Rohan Bagde

Detail-oriented Finance Associate with 4+ years of experience in trade settlement operations, custody operations, cash management, and transaction processing across equities, fixed income, and FX asset classes. Skilled in prematching, confirmation, settlement, and post-settlement processing, trade break investigation, cash break resolution, and settlement fails management. Strong working knowledge of SWIFT messaging, payment processing, global clearing systems and account reconciliation.

Experienced in counterparty risk identification, settlement risk mitigation, escalation management, SOP and control adherence, and audit readiness within high-volume, time-critical operations. Effective in stakeholder communication with brokers, custodians, and internal teams, with a strong process improvement and automation support mindset. Seeking to apply trade lifecycle and settlement operations expertise in a broader capital markets and investment operations role.

Associate II – Transaction Services at State Street Pvt Ltd (2022-03 – Present)

• Independently support prematching, confirmation, settlement, and post-settlement processing of client trade and cash instructions received via SWIFT, Fax, or Email, in line with IM guidelines and market cut-offs.
• Validate and match trade and payment details against broker, custodian, and internal system records, ensuring accuracy across cash-related SWIFT messages including MT103, MT202, MT210, MT300, MT304, MT321, and MT380.
• Manually create MT299 and MT599 SWIFT instructions, and validate payment fields (50, 59, 70, etc.) for accurate processing across global payment clearing systems including Sort Code, CHIPS, and Fedwire.
• Handle processing of exotic currency transactions, ensuring accurate and timely settlement in line with market-specific cut-offs and currency conventions.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks, settlement fails, and cash breaks, coordinating with brokers, custodians, clearing parties, and internal teams; escalate aged or high-risk items with clear status updates.
• Identify and help mitigate settlement risk, counterparty risk, and currency risk within daily processing, supporting operational and client risk controls.
• Support FX and trade settlement procedures, and perform ledger postings to books of accounts, identifying and resolving cash and stock breaks in a timely manner.
• Execute processing in line with approved SOPs, maintaining control discipline and audit readiness, and ensuring adherence to accounting and custody deadlines.
• Contribute to process automation and change initiatives (MCH) by providing functional input and BAU validation support to reduce manual touchpoints and improve efficiency.
• Use MS Excel for data extraction, analysis, and operational reporting, and coordinate through Outlook with internal and external stakeholders to resolve settlement and transaction queries.
• Collaborate across multiple teams and functions within Transaction Services, supporting cross-team coordination and knowledge sharing to ensure consistent, high-quality processing.

Research Apprentice at Knowledge Resource Group (KRG) Solutions (2020-04 – 2020-08)

• Analyzed company annual reports and financial statements to identify trends, conducting industry-wide research on the FMCG sector with a focus on Britannia.
• Prepared detailed sector and financial analysis reports using data gathered from primary and secondary sources.

MBA in Finance – DAIMSR, Nagpur (2019 – 2021)

BBA in Finance – DAIMSR, Nagpur (2016 – 2019)