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Sonam K Punjabi

Pune

Summary

Disciplined and persistent with over 5 years of experience into finance and operations in Global Payments, Treasury Services Operations and Project Finance. Skilled in cash processing, foreign exchange and fund transfer activities. Strong background in credit research, technical evaluation and legal analysis. Proven ability to streamline processes, drive automation and collaborate across teams to deliver high-impact results.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Intermediate Representative (SME) – Client Process

Bank Of New York
Pune
10.2022 - Current

· Handles Affiliate FX product, in Cash processing related to third-party foreign exchange transactions

· Analyzing the fax and electronic instructions received from clients and validating with the static data.

· Processing FX payments, and cross deals, coordinating with sub- custodian for pay in and out of funds.

· Liaising with internal stakeholders such as Compliance /Product / Income team.

· Analysis of FX instructions, working to get them STP, reduce the manual intervention to achieve zero base errors.

· Worked with the Investigation team on TLM reconciliation, Coordination with Audit teams in handling queries/observations raised.

· Liaising with CSR's and Sub Custodians while working on Swift Messages such as MT599, MT202, MT103.

· Worked along with technical & product teams in the automation of payment processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

· Managed the team of Affiliate FX along with the responsibilities of implementing process changes, preparing PNQs, working on ideas of process enhancement, updating of SOP.

Credit Analyst

InstaSet Advisors LLP
Pune
02.2019 - 09.2022

· Assisting and consulting the client in getting Finance through various Banks and Fund Houses.

· Handling the overall portfolio in line with the policies of Banks and Client’s credit histories, corporate financial statements and other financial information

· Understanding business model, financial statements, market research and analyzing various risks based on qualitative and quantitative information

· Drafting Detailed Project Report (DPR), Diagnostic Study Report (DSR), measuring the credit risk and factors through Cash flow preparation, Ratio analysis.

· Preparation of quarterly review notes based on quarterly performance and updates, MIS, Cash flows and understanding the actual performance of the company

· Maintain a better relationship and Negotiate credit disputes with High-level bank and loan office personnel and Timely assistance with counterparts like Risk and operations.

Intern - Financial Accounting & Auditing

IBN Technologies Ltd
Pune
  • · The project elaborates on the Financial Accounting & Auditing in detail along with the scenario of the market challenges in financial disclosures, concerns about complying the reporting requirements and also provides the solution of changes around disclosure requirements for Environmental, Social and Governance to high business in the competitive era.

Education

MBA - Finance

Sinhgad Institute of Management
Pune
01-2018

Skills

  • Strong sense of urgency and proactivity
  • Risk assessment and due diligence
  • Analytical and logical skills
  • Leadership skills and team management

Accomplishments

  • Spotlight Award – Client Services Representative, 2024
  • Nominated to give a presentation to higher management, the director, for one of the processes from GPTSO, 2024
  • Worked on the project of Straight-Through Processing (STP) for Phase I in the automation of the payment process, 2023
  • Presented in Floor Connect for Game Changers session, 2024
  • Award for going above and beyond 2023
  • Spark award given by the Senior Vice President for the ideas given to streamline the process and take it to completion
  • Volunteered as a CSR representative at BNY for CSR activities conducted

Certification

  • Financial modeling – Skill Nation (2022)
  • Stock markets made easy - Elearnmarkets (2022)
  • Introduction to Machine Learning – AWS (2022)
  • Balance sheet analysis – Bloomberg Market Concepts
  • Tally ERP 9.0| MS-CIT

Timeline

Intermediate Representative (SME) – Client Process

Bank Of New York
10.2022 - Current

Credit Analyst

InstaSet Advisors LLP
02.2019 - 09.2022

Intern - Financial Accounting & Auditing

IBN Technologies Ltd

MBA - Finance

Sinhgad Institute of Management
Sonam K Punjabi