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Pranita Ray

Assitant Vice President
Bangalore

Summary

Experienced leader with a strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence. Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1970
1970
years of post-secondary education

Work History

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT 2

STATE STREET
01.2021 - Current
  • Managing the Investor Services team of 21 team members globally based out India, Ireland & Poland for the Private Equity clients based out of the EMEA region
  • Overseeing the end-to-end activities of the team including booking of Trade activities like Capital Commitment, Capital Calls, Distributions for various Private Equity clients. Issuing Statements, Investor letters, Client communications, Call Notices, Distribution Notices to investors in a timely manner
  • Processing cash transfers to the custody accounts and making Distribution payments along with performing reconciliations of the Investor Services Collection account
  • Liaising with the clients and Investors via calls & emails to resolve their queries and issues
  • Participating in client calls for new launches of funds, regular client service calls, Board Meetings and other calls pertaining to the activities of the funds
  • Liaising with the RM's, Fund Accounting, AML & other relevant teams for the smooth running of the day to day operations
  • Overseeing the team development and managing & enabling the team to perform better
  • Participating in the various project management activities in the AIS domain
  • Recruited, hired, and trained personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for organisation
  • Cultivated and strengthened lasting client relationships using strong issue resolution and dynamic communication skills
  • Reduced operational risks while organising data to forecast performance trends
  • Lead 'Know Your Business Series' across Global Delivery India for 12000+ employees and also leading the training initiatives for Officer's and AVP's

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

CITCO
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Managing the Treasury & the Private Equity team within the Investor Relations group of Citco
  • Overseeing the Trade activities like Subscription, Redemptions, Transfers, Switches, Capital Commitment for various Hedge Fund & Private Equity clients
  • Setting up the Investor Accounts based on the subscription document provided and processing the relevant trades
  • Issuing Statements, Investor letters, Client communications, Call Notices to investors in a timely manner
  • Overseeing the Treasury activities processed by the team
  • Liaise with counter parts across the globe to ensure seamless communication and smooth processing
  • Involved in recruitment activities for the firm

MANAGER

MORGAN STANLEY
01.2014 - 01.2020
  • Managed a team of 8 members in the MSFS Investor Services Team, handling multiple Hedge & PE Funds, ICAV & UCITS clients and ensuring that all the dealing (Subscriptions, Redemptions, Transfers & Fund Switches) and non-deal activities (Static Data, Investor data changes) are processed accurately and within the TAT
  • Managing the team's performance by providing them regular feedbacks on the monthly catch ups
  • Participate in global projects including system enhancements and data conversions
  • Project Lead for Six Sigma project which helped business increase scalability and automation
  • Liaising with Investors, clients & various internal departments on queries
  • Involved in recruitment activities for the firm

SENIOR ANALYST

NORTHERN TRUST
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Ensuring dealing activities-subscriptions, redemptions, transfers and switches for investors across 230+ clients are processed efficiently without any errors
  • Ensure all major deadlines are met with accuracy and without any errors
  • Ensure shared mail boxes are looked into and all escalations and queries are met within the TAT
  • Calculating client account balances and preparing advices for the various charges and interest calculations
  • Ensure the monthly P/L figures are computed accurately and sending it to the higher management
  • Mentoring and training new people who have joined the process
  • Creating training plans & induction of new partners into the team
  • Monitoring and authorising various cash activities, Journals and SWIFTS prepared by the team
  • All new Sub Custodian & third-party interest claims are actioned and resolved in the most cost effective manner
  • Overdraft validation for multiple clients and preparing reports and the same

Education

Bachelors - Business Management

Garden City College
Bengaluru, India

Skills

Operations management

Timeline

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT 2

STATE STREET
01.2021 - Current

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

CITCO
01.2020 - 01.2021

MANAGER

MORGAN STANLEY
01.2014 - 01.2020

SENIOR ANALYST

NORTHERN TRUST
01.2011 - 01.2014

Bachelors - Business Management

Garden City College
Pranita RayAssitant Vice President