Associate Manager — Operations & Fund Accounting (Hedge Fund) - SS&C GlobeOp Financial Services Ltd
(2024-06)
- Reviewing 3-way reconciliation across SS&C, Trading Advisors, and Prime Brokers, ensuring zero discrepancy in fund positions.
- Produce accurate daily and monthly NAV for Master, Feeder, and standalone funds using Geneva, eNAV, and GoCentral.
- Lead position, trade, and cash reconciliation across Equity, Options, Futures, CFD, FX, and Swap products.
- Calculate NAV and fund pricing using Bloomberg Terminal, executing trades and delivering to SLA standards.
- Authorize daily reconciliation sign-offs to the Valuation team, upholding control standards and audit readiness.
- Serve as escalation point on management calls for aged breaks, driving structured resolution.
- Reviewing CFD wires and FX netting daily ahead of currency cutoff; set up and call-back-verify SSIs.
- Onboard and train new team members and manage workflow allocation to prevent NAV delays on daily funds.
Senior Operational Analyst — Brokerage Reconciliation & Settlement - SmartStream Technologies Pvt Ltd
(2017-04 - 2024-06)
- Managed a team of 8 as Acting Team Leader, covering payables, manual settlement on the Atlantis platform.
- Processed exchange-traded derivatives settlements and allege trades/static data on GMI and Excalibur.
- Performed monthly cash reconciliation of prime brokerage on TLM and Excalibur and settled high-value inter-party invoices.
- Tracked KPIs against client SLAs; resolved aged breaks through coordination with internal and external counterparties.
- Trained new joiners and managed global settlement and account closure activities.
Senior Analyst, Investment Banking — Equity Settlement - Eclerx Financial Services
(2016-04 - 2017-04)
- Handled pre- and post-settlement processing for Equity Swaps, Total Return Swaps, and OTC Options.
- Managed SWIFT payment processing, including call-backs and return of funds, and cash settlements.
- Set up and verified Standard Settlement Instructions (SSIs) with internal teams and counterparties.
- Acted as primary point of contact for clients on high-value trade queries and daily ad-hoc requests.
Senior Analyst, Investment Banking — Derivative Operations (Futures, Options, Swaps) - State Street Syntel Financial Services
(2012-10 - 2016-03)
- Booked trades from client tickets daily and sent trade allocation files to brokers (Equity and FX Options).
- Confirmed swap tickets via Markit and Equity/FX Options via GTSS; resolved fail-trade queries.
- Managed future reconciliation, margin settlement, and give-up trades with executing and clearing brokers.
- Escalated high-priority trade issues to clients and chased clearing brokers on future breaks.
- Tracked daily, monthly, and annualized portfolio returns across Mutual Funds, Equity, and Bonds; performed performance reconciliation and manual adjustments.
