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Prajna Shetty

Mumbai

Summary

Dynamic Assistant Vice President at Morgan Stanley with expertise in collateral management and trade reconciliation. Proven track record in driving automation initiatives, achieving over 300 hours in time savings annually. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, ensuring compliance and operational excellence in high-pressure environments. Recognized for enhancing audit readiness and operational hygiene.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Vice President

Morgan Stanley
Mumbai
03.2021 - Current
  • Lead a high-performing team of analysts/associates responsible for managing collateral margin calls, trade confirmations, and portfolio reconciliations across multiple asset classes, including OTC derivatives and cleared products.
  • Daily monitoring of calculation and collateralization of firm’s risk exposure.
  • Ensure timely issuance of margin calls and accurate Acadia margin uploads.
  • Collaborate with upstream technology teams to resolve data delays and maintain system integrity.
  • Validate broker's Trade confirmations against internal bookings to ensure trade accuracy and ISDA compliance; resolve economic mismatches in coordination with Trade Support and Sales.
  • Manage daily cash and securities collateral settlements.
  • Perform fund account and custody reconciliation to maintain economic and MTM alignment.
  • Supervise trade reconciliation processes with brokers to ensure the accuracy of economic terms.
  • Drive automation initiatives using UI Path, Power BI, and Alteryx.
  • Nominated as an Automation Tool Expert, I achieved over 300 hours in time savings annually.
  • Conducted interviews, upskilled and mentored junior analysts, and ensured quality and efficiency.
  • Develop and present KRI dashboards for senior management, enabling better decision-making.

Operational Specialist – Collateral Management

Goldman Sachs
07.2017 - 03.2021
  • Monitored daily risk exposure by comparing MTM of open positions against collateral under CSA, ensuring accurate collateralization and timely issuance/receipt of margin calls.
  • Resolved margin call discrepancies by engaging directly with clients and counterparties, driving swift dispute closure.
  • Ensured compliance with FCA CASS rules for client money and co-developed SOPs for standardized cash settlement processing.
  • Actively mitigated cash and security fails by collaborating with clients to minimize breaks and enhance settlement efficiency.
  • Delivered daily escalation reports on unresolved margin calls and produced MIS/KPI dashboards for management visibility and decision-making
  • Reconcile equity positions across risk systems and ledgers; work closely with Traders, Middle Office, and Product Controllers to resolve trade breaks.
  • Manage corporate action events, including dividend payments, coupons, and stock distributions, ensuring accurate position reflection in downstream systems for settlement.

Senior Associate – Derivatives Portfolio Reconciliation

BNP Paribas
10.2013 - 07.2017
  • Led the end-to-end reconciliation of OTC derivative portfolios across multiple products (FX, IRS, Equity, and Commodities).
  • Migrated reconciliation processes from the London office, and established local procedures.
  • Worked with the Middle Office and Sales teams to resolve MTM and economic discrepancies.
  • Played a key role in developing metrics and dashboards to report high-value and aging breaks.
  • Awarded 'Employee of the Month,' and contributed to the 'Best Team Award' for control process enhancements.

Team Member-Portfolio Reconciliation,Documentation

JP Morgan
01.2010 - 10.2013
  • Undertook portfolio reconciliation for all OTC derivatives products.
  • Dealt with different types of derivative products (like interest rate swaps, FX trades, equity trades, power and commodity trades, and swaptions) in the reconciliation process.
  • Activating a client or the fund on the system for the purpose of collateralization as per the CSA of the ISDA Master Agreement
  • Inputting key terms of the CSA and assigning a CSR for the purpose of margin calls to be made.
  • Liaising with credit officers and the legal team regarding discrepancies in the CSA legal terms, feeding down the system.
  • Involved in a process that monitors the accurate confirmations in the life cycle of a trade for product rates, as well as the reconciliation of the economics of the trade in the systems with the confirmation of it on the warehouse.

Education

Master’s - Finance

Institute For Technology And Management
07-2016

Bachelor of Commerce -

Mumbai University
04-2010

Skills

  • Collateral Management
  • Trade Confirmation
  • Trade Reconciliation
  • Margin Processing
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Risk & Compliance
  • Intelligent Automation
  • Derivatives Lifecycle
  • OTC & Cleared Trades
  • Fund Accounting
  • Custody Reconciliation
  • Post-Trade Operations
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Team Leadership
  • Audit & Control Frameworks
  • Strategic Transformation

Technical Tools And Certifications

  • UI Path
  • Alteryx
  • Power BI
  • Acadia
  • DTCC
  • TriOptima
  • Swapswire
  • MS Excel (Advanced)
  • PowerPoint

Accomplishments

  • Awarded the Spotlight Award at Morgan Stanley for driving innovation and delivering over 300+ hours of annual time savings through intelligent automation (UI Path, Power BI, Alteryx).
  • Achieved zero open margin calls for the Bengaluru region at Goldman Sachs, earning recognition from both onshore and offshore leadership.
  • Led a successful migration of the reconciliation process from London to BNP Paribas India, enhancing local controls and efficiency; received Employee of the Month.
  • Honored with the Extra Miler and DCO Global Star Awards at JP Morgan for exceptional performance and consistent delivery beyond expectations.
  • Played a pivotal role in audit readiness and control framework enhancement across multiple roles, ensuring full compliance with regulatory standards.

Timeline

Assistant Vice President

Morgan Stanley
03.2021 - Current

Operational Specialist – Collateral Management

Goldman Sachs
07.2017 - 03.2021

Senior Associate – Derivatives Portfolio Reconciliation

BNP Paribas
10.2013 - 07.2017

Team Member-Portfolio Reconciliation,Documentation

JP Morgan
01.2010 - 10.2013

Master’s - Finance

Institute For Technology And Management

Bachelor of Commerce -

Mumbai University

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