DISHA KUMARI
Pune
Summary
Investment Banking expert with over 5 years in securities pricing and valuation support, specializing in MTM pricing and ISIN management. Demonstrated proficiency in handling pricing exceptions and ensuring valuation accuracy for equity, fixed income, and OTC instruments. Skilled in Bloomberg, Reuters, SIX, and IDC, maintaining NAV integrity and SLA compliance while ensuring audit readiness.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Banking Specialist
Avaloq
Pune
08.2025 - Current
- Performed Mark-to-Market (MTM) pricing for securities daily across equity, fixed income, and OTC asset classes, ensuring accurate valuations.
- Delivered 100% on-time pricing in adherence to SLAs, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
- Utilized Bloomberg and SIX platforms for price sourcing, validation, and exception analysis, handling pricing exceptions per day.
- Identified and resolved pricing discrepancies with valuation accuracy, ensuring data integrity, and downstream impact control.
- Followed and updated Key Operating Procedures (KOPs) to support efficient business-as-usual (BAU) operations and process consistency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to meet daily pricing deadlines, and ensure seamless operational workflows.
- Supported audit and regulatory reviews by providing pricing documentation, validation evidence, and clear explanations.
- Demonstrated strong attention to detail, time management, and risk awareness in a high-volume pricing environment.
Senior Associate
Capegimini
Navi Mumbai
08.2024 - 08.2025
- Managed daily ISIN listing and delisting activities for securities, ensuring accurate and timely updates across internal and external financial systems.
- Reviewed, verified, and resolved U-Report symbol discrepancies, supporting error-free trading operations, and market data accuracy.
- Handled and resolved daily tickets related to price confirmation, latest price validation, quantity types, and quotation types across multiple ISINs.
- Coordinated with market data vendors, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to resolve securities and pricing-related issues within defined SLAs, with 100% adherence.
- Monitored and ensured the correct execution of Bourse Code (BC) and VALOR operations, maintaining compliance with market standards.
- Prepared and maintained weekly and monthly management reports on ISIN listing/delisting trends, pricing discrepancies, and operational exceptions.
- Identified operational gaps and implemented process improvements, enhancing market data accuracy and workflow efficiency.
- Liaised with the Reference Data team to ensure ISINs were correctly set up, and enabled for downstream processing and trading readiness.
- Streamlined reconciliation procedures by integrating automated tools, reducing manual errors, and improving turnaround time for complex market data requests.
Pricing Specialist
State Street HCL
Pune
10.2019 - 12.2023
- Verified daily market prices for listed securities using multiple market data vendors, in line with client instructions and Price Source Agreements (PSA).
- Performed automated and manual price validation using client-approved sources to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Reviewed and resolved valuation exceptions, including New Securities, Tolerance Breaches, Stale Prices, Missing Prices, Halted Securities, Expired Prices, and Carry Forward exceptions.
- Processed and validated daily and monthly pricing for equity, debt, fixed income securities, rights, and warrants.
- Ensured timely resolution of pricing exceptions to support accurate Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations within defined SLAs.
- Investigated pricing discrepancies by coordinating with market data vendors, including Bloomberg, Reuters, Markit, IDC, and JPM Pricing Direct.
- Utilized Bloomberg terminals extensively, including functions such as HP, CACS, QRM, DESC, and CN, for security analysis and corporate action processing.
- Cleared corporate action-related pricing exceptions using the Bloomberg CACS platform.
- Managed all pricing and valuation exceptions received through internal systems, ensuring complete closure and documentation.
- Communicated pricing status, exception progress, and market events (trade halts, early exchange closings) to clients, advisory teams, and senior management.
- Priced securities on market holidays, as per client instructions and operational requirements.
- Independently handled assigned responsibilities with high accuracy while meeting strict timelines.
- Organized task allocation through internal workflow systems, maximizing efficiency, and ensuring that deliverables adhered to predefined scheduling and quality requirements.
Education
PGDM - Finance
All India Management Association
Pune01-2019
B.COM -
Ranchi University
Ranchi01-2017
Skills
- Investment banking operations
- Securities pricing and valuation
- Market data analysis
- Bloomberg, IDC, SIX and Reuters
- ISIN listing and delisting
- Supplier query resolution
- Cross-functional collaboration
- MS Excel proficiency
Accomplishments
- Appreciation mail from client, 2020
- Excelsior Award's, 2021
- Excelsior Awards, 2022
Hobbies and Interests
- Listening music
- Cooking
- Art & Craft
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Timeline
Banking Specialist
Avaloq
08.2025 - Current
Senior Associate
Capegimini
08.2024 - 08.2025
Pricing Specialist
State Street HCL
10.2019 - 12.2023
PGDM - Finance
All India Management Association
B.COM -
Ranchi University