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Akshay Patni

Jaipur

Summary

Finance professional with hands-on experience of 2.8 years in fund accounting, trade support, Prime Brokerage, and OTC derivatives. Skilled in hedge fund valuation, NAV calculation, trade validation, settlements, and risk management across equities, bonds, and exotic products.Currently working at NAV in Portfolio Services, handling hedge fund NAVs, pricing, PnL reviews, and position reconciliations. Previously supported Delta One at BNP Paribas and worked in OTC operations at Northern Trust.Strong in resolving trade breaks, improving efficiency, and ensuring compliance. Actively supporting the T+1 settlement transition for US markets.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Associate

NAV
12.2024 - Current
  • Performed weekly and monthly NAV (Net Asset Value) calculations for hedge fund clients, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of fund valuation reports to stakeholders.
  • Executed trade booking and reconciliation processes by importing broker, bank, and client reports into internal systems, ensuring consistency across all records.
  • Investigated and resolved trade breaks, cash breaks, and position mismatches between client books and broker systems, maintaining data integrity and reducing valuation discrepancies.
  • Managed security pricing and valuation for long-side instruments including sovereign bonds, corporate bonds, and equities, using market-based pricing sources.
  • Conducted client vs broker position reconciliations and ensured complete alignment of all balances and holdings for audit readiness and investor confidence.
  • Ensured end-to-end fund valuation control, supporting third-party credibility for hedge funds and safeguarding investor trust.


Senior Analyst

BNP Paribas ISPL
05.2024 - 12.2024
  • Perform validation of swaps and exotic products (including options, forwards, and various types of swaps), ensuring trade parameters align with term sheets from BNP or external brokers. This minimizes trader risk by supporting accurate hedging.
  • Investigate delta discrepancies between the swap and hedge sides of trades, addressing dupes, missing client allocations, corporate action (CA) events, or economic breaks to mitigate risk.
  • Handle the settlement process, reconciling cashflows with clients, and managing hundreds of daily trades with a notional value exceeding ten billion dollars. Ensure all deals are reconciled across the front office (FO), middle office (MO), and back office (BO).
  • Collaborate closely with the front office (FO) and CSG teams to address trade exceptions, resolve discrepancies, and investigate failed trades.
  • Oversee trade bookings, corporate action bookings, deal amendments, and other related booking activities, ensuring seamless execution and timely resolution of any discrepancies.

Analyst

Northern Trust
03.2022 - 12.2023
  • Providing end to end services to clients, from getting the trade affirmed to ensuring smooth reconciliation of OTC trades in market, which includes resolving discrepancies between Client and broker.
  • Affirmation, unwinds, Cash and Position breaks, Resets reconciliation, Trade exceptions, and Amendments.
  • Ensured deliverables are adhered to as per agreed SLA's. Liaison effectively with team members, internal teams, Clients, and Counterparties to resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
  • Collaborated with client and onshore team based in APAC.
  • Hands on experience working on Traiana, Markitserv , DTCC and ICElink.

Education

BBA - Finance And Marketing

Ahmedabad University
Ahmedabad
05-2021

Skills

  • Trade bookings
  • Reconciliation
  • Trade Support
  • Corporate Action
  • Swaps, Derivatives & Other financial products
  • Trade Breaks & Trade Amendments
  • Validation and Settlement

Other details

  • Currently upskilling with SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, and Advanced Excel to strengthen my analytical and technical capabilities.

Timeline

Senior Associate

NAV
12.2024 - Current

Senior Analyst

BNP Paribas ISPL
05.2024 - 12.2024

Analyst

Northern Trust
03.2022 - 12.2023

BBA - Finance And Marketing

Ahmedabad University

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