MANIKANTA KAMMILI
Middle Office Operations
Hyderabad
Summary
Investment Banking and Trade Operations professional with 7+ years of experience in trade lifecycle management, securities settlements, middle office operations, and cross-border trade processing across global markets. Expertise in equity and fixed income settlements, trade confirmation, matching, reconciliation, fail management, and collateral operations. Skilled in CTM, Charles River (CRD), BlackRock Aladdin, SWIFT messaging, and custody operations with proven ability to process 3,000+ trades monthly with 99% accuracy while ensuring regulatory compliance and operational efficiency.
Overview
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Analyst – Business Support
Invesco
12.2021 - Current
- Manage end-to-end trade confirmation, validation, matching, and settlement for equity and fixed-income securities across global markets.
- Process 3,000+ trades monthly with over 99% accuracy, while ensuring timely settlement and regulatory compliance.
- Perform pre-trade and post-trade settlement activities for domestic and cross-border transactions.
- Execute cross-border settlements through DTC, Euroclear, and Clearstream platforms.
- Perform SPO and pre-matching activities to minimize settlement failures and counterparty exposure.
- Monitor custodian balances, funding requirements, and settlement obligations.
- Support high-volume trading periods and equity rebalancing activities with zero operational slippages.
- Coordinate with the front office, middle office, custodians, brokers, and counterparties for seamless trade processing.
- Contributed to the ANG migration project and operational transition initiatives to improve workflow efficiency.
- Resolve TMPG claims and CSDR fail charges to reduce operational penalties and settlement risks.
- Utilize CTM, CRD, CRIMS, and BlackRock Aladdin for trade processing and reconciliation activities.
- Manage collateral movements and variation margin processing for securities lending transactions.
- Conduct daily controls, reconciliations, and reporting to maintain data integrity and audit compliance.
- Perform KYC/AML due diligence, periodic reviews, and client onboarding documentation verification.
- Coordinate with compliance and legal teams to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.
Senior Analyst
State Street HCL Services
07.2018 - 12.2021
- Provided end-to-end trade support for equities, fixed income securities, and mutual funds.
- Performed trade confirmation, verification, matching, settlement instruction processing, and reconciliation activities.
- Specialized in SWIFT-based electronic trade settlements and trade instruction management.
- Authorized and validated trades were processed by analysts, and transactions were reconciled with investment manager blotters.
- Coordinated with portfolio managers, financial advisors, and internal teams to resolve trade instruction queries.
- Ensured timely booking and settlement of pending trades to mitigate buy-in risks and settlement claims.
- Prepared daily operational reports and maintained SLA adherence across settlement functions.
- Met strict operational deadlines and process checkpoints to avoid trade failures and penalties.
- Developed SOPs and operational guidelines for client-specific trade handling procedures.
- Identified operational issues and implemented process improvements to streamline workflows.
- Escalated client-impacting issues to management for timely resolution, and risk mitigation.
- Conducted daily operational controls and quality checks to support process excellence initiatives.
- Gained extensive exposure to custody banking, back-office operations, and electronic trade capture processes.
Education
MBA - Finance
Andhra University
Visakhapatnam, India03-2027
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) - Accounting
Andhra Loyola Degree College
Vijayawada, India 04.2001 -
Intermediate - Commerce
Sri Chaitanya Jr College
Eluru, India04-2015
SSC -
Bhashyam Public School
Eluru, India04-2013
Skills
Trade Lifecycle Management
Trade Confirmation & Matching
Pre-Matching Trades
Custody Operations
Fail Management & Buy-In Processing
Collateral Management
TMPG Claims & CSDR Charges
Client Onboarding
Operational Risk Management
Cross Border Settlements
SWIFT Messaging (MT54x)
DTC / Euroclear / Clearstream
Securities Lending Operations
Margin Processing
Trade Reconciliation
KYC / AML Compliance
Certification
NCFM Beginner’s Module
Timeline
Senior Analyst – Business Support
Invesco
12.2021 - Current
Senior Analyst
State Street HCL Services
07.2018 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) - Accounting
Andhra Loyola Degree College
04.2001 -
MBA - Finance
Andhra University
Intermediate - Commerce
Sri Chaitanya Jr College
SSC -
Bhashyam Public School