Naveen Kumar SJ
Hyderabad
Summary
Accomplished fund accounting professional with 15 years of experience, excelling in fund onboarding and NAV preparation. Highly motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively, unsupervised, and quickly mastering new skills. Proven leadership in managing complex fund structures and enhancing investor reporting.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
AVP - 3
Apex Fund Services
Hyderabad
10.2023 - Current
- Spearheaded the onboarding of funds and settling the funds in the Yardi.
- Working on complex Luxembourg fund structures.
- Liaising with auditors to resolve open queries and assisting with financial sign-off.
- Books consolidation at multiple levels in a fund structure.
- Preparation and reviews of NAV, BS, and IS.
- Preparation and reviews of investors' capital account statements.
- Calculate management's fees and carried interest.
- Preparation and reviews of capital call and distribution notices.
- Handling client queries without involvement from the Lux Controllers.
Manager
CES Ltd
Hyderabad
06.2015 - 09.2023
- Review all work products prepared by accounting staff, including monitoring and pricing of P&L and NAVs and economic allocations.
- Review and preparation of quarterly unaudited financial statements and individual partners' capital statements.
- Calculate closing interest, Managements Fee and Carried interest.
- Preparation of partnership capital call and distribution notices.
- Prepare Annual Financial statements, including footnotes, Calculation and provide supplemental schedules.
- Review of Monthly Management Reports to portfolio managers.
- Calculation of Investment Performance metrics i.e. TWRs, IRRs and Multiples (Gross, Net and Net/Net) on Monthly, Quarterly and Annual basis
- Reviewing Regulatory reporting and approving the same in Advise - Form PF (Private Fund) and CPO-PQR (Commodity Pool Operators – Pool Quarterly Report).
- Maintain, Compile, and present quarterly SOX review package to Finance management team.
- Contribute to internal project initiatives regarding new product development, testing and implementation.
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
Process Specialist
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
Hyderabad
08.2010 - 03.2015
- Updating the Cash transactions as per bank statements & Day to Day JE recordings.
- Preparing and accounting for cash and brokerage reconciliation on a monthly basis.
- Reconciliation of Investor Capital Statements (PCAP) sent by the Underlying Fund (UF) with our records and if any inconsistency found, seeking clarifications from the UF.
- Preparing monthly/quarterly reports, NAV, performance, and management fee calculations.
- Preparation of investor capital statements and reporting the ROI and IRR of the fund.
- Preparation of financial statements and assisting in footnotes as per U.S. GAAP.
- Monitor the cash flows to facilitate capital calls and distributions on a regular basis.
Education
MBA -
SIMACS, Osmania University
Hyderabad06-2013
Bachelor of Commerce -
AV College, Osmania University
Hyderabad04-2010
Skills
- Fund onboarding
- Waterfall modeling
- Geneva and GWI
- Fund Suite Arc
- Yardi and Investran
- NAV preparation
- Financial statement preparation
- Investor reporting
- Management fees calculation
- Project management
- Team leadership
- Process improvement
- Analytical thinking
- Conflict resolution
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
HINDI
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Affiliations
- Plays Badminton, Cricket and Chess.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
AVP - 3
Apex Fund Services
10.2023 - Current
Manager
CES Ltd
06.2015 - 09.2023
Process Specialist
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
08.2010 - 03.2015
MBA -
SIMACS, Osmania University
Bachelor of Commerce -
AV College, Osmania University
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