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Ajaykumar R

Banking & Finance Operations, IB / Wealth Operations, Project, Change & Risk Management
Bengaluru,KA

Summary

Experienced professional with over 15+ years in banking and financial domain.

Experienced in multiple segments as retail banking, corporate & investment banking, wealth management, accounts & finance Etc.

Handling operations for investments banking, wealth, capital market, securities, custody, treasury & cash management, portfolio / Fund accounting, Accounts / Finance and its ancillary areas.

Handling project and change management includes process re-engineering, UAT, System enhancement, System Migrations, writing Business / functional documents, Migration & Training Planning, Deployments, etc.

Worked on internal / external audit & risk management by taking control and reducing risk in maintaining and reviewing MIS, RCSA, KPI and/or KRI.

People management of up to 20 employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.

Improved client service and Stakeholder Management (Internal and external).

Good understanding of banking / financial applications (Internal & external third party applications)

Talented Manager with expert team leadership, planning and organizational skills built during successful career. Smoothly equip employees to independently handle daily functions and meet customer needs. Diligent trainer and mentor with exceptional management abilities and results-driven approach.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Manager /Team Supervisor

Accenture
Bangalore, KA
03.2016 - Current
  • Handling of Dividend / Coupons operations which includes creating dividend event based on multiple source(s) with Post due diligence & accounting of Buy / sell, Stock Lending / borrowing, against trader books, PB clients, CIB or counterparty [Internal & external].
  • Payment & receipts to/from all counterparts/PB clients globally & Inter/Intra Company Cash / Stock movement.
  • Handling Tax accounting, Applying TAX treaty rates globally and release of TAX Voucher when needed.
  • Managed all outstanding Nostro breaks [Investigation & Reconciliation], & maintain all currency accounts funded as and when need [Cash Management] including multiple cross currency transaction [Forex].
  • Handling of all ledgers / Sub-ledger and maintain proper books globally for all entities / currencies, including proper PNL & other breaks.
  • Collaborated with various custodians, depositories, and internal departments (Desk, Trader, and Front/Middle/Back Office) for clearance of disputed issues.
  • Oversaw funds payment / charges to all stakeholders, so that their Accruals / released holds good for PNL / NAV calculation.
  • Collaborated with internal teams, Client, technical, development & operations support for improvement / amendment of applications as per business requirement & performed UAT.
  • Created plans and communicated deadlines to ensure smooth functioning of operations & projects were completed on time.
  • Worked closely with AVP / VP & Clients to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete operations /projects.
  • Managed team up to 20 employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Oversaw daily operations to ensure high levels of productivity.
  • Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.

Senior Analyst

Barclays Capital
Chennai, TN
03.2012 - 02.2016
  • Handling of Stock Lending / borrowing transactions which include incoming/outgoing claims, Applying TAX treaty rates globally for Equities and for multiple segments as PB Clients, CIB, Counterparties, Etc
  • Organized system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls and enhancing overall performance
  • Evaluated and adopted new technologies to address changing industry needs
  • Managed customer relations by developing effective communications process
  • Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research
  • Articulated viewpoints to management and led three projects

Analyst

Wealth Management Group LLC
Manama, Bahrain
01.2009 - 06.2011
  • Performed analysis / investment returned calculation, etc in statements provided by Client / fund managers by doing Portfolio accounting.
  • Performed analysis all corporate action events for clients in TADAWUL.
  • Preparing pitch reports on regular basis for entire client’s regarding their portfolio performance, based on data mined from different sources.
  • Placing order’s with custodians/Brokers globally on behalf of clients after their mandate.
  • Maintaining all MIS, Unit and Cash Reconciliations, etc
  • Validated results and performed quality assurance to assess accuracy of data.

Senior Associate

Citigroup Global Services Limited
Chennai, TN
05.2006 - 01.2009
  • Managed investment operations unit for Citibank UAE by placing orders globally.
  • Corporate action, unit reconciliations & all MFOD activities [Loan against investment].
  • Handling cash management for Citibank including clearing & settlement, which include direct debit / credits, standing orders, bill payments, check, etc.
  • Maintaining all MIS day-to-day basis [Including Daily MIS,KPI, KRI, Etc]
  • Queries handling, training for new staffs, supervise them & additional activities.
  • Preparing RCSA [Internal Audit] for every quarter.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce & Accountancy

University of Madras
University Of Madras
06.2000 - 05.2003

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • Managed migration of agent bank in AU market with collaborations internally / externally stake holder & post migrations management.
  • Handled two major migration of process [Ops]and many ancillary migrations as well.
  • Enhanced manual payment to automated payment with third party application inside the system.
  • Enhanced the manual matching of cash books into auto matching with collaborating with technical / development team.
  • Implemented third party reconciliation application for claims.
  • Performed UAT for issues / enrichment in system and implement the same in live environment.

Timeline

Manager /Team Supervisor

Accenture
03.2016 - Current

Senior Analyst

Barclays Capital
03.2012 - 02.2016

Analyst

Wealth Management Group LLC
01.2009 - 06.2011

Senior Associate

Citigroup Global Services Limited
05.2006 - 01.2009

Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce & Accountancy

University of Madras
06.2000 - 05.2003
Ajaykumar RBanking & Finance Operations, IB / Wealth Operations, Project, Change & Risk Management