Prajwal Sharma

• Ensured accurate creation and maintenance of all tradable securities in Millennium’s Global Security Master.
• Oversaw the completion of data quality control checks via system and business validations.
• Monitored corporate actions and market data events to proactively ensure processing and avoid disruptions to downstream interfaces.
• Liaised and resolved ad hoc issues raised from internal front, middle, and back office clients as well as external data vendors.
• Worked with development on requirements, assisting in the design and implementation of new processes and workflows to improve Security Master for firm stakeholders.
• Ensured the seamless integration of new systems, procedures, and controls.
• Maintained and validated data quality with continuous enhancement.
• Implemented market and vendor-driven changes as well as exchange-related updates.

Key Skills:

• Strong knowledge of financial instruments including equities, fixed income, and derivatives.
• Experience working with Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Markit (S&P Global), ICE, and other data vendors.
• Solid understanding of basic SQL queries and proficient in MS Excel.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with experience supporting senior stakeholders.
• Self-directed, diligent problem solver with a desire to contribute to Millennium’s reputation and success.

• Was working as operations (reference data)analyst under data quality management where to take care of US securities in order setup and maintain across asset classes, including asset- backed securities (ABS), commercial mortgage- backed securities (CMBS), residential mortgage- backed securities (RMBS) and collateralized loan obligations (CLO) daily basis using different market sources like Bloomberg, IDC, Reuters, ICE
• Software systems worked upon: Aladdin, Bloomberg, Alert DTCC, Reuters, IDC
• Investment products management: Perform day to day maintenance of static data of various traditional and alternative investment products
• Maintain industry classification details, credit ratings, credit enhancements and reconcile with issuer level information
• Cash and position break: Calculate interest rate and principal pay down and accrued interest to resolve cash discrepancies between bank and custody
• Update custody level data to remove shares holding difference and reflect parallel position holding pattern
• Pricing: Daily price capture and validation of Bond with multiple market vendors and updating the same to avoid valuation and security performance issues
• Execute error free operations, identify, and escalate any exceptions to comply with the firm’s policies and procedures
• Monitoring Volume inflow and ensuring sufficient resource and workflow allocation in a justifiable manner
• Training the new members in the team, supervision of work, creating & maintaining training documents and suggesting process improvements to the management
• Responding to all queries/issues within the stipulated time frame and to escalate the same if required in adherence with the Escalation Matrix without any fail

• Was Working closely with Front Office, Middle Office, Different Trading Desks
• Having a deep understanding of different Fixed Income Products like – Fixed, Floating, Range Accrual, Commercial Paper, Zero Coupon, Money Market Instruments, CMO, ABS, CLO, CDS, IRS, ABCDS, UK Gilt, TDP, TDB, WI (Japan, Indian) US Treasury Bonds
• Analyze and review all product data quality from different data vendors like – Bloomberg, Reuters, Euroclear, DTC, Clear Stream
• Communicating with Downstream Data Consumers & Upstream Data Providers, Issue resolving by providing correct static data
• Responsible for accurate product setup, ensured SLAs and timely updating/review SOPs
• Working closely with other divisions of group operations which include Settlements, Corporate Action, Wealth Management, Traders
• Was involved in Transition & Migration of Process from one of our clients
• Performed research through Bloomberg and Reuters to find missing or additional information required to complete set up or maintenance of securities that require a coupon, rate fixing, and/or factor updates
• Scheduling & Conducting Process-related training
• For new entrants