Chandra K

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Vice President at Apex Fund Services LLC, Bangalore, India @
Chandra K's Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, India
About Chandra K

- Robust acumen in leading multiple offshore teams across diverse regions as a seasoned professional with 18 years of comprehensive experience in fund accounting, currently serving as a VP at Apex Fund Services LLC. - Proven expertise in transitioning and stabilizing funds from onshore offices to India, driving fund allocations, and ensuring seamless fund transitions. - Demonstrated success in managing the full spectrum of financial operations, from accurate NAV calculations to timely financial reporting. - Resourceful in researching and resolving accounting issues and discrepancies, and recommend solutions. - Unparalleled expertise in conducting cost-benefit analyses and feasibility studies to support decision-making processes while identifying and recommending process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness. - Accomplished leader with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams. Skilled in providing guidance, mentorship, and training to foster a collaborative work environment.

Chandra K's Current Company Details
Apex Fund Services LLC

Apex Fund Services Llc

Vice President at Apex Fund Services LLC, Bangalore, India
Chandra K Work Experience Details
  • Apex Fund Services Llc
    Vice President - Private Equity Fund Accounting
    Apex Fund Services Llc Jul 2020 - Present
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
     I had handled APAC offshore team initially. It was a new team and was actively involved in transitioning and stabilizing the funds from onshore offices to India.  Apart from the regular fund accounting activities, I was also involved in client communication in handling some funds.  Starting March 2022, I started handling multiple offshore teams serving various regions. Driving the transitions of the existing and new funds from Local Offices to India. Involved in Funds Allocation within the teams and monitoring the teams’ training and learning. Creating back ups for the preparers and reviewers. I have worked on accounting applications – Efront, Investran and Paxus. Reviewing and signing off the funds to the Local Office counterparts. Apart from NAV reporting, there are various other deliverables we work on – capital activity, assistance in fund set up, audit queries and requirements, etc. Conducting various periodic sessions – Knowledge sharing sessions, errors discussions sessions, process improvement sessions and general sessions to understand the teams better. Participating in discussions with onshore offices with regards to the funds. Participating in weekly calls with onshore offices to discuss the deliverables statuses. Ensuring that the checklists are duly completed to be compliant with the company’s policies. Maintaining the inventory of SOPs – creating the new ones and updating the existing ones. Strictly monitoring the deliverables so they meet the key KPIs – accuracy and timelines. Participating in KPI calls with Local Offices on monthly basis and discussing various focus points and working on the same towards their completion. Coordinating with HR for recruitment process. Taking care of objectives setting, performance management, training, and development of the teams
  • Statestreet Services India Private Limited
    Assistant Vice President
    Statestreet Services India Private Limited Mar 2019 - Jun 2020
    Hyderabad, Telangana, India
     Lead and manage a team of 30 professionals at various levels including selection / hiring, objective setting, performance management, coaching / development, and training. Driving the transition of the existing funds from onshore to offshore and taking up of the new funds as well. Reviewing and signing off various deliverables include end to end accounting of direct funds and Fund of Funds – cash JE’s and cash reconciliations, quarterly accruals duly supported by proper documentation, valuation bookings, preparation of quarterly / audit workbooks and financial statements along with hypo / unrealized carry, quarterly partners’ capital statements. Review of capital events – capital calls and distributions, management fee, realized carry as applicable. Liaising with investors services team for dissemination of notices – PCAPs, capital event notices, etc Strictly monitoring the deliverables so they meet the key KPIs – accuracy and timeliness. Maintaining the inventory of SOPs – creating the new ones and updating the existing one with the new procedures from time to time Preparing the periodic decks for the service calls with onshore. Conducting the KPIs calls with onshore on monthly basis and discussing various focus points and working on the same towards their completion. Participating in feedback discussions of the team members Coordinating with HR for recruitment process
  • Viteos Fund Services
    Assistant Vice President
    Viteos Fund Services May 2018 - Mar 2019
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
