Vallal Kumar
Reporting Professional
Bengaluru
Summary
A highly driven and results-oriented finance professional with a decade of experience in the financial services sector. Proficient in trade processing, pricing, reconciliation, NAV calculation, audit, and compliance. Committed to contributing expertise to foster company growth while continuously enhancing skills in an ever-evolving financial landscape. Adaptable, innovative, and dedicated to achieving excellence through strategic problem-solving and continuous learning.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate - Reporting Professional III
Swiss Re Global Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru, India
07.2022 - Current
- Review and sign off financials for group external reporting.
- Review and sign off investment data, working closely with Group Investment Reporting to resolve issues.
- Perform consistency checks and data quality completeness reviews.
- Address and resolve data quality issues in data workflow.
- Identify, review, and analyze the root cause of validation errors.
- Act on and resolve occurring errors by liaising with respective teams and stakeholders.
- Serve as a point of contact for group external reporting and audit-related queries.
- Understand and challenge the full scope of systems, interfaces, and dependencies that lead to final results.
- Apply standard evidence to meet control requirements.
- Perform investment analysis, DFI analytics, and operating expense analysis.
- Conduct year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter movement analysis for investments and operating expenses.
- Prepare legal entity analytics packs and presentation decks for CFO briefings.
Technical Coordinator | Depositary Operations
Northern Operating Services Limited
Bengaluru, India
05.2019 - 07.2022
- Perform regulatory checks on UCITS and AIFMD funds to ensure investor interests are protected.
- Monitor daily cash flow, cash reconciliation, collateral checks, and instruct unit dealing transactions.
- Ensure adherence to regulatory rules, investment guidelines, and prospectus objectives; escalate exceptions.
- Oversight of fund accounting and transfer agency activities, including daily NAV stroke.
- Liaise with fund accounting and transfer agency regarding daily trades, income accruals, derivatives, FX, and WHT discrepancies.
- Reconcile stock, FX, cash, and income with fund accounting and custody.
- Create distribution, fees, and expense instructions for payment processing.
- Onboard new activities from the UK to the Bangalore team.
- Train new employees and provide refresher sessions to existing team members.
Senior Financial Analyst/ Financial Analyst
Northern Operating Service Limited
Bengaluru, India
10.2011 - 04.2019
- Managed cash-related activities for clients investments in private equity.
- Initiated and released outgoing wires/cash movements for private equity investments.
- Recorded contributions and distributions as per accounting standards.
- Adjusted current and market value of client portfolios based on fund statements.
- Reconciled client books with fund statements, resolving discrepancies.
- Coordinated with general partners, investment managers, and account administrators for trade details and special procedures.
- Conducted process training for new hires and periodic refresher sessions for existing employees.
- Implemented prioritization models to manage seasonal spikes and ensure SLA compliance.
- Managed a cluster of five team members, overseeing workload allocation, queue management, and volume sharing.
- Handled complex queries and provided training on them to team members.
- Took actions on risk control measures and daily process reports.
- Prepared daily and monthly MIS reports for the team.
Education
MBA - Finance
Sikkim Manipal University
Karnataka 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
St. Joseph’s College of Commerce
Bengaluru, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Positive Interpersonal Skills
Collaborative Teamwork
Microsoft Office Proficiency
Highly Adaptable
Graphic designing and editing
Adobe
Power BI
Timeline
Associate - Reporting Professional III
Swiss Re Global Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd
07.2022 - Current
Technical Coordinator | Depositary Operations
Northern Operating Services Limited
05.2019 - 07.2022
Senior Financial Analyst/ Financial Analyst
Northern Operating Service Limited
10.2011 - 04.2019
MBA - Finance
Sikkim Manipal University
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
St. Joseph’s College of Commerce
04.2001 -