SHARON DSOUZA
Mumbai
Summary
Highly motivated and goal-driven professional individual with seven years of experience in the aspects of fund accounting, fund administration, client servicing, and fund reconciliation. A conscientious team player seeking to leverage my skills and abilities to work under tight deadlines, assigned with a strong, dynamic, and detailed approach towards work ethic and a sense of ownership.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Specialist Associate 2
BNY International Operations (India) Private LTD
Pune
04.2024 - Current
- Performed and supervised end-to-end Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations across multiple fund types, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely delivery in line with SLA and regulatory standards.
- Allocate daily work activities and oversee the processing of complex Cash and Asset reconciliations.
- Post critical adjustments including trades, interest, and dividends to resolve breaks and ensure parity with Custody records.
- Manage the comprehensive proofing of Cash and Assets for quarterly and monthly funds, which involves booking trades and posting necessary adjustments.
- Serve as a central liaison with internal teams (Derivatives, Corporate Action, Expense teams) to resolve related cash and asset breaks promptly.
- Monitor and research breaks in TLM matching, resolving any incorrect matching issues to maintain data integrity.
- Reconciled cash and asset breaks across a diverse portfolio including Equities, Fund of Funds, Fixed Income and STIF, using the Eagle accounting platform to track and resolve exceptions.
- Performed cash/ position reconciliation across various financial products.
- Managed NAV population and reconciliation processes.
- Processed dividend withholding tax and reclaim amounts using Bloomberg and tax tables. Coordinate with internal teams to meet SLA and resolve queries.
- Used Bloomberg, DTC, ICE & Euroclear for dividends, interest, paydowns, corporate actions, trades.
- Investigated and resolved NAV exceptions, performing detailed reconciliations and providing substantiated commentary and corrective actions to the NAV oversight and review teams.
- Taking care of capital activities and managed income and expense accruals, daily dividend processing, and yield reviews to ensure accurate revenue recognition and alignment with fund accounting principles.
- Performs calculations of management and incentive fee and various non asset based fees.
- Led a successful migration project for client cash and asset reconciliations from the U.S. to Pune, including quarterly funds, overseeing knowledge transfer, training, and business-as-usual (BAU) transition without disruption.
Associate
Transparent Value Private Limited & Guggenheim Partners
Mumbai
05.2021 - 04.2024
- Ensured all position breaks between IM and custody reconciled for monthly and daily NAV accurately, efficiently, and on time.
- Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to resolve breaks, identify root causes, and expedite resolutions.
- Utilised multiple internal systems, including Aladdin, Wall Street Office, and ePAM, to meet reconciliation deliverables.
- Acquired a thorough understanding of the reconciliation process and related functions across teams such as Custody, Corporate Actions, Loan Trade Operations, Repo, Margin, and Collateral.
- Identified, investigated, and documented reconciliation breaks across various asset classes, including Bank Loans, Equities, STIF, ABS, MBS, Repo, and Reverse Repo, in line with NAV calculation cycles.
- Conducted regular follow-ups on aged breaks, and escalated unresolved issues to the supervisor. Supported ad-hoc tasks during month-end, year-end, and system downtime scenarios.
- Successfully migrated month-end Repo, Reverse Repo, and Security Collateral Reconciliation from Chicago to Mumbai, ensuring a smooth transition and process continuity.
Associate level 1
BNP PARIBAS GLOBAL SECURITIES OPERATIONS
Mumbai
09.2018 - 04.2021
- Executed end-to-end NAV reconciliations, including processing of cash flows (subscriptions, redemptions, switches) with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness, ensuring integrity of fund data.
- Investigated and resolved TA–FA, securities, and derivatives breaks, providing clear commentary, root-cause analysis, and timely escalation to prevent NAV impact.
- Managed daily transaction processing and pricing sign-offs, maintaining audit-ready documentation and consistently achieving 99%+ quality and 95%+ timeliness SLAs.
- Performs calculations of management and incentive fee and various non asset based fees.
- Successfully completed month-end and year-end close activities, along with system downtime reconciliations, and supported audit, MIS, and Operational Risk & Control (ORC) tasks.
- Directed three large-scale business migrations between Chennai and Mumbai, transferring 70% of operations, while managing complex multi-asset fund portfolios and minimizing business disruption.
- Supported platform migration from P-Control to Intellimatch, ensuring seamless transition of reconciliation processes and zero impact on BAU operations.
- Acted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) by delivering onboarding and process training to new team members, enhancing team productivity and reducing error rates.
- Led year-end reconciliation closures for fiscal years 2018 through 2021, and effectively managed fund launches, liquidations, and mergers, ensuring compliance with regulatory and client requirements.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
WELINGKARS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
Mumbai, MH2021
Bachelor of Commerce - Banking and Insurance
ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE OF ARTS SCIENCE AND COMMERCE
Mumbai, MH2018
Skills
- Corporate Actions
- NAV calculation
- Fund Reconciliation
- Financial statements
- Fund administration
- Team management
- Process migration
Certification
- Certified Investment Banking Operations Professional, IMARTICUS LEARNING
- Financial Analysis Prodegree, IMARTICUS LEARNING
- National Institute of Securities Markets - Series -1: Currency Derivatives, National Institute of Securities Markets
- National Institute of Securities Markets - Series - VIII: Equity Derivatives, National Institute of Securities Markets
- National Institute of Securities Markets - Series - XVI: Commodity Derivatives, National Institute of Securities Markets
- National Institute of Securities Markets - Series - V: Mutual Fund Distributors, National Institute of Securities Markets
Timeline
Specialist Associate 2
BNY International Operations (India) Private LTD
04.2024 - Current
Associate
Transparent Value Private Limited & Guggenheim Partners
05.2021 - 04.2024
Associate level 1
BNP PARIBAS GLOBAL SECURITIES OPERATIONS
09.2018 - 04.2021
Master of Business Administration - Finance
WELINGKARS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
Bachelor of Commerce - Banking and Insurance
ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE OF ARTS SCIENCE AND COMMERCE