Yusuf Kanorwala

assistant vice president at Morgan Stanley

• India - Mumbai
• My current job since February 2021

Financial Analyst at Nomura Private Service Ltd

• India - Mumbai
• July 2015 to February 2021

Settlements
 Position Management and taking care of necessary transfers to settle trades
 Confirmation and pre-matching and fails management and, covering all fixed income trades such as Cash trades,
repo trades and stock loan trades
 Liaising with cash management to get necessary funding in order to settle trades, and aiming at perfect
settlement, simultaneously liaising with desk to cover the bonds where we are actual short
 Responsible for cash and stock break resolution within the strict deadlines of the department on a daily basis
allocated to the settlements department by operations reconciliation department
 Responsible for monitoring and clearance of all trade related (Swift release) queues within Nomura internal
systems to ensure settlement in a timely manner
 Liaising with Desk / traders on regular basis regarding missing booking of trades, and ensure getting it booked
before market cut off.
 Investigating & monitoring Counter Party Credit Risk reports and ensuring smooth settlements
 Exercising good judgment skills to make the necessary decisions to address client queries and ensuring all high-
priority queries are escalated to the management promptly
 Working closely with all the stakeholders (Front Office, other Finance teams, Market Risk) on regular
and ad-hock requests)
 Being part during Migration of emerging markets and testing of new applications and giving views on its
functioning and providing relevant feedback to agents

Financial Analyst at Exclerx Services Ltd

• India - Mumbai
• June 2013 to July 2015

Experience in Cash Equity Trades
 Handling over 50 markets worldwide, which includes Europe & Emerging & Euroclear markets
 Scope of work includes from removing dump, to allocation, from coordinating with counter party and finding
the right match in the market
 Working efficiently to reduce the risk associated with settlement failure
 Take added responsibility of Auditing Trades done by team mates to minimize error and have smooth operation
 Handy knowledge of working on Swift accord

Assistant Accountant at Elixir Engg Pvt Ltd

• India - Mumbai
• October 2012 to June 2013

Responsible for handling the accounts of the company
 Preparing balance sheets
 Liaised with bankers, insurers and solicitors regarding financial transactions
 Prepared company accounts and tax returns for audit