of the clients

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Rizvi Institute of Management Studies and Research
  • May 2014
Bachelor's degree, Accounting & Finance
  • at Lala Lajpatrai College of Commerce & Economics
  • April 2011

Specialties & Skills

Customer Support
Hedge Funds
Portfolio Management
Reconciliations
Fund Accounting
Advent Geneva
C-Matis
MS Office

Languages

English
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Hindi
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Marathi
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Gujarati
Beginner
Arabic
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