Proactive Assistant Manager produces high-quality Investment Banking operations tasks by applying determination and attention to detail. Performance-oriented and enterprising leader with organized nature and analytical problem-solving approach.
Plenty of experience in Investment Banking Exceptions, Trade processing & Settlements, Middle Office, Trade support & Administration for more than 15 + years experience of reputed investment banks operations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
Barclays Global Services Pvt Ltd
Pune
01.2023 - Current
Middle office Functions. Real time Trade support-Pre settlement trade confirmations.
Trade allocations, Amendments per Trader confirmations.
Daily reconciliations. (cash / Fails / positions)
Wire payments (Manual as well as STP wires) , SSI setup, Cash Reconciliation.
Post settlement money differences. Real time Exceptions monitoring & error fixing for smooth settlement.
Well-versed with applications like DTCC Alert / MBS Expert / CPP (cash payment processer) I-match (Intellimatch) B-query / Impact (Broadridge) / Cognos Report / Delphi etc.
Investigated any discrepancies or irregularities identified during the reconciliation process.
Reviewed and reconciled daily cash activities to ensure accuracy of financial records.
Tracked progress of open items and followed up with appropriate parties when necessary.
Generated ad hoc reports upon request from management or other stakeholders.
Participated in training sessions on new software applications related to reconciliation tasks.
Conducted extensive research into customer accounts as needed to resolve outstanding issues.
Documented processes for reconciliation procedures that were developed or modified.
Assistant Manager
BNP Paribas India solutions Pvt.Ltd. Mumbai
Mumbai
04.2021 - 06.2022
Part of Global Markets Operations securities settlement dept. covering Prime brokerage. (Providing support for US Region)
Preparations of Daily Payment Tracker Daily SOD / EOD reconciliations, Fails / Exceptions monitoring & providing real time Trade support via fixing the same into relevant systems & confirming the same with the Clients & processing payment instructions to the Global Clearing Team.
Coordination between Client / Brokers & Internal counter parts.
Trade amendments as per client & Desk confirmations.
Provided guidance and support to junior staff members on daily tasks, projects, and objectives.
Coordinated with other departments to ensure smooth flow of operations.
Managed customer service inquiries and complaints in a timely manner.
Assistant Manager
Barclays Global Service Centre Pvt Ltd
Pune
02.2019 - 05.2020
Part of Global Market Operations, Credit IBMO Trade support Team, Middle office Trade support for UK & US Region. (US Shift).
Daily FOBO / BOBO reconciliation & breaks resolutions & publication for Senior Management review & pre/ post -settlement assistance to New York sales persons & traders.
Daily reconciliation of position break reports / money difference break reports & assist sales desk to fix the breaks of real time & future settling Trades.
Real time Trade Exceptions / queue management & resolutions for errorless settlement.
Monitoring Error queues & timely fixing of the real time Trades in exceptions queue with the support of NY/UK Sales support Team as well as Traders.
Email monitoring & answering the pre-post settlement queries from several sales teams across UK & US regions.
Daily UT reconciliation & follow up with settlement team for open trades.
Provided daily 15 hrs support during Covid-19 Crises ( working from home )
Supervised team of 3 employees and provided feedback on performance.
Assessed job applications and made hiring recommendations to bring in top candidates for key vacancies.
Assistant Manager
Barclays Global Services Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
06.2013 - 07.2017
Daily review and resolution of BONY Cash and Open Item Reconciliations.
Client TBA Pair Off confirmations. Post settlement MDF Recon & resolutions.
Research on Pre & Post settlement wires breaks & correction of SSI into systems as per New ISIN /CUSIP as required by Client with help of static team / Client on boarding Team for errorless sentiments.
Research on UTA wires from client & updating revised SSI as per Client of OMGEO Alert as per confirmation of client ( wire applications # BONY RDARS & CPP & OMGEA Alert/BDC )
Wire Payments # well versed with the wire payments, worked closely on wire payments during monthly settlement cycle.( STP & Manual wires.
Maintaining accuracy during wire payments / instructions to avoid duplication of wires & avoid Nostro / FOBO reconciliation breaks.
Analyst
Deutsche Bank Operations International
Mumbai
02.2007 - 07.2013
Trade processing exceptions [ ABS/CMBS/MBS ] Middle office support to NY Desk / NY sales team for errorless trade settlement. Working on ICI-IMPACT / Bloomberg/eSper / DTC / STS.
· Daily co-ordination with NY Trading Desk & Sales persons for several settlement issues.
· Working on Several Business Reports. E.g. Bloomberg / Position / QIB & Trades Pending.
Dealing with US/Jaipur / Bangalore counter parts.
Certain trade booking / amendments. Working on ICI/eSpear /DTC /STS /Bloomberg systems.
Assisting Legal Risk & Control Team for QIB related Issues. Real time Trade captures.
Third party broker/money matching and reconciliation for desk & sales persons.
Position (Trader / Broker account) reconciliation, MDF assistance. Process Improvements.
Money Difference breaks research between Trader and Bloomberg.
· Ensure timely, accurate, and complete communications between the Desk / Sales Persons & other operations team situated in various locations for trade support & errorless settlements.
Ensure timely, accurate, and complete communications between
Assistant Vice President – Wholesale Credit Risk Sanctioner at Barclays Global Services Pvt. Ltd.Assistant Vice President – Wholesale Credit Risk Sanctioner at Barclays Global Services Pvt. Ltd.