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IKSHVANKU J. AGRAWAL

Summary

Professional and results-driven finance professional prepared to excel in high-stakes environments. Extensive experience in cultivating and managing relationships with affluent clients while providing strategic financial guidance. Known for collaborative approach and adaptability to changing client needs, ensuring optimal outcomes. Specializes in wealth management and financial planning with focus on client-centric service.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Associate

Alliance Bernstein
10.2023 - Current
  • Been a part of newly setup Private Wealth team in India at Bernstein.
  • Managed a diverse portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, providing expert advice on wealth management strategies and investment opportunities.
  • Coordinated financial planning efforts between clients and internal specialists, ensuring seamless execution of wealth management strategies.
  • Liaise with PWM teams to support clients.
  • Facilitate initial onboarding of client relationships and subsequent account maintenance.
  • Monitoring client relationships and accounts.
  • Ensuring all clients, relationships and accounts are intact with the internal policy standards and regulatory compliant.
  • Understanding policy requirements, documentation, client outreach requests and collaborate with different teams to close out the cases.
  • Working on all and any money requests from clients related to investing in any product or satisfying their personal requirements or urgent cash needs.
  • Collaborated closely with financial advisors to provide comprehensive wealth management services, including financial planning, asset allocation, risk management, and estate planning.
  • Provide investment product knowledge and support including mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds and alternative investments.
  • Conducted in-depth financial analysis research to identify investment opportunities and optimize portfolio performance.
  • Provided one-on-one coaching and support to individuals, fostering their development and enhancing their skills. Successfully mentored and guided 5 team members to achieve personal and professional growth.
  • Prepared detailed investment reports and presentations for clients, highlighting portfolio performance, market trends, and investment recommendations.
  • Working closely with compliance to make sure that all the issues regarding any account changes/account opening/closing is completed efficiently and on time.
  • Resolved customer issues promptly and professionally, maintaining high satisfaction rates while minimizing escalations.

Senior Analyst

Northern Trust
11.2021 - 10.2023
  • Working as a client servicing specialist for Institutional investors group, ensuring they are provided all the services they are entitled and subscribed to.
  • Make sure client is onboarded smoothly and properly. KYC, BPM, EDM, etc. are some of the applications used for onboarding.
  • Ensure clients' accounts are opened in proper and timely manner so there is no issue in funding those accounts.
  • Setup new account as per the LOD received from the client and make sure they are subscribed to all the services as discussed with them.
  • To create a fee schedule with client and Relationship manager to make sure client has all the details regarding the services provided to them with proper charges.
  • To calculate MAN-B charges and provide them to the relationship manager so that the client knows about those charges. (IRAS, CCE, Wires, etc.)
  • Once the client is onboarded properly and accounts are set up create a client ID and make sure the accounts are funded as per the funding date provided by the client.
  • Provide timely invoices to the client related to the charges they have been incurred for the custody services provided.
  • Make sure all the MV are accurate and client is charged as per market value.
  • Carry out proper audit of invoices to make sure client is not overcharged or undercharged.
  • Resolve all queries of clients related to any account funding, closing or related to any charge or service they want to subscribe or would like to end.
  • Making sure client is off-boarded properly once received the LOD from client to end the relationship or to close some accounts within the relationship.
  • Accounts that are closing should not have any balances left and all the charges for that account should be moved to another active account and the allocation should be moved to another account.
  • Validating LOD/ETP and updating FSD as per the documents.
  • Making sure there are no balances left and proper reconciliation should be performed for account and all the assets in the accounts are transferred either to active account or to the client.

Senior Analyst

AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
11.2018 - 10.2021
  • Processed both Mandatory and voluntary corporate actions function related to international and U.S. security.
  • Processing responsibilities include: The receipt of custodian announcements, the scrubbing/comparison of data, and the notification of corporate action events to any specific client.
  • Reconcile client's position with multiple custodians and monitor appropriate position of accruals and entitlements to client's account.
  • Responsible for soliciting and receiving responses from clients and for submitting these instructions to various custodians before their deadline dates.
  • Processed notification received from various custodians via mail, fax regarding ongoing corporate actions.
  • Verify discount provided by custodians on DRIP (DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN) events and update accordingly in ace and notify PMGCA.
  • Set up mandatory corporate action such as Merger, Exchange, Full call, Partial call, etc.
  • Notified onshore team regarding any new event set up.
  • Chased custodians regarding drip rate via email.
  • Performed secondary dividend check in which we prepare a blocking table to block IDC and EXTEL from changing any dividend which we have researched and updated.
  • Check that all divided that have been added or updated is proper according to the Bloomberg.
  • Performed Drip elections on behalf of client on basis of options received from PMGCA group.
  • Worked closely with proxy reporting and account set up.
  • Voted in different annual general meetings according the criteria given by AB on different Proposals.
  • Performed holding movements from valid to valid, dummy to dummy or dummy to valid. Checking whether the pricing is correct and the details of movements are accurate with the help of Bloomberg.
  • Worked on SWIFT notices received from various custodians regarding corporate actions.

Education

B.Com - Accounting And Finance

G.S. College of Commerce And Economics.
Nagpur, India
05-2018

H.S.C -

S.K. PORWAL COLLEGE
01.2015

S.S.C -

S.J.C. HIGH SCHOOL
01.2013

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Decision Making
  • Time Management
  • Adaptability
  • Efficiency
  • Pressure Management
  • Multi-tasking
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft office

Accomplishments

  • RSP (ROAD SAFETY PATROL)
  • Maharashtra State Certificate of Information Technology (MS-CIT)

Disclaimer

I hereby declare the above mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the mentioned particulars.

Timeline

Operations Associate

Alliance Bernstein
10.2023 - Current

Senior Analyst

Northern Trust
11.2021 - 10.2023

Senior Analyst

AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
11.2018 - 10.2021

H.S.C -

S.K. PORWAL COLLEGE

S.S.C -

S.J.C. HIGH SCHOOL

B.Com - Accounting And Finance

G.S. College of Commerce And Economics.

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