Senthil Kumar G
Chennai
Summary
Finance professional with extensive knowledge of the end-to-end trade lifecycle, including trade capture, reconciliation, and post-settlement activities. Excels in identifying process improvements and mitigating operational risks, ensuring compliance and accuracy in high-volume trade environments.
Overview
2
2
Languages
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Representative(H)
Pershing
07.2022 - Current
- Managed trade settlements across domestic and international custody accounts for equity, fixed income, and FX trades, ensuring compliance with market regulations and timely execution.
- Managed cross-border trade settlements and asset transfers, coordinating with global custodians, depositories, and agent banks to ensure accurate processing, compliance with local market regulations, and timely settlement across multiple time zones and currencies.
- Well-versed in the end-to-end trade lifecycle, including trade capture, affirmation, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, and post-settlement activities, ensuring smooth execution and minimal operational risk.
- Handled end-to-end manual trade booking and reconciliation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with operational standards.
- Reconciled custody and bank records for cash and securities, identifying and resolving discrepancies to maintain financial integrity and mitigate settlement risks.
- Executed asset transfers from brokerage to client accounts with high accuracy and operational efficiency.
- Monitored and processed SWIFT messages to support timely trade settlements, cash movements, and accurate reconciliation across custody operations.
- Automated manual processes using advanced Excel, saving 8 hours monthly and enhancing operational efficiency.
B3
BARCLAYS SHARED SERVICES
02.2021 - 04.2022
- Identifying the exception events like Trade failure, reconciliation breaks and thereby ensuring timely and accurate validation of trades.
- Familiar with processing corporate actions events across market in an internal application and sending prompt SWIFT (MT564, 565, 566, 567, 568, &MT599) information to and from clients.
- Executed AI matching and transaction upload repairs for data accuracy.
- Security setup and maintain high quality static data through direct input and feed management for multiple asset classes and complex securities operations committee.
- Validation and verification of static through different vendor sources for queries raised by stakeholders.
- Identified and implemented process enhancements, reinforcing best practices while maintaining service quality using FTT and PMO services.
- Trained new joiners and allocated tasks to the team.
- Ensure all the procedures for the process are in place in accordance with the requirements of the Business thereby complying to risk requirement using Test plans.
- Managed relationships with key stakeholders to deliver seamless customer service.
- Prepared weekly and monthly reports (QC tracker) to analyze the contributions made by the team at the business level.
Senior Associate
BNP PARIBAS
07.2016 - 02.2021
- Asset creation team is responsible for creating various types of securities in local and Global custody platforms.
- Created all securities within the specified cut-off time.
- Created securities to include all their specific characteristics.
- Identified process improvements that minimized errors and reduced securities creation time.
- Performed risk mitigation and complex tasks for client reporting on complex securities and derivatives for GSM.
- Review and update SOPs on a regular basis to capture the process changes.
- Automated Free Deliver and Free Receive processes using Java Selenium.
- Developed VB macro for settlement statistics, unmatched reports, TAE reports, and interest data amendment validation.
- Developed a macro to streamline processes for Free Delivery and Free Receive transactions in Global Plus. for Free Delivery & Free Receive in Global plus using Java Selenium.
- Developed macro for stamp duty checks in the Hong Kong market.
Education
MCA -
KLN College of Engineering and Tech
MaduraiB.SC -
N.M.S.S.V.N College
Madurai Higher Secondary -
Sri Prasanna Venkateshwara Matric.Hr.Sec.School
Madurai SSLC -
Seventh day Adventist Matric.Hr.Sec. School
Madurai Skills
- Trade Processing Systems
- Settlement Automation
- Operational Risk Management
- Financial Reporting Tools
- Java Selenium
- Excel
- Bloomberg
- Telekurs
- Clear stream
- Reuters
- Client Relationship Management
- Email Collaboration
- Outlook
- ESM
- Impact
- Broad Ridge
- Cognos
- Valinfo
- Settlement Automation
Certification
- Certificate in Java Selenium cucumber workspace.
- Data Science Prodegree: Data Interpretation & Analysis, Fundamentals of statistics, Predictive Modelling: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Decision Trees, Analytical tools: R - Basic operations, univariate and bivariate analysis, predictive modeling, SAS - Basic & Advanced, AS Data Management & Report Generation, Python - Predictive modelling, Visualization tool: Tableau - data organization, advanced visualization, mapping, data presentation.
- Certified LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) Professional.
- Certified Investment Banking Operations Professional: Securities and Derivatives, End to end Trade life cycle of Listed and OTC products, Functioning of Clearing and Settlement systems, Risk Management, Anti-Money Laundering.
Accomplishments
- Cliffwater Free Deliver and Free Receive automation using Java selenium.
- Created VB macro for Settlement statistic report, Unmatched report, TAE report, interest data amendment validation.
- Created macro for Free Delivery & Free Receive in Global plus using Java Selenium.
- Created a stamp duty macro, to reduce time for checking stamp duty in HK market.
Languages
- English
- Tamil
- French
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/06/90
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Application Skills
- Java Selenium
- Excellent knowledge of excel.
- Good at applications such as Outlook, Lotus Notes, Sales Force etc.
- Working knowledge in global platforms such as Bloomberg, Telekurs, Clear stream, Reuters, Asset Control, ESM, Impact, Broad Ridge and Cognos.
- Application Worked Valinfo, AceTP, FISS, GOS, Memphis.
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
French
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Lead Representative(H)
Pershing
07.2022 - Current
B3
BARCLAYS SHARED SERVICES
02.2021 - 04.2022
Senior Associate
BNP PARIBAS
07.2016 - 02.2021
MCA -
KLN College of Engineering and Tech
B.SC -
N.M.S.S.V.N College
Higher Secondary -
Sri Prasanna Venkateshwara Matric.Hr.Sec.School
SSLC -
Seventh day Adventist Matric.Hr.Sec. School