Dipanjana Mitra
Summary
A dedicated and self-motivated finance professional with 7 years of work experience in hedge fund services with good expertise in trade processing,reconciliations and end to end fund accounting.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Fund Accountant
Apex Fund Services
Kolkata
03.2023 - Current
- Working in fund accounting process which includes calculation of daily and monthly Navs for Hedge funds.
- Daily activities include trade booking, capital activity booking,cash and position reconciliation,pricing of securities through BBG or Alphafuse interface, processing of corporate actions.
- Posting of journal entries in paxus on daily basis for accrual and prepayments in fund as per the invoices shared by onshore counterparts.
- Posting of adjustment entries in paxus for mitigating the under/overaccrual of the expenses in the fund.
- Preparation of urgl
PROCESS LEAD
Axa Business Services Pvt Ltd
Pune
08.2021 - Current
- Performing reporting activities such as Tracciato reporting, AAR vs GVC check, Foreign Currency Revaluation, Fund Consolidation Upload for Medla companies in SAP
- Performing IFRS9 controls and half yearly disclosures for the various scopes
- Processing the accruals and valuations of securities for Spain company codes on a monthly basis
- Analysing and resolving the exceptions in reporting activities on a monthly basis so as to meet the regulatory requirements
- Training and reviewing the work performed by the new joinees
- Updating the allocation tracker and SOPs on a regular basis.
SENIOR ANALYST
Northern Trust Operating Services
Pune
12.2018 - 07.2021
- Worked as a part of Middle OTC office team which performed affirmation and settlement activities for Hong Kong and North America clients trading in OTC products like Total Return Swap, Credit Default Swap and Interest Rate Swaps
- Coordinated regularly with onshore team for resolving breaks raised during affirmation activity
- Assisted the team during migration of Hong Kong clients to Manila and also automated the process of manual affirmation
- Reviewed the work done by other analysts and training the new hires in the team as and when delegated
- Performed manual Custody and Future reconciliation on daily basis for conversion clients and loading the same in Recdashboard
- Worked for Middle Office conversion team which is involved in on boarding of client having custody and pb accounts with various brokers, on to Rec Dashboard for reconciliation.
FUND ADMINISTRATOR
HSBC ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING INDIA PVT LTD
Kolkata
02.2015 - 05.2018
- Worked in the hedge funds trade processing team which is responsible for booking trades into Geneva Accounting Platform for nav calculation of five different jurisdictions
- Reviewed trade packs done by the maker and sending sign off mails of trade upload to the accounting and valuation teams
- Requested set ups of various securities like equities, swaps, bonds, futures, options into Geneva for trade booking process
- Coordinated with the on-shore team to provide relevant information missing in the trade files and resolving discrepancies which might hinder the process of the trade booking
- Smoothly and successfully handling ad-hoc requests and sudden increase in workload while adhering to the laid down policies and procedures.
Education
M.com Accounting and Finance -
Calcutta University
07.2013
B. Com Accounting and Finance -
Calcutta University
06.2011
Skills
- Fund accounting daily and monthly nav calculation
- Client Onboarding and Cash/Position Reconciliation
- Investment accounting and Reporting
- Trade booking, affirmation and settlement of trades in hedge funds
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Problem Solving
- Good attention to detail
- Intermediate level of competence in Windows and Microsoft package
Industry Specific Applications Known
- Geneva
- TLM
- DTCC
- Markit Wire
- SWIFT
- DUCO
- SAP TRM
- Paxus
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Bengali
Hobbies and Interests
- Music
- Art
- Cooking
- Travelling
Timeline
Senior Fund Accountant
Apex Fund Services
03.2023 - Current
PROCESS LEAD
Axa Business Services Pvt Ltd
08.2021 - Current
SENIOR ANALYST
Northern Trust Operating Services
12.2018 - 07.2021
FUND ADMINISTRATOR
HSBC ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING INDIA PVT LTD
02.2015 - 05.2018
M.com Accounting and Finance -
Calcutta University
B. Com Accounting and Finance -
Calcutta University
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