Vishal Sonigra
Mumbai
Summary
Investment Operations professional with 9+ years of experience across Corporate Actions, Cash & Position Reconciliation, and Middle-Office Operations within global financial institutions. Currently working at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Actions Associate, managing the end-to-end corporate actions lifecycle using BlackRock Aladdin. Strong expertise in break investigation, entitlement validation, stakeholder coordination, operational controls, and process improvement.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification
Work History
Corporate Actions Associate
Morgan Stanley
Mumbai
06.2025 - Current
- Manage end-to-end corporate actions lifecycle across global markets, covering mandatory and voluntary events
- Process, validate, and reconcile corporate action announcements, elections, and entitlements using BlackRock Aladdin
- Investigate and resolve corporate action-related breaks and discrepancies
- Coordinate with custodians, brokers, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate processing
- Ensure adherence to SLAs, internal controls, and operational risk standards
Analyst, Investment Operations
BlackRock
Mumbai
05.2022 - 05.2025
- Performed daily cash and position reconciliation across Fixed Income, Derivatives, and CLO securities
- Managed 300+ daily breaks, identifying root causes using multiple Aladdin applications
- Conducted 3-way reconciliation between internal accounting systems, custodians, and investment managers
- Resolved 100+ complex aged breaks, particularly in CLO securities, ensuring sustained reduction in breaks
- Partnered with RPA and technology teams to enhance automation, macros, and process efficiency
- Trained new joiners and contributed to strengthening operational controls
Associate, Investment Operations
BNP Paribas Securities Services
Mumbai
10.2018 - 04.2022
- Maintained and reconciled client cash accounts and investigated cash breaks
- Coordinated with clients, custodians, and internal teams for timely break resolution
- Issued FX and payment instructions to custodians on behalf of clients
- Updated procedures, controls, and process documentation
- Key contributor to Dual Office model setup, including training and transition support
Customer Service Associate
Tech Mahindra Business Services
10.2017 - 10.2018
- Provided client support for an Ireland-based telecom client via email and calls
- Trained team members and created standardized communication templates
Customer Service Executive
Epicenter Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
06.2016 - 10.2017
- Supported pre-sales activities for Tata Housing Real Estate projects
Education
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) -
St. Andrew’s College
MumbaiSkills
- Corporate actions (mandatory and voluntary)
- Corporate actions lifecycle
- Cash and position reconciliation
- Break investigation and resolution
- BlackRock Aladdin
- Intellimatch
- HiPort
- PAM
- Custodian and broker interaction
- Operational risk and controls
- Exception management
- Process documentation
- Stakeholder management
- Investment operations
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
Certification
- Agile Scrum Essentials
- Excel VBA
- Jira Project Management
- Programming Fundamentals
- MySQL Basics
- UiPath (Intro)
Accomplishments
Awarded Best Performer, Champion of the Month multiple times. Recognized for resolving complex aged breaks, and improving operational controls.
Timeline
Corporate Actions Associate
Morgan Stanley
06.2025 - Current
Analyst, Investment Operations
BlackRock
05.2022 - 05.2025
Associate, Investment Operations
BNP Paribas Securities Services
10.2018 - 04.2022
Customer Service Associate
Tech Mahindra Business Services
10.2017 - 10.2018
Customer Service Executive
Epicenter Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
06.2016 - 10.2017
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) -
St. Andrew’s College