Arun Bhalla

• Developed and maintain interactive dashboard to monitor production metrics and track errors, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous process improvement.
• Execute client transfer requests by receiving securities from counterparties and allocating them to managed accounts.
• Review daily trade reconciliations and resolving discrepancies promptly.
• Improved the accuracy of NAV calculations by diligently reviewing and validating fund expenses, management fees, and investment income.
• Managed high-volume workloads effectively, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and complexity.
• Maintain an error and process update tracker to ensure consistent communication and alignment across the team.
• Communicated directly with clients to resolve disputes and ensure transaction accuracy.
• Provide training to new hires, conduct performance reviews, and support knowledge transfer initiatives.

INVESTMENT BANKING

• Managed high-volume workload effectively through prioritization and time management skills.
• Manage end to end processing of all corporate action types - both mandatory and voluntary - including mergers, splits, spin-offs, stock dividends, exchanges, tenders, conversions, calls, and maturities.
• Execute timely booking and processing of corporate action transactions across relevant applications like Thomson one (Beta, Power Agent & PA Sub)
• Post cash-in-lieu transactions for fractional shares received during corporate actions across designated systems.
• Conduct thorough research and resolution of transactional breaks caused during corporate action processing.
• Perform Mutual Fund, Non-Mutual Fund, and Cash reconciliation using Broadridge tools.
• Update daily logs, remove/add trading restrictions in APL & VestMark post market close.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND RECONCILIATION

• Received vendor invoices, validated for accuracy and routed for approval to prepare for payment processing.
• Managed high-volume invoice processing efficiently, and reviewed both PO and non-PO invoices in SAP.
• Resolving queries from vendors via Salesforce.
• Ensured timely completion of monthly bank reconciliations, adhering to strict deadlines for financial reporting purposes.
• Preparation of standard journals, such as prepayments, accruals, etc., hem after business approval via Blackline.
• Participate in the weekly call with the client to discuss the open items in reconciliations.

PRIVATE EQUITY

• Prepare the monthly Capital Account Statement with different work papers. Work on month/quarter-end closing, ad-hoc reports, daily activity reports, prepare wires, and raise invoices to the clients.
• Process the Capital Call and Distribution Notice among Limited Partners.
• Calculation of Net Asset Value.
• Calculation of Management Fees.
• Compute the estimated FMV and MTM of all underlying funds and investments on a monthly or quarterly basis.
• Processing cost realization and valuation entries based on PCAPs.
• Supporting the onshore team for ad-hoc projects, and assisting the team leader in reducing his workload.