Cyril Xavier

• Over 12 years of experience within the Hedge fund Service industry and strong knowledge across various domains of Accounting, middle office & financial services sector.
• Operational exposure to Equity, FX,Option,Futures,Swap,Bond,Repo & CFD instruments.
• Hands on experience in independently handling project migrations & post-migration project stabilization.
• Exceptional relationship management / negotiation skills and abilities in liaising with clients.
• Possess a strong understanding of financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Experience in Hedge fund Service industry and strong knowledge in new clients on boarding, Trade support (Trade booking, clearing and settlement), reconciliation process and Fund accounting.
• Knowledge in trade booking Applications – Integrata, EZE OMS, Murex, Omgeo, Geneva, MarkitWire and Imagine Data Viewer.
• Hands on experience in project migrations & post-migration project stabilization.
• Advice clients and fund managers on their trade and settlement related needs and enquiries.
• Possess a strong understanding of financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills with proven abilities in team management and planning.
• Proficient at providing value added service & ensuring client satisfaction with service norms. 

• Be the primary point of contact for Intertrust clients during the on boarding stage. Understand client requirements and provide appropriate support to meet their expectations.
• Build and maintain good relationships with clients and identify the possibilities for business expansion.
• Managed internal and client calls and ad-hoc requests , including audit related inquiries

• Set up the Security, Broker, commission schedule, Trade & fund allocation rules in the Order management systems.
• Book/ Amend the trade in the Order management systems (OMS) based on the trader request.
• Liaise with the PBs, traders and trader assistants for timely booking and to ensure all trades are reconciled in a timely manner.
• Interacting with PBs settlement team in order to make sure that all the trades are settled before exchange cut off.
• Identify the trades that are creating breaks and liaising with traders and brokers to get trades allocated/amended and any other discrepancies in order to get the trade settled at the earliest.
• Perform T+1 recon - Both positions, cash and tax lot recon between client, PB and admin.
• Investigate the breaks with the PBs over email, phone to identify the discrepancies and take necessary action to clear the breaks.
• Prepare & compare the daily margin report and initiate the collateral cash movement based on the requirements.
• Process entries - Option expiries, assignment and exercises; wire, Fees, Trade and journal entries, Pricing, Position transfers between PBs etc.
• Coordinate with various teams such as Trade booking, Pricing, Reconciliation, Settlement and Accounting to ensure seamless workflow and resolve any open issues.
• Provide training to the newly joined staff.
• Prepare, Send the Daily & monthly report and stats to the client and internally with management.
• Major clients – Pinebridge Investments, Astignes, Millennium Capital Partners, Keysquare, Ghisallo, Electron Capital Partners and Senvest.

Bachelor of Business administration specialized in Finance from Bangalore University in the academic year 2008- 2010 (India) - Verified by WES