Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards
Systemsandplatforms
Transitionsandprojects
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Soniya Jakhia

Pune

Summary

Intend to build a career with an esteemed organization in a corporate environment with committed and dedicated people, which will help me to explore myself and realize my potential to become a successful finance professional

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager

Barclays
Pune
01.2022 - Current
  • Oversight functions: Monitor listed derivative and OTC activities
  • Along with managing reconciliation, static data, brokerage, clearing, and margins processes
  • Performance Monitoring: Track vendor performance against set metrics and ensure adherence to agreed-upon service levels and quality standards
  • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with vendor relationships and address data privacy concerns and business continuity planning
  • Also, acting as an intermediary to resolve queries by vendors and internal teams
  • Compliance Oversight: Ensure vendor compliance with regulatory requirements and Barclays' policies and monitor adherence to relevant regulatory standards
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with trade reporting obligations and market regulations and monitor transaction monitoring processes for regulatory compliance
  • Static Set-ups: Establish Standard Settlement Instructions (SSI) for payments to external and internal transfers
  • Management Information System (MIS) Production: Generate reports for management review
  • Conformance Testing: Ensure integrity and reliability of static brokerage margins and clearing reconciliation processes
  • Process Automation: Collaborate with the IT department to automate necessary processes
  • Access Management: Manage access issuance for traders, including platforms like ICE and EUREX
  • Employee Management: On boarding and off-boarding of Vendor employees
  • Created and maintained static mappings for GNA netting client, ensuring accurate data flows across systems
  • Mapped RIC (Reuters Instrument Codes) and performed reconciliation to ensure data consistency and integrity
  • Managed SDS (Security Data Source) mappings for seamless data integration and retrieval
  • Mapped Bloomberg keys for efficient data access and reporting

Senior Lead Analyst

FIS
Mumbai
04.2017 - 12.2021
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME): Brokerage Payables process
  • Daily Task Management: Ensuring completeness of daily tasks and managing operational activities
  • Cross-Training: Ensuring all team members are adequately trained
  • Operational Readiness: Ensuring staffing, procedures, controls, and team knowledge are effective for daily operations
  • Reconciliation: Daily reconciliation between internal and external sources
  • Issue Resolution: Timely follow-up on outstanding issues with financial impact
  • Auditing: Daily auditing of GMI postings and payments
  • Metrics Reporting: Presenting monthly metrics and managing business calls
  • Process Improvement: Focused on minimizing manual or inefficient processes
  • Control Adherence: Escalating unusual activity and exploring solutions to close control gaps
  • MIS Generation: Generating weekly/monthly MIS for management
  • Query Management: Monitoring mailbox and addressing ad hoc queries
  • Securing a #1 ranking for an existing client in FIA Tech Atlantis
  • Enhancing Straight Through Processing (STP) rates by 30% within FIA eRECS

Business Analyst

eClerx
Mumbai
02.2015 - 12.2016
  • Project – Futures and Options Brokerage Reconciliation, Payments and Settlement
  • Reconciliation of Client charges and Broker accruals to Exchange and Clearinghouse fees invoices / reports on global listed derivatives markets
  • (i.e
  • CBOT /CME/ NYMEX/COMEX /ICE US/ICE Europe…etc)
  • Cause analyzes of incorrect fee charges / accruals and provides resolution by processing adjustments entries to rectify the trades
  • Optimize data accuracy, integrity and performance in consultation with Team / System
  • Consult with New Accounts team and Static Control managers to optimize department functionality
  • Liaised with multiple internal stake holders from the business to ensure efficiency & accuracy regarding payment & receipts
  • Provide them SWIFT details to locate their payments
  • Track record of excellent client service in ensuring client’s queries & concern are promptly and satisfactory addressed
  • Monitor communication of the process and handle the mailbox
  • Update brokerage rates as per the system requirement

Education

B.com -

Mumbai University
Mumbai
01.2014

HSC -

Mumbai University
Mumbai
01.2011

SSC -

Mumbai University
Mumbai
01.2011

Skills

  • Managing large datasets
  • Analytical skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Working under pressure
  • Prioritizing tasks
  • Organization
  • Issue identification
  • Driving innovative solutions
  • Stakeholder management
  • Data migration
  • UAT support
  • Vendor management
  • Collaboration
  • Query resolution
  • Process optimization
  • Macro development
  • Task automation

Awards

  • SPOT Award for completing tasks within SLAs.
  • Recognized with multiple commendations from stakeholders and team members for consistently delivering high-quality work, attention to detail, and effective collaboration.
  • Critical Compensation allowance for deep process knowledge.
  • LAUREATE award for successful completion of Project Horizon.
  • Recognition for handling Brexit Migration.
  • Quarterly team award for creating 16000+ unique Ids client on Project Collins.
  • Multiple appreciation received internally for effectively resolving complex issues.

Systemsandplatforms

  • FIA Tech Atlantis
  • ERECS
  • Docs
  • CME group GPS
  • Intellimatch
  • GMI
  • Ransys
  • JIRA
  • KRM
  • Microsoft Office
  • PTM
  • GBS
  • FISS
  • QMS
  • EUREX T7 & C7
  • ICE
  • LCH
  • GRM
  • SDS Portal
  • ESM

Transitionsandprojects

  • Project Collins - Create the unique Ids and verify the payment copies against the clients SSI copies.
  • Listed Derivatives Brokerage migration Project for RANsys to GMI (Horizon).
  • Successfully migrated Account Payables & Account Receivables process from Eclerx to FIS which includes Manual & Electronic Platform to FIS after Horizon Project.
  • Brexit Migration.
  • Merging different Teams i.e Electronic (Atlantis & GPS) & Manual into one Global Team to take care of all queries for Account Payables.

Timeline

Assistant Manager

Barclays
01.2022 - Current

Senior Lead Analyst

FIS
04.2017 - 12.2021

Business Analyst

eClerx
02.2015 - 12.2016

B.com -

Mumbai University

HSC -

Mumbai University

SSC -

Mumbai University

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