NAVTESH ANAND
Summary
Detail-Oriented Transfer Agency Professional experienced in Hedge Fund Investor Services, specializing in investor onboarding, subscriptions, redemptions, KYC/AML, and transaction processing. Managed high-volume investor activity and ensured regulatory compliance while delivering accurate NAV-related support under tight deadlines. Focused on fostering continuous development and contributing to organizational growth through leadership and business development skills.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Vice President
Morgan Stanley India Solution Private Limited
08.2018 - Current
- Spearheadeded the process for hedge fund subscriptions, redemptions, switches, and transfers in line with fund documentation and cut-off timelines.
- Managing team to perform investor onboarding and KYC/AML checks, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements (FATCA/CRS).
- Reviewing and Maintaining accurate investor registers, capital balances, and transaction records.
- Coordinated with Fund Accounting, Compliance, and Relationship Managers to resolve breaks and investor queries.
- Generating and reviewing investor statements, capital account statements, and confirmations.
- Supporting NAV periods, ensuring timely and accurate processing of investor activity.
- Responding to investor and client inquiries professionally, meeting SLA and quality standards.
- Assisted with audits and internal controls, providing required documentation and explanations.
- Providing strategic leadership across talent acquisition, performance appraisals, and staff development, ensuring high-performing and engaged teams.
- Led end-to-end recruitment initiatives, including workforce planning, senior-level hiring, and succession planning.
- Driving performance management frameworks, conducting annual appraisals, goal setting, and compensation reviews aligned with business objectives.
- Championed employee development programs, including leadership coaching, training roadmaps, and career progression planning.
- Partnered with HR and senior stakeholders to strengthen talent retention, diversity, and organizational capability.
- Fostered a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Reduced transaction processing errors through enhanced data validation and checklist controls.
- Consistently met SLA deadlines during peak NAV cycles.
- Recognized for strong attention to detail and client service quality.
- Partnered with IT teams to implement process automation solutions, reducing manual effort and improving turnaround time.
- Supported automation projects by gathering business requirements, coordinating testing, and ensuring smooth implementation.
- Overseeing risk management strategies to safeguard company assets and maintain compliance.
Senior Manager
Morgan Stanley India Solution Private Limited
11.2009 - 08.2018
- Maintained updates and reconciliation of books and records of specified funds Cash & position reconciliation of various derivative products.
- Handled middle office operation for clients, by initiating a control check process to have error free transactions wherein the system required manual intervention.
- Have set up funds for Hong Kong region and lead the team by effective utilization of resources.
- Working on redemption & expense wire processing as per the request made by clients & helping team members to resolve the query on the same.
- Assisting Financial Reporting Team to review financial reporting statements during peak season.
- Ensured compliance with current regulatory requirements.
- Reported fund activities, ensured resolving issues of team members and updating the same to the management.
- Preparing user manuals & providing class room training for various derivative products.
Associate
State Street Syntel Sourcing Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
11.2008 - 11.2009
- Responsible for preparing daily/weekly/monthly fund valuations.
- Monitoring trade process (including settlement and corporate action).
- Financial statement preparation, handling client enquiries and Working out client reporting structure and format.
- To investigate on income (interest, dividend, fractional cash), received on custody and accounting by validate the same by using in-house systems and Bloomberg.
- To validate the Corporate Action announced by the company by Checking Ex-date, Record date, Declaration date etc, wherein client is entitled to receive the dividend.
- Research, evaluate, and process corporate action information from various sources on daily basis.
- Maintain corporate action information Databases and ensure information is entered.
Associate
State Street Syntel Sourcing Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
05.2007 - 11.2008
- To do the reconciliation of Cash, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Futures and Options, Swaps, Collateral Account and deliver it within the stipulated deadlines.
- To do Cash transfers, Dividend Entries, for various accounts and to check Bond Interest, Corporate Action on Bloomberg.
- To monitor on the investment made by the investor in Equities, Hedge Funds, etc., are as per the specification given by the investment Manager.
- To do the month-end activities regarding various funds.
- To take Draft questions paper, conduct test of the new Team Members, Give training to the Newcomers.
- To solve the issues or query raised by the client & follow up with Clients to get any data e.g. NAV’s (Net Asset value) and to keep a track between day to day work and get it completed by the End Of the day.
Officer
ICICI Bank Limited
05.2005 - 05.2007
- Part of ICICI Bank’s Phone Banking Division.
- Understanding various Finacle Core Banking modules, Demat systems, their operations and workflow.
- Handled queries of High Net worth Individuals (HNI) related to these systems over mails, phone.
- Maintaining cordial relationship with HNI clients by constantly following up with them to see if their queries have been resolved.
- Understanding various Finacle Core Banking modules like Savings Accounts, Current Accounts, Fixed Deposits, Loan against Shares Accounts (LAS).
- Handled customer service queries related to these modules over phone.
Education
MBA - Part Time MBA in Finance
Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India
06.2008 - 01.2012
T.Y.B.com -
Malini Kishor Sanghvi College of Commerce & Economics
Mumbai 06.2004 - 10.2005
H.S.C -
Malini Kishor Sanghvi College of Commerce & Economics
06.2000 - 05.2002
Skills
- Hedge Fund Transfer Agency Operations
- Investor Onboarding & Servicing
- KYC/AML/FATCA/CRS
- Subscriptions/Redemption/Transfer
- NAV Cycle Support
- Capital Calls & Distributions
- Investor Statements & Reporting
- Fund Documentation Review
- Reconciliations & Controls
- Excel (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables)
Accomplishments
- Reduced transaction processing errors through enhanced data validation and checklist controls.
- Consistently met SLA deadlines during peak NAV cycles.
- Recognized for strong attention to detail and client service quality.
- Partnered with IT teams to implement process automation solutions, reducing manual effort and improving turnaround time.
- Supported automation projects by gathering business requirements, coordinating testing, and ensuring smooth implementation.
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Punjabi
Timeline
Vice President
Morgan Stanley India Solution Private Limited
08.2018 - Current
Senior Manager
Morgan Stanley India Solution Private Limited
11.2009 - 08.2018
Associate
State Street Syntel Sourcing Pvt Ltd
11.2008 - 11.2009
MBA - Part Time MBA in Finance
Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India
06.2008 - 01.2012
Associate
State Street Syntel Sourcing Pvt Ltd
05.2007 - 11.2008
Officer
ICICI Bank Limited
05.2005 - 05.2007
T.Y.B.com -
Malini Kishor Sanghvi College of Commerce & Economics
06.2004 - 10.2005
H.S.C -
Malini Kishor Sanghvi College of Commerce & Economics
06.2000 - 05.2002