Shobana S
Coimbatore
Summary
A highly skilled and results-oriented professional with 7 years of experience in investment banking, hedge funds, and mutual funds. Adept at fund accounting, reconciliation, and NAV operations, with a strong focus on accuracy and client satisfaction. Experienced in leading teams and collaborating with senior management to meet client deliverables and SLA targets. Proficient in managing complex tasks, including the preparation of GAV and NAV reports, the resolution of reconciliation breaks, and the implementation of efficient accounting solutions. A proven track record in handling pressure, maintaining strong client relationships, and ensuring high-quality performance.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Leader
State street HCL Services
Chennai
12.2021 - 12.2023
- Converting funds from IGLS system to Geneva 8.0 version. Reconcile the process flow by doing PIT, catch-up, and parallel activities.
- Research and post transactions that are missing in Geneva by investing in investment prices, FX, trades, and corporate actions.
- Verify all reports, and check P&L activity. Control checks on the trial balance should be verified manually, and post requires OE entries.
- Review funds and move into the LUMUS application as per the client's flight plan.
Senior Representative Fund Accountant
BNY MELLON PVT LTD
Chennai
02.2017 - 06.2020
- Managed end-to-end NAV production, including calculation, construction, validation, reconciliation, and reporting for mutual funds
- Worked on daily and monthly funds, Master-feeder funds, fund of funds structure
- Led Cap stock activities, including processing and validation of subscription, redemption, and transfer in compliance with fund policies and standards
- Posting daily, weekly, and monthly accruals in accounting based on custody reports and accrual entries, such as securities lending, sweep entries, swaps, and other collateral
- Handle FX trades and breaks: forward, future, and option settlements. Reconcile breaks by processing FX templates and adjustment entries.
- To ensure NAV impact and accuracy, prepare the Daily Interest Accrual Sheet, yield recon, dividend recon, and WHT recon.
- Managed the import and validation of end-of-day reports, ensuring data integrity and alignment with the working trial balance before pricing
- Onboarded new clients and funds from setup to NAV validation.
- Preparation of SOP documents, KPI updates whenever management requires, and getting approval from onshore. Training new hires and addressing queries, providing training on any new case scenarios seen during day-to-day activities.
- Collaborated closely with automation team for developing, testing and deploying macros and application to enhance operational efficiency
Process Associate
TCS
Chennai
06.2015 - 01.2017
- Reconcile cash and position on a daily basis for all funds to ensure the figures are accurate and match them as per the client's perspective
- Responsibilities include rectifying the position/cash breaks, analyzing, and providing solutions by updating comments with the help of both resources.
- Responsible for booking the entries of trading, non-trading activities of funds, and booking Mark to Market (MTM) on a daily basis in the Geneva tool.
- Responsible for the preparation of variation margin by generating reports, and needs to be updated manually.
- Calculating GAV on a monthly basis for all funds.
- Preparing NAV on a daily, monthly, or quarterly basis as per client requirement.
- Evaluating the performance fee of each fund from the NAV package.
Education
MBA - Human Resources Management
Madras University
Chennai01-2017
Bachelor of Arts - BCOM (CA)
Sri Krishna Arts And Science College
Coimbatore01-2015
Skills
- NAV and GAV calculation
- Hedge and mutual fund accounting
- Reconciliation process
- Fund migration
- Financial statement preparation
- Private equity and derivatives accounting
- Teamwork and management
Certification
- NISM Series VIII Equity Derivatives Certification Examination
- Microsoft Excel- Excel from Beginner to Advanced - Udemy(March 2025)
- SQL Intermediate level- Hackerrank
- The Complete Python Bootcamp From Zero to Hero in Python - Udemy(April 2025)
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Accomplishments
- WOW award & Appreciation from BNY onshore partners
- Bravo award & ON THE SPOT award from BNY
- STAR PERFORMER OF THE MONTH from TCS
Software & Tools
- Fund Accounting software - Bloomberg,Geneva,Aladdin,TLM,Eagle star,Frontier,Citrix
- Skills/Tools - Advanced Excel, SQL- Intermediate level,Basic Python syntax
Timeline
Team Leader
State street HCL Services
12.2021 - 12.2023
Senior Representative Fund Accountant
BNY MELLON PVT LTD
02.2017 - 06.2020
Process Associate
TCS
06.2015 - 01.2017
MBA - Human Resources Management
Madras University
Bachelor of Arts - BCOM (CA)
Sri Krishna Arts And Science College
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