Swamesh Walke

Finance Analyst for Investment Banking Operations

Pune,MH

Summary

A dynamic and ethical professional looking at benefiting the organization by adding value through learning. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Ability to accomplish deliverables in busy and fast-paced environments. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Work History

Senior Finance Analyst

eClerx Services Ltd

8 2020 - 6 2022

Trade Tips matching booked by front office against Terms sheets for OTC Equity Options
Liaising with desk support and front desk trader for daily trade booking if any breaks
Providing support to the front office for ticker setup in Bloomberg terminal for new deals, Trade migrations between systems, and Client UITI id
Retrieving rates for Market Linked Instruments
Passing Manual and System generated accounting entries for trade settlements - Client and Counterparty premiums in Systematics
Passing General ledger and Contingent account entries
Updating mark to market values
To Process within MAS and HKMA regulatory reporting guidelines for HK and SG dealers in the T+1 and T+2 timeline and adhere to Contract Note Rules within the bank, client, and regulatory authorities
To prepare Trade lifecycle Client Advice and ISDA agreement as a Cover letter when required for New Deals
Exercised, Unwound, physically settled trades
Prepare counterparty confirmations on an Adhoc basis
Data validation with client-provided system extracts, handling exception cases in SSI's, KYC using static data or internal investigation by reaching respective team
Global MIS reporting for higher management & Management Control Assessment
Preparation of reports on excel, MS Access, and bank portals
Nostro reconciliation of Client and Counterparty ledger entries and Proofing of GL vs System
Identifying breaks in payment and rectifying by passing necessary credit/debit entries
Uploading MTM rates in DTCC US for Treasury Options and reporting.

Senior Process Executive

Cognizant Technology Solutions

2 2018 - 8 2020

Global Brokerage Operations in Accounts Payable for HSBC Bank, Plc
OTC products
Invoice trade level reconciliation using Trade booking platform export data and trades from Brokerage firms
Invoices are billed from EU, APAC, and EMEA to the bank and Operations to resolve any breaks related to post-trade settlement brokerage fees, and reconciliation of broker rates as per ccy and OTC product
To advise business analysts within the team on automation of internal reconciliation tools comprising - RSQL and Merit Soft - a fee billing utility
Preparing monthly Statement of Account for GFI Brokers Ltd and preparing decks for outstanding amounts
MIS Reports for internal and external review
Voucher preparation for brokers with an investigation of SSI, KYC, and maintaining settlement advice generation on payment completion
Brokerage manual calculation with MIFID II agreements between bank and broker
Training recruits in transition from HSBC Manila to CTS, Pune.

Senior Finance Analyst

Northern Trust

6 2022 - 10.2023

Trade capturing in custody operations process for Investment management firms using trade ticket, swift details and trade blotter
End to End processing for trade events such as unwind, reset, reconciliation, nostro matching
Exception management for internal and external NAV queries by liaising with front desk and internal counterparts
Posting Accounting entries for cash, nostro and trade matching
Fulfilling setups requests of ticker, BIC code for brokers, new onboarded clients for internal systems.

Education

Master's in Business Administration - Banking and Finance -

NMIMS, CDOE, Mumbai

Bachelor's degree in Commerce - undefined

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Skills

Over 5 years of experience in Capital Market Operations Expertise in reconciliation for Trade and Cash using DUCO, MS excel and system extracts

Trade capture for Custody Operations for OTC products, Post-trade Settlement, and Exception Management

TLM reconciliation for Nostro - Cash and trade position

A sound knowledge on the working and trade life cycle of OTC products such as Interest rate derivatives, Total return swap, Options and Credit default Swaps

Liaising with investment managers and middle office for exception management and queries pertaining to alleged trades by counterparty

Posting of Accounting journal entries for ledgers to tally with cash and trade

CCP and Bilateral trade events processing

Timeline

Senior Finance Analyst

eClerx Services Ltd

8 2020 - 6 2022

Senior Process Executive

Cognizant Technology Solutions

2 2018 - 8 2020

Senior Finance Analyst

Northern Trust

6 2022 - 10.2023

Master's in Business Administration - Banking and Finance -

NMIMS, CDOE, Mumbai

Bachelor's degree in Commerce - undefined

Savitribai Phule Pune University