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VENKATA TEJA PALEPU

SME-Process Specialist Data
HYDERABAD,TG

Summary

Results-driven SME Process Specialist with expertise in financial analysis and performance metrics at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Proven track record in optimizing fund accounting processes and enhancing cash reconciliation accuracy. Adept at management fee calculation and benchmarking analysis, while fostering strong client relationships through effective communication and problem-solving skills.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

SME Process Specialist - Data

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
08.2024 - Current

Calculation of GP Realized Carry and Waterfall as per respective fund LPA's base.

Calculation of Management Fee for Fixed and Step-Down method. Preparation of Distributions Template to LP and GP.

Calculation of Quarterly NAV for Funds and SPVs.

Preparation of Monthly, Qtr. Reports based on fund specifications, preparation of LP capital call for expenses, M-fee, and investment purposes, and coordination with other team members for various cash movements, valuations, etc.
Supporting external auditors when they require any reports from the fund side, passing and posting all fund-related entries, along with fixed and variable expenses, and preparing work papers for better investment decisions by investors, as well as preparing financial statements during the audit period.

Calculation of IRR at all levels (fund level, series level, deal level, and holdings level).

Preparing the report with benchmarking analysis and submit market equivalent indices comparison using market data.

Calculation of different performance metrics in all the level-DPI,TVPI,RVPI and IRR and preparing the reports based on client requirement on both adhoc and standard basis.


Senior Operations Analyst

Citco Fund Services
08.2021 - 06.2024

Booking GLs for the non-trades, such as interest, commissions, transfers, and clearing them on a priority basis.

Working with high-complexity clients and delivering quality recommendations on a timely basis.

Performing the reconciliation of cash and the position of various financial products: equity, derivatives, swaps, options, futures, hedge funds, and fixed income.

• Checking for FX confirmations, settlements, foreign currency loans, and foreign currency term deposits.

Checking the SWIFT feed status in TLM to start the daily recon. Ensuring that no feeds are struck in error, which requires operator intervention to clear.

• Validation of internal (Aexeo) and external (Custody) cash and position feeds, and investigation of stale feeds. Clearing of trial differences by checking the broker statements and Aexeo feeds. Ensure researching all exceptional breaks and resolving them to match custodian and IM records.

To ensure we meet client deadlines, such as daily, weekly, and monthly audit packets, and prepare ad-hoc reports upon client request.

Preparation and review of month-end sign-off on a monthly basis, and provided to the CSD team.

• Performing transaction postings on the Mainframe and reviewing and auditing cash flows posted in IM and custodian records. Managing the business relationship between the organization and its targeted clients.

Coordinating with various custodians, like BNY Mellon, HSBC, State Street, etc. For high-aged breaks.

Senior Research Analyst

State Street HCL Services India Pvt Ltd
12.2018 - 02.2021

Trade support with the end client as per SLAs, and interact with the custody team to clear the breaks on a daily basis.

Settling and reconciling the corporate actions using an application of MCH (Multi-Currency Horizon).

Following up on aged breaks with the onshore team to create an offset entry to resolve the breaks.

Processing journals as per client request (settling, cancellation, and booking the trades).

Managing end-to-end deliverables of the project, team handling client requests, and queries and doing a quality check for new joiners' production. And sending SOD, EOD reports, aging analysis, and hyper care reports to end clients.

Monitoring the process and queues, ensuring to meet the daily and hourly cut-offs as per SLAs.

Researching the trade rejects and assigning the breaks to the concerned functional teams.

Updating statistics and metrics of all tasks, resource utilization, and providing it to the management.

Using the E-Horizon application, Bloomberg, MCH, and IMT to identify and resolve the breaks.

Providing training to the team members and developing the team's achievements.

Education

MBA - Finance

SIDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMNET
Hyderabad, India
04.2001 -

CA IPCC With Article Ship Training - Accounting And Finance

ICAI
New Delhi, India
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - General Studies

Acharya Nagarjuna University CDE
Guntur, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Performance metrics

Software

Investran Accounting

Advance Excel

Bloomberg

Aexeo

MCH

TLM

Timeline

SME Process Specialist - Data

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
08.2024 - Current

Senior Operations Analyst

Citco Fund Services
08.2021 - 06.2024

Senior Research Analyst

State Street HCL Services India Pvt Ltd
12.2018 - 02.2021

MBA - Finance

SIDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMNET
04.2001 -

CA IPCC With Article Ship Training - Accounting And Finance

ICAI
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - General Studies

Acharya Nagarjuna University CDE
04.2001 -
VENKATA TEJA PALEPUSME-Process Specialist Data