Mahesh Kumar G
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic Team Leader at Standard Chartered Bank GBS with expertise in MT540-548 messages and proven success in automating processes to enhance efficiency. Adept at stakeholder management and communication, I consistently deliver results in trade settlements and reconciliations, driving operational excellence and regulatory compliance in fast-paced environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Leader
Standard chartered Bank GBS
Bengaluru
10.2024 - Current
- Leading FSS Ops settlement Middle East domestic markets.
- Expertise in MT540, 541, 542, 543 and 548 messages in manual trade processing and trade captures. Proficient in handling MT202 , MT202 cov, MT103, cross border and domestic payments.
- Review periodicals to ensure the process is intact with the SLAs and DOIs.
- Prepared and provided CST samples for quarterly audit review, ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Provided comprehensive MIS and MI to management enabling informed decision making.
- Planned and delegated BAU tasks, and managed smooth functioning of BAU and efficiently managed stake holders.
- Actively participated in UAT and process improvements.
- Part of transformation , handling automation of market trades and manual touch points to reduce the turn around time in process and to provide FTE save and FTE benefit.
- Handled migration of new clients and efficiently managed their asset migration into the custody.
- Coordinated with technology team and closely worked on bringing down the manual touch points in IB prematching process and automating the process to bring down the manual errors and to save the turnaround time and save FTE.
Senior Officer
Standard Chartered Bank GBS
Bengaluru
04.2022 - 10.2024
- Worked closely with stake holders and agents to reduce the failing trades and timely managed the trades and avoid failing in market.
- Managed failing trades in market and taken timely action to solve the issue and made sure the trade is reversed in the market and settled with minimal penalties.
- Prepared and shared trade status reports to client to keep them informed on the prematching and settlement of the trades and updated them if there are any mismatches in the instructions.
- Well versed with trade buy-in process and CSDR penalties and tagging the same to the client or the agents.
- Executed FX transaction processing, including booking FX, processing cash entries and payments and providing detailed client reporting on FC deals.
- Act accordingly on the SSI provided by clients and keep a check on the process to adhere and to be inline with client requirements.
- Efficiently handled end to end settlement process of Middle East region.
- Managed BAU escalation and addressed queries from country and internal departments, ensuring resolution within specified turnaround time.
- Conducted day to day reconciliation, Nostro recon, Stock recon and Cash reconciliation.
- Having fair knowledge in the GNSRT system to have a check on the sanctioned instruments and escalating to the sanction team and getting their confirmation to proceed with settlement activities.
Officer
Standard Chartered Bank GBS
Bengaluru
10.2019 - 04.2022
- Managed securities services operation involving stock market terminologies , cut-offs, prematching of stock and cash positions.
- Repair / modify trades as per market specifications failed in transaction monitoring queue.
- Cancellation of trades as per client instructions.
- Daily follow up on the pending trades in queue.
- Identify failed reason of trades and take necessary action until the trade issue is resolved.
- Analyse and verify the trade economics if all in order before releasing them into the market.
- Processing pre funding to RVP trades to make sure the trades are settling smoothly without getting rejected in the market.
- Reparating the proceeds of the DVP trade once the trades are settled in the markets and processing and transferring the commissions to local brokers.
Education
M.com FA - Finance And Accounts
Seshadripuram Degree College
Bengaluru06-2019
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance And Taxation
Seshadripuram Degree College
Bengaluru05-2017
Pre-Universtiy College -
Seshadripuram Independent PU College
Bengaluru04-2014
Skills
- Team Management
- Stock, cash, and Nostro reconciliation
- SWIFT Messages
- Microsoft Excel, PPT
- Communication skills
- Prematching and settlements
Certification
- Introduction to securities and investment certificate from ICSI (The chartered institute for securities and investment)
- NISM series XII : securities market foundation certificate.
Accomplishments
- Awarded Extra Miler award for taking up the automation process in the year 2023
Timeline
Team Leader
Standard chartered Bank GBS
10.2024 - Current
Senior Officer
Standard Chartered Bank GBS
04.2022 - 10.2024
Officer
Standard Chartered Bank GBS
10.2019 - 04.2022
M.com FA - Finance And Accounts
Seshadripuram Degree College
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance And Taxation
Seshadripuram Degree College
Pre-Universtiy College -
Seshadripuram Independent PU College
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