Priya Gupta
Pimple Saudagar
Summary
Dependable professional with track record of success in field, attention to detail and proactive mindset. Seeks opportunities to improve processes and workflows for team benefit. Conscientious, hardworking and excels at multitasking in fast-paced environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Officer
Citibank Services India Private Ltd.
Pune
03.2021 - Current
- Custody operations -
- Part of a 20-member team.
- Handling various settlement markets (NAM/APAC) and taking charge of timely settlements of trade, transfer, and FX for Citi Investment Clients.
- Coordinating with the custodian for market-level settlements across 20+ various locations (including the US, UK, HKD, JPY, CNY, AUD, Euroclear, etc.).
- Know how to trade SWIFTs/MT messages, SPOs, TBAs, CSDR, and TMPG practices.
- Technical expertise in trade affirmation and trade confirms.
- Review failed trades, and settle them after contacting brokers and correcting the trades to match in the respective markets.
- Monitor breaks, trade fails, and escalations.
Senior Process Associate-Reconciliation
Bank of New York Mellon
Pune
03.2019 - 02.2021
- NAV reconciliation for BNY MELLON clients, and ensuring high level of accuracy in monthly financial reporting.
- Trade postings in support systems to reflect actual cash & unit positions for the Client. Processing Daily/Monthly
- Manual Pricing & Researching on Price Exceptions (via Bloomberg) and resolving them in liaison with internal departments & Investment manager.
- Prepare timely and accurate Net Assets Values, yields, distributions, and other fund accounting output for subsequent review.
- Record accurately, and in accordance with the Department policies and procedures, such accounting records as securities positions, corporate actions related, and journal entries.
- Reconcile various accounts, or reviewing reconciliations prepared by others, and promptly researching and correcting any variances.
- Identify exceptions and problems affecting accounting records and prices, communicating same to management, and assisting in their resolution.
- Institutional fund accounting processes also include preparing, reconciling and distributing reports to/from marketing, separate custodians and investment management.
- Liaising with multiple teams to get work done on timely manners so that client reports are delivered on time.
- Meeting client deadlines on time and ensuring team also do so.
- Handling daily calls with onshore to provide update on the clients due every business day.
- Working on the platforms like TLM (Transaction life cycle Management), GSP(Global security position), Bloomberg etc.
- Ensuring all control checks has been actioned.
- To resolve all breaks on TLM on timely manner. Actioning all proofs and paper for income related breaks.
- As an investment accountant, I need to do the accounting for all the investments that have been made by our client in different funds such as corporate pension fund, Hedge funds, Insurance fund, and sovereign wealth funds (SWF), Local government fund, corporate funds etc.
- To calculate stock, bond accruals using Bloomberg terminal.
- Providing accurate and timely update to onshore clients.
- To reconcile TAX reclaims within BNY MELLON custody and the fund managers data.
- Entrusted with additional responsibilities to audit work of my team mates during the month end reporting.
Service Delivery, Investment Banking Operations
State Street Syntel Pvt. Ltd.
03.2017 - 05.2018
- Company Overview: Syntel is a global e-Business and Applications Outsourcing Company that has been providing technological expertise, thought leadership, and real-world technology solutions to some of the best companies in the world since 1980.
- Reconciliation (Cash and Shares Reconciliation, FX, Derivatives (Futures, Options, Swaps), Corp Actions.
- Process Equity, derivatives trades.
- Trade processing and fail trade research & routing.
- Working on US and UK market for settlement and reconciliation.
- Internal Reconciliation for Taiwan Client.
- Key Activities - Cash Recon (Manual posting, cash book tally, custody monitor) Risk Management Database, TLM, Coding, Credit interest, Taipei Deal Auditing.
- Daily reconciliation of all cash balances, trades, securities and positions for all type transactions which are in scope. Responsible for helping the fund manager in the resolution of outstanding exceptions. Preparation of month ends Cash reconciliations for accounting and audit purpose. Established expertise and experience in resourceful and innovative problem solving decision making prioritization, negotiating and ability to use financial software.
- Finding the discrepancy between Custody and accounting records.
- Researching and posting the transaction on accounting as per custody records.
- Proper research done on failed trades, trades not booked, wires in & out by brokers, pending trades, settlement of trades on accounting by verifying Custody.
- Posting ADR,GDR and OPE fees on accounting.
- Process dummy FX on accounting.
- Dealing in the exceptions including Fixed Incomes, Trades, Wires, Cash Book details, Corporate Actions, Derivatives, fail trades, Dummy FX, FX Trades.
- Addressing and solving the entire queries of custodian and Portfolio Manager via mails.
- Contacting and co coordinating with clients for the additional information's.
- Cash and shares reconciliation for custody entry with accounting entry.
- Follow up on breaks to ensure they are researched and resolved on time.
- Processing Income on accounting side (Interest/Dividend).
- Worked on MCH (Multi Currency Horizon) GIMS URL log and TL.
- Providing detail information to the client regarding all the balance and cash breaks.
- Working on TLM in which we code exception greater than 2 days to their respective team and matched those one which get cleared from cash book.
- Syntel is a global e-Business and Applications Outsourcing Company that has been providing technological expertise, thought leadership, and real-world technology solutions to some of the best companies in the world since 1980.
Education
Graduation - B.com
R.D.V.V. University
Jabalpur01.2012
Higher Secondary -
M.P. Board
Jabalpur01.2008
High School -
M.P. Board
Jabalpur01.2006
Skills
Technical
Microsoft Office
Windows 7
Windows XP
Specialized
- Trade settlement
- Trade reconciliation
- Client communication
- Team collaboration
- Time management
- Problem solving
Hobbies and Interests
- Handicraft Work
- Interacting with people
- Listening to Songs
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information provided by me is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 06/18/90
- Gender: Female
Place
Pune, Maharashtra
Accomplishments
- Awarded Citi Gratitude Awards for accurate and timely delivery.
- Client/Business level appreciations for quicker turn around and analytical thinking.
Timeline
Officer
Citibank Services India Private Ltd.
03.2021 - Current
Senior Process Associate-Reconciliation
Bank of New York Mellon
03.2019 - 02.2021
Service Delivery, Investment Banking Operations
State Street Syntel Pvt. Ltd.
03.2017 - 05.2018
Graduation - B.com
R.D.V.V. University
Higher Secondary -
M.P. Board
High School -
M.P. Board