     Handling a team of fund accountants with various designation levels involved in end-to-end financial reporting of the private equity funds – posting journal entries in Geneva – cash and non-cash, Management Fee, Carry calculations, NAV and PCAPs. Preparation of the Financial Statements - quarterly and annually. Drive the monthly and quarterly reporting as per the strict timelines. Daily sign off on cash reconciliations. Preparation of Capital Calls and Distributions calculations, generation and uploading notices to the investors portal which are released by the onshore team to the investors. Signing off on Weekly Flash which acts as a check point for posting of all entries - cash, valuations, expenses. Any exceptions will be notified to the onshore team. Attending weekly calls with the onshore team (client side) and share mutual feedback if any. Training of team members. Participating in feedback discussions of the team members. Coordinating with HR for recruitment purposes.
  • Jpmorgan Chase & Co.
    Manager
    Jpmorgan Chase & Co. Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    Associate (PE Fund Accounting) with the following responsibilities: Handling a team of fund accountants involved in end-to-end financial reporting of the private equity funds – booking of journal entries in Investran – cash and non-cash, preparation of workbooks with various schedules Accruals, Schedule of Investments with cost and valuations details, receivables, payables, Capital Activities details, Unfunded Commitment, Management Fee, Carry calculations, NAV, PCAPs and preparation of the Financial Statements for quarterly and annual audit reporting. Preparation of calculations for Capital Calls and Distributions, generation of notices and uploading the same in CRM to auto-send the notices to the investors. Primary CRM activities include - generating and uploading the capital activities notices, Financial Statements, Partners Capital Statements, SOI letters, etc intended to be sent to the investors. Handling the requests from the investors to reset the passwords for CRM access, updating the wire details, contact details, granting/revoking access, etc. Performing the role of a reviewer for all the deliverables at offshore location. Error tracking and sharing the same with the team members as part of feedback. Ensuring that the controls are strictly followed to facilitate smooth internal and external audits. E.g., adherence to checklists at preparer and reviewer levels to bring in ownership and accountability at the respective levels. Keeping track of certain important metrics which are circulated periodically and ensure that my team’s metrics are in good health. Conducting daily huddle to understand the daily work and the risks there of because of any pending activities. Participating in weekly and quarterly governance calls with onshore. Taking care of training the team members and monitoring their learning constantly. Performance appraisal discussions.
  • Cognizant Technologies Solutions
    Team Manager
    Cognizant Technologies Solutions Jul 2007 - Mar 2016
    Hyderabad, Telangana, India
    Team Manager – PE Fund Accounting - Handling three off-shore teams of PE Fund accountants and delivering services to the New York location of one of a leading Zurich based Investment Bank.Handling Institutional and Retail Funds. Overseeing the work allocation to the teams and completing the deliverables within time. Ensuring two levels of review are done by the offshore team before delivering any deliverable to NY onshore team. Reviewer of deliverables and ensure that the deliverables meet the quality parameters and timelines. Ensure that the Legal Entities and their respective deals are correctly set up in the applications. Booking commitments of the deals in Investran and posting the same. Preparation of Capital Call and Distribution analysis and notices. Booking and Posting of Journal Entries of cash and non-cash nature. Preparation of Management Fee Calculations  Reviewing Weekly Cash Report to update Cash position of the Legal Entities to the Clients. Ensure various track sheets are updated for tracking the deliverables on a daily basis.  Preparation of Quarterly NAVs for private equity funds. Financial Statements include – Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Bank Reconciliation Statement, Accrued Expenses, Investor Contributions and Distributions Report, NAV Calculation, Payables and Receivables Report, Investor Unfunded Commitment, Investments Unfunded Commitment, Unrealized and realized Carry Calculations, preparing investors’ PCAPs, etc. Performed UAT testing and assisted the testing team in their work by helping them understand the test cases, end user requirements, etc. Represented offshore team of 50 members to deal with the Audit Open Items from KPMG during audit time. Application used was Investran.Team handling responsibilities: Training the teams Conducting daily huddles and attending the governance calls with clients.  Participating in the performance appraisals of the teams periodically.

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Chandra K's current role is Vice President at Apex Fund Services LLC, Bangalore, India.

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Chandra K attended Institute Of Public Enterprise.

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