Nilanj Desai Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

- Complete oversight of the Operations team consisting of 3 people and reporting in to the Director(s) directly.- Managing funding line covenants to make sure business interests are aligned thereby maximizing profits.- Delivered internal MIS and attribution reporting to external stakeholders.

Mayfair, London

- Complete oversight of entire Operations team reporting in to CEO.- Supervise and monitor team performance and where necessary assist in daily reconciliation of transactions between prime brokers, fund administrator, custodian accounts, swap counterparties.- Monitor and process corporate actions, prepare dividend reconciliation and resolve open payables/receivables.- Understand and minimize risk associated with breaks.- Review daily profit and loss, analyse and review all… Show more - Complete oversight of entire Operations team reporting in to CEO.- Supervise and monitor team performance and where necessary assist in daily reconciliation of transactions between prime brokers, fund administrator, custodian accounts, swap counterparties.- Monitor and process corporate actions, prepare dividend reconciliation and resolve open payables/receivables.- Understand and minimize risk associated with breaks.- Review daily profit and loss, analyse and review all market to market changes and pricing variances.- Assisting fund administrators and accounting to review and finalize net asset valuation for all funds. Also providing support in preparation and distribution of weekly and monthly performance reports to investors. Show less

London, United Kingdom

- Oversight of middle office, reporting to CEO.- Tracking of subscriptions and redemptions- Preparation of daily fund performance after close, including valuation of portfolio, P&L review for internal distribution and weekly estimates for external distribution.- Preparation of daily, monthly, quarterly performance and attribution reporting to be distributed to both internal and external distribution.- Preparation of transaction level monthly reporting and trending for metrics… Show more - Oversight of middle office, reporting to CEO.- Tracking of subscriptions and redemptions- Preparation of daily fund performance after close, including valuation of portfolio, P&L review for internal distribution and weekly estimates for external distribution.- Preparation of daily, monthly, quarterly performance and attribution reporting to be distributed to both internal and external distribution.- Preparation of transaction level monthly reporting and trending for metrics reporting.- Liaison with various stakeholders for timely and accurate completion of daily tasks. Show less

Mayfair, London

- Special focus on development of Risk-Return Matrix for all the assets managed by the firm. Report consisting of asset wise returns and highlighting any lapse of control based on in-house risk policy.- Alignment of different system generated reports in to a single format to produce MIS for CEO.- Understanding the upgrade requirement of current system and talking to potential vendors for either an upgrade and/or a new bespoke system.- Working on a Dubai Hotel Management Project… Show more - Special focus on development of Risk-Return Matrix for all the assets managed by the firm. Report consisting of asset wise returns and highlighting any lapse of control based on in-house risk policy.- Alignment of different system generated reports in to a single format to produce MIS for CEO.- Understanding the upgrade requirement of current system and talking to potential vendors for either an upgrade and/or a new bespoke system.- Working on a Dubai Hotel Management Project. Looking at financial life-cycle of this transaction. Show less

London, United Kingdom

- Monitor and control exposure movements of each Major Financial Institutions (MFI) client and report any large variations with recommendation to amend existing limits. Changes to limits and exposures thresholds are arrived at via numerous data reports. A quarterly review, based on this data is done on all MFI clients with a PowerPoint presentation to Sr. Management where all changes are approved/modified, as appropriate.- Perform trade approval on all trades received via “hotline”. Use… Show more - Monitor and control exposure movements of each Major Financial Institutions (MFI) client and report any large variations with recommendation to amend existing limits. Changes to limits and exposures thresholds are arrived at via numerous data reports. A quarterly review, based on this data is done on all MFI clients with a PowerPoint presentation to Sr. Management where all changes are approved/modified, as appropriate.- Perform trade approval on all trades received via “hotline”. Use appropriate exposure measures like Peak Exposure (PE), Derivative Risk Equivalent (DRE) and Potential Future Exposure (PFE) to ascertain authority for approval of these trades. Ensuring correct Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) at all times and making sure all wrong-way trades go through proper authority channels prior to giving approval.- Team Leader for EMEA (FI) team with special focus on MFIs. Managing 4 team members with experience ranging from 2 to 18 years. Doing regular business analysis to identify issues and to enhance Controls and Productivity.- Continuously liaise with Sr. Management for control driven projects, monitoring and escalating overages and assisting them with Client Reviews using strategic reporting techniques. Process re-engineering of mass update function, using Advanced Excel skills, cut handling time by 60%.- Researched and implemented the Credit Appetite Limit (CAL) project. A Change Management Project that involved sign-off from various stakeholders; lines of business, policy and technology. A global project to move from current state of limit based buffer i.e. Unallocated Family Guidance Line (UFGL) to a target operating model of exposure based buffer i.e. CAL. Involved in Credit Infrastructure Transformation of approval recording system. Part of designing, implementation and testing (usability and regression) the viability of new system. This was a global project to move from a legacy system to a strategic one. Show less

Mumbai Area, India

- Managing 9 team members, single largest team in GCRMO Mumbai. Developing team with the help of regular 1-2-1’s and structured objective setting. Adopting various team motivation techniques to keep the team interested in their role and thereby enhancing efficiencies. - SME for migration of GCRMO team to Bangalore. Trained 10 new members and ensured seamless migration, from Mumbai to Bangalore- Migrated and automated the Key Credit Indicator (KCI) function resulting in a saving 14… Show more - Managing 9 team members, single largest team in GCRMO Mumbai. Developing team with the help of regular 1-2-1’s and structured objective setting. Adopting various team motivation techniques to keep the team interested in their role and thereby enhancing efficiencies. - SME for migration of GCRMO team to Bangalore. Trained 10 new members and ensured seamless migration, from Mumbai to Bangalore- Migrated and automated the Key Credit Indicator (KCI) function resulting in a saving 14 man-hours per quarter. All reports sent to various internal clients were driven out of excel. KCI was a strategic solution which provided enhanced controls and automation of various reports.- Involved in end-to-end migration of Rules Based Risk Management project. A pilot project for the EMEA team then moving global due to its success.- Won various awards at individual and team level for exceptional leadership qualities and consistent team results. Awards won at both, department and organization level displaying individual and team strength. Show less

Mumbai Area, India

- Member of credit analysis team.- Credit analysis of individual mortgage clients. Involved in verifying credit worthiness of clients, analyzing legal documents and responsible for final disbursement. Also involved in post disbursement follow-ups like managing payments and follow-up on any queries.- Involved in credit appraisal, documentation and marketing to high net worth individuals.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance, Second

Activities and Societies: Debate, drama and sports. Accounting & Finance

Secondary School, General Studies, First

Activities and Societies: Sports and Event co-ordinator. Debate team, Presentations