Merlin Xavier
Hedge Fund Accountant
Bengaluru
Summary
A highly motivated , analytical and result oriented financial professional with 8 years of experience in Fund services domain with expertise in End to End process of NAV validations and Investor Allocations for Hedge Fund clients.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Manager
Morgan Stanley Fund Services
2 2016 - Current
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics
- Maintained team efficiency by strategically delegating daily activities, monitoring output, and resolving issues, providing feedback to team members and rewarding positive contributions
- Provided management with feedback regarding employee performance and training needs
- Trained, guided and supervised new employees in fund specifics which helped them to on-board new funds
- Part of the team handling projects focused towards improving workforce efficiency leading to automation
- Part of the fund accounting team involved in finalizing and delivering daily / month end NAV and income allocations to the investors of the client as per agreed Service Level Agreements
- Daily reconciliation of fund's cash and other investments with banks/custodians/counter parties and reporting and resolving exceptions
- Reviewing and analyzing exceptions with respect to valuations and pricing of listed securities in the fund and as well as OTC products
- Exposure in accounting for financial products including equities, Bonds, Options, Swaps, FX, Futures, Credit Default Swaps and OTC products
- Involved in analyzing and booking corporate actions on investments in the fund
- Involved in finalizing NAV of multi-currency funds
- Assisting the financial reporting team to finalize the annual financial statements for funds and responding to queries with respect to exceptions reported in the statements
- Daily Interactions with the client facing Account Managers with regards to the client's Daily/Monthly NAV, respond to inquiries on daily reporting, open issues and cash and position breaks with custodians/counterparty
- Dealt with complex investor allocations including multiple sidepockets and incentive fee scenarios
- Involved in multiple new launches and conversion client setups
Intern
IDBI
04.2015 - 05.2015
- Involved in assisting the bank officer in Credit Appraisal Process for MSME's
- Analysing the financial statements and calculation of financial ratios to assess the credit worthiness of the business before the working capital loan is approved for the MSME's.
Advanced Tax Analyst
Ernst & Young LLP
09.2012 - 05.2014
- Preparation of U.S Individual Income Tax return
- Gathering and compiling income tax data
- Analyse the client data and prepare work papers
- Rewarded the Extra Miller award for excellence in Support and Utilization.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Finance
St. Joseph's College Of Business Administration
Bengaluru, KA 05.2014 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance And Tax
St. Joseph's College Of Commerce
Bengaluru, KA 05.2009 - 05.2012
School - C.B.S.E - undefined
St. Joseph's Convent Senior Secondary School
04.1994 - 05.2009
Skills
Financial Analysis and Research
Team Management
Team Management
Accounting of Financial Products
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 12/21/1990
Languages
English
Hindi
Accomplishments
Firm value Awards - Excellence in Leadership in 2022
Timeline
Intern
IDBI
04.2015 - 05.2015
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Finance
St. Joseph's College Of Business Administration
05.2014 - 05.2016
Advanced Tax Analyst
Ernst & Young LLP
09.2012 - 05.2014
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance And Tax
St. Joseph's College Of Commerce
05.2009 - 05.2012
School - C.B.S.E - undefined
St. Joseph's Convent Senior Secondary School
04.1994 - 05.2009
Senior Manager
Morgan Stanley Fund Services
2 2016 - Current