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Justin B. Aravind

Chennai

Summary

Dynamic collateral management expert with extensive experience at Societe Generale, specializing in OTC derivatives valuation and margin calculations.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Collateral analyst

Societe Generale
11.2023 - Current
  • Perform monthly and daily collateral management of OTC Derivatives in accordance with the Credit Support Annexes (CSA) and policies.
  • Manage a book of clients in the margining function, including exposure review, collateral valuation, margin calculations, position adjustments
  • Manage key stakeholders and engage with senior management to influence business decisions
  • Ensuring the accuracy of processes, as well as providing a high level of service for clients
  • Analyse and organize and cooperate with managers in assuring the internal and external policies and regulations.

Assistant Manager Representative (rehired)

BNP Paribas Securities Services
Chennai
12.2021 - 11.2023
  • Perform OTC Valuation and ensured delivery of funds with accuracy.
  • Managing the client change and release management projects, enhancements, projects such as onboarding of client requirements and portfolio with external custodian.
  • As a process owners gather the requirement and explain the IT team to understand the enhancements and translate functional needs.
  • Performing detail analysis and impact assessments.
  • Facilitating the testing team during test execution for UAT run on task completion.
  • Conducting 1-1 every month and giving feedback to my sub ordinates.
  • Ensure smooth day to day operations and effective planning of creating backups.
  • Coordinating within the team for leave planning and tracking the performance sheet for management.
  • Preparing KPI and Error log of the team and deliver to the management.

Hedge Fund Accountant

BNY MELLON International operations (India) Pvt Ltd
Chennai
11.2017 - 12.2021
  • Executed NAV calculations, ensuring precise delivery of funds.
  • Oversaw daily reconciliation of transactions, security positions, and cash for trading activities.
  • Prepared expense accruals and movement proof sheets to maintain financial accuracy.
  • Reviewed dividends, interest, and corporate actions on a daily basis.
  • Analyzed daily transaction reconciliations to identify discrepancies between clients and brokers.
  • Tracked JIRA tasks, managing sprint deliverables and backlogs efficiently.
  • Maintained turnaround time and accuracy for final GAV and NAV values delivered to onshore teams.
  • Compiled MIS reports on team KPIs for senior management review.

Senior Analyst

BNP Paribas Securities Services – Chennai, INDIA
Chennai
01.2014 - 11.2017

Executed comprehensive project lifecycle for OTC derivatives in middle and back office operations.

Served as subject matter expert for Valuation and Trade Capture across CDS, CDX, IRS, and options.

Identified exemption events like trade failures to ensure timely validation of trades.

Extracted valuations from external vendors and conducted control checks for NAV pricing accuracy.

Collaborated with providers and consulted Operations and Risk Teams to enforce process controls.

Migrated clients across regions, including ADIC and AIA, while preparing operating procedures.

Managed client accounts for AIA and ADIC, delivering solutions to operational challenges.

Developed key performance indicators and escalation matrices for OTC valuation processes.

Credit Underwriting

M/s. Scope International – Standard Chartered Bank (India) Pvt Ltd
Chennai
09.2012 - 01.2014

Conducted credit analysis and reporting operations for principles and onshore teams.

Reviewed individual and commercial customer files to identify delinquent accounts for collection.

Compared liquidity, profitability, and credit histories of evaluated establishments with industry peers.

Served as key account planner for specific processes, reporting directly to Credit Underwriting Manager.

Facilitated communication with clients regarding statement administration.

Adapted to changing environments while maintaining a client service-oriented approach.

Education

MBA - Finance

IIKM B.School
CHENNAI
08-2012

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Loyola College
Chennai
07-2010

Skills

  • Collateral management and OTC derivatives valuation
  • Margin calculations and bookings validation
  • Client relationship management
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Portfolio reconciliation
  • Dispute resolution

Major Achievements:

Controlled an incorrect payment of 122 bln, which has been triggered by STP, and stopped it immediately by identifying the issue, and received an award from top management for controlling effectively

· Client Account manager role in have frequent interaction with client on the process related issues and clarifications.

· Trained all New joiners in end-to-end pricing and fund accounting process.

· Travelled to France (Paris) for Project Migration for Asian and European Clients.

· Champion of the Month AWARD

· Process Innovation AWARD 2015 and 2017

· Two Spot AWARDs in Crisis Situations 2015

Declaration:

  • I hereby declare that all information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Lead Collateral analyst

Societe Generale
11.2023 - Current

Assistant Manager Representative (rehired)

BNP Paribas Securities Services
12.2021 - 11.2023

Hedge Fund Accountant

BNY MELLON International operations (India) Pvt Ltd
11.2017 - 12.2021

Senior Analyst

BNP Paribas Securities Services – Chennai, INDIA
01.2014 - 11.2017

Credit Underwriting

M/s. Scope International – Standard Chartered Bank (India) Pvt Ltd
09.2012 - 01.2014

MBA - Finance

IIKM B.School

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Loyola College
Justin B. Aravind