DILIP MOHAN
Bangalore
Summary
Seeking an opportunity to work in an organization that lends me a supportive and operative learning environment with ample chances to contribute and diversify my knowledge and skills, challenges me intellectually and offers me a good potential for future growth.
Trade Support professional with 9+ years of experience supporting front-office trading desks across Fixed Income and Credit Derivatives within Tier-1 investment banks. Proven expertise in T0 trade affirmation, booking accuracy, break resolution, and lifecycle event processing, ensuring books and records integrity in fast-paced trading environments. Strong ability to operate independently in BAU, partner closely with Traders, PMs, Onshore Trade Support, and counterparties, and proactively identify control gaps and automation opportunities. Advanced Excel user with hands-on exposure to RPA, workflow optimization, and operational risk reduction.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Associate
Morgan Stanley
08.2022 - Current
- Own T0 trade validation and affirmation for CDS trades, reconciling executed trade economics against front-office systems, broker confirmations, and clearing records.
- Investigate and resolve same-day trade breaks, mismatches, and missing trades, partnering directly with Traders, Front Office, Technology, and Counterparties.
- Ensure accurate booking of trade economics, maintaining clean books and records to support downstream P&L and risk reporting.
- Perform daily booking and control checks, including completeness, accuracy, and duplicate detection.
- Process and reconcile trade lifecycle events including resets, coupons, credit events, and unwinds.
- Act as first point of escalation for analysts during BAU, ensuring timely issue resolution under market pressure.
- Liaise directly with external brokers and clearing houses to resolve affirmation and settlement discrepancies.
- Identify recurring breaks and operational patterns, partnering with technology teams to implement workflow improvements and automation solutions.
- Maintain strong proximity to the trading desk, providing high-touch support in a time-sensitive environment.
Assistant Manager Operations
HSBC
06.2020 - 07.2022
- Supported Fixed Income post-trade operations, including asset servicing, reconciliations, and static data accuracy.
- Performed daily reconciliations across cash, stock, and Nostro accounts, investigating and resolving breaks promptly.
- Coordinated with custodians and agents (BNY FED, BNY DTC, Euroclear) to ensure accurate settlement and lifecycle processing.
- Ensured end-to-end BAU ownership, meeting tight deadlines and control standards.
- Strengthened control frameworks and operational risk mitigation, contributing to clean audits and process stability.
- Promoted to Assistant Manager based on performance, ownership, and leadership.
Senior Analyst
HSBC
06.2016 - 06.2022
- Setting up the bonds and maintenance, withing the Turnaround time.
- Responsible for daily rate fixing, sanction checks.
- Performing daily quality checks on various bond statics.
- Creating and maintain reference data of Bonds for HK [Floater, Fixed, Sovereign, Mortgage etc.].
- Wide knowledge in vendor platforms [Bloomberg/Easy way/Euroclear].
Education
MBA - Finance and Human Resources
C.M.R Institute of Technology
01.2016
B.com - Finance
C.M.R Institute of management studies
01.2014
PUC -
Sree Cauvery Pre-University College
01.2011
Secondary education -
Sri Ramakrishna Education Society
01.2009
Skills
- T0 Trade Affirmation & Booking Controls
- Fixed Income & CDS Trade Support
- Trade Break Investigation & Root-Cause Analysis
- Trade Lifecycle Events (Resets, Credit Events, Unwinds)
- Daily Control Checks (Completeness, Accuracy, Duplicates)
- Books & Records Integrity
- Front Office / Trader & PM Support
- Broker & Counterparty Liaison
- CTM / Electronic Confirmations (Conceptual Exposure)
- Excel (Advanced)
- RPA (Blue Prism)
- Process Improvement & Automation Mindset
Accomplishments
- Star Performer, 01/01/23
- Innovation award, 02/01/22
- Leadership Excellence Award, 06/01/20
- Star performer of the quarter, 03/01/20
- Employee of the quarter, 10/01/19
- Rising star of the team, 07/01/17
Projects
Worked with IT team to develop RPA tool (Blue Prism) for all Listed and unlisted setups in Fixed Income asset class by providing all business cases and performing UAT. This helped the team to reduce manual errors and save time in setting up the instruments.
Languages
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Telugu
- English
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Telugu
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Mohan N
- Mother's Name: Komala C
- Date of Birth: 02/27/94
- Nationality: Indian
Timeline
Senior Associate
Morgan Stanley
08.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager Operations
HSBC
06.2020 - 07.2022
Senior Analyst
HSBC
06.2016 - 06.2022
MBA - Finance and Human Resources
C.M.R Institute of Technology
B.com - Finance
C.M.R Institute of management studies
PUC -
Sree Cauvery Pre-University College
Secondary education -
Sri Ramakrishna Education Society