Prince Chawla
Senior Investment Accountant
New Delhi
Summary
Fund accounting specialist with 6+ years of experience across GAV/NAV preparation, investor accounting, and trade operations for complex portfolios including OTC derivatives, foreign equity, and term loans. Proven leader with 2+ years in team management, driving reconciliation accuracy, audit readiness, and process transformation. Expert in managing end-to-end post-trade workflows and resolving breaks across stakeholders—prime brokers, custodians, and investment managers. Adept in performance coaching, cross-functional collaboration, and operational oversight across global time zones.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Investment Accountant - Team Lead
AMERIPRISE INDIA LLP
08.2023 - Current
- Led end-to-end NAV preparation for 30+ mutual funds, ensuring 100% accuracy and timely release by implementing automated review checkpoints.
- Directed reconciliation of positions, trades, cash, swaps, NAV, and fees with prime brokers and custodians, proactively resolving breaks to uphold ledger integrity.
- Championed trade affirmation processes, mitigating operational risk, and enhancing straight-through processing rates.
- Facilitated exception monitoring, executing root cause analyses on breaks raised by trading desks, and stakeholders.
- Oversaw clearing and settlement activities across equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX, and commodities, ensuring a seamless operational flow.
- Enhanced cross-functional collaboration through liaison with prime brokers and service vendors, driving the resolution of trade and settlement queries.
- Championed automation and process improvements, reducing reconciliation turnaround times, and boosting operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with stakeholders, including pricing, middle office, and investment managers, to troubleshoot cash and trade discrepancies, ensuring accurate month-end closes.
- Mentored fund accountants using performance scorecards and skill heat maps, improving individual KPIs and cross-functional capabilities.
Senior Accounting and Reconciliation Analyst
AMERIPRISE INDIA LLP
04.2019 - 07.2023
- Executed daily fund accounting and NAV calculations for diverse fund types, including bond, equity, derivatives, and term loan portfolios, ensuring compliance with SLAs and regulatory timelines.
- Reconciled cash and position data with custodians and prime brokers, identifying and resolving exceptions to maintain ledger integrity across investment books.
- Validated shareholder activity, corporate actions, income accruals, expense provisioning, and derivative trades for accuracy in system records and reporting.
- Monitored and triggered exception alerts (EMS) to flag material variances in income, amortization, or expense flows, safeguarding the integrity of fund accounting processes.
- Produced audit-ready financial reports and fund-level documentation, supporting external and internal audit cycles with zero critical findings.
- Trained new hires and peers on Bloomberg, InvestOne, and Aladdin platforms, accelerating onboarding, and improving tool utilization across the team.
- Analyzed process inefficiencies and proposed automation initiatives that improved reconciliation turnaround, and reduced error rates.
Education
MBA - Finance
ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
AMITY
12th - undefined
CAMBRIDGE FOUNDATION SCHOOL
10th - undefined
S.D PUBLIC SCHOOL
Skills
Fund Accounting (NAV, Income/Expense Accruals, Audit Support)
Trade Operations (Trade Booking, Settlements, Break Resolution, Reconciliation)
Reconciliations (Cash, Positions, Derivatives, Custodian/Prime Broker)
Financial Instruments (Equities, Bonds, OTC Derivatives)
Process Improvement (Automation and Cross Training Programs)
System Proficiency: Bloomberg, InvestOne, Aladdin, MS Excel
Team Leadership (Mentoring, Heat Maps, Performance Reviews, Knowledge Transfer)
Interests
DIGITAL GAMING, LISTENING TO MUSIC
Timeline
Senior Investment Accountant - Team Lead
AMERIPRISE INDIA LLP
08.2023 - Current
Senior Accounting and Reconciliation Analyst
AMERIPRISE INDIA LLP
04.2019 - 07.2023
12th - undefined
CAMBRIDGE FOUNDATION SCHOOL
10th - undefined
S.D PUBLIC SCHOOL
MBA - Finance
ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
AMITY