Swarup Maharana
Summary
- Over seven years of experience with Investment Banking operation domain both transaction services and fund accounting in the fields of Trade/Cash/Derivatives/Position Reconciliation in Mutual fund, Hedge Fund, corporate action and OTC derivative products.
- Completed three migration processes and one automation project with successful implementation in process.
- Strong analytical skills supporting business operations through analysis of key performance indicators.
Overview
3
3
Languages
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Coach- Trade/Position/ Blotter Reconciliation
Hexaware Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Pune
08.2024 - Current
- Reconciling custody and accounting trade info via blotter file and booking missing trades on the accounting side.
- Working on non STP trades (Equity, fixed income and Bond)
- Review various investments including long/short equity trades, bonds, options and futures.
- Developed solutions for recurring issues through root cause analysis, improving process reliability.
- Monitoring overall functioning of process ensuring compliance to the agreed SLA
- Trained and mentored junior analysts, improving team skills and overall performance.
- Updated standard operating procedures to ensure compliance and clarity in processes..
- Utilise Bloomberg to research securities trade prices (BXT, SXT, HCPI, DES, CPD and FLDS DIM).
- Communicated with CSG to resolve issues efficiently and strengthen relationships.
- Updated standard operating procedures to ensure compliance and clarity in processes.
- Coordinated with IT departments to maintain and upgrade analytical tools and infrastructure.
- Ensured compliance with data protection regulations during all stages of data handling and analysis.
Senior Analyst- Cash Reconciliation
Hexaware Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Pune
11.2021 - 08.2024
- Reviewing and Validating the cash transactions with custody vs accounting and broker statements of all trading activities accurately and escalated the issues to respective departments within deadlines.
- Monitored cashflows and money movement, updating beginning and ending balances to ensure accuracy in financial reporting.
- Reconciliation of Cash/Derivatives transactions received from statements in different emails and investigating them in various stages and resolving the issue by using BBH applications with a complete root cause analysis.
- Performing Hedging activity (Reconciliation of Hedge Funds) by using macro as well as manually and tying the transactions with hedge funds and main funds.
- Transferred cash transactions between master fund and feeder funds using manual methods and macro tools.
- Collaborated in Break Resolving Team to identify and resolve discrepancies in financial transactions, enhancing accuracy and reliability.
- Coordinated with onshore team and Prime Brokers via phone and email to efficiently resolve fund and break queries.
- Reviewing and posting manual journal entries related to interest, commission, dividend, trades, swap and principal amount in accounting from received emails and broker statements.
- Meet or exceed all deadlines given as per Service-level agreement (SLA)
Senior Analyst- Trade/Cash/Position/Blotter Reconciliation
State Street Syntel Service Pvt.Ltd
Pune
07.2018 - 11.2021
- Identified potential transaction breaks and conducted thorough root cause analysis.
- Reviewed and authorised manual postings and external IMT queries, ensuring accuracy of tasks allocated to processors.
- Reporting to management for Trade count report, error count report, query log report and team attendance report.
- Resolved queries raised by team members and maintained a query log.
- Provided work allocation and guidance to lower-level peers while reviewing and approving activities.
- Trained new joiners on existing processes and reviewed and updated SOPs regularly.
Analyst- Trade/Cash/Position/Blotter Reconciliation
State Street Syntel Service Pvt.Ltd
Pune
05.2016 - 07.2018
- Reconciled trade and cash/derivative transactions from multiple blotters via email, investigating issues across various stages and resolving them using State Street applications, completing thorough root cause analysis.
- Handled daily processing, booking, and settlement of equity and fixed income trades received via different emails and blotter files.
- Identified duplicate and cancellation trades, rebooking transactions entered with incorrect details.
- Coordinated with diverse clients and funds to manage multiple deadlines, addressing client queries promptly within set timelines.
- Completed all tasks in accordance with the service-level agreement (SLA).
Education
Master in Business Administration - Finance
Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Odisha01-2012
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
Utkal University
Odisha01-2010
Skills
- Trade Reconciliation
- Bloomberg
- Data Analysis
- Advanced excel
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Process Optimisation
- Transaction Monitoring
- Quality Assurance
- Training and mentorship
- Team Leadership
- Client communication
- Time Management
- Multi-tasking capability
- MS Word
- MS PowerPoint
Certification
- Business Intelligence certified
Accomplishments
- Star Achiever of the Month : Honored by senior management for extraordinary performance, including December 2024 for exceptional project contributions.
- Syntel Champ Award: Received corporate-level recognition for outstanding individual performance and project contributions.
- Titan of the Month (2x): Awarded twice (2017, 2018) for driving operational excellence and exceeding team benchmarks.
- Syntel Values Award (2x): Honored consecutive times (2019, 2020) for demonstrating core organizational values and integrity.
- Star Achiever of the Month: Recognized by senior leadership for exceptional monthly deliverables and project execution.
- Spot Recognition (7x): Secured seven separate performance awards from senior management for real-time problem solving.
- Client Appreciations: Commended multiple times by international clients for high-quality service delivery and client satisfaction.
Languages
English
Hindi
Odia
Personal Information
Passport Number: N5159623
Timeline
Team Coach- Trade/Position/ Blotter Reconciliation
Hexaware Technologies Pvt. Ltd
08.2024 - Current
Senior Analyst- Cash Reconciliation
Hexaware Technologies Pvt. Ltd
11.2021 - 08.2024
Senior Analyst- Trade/Cash/Position/Blotter Reconciliation
State Street Syntel Service Pvt.Ltd
07.2018 - 11.2021
Analyst- Trade/Cash/Position/Blotter Reconciliation
State Street Syntel Service Pvt.Ltd
05.2016 - 07.2018
Master in Business Administration - Finance
Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
Utkal University