Regulatory Issue Quality Assurance Specialist Citi Operations (Global)- Part of the Regulatory Issues Quality Assurance team responsible for performing Quality review of high severity issues and regulatory milestones associated with the Comtroller of Currency (OCC).- Conduct Quality Assurance of enterprise wide issues and consent order milestones across Global operations ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and remediation efforts.- Collaborate with cross function… Show more Regulatory Issue Quality Assurance Specialist Citi Operations (Global)- Part of the Regulatory Issues Quality Assurance team responsible for performing Quality review of high severity issues and regulatory milestones associated with the Comtroller of Currency (OCC).- Conduct Quality Assurance of enterprise wide issues and consent order milestones across Global operations ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and remediation efforts.- Collaborate with cross function teams to ensure regulatory compliance and mitigate risks within operations teams globally. Show less

Managing Fund Accounting, Performance analysis and Investor Reporting for leading Citi clients out of GPC, Gurgaon

Responsible for middle management processes of Pimco Asset Management Company. Pimco is one of the biggest and best asset management company in the world with AUM of $1357 billion. Pimco started operations in the year 1971 as a subsidiary of Allianz Limited and has head quarter at Long Beach California.Syntel State Services Private Limited service the operations of Pimco through State Street Investment Services Private Limited.I handle the entire middle office portfolio of products as… Show more Responsible for middle management processes of Pimco Asset Management Company. Pimco is one of the biggest and best asset management company in the world with AUM of $1357 billion. Pimco started operations in the year 1971 as a subsidiary of Allianz Limited and has head quarter at Long Beach California.Syntel State Services Private Limited service the operations of Pimco through State Street Investment Services Private Limited.I handle the entire middle office portfolio of products as give below:Global Trade SettlementsCorporate ActionsPerformance & AnalyticsOperations SupportAsset MaintenanceI managed a span of about 135 employees.My job responsibilities included day to day operations management, SLA adherence, profit margins control, BCP and risk controls implementation, client laisioning and looking for opportunities for FTE augmentation at offsite. Show less

Responsibilities:Processing of client transactions as a global custodian bankproviding 24*6 days coverage in major financial markets.Fund Transfer through SWIFT messages (103,202,210 and free format)Trade Processing through ETD, RIGHT FAX (Manual) and E-mail instructionsTrade settlement Monitoring and 'Fail Trade' InvestigationRepatriation after TradeProcessing Foreign Exchange Deals for all major currenciesForeign Exchange Deals for pre-funding markets (like… Show more Responsibilities:Processing of client transactions as a global custodian bankproviding 24*6 days coverage in major financial markets.Fund Transfer through SWIFT messages (103,202,210 and free format)Trade Processing through ETD, RIGHT FAX (Manual) and E-mail instructionsTrade settlement Monitoring and 'Fail Trade' InvestigationRepatriation after TradeProcessing Foreign Exchange Deals for all major currenciesForeign Exchange Deals for pre-funding markets (like Taiwan) Interaction with Client Services Representatives in Europe and the US and Custody bank operations departments to analyze and resolve queries such as trade settlements, clean cash Payments/receipts, Fixed Deposit and Forex.Facilitating the reporting of key information to Senior Management in Syntel and State Street about the downstream processes providing appropriate remarks and explanation. Client:Effectively manage client expectations by aligning the corporate goals with the targets given by the customer.People: Effective monitoring of the performance of the managers vis a vis the tasks assigned to them and the compliance to the same.BCP and Infosec:Monitoring the BCP preparedness and ISMS awareness of the team and to take corrective actions including trainings wherever required.AuditsManaging the internal and external audits and to keep senior management aware about the progress of the same.Identification of areas for improvement in the process and suggest for lean ideas implementation. Show less

2 years and 4 months)Managed a 95 FTE hedge fund accounting process and the responsibilities included daily cash/position reconciliation/trade processing/funds conversions/financial reporting for one of the largest global hedge fund administrators worldwide. Role and responsibilities include client engagement, operations management, internal audit, MIS preparation, ISMS Implementation, BCP DR implementation, people management, P&L responsibilities, quality initiatives and opportunities… Show more 2 years and 4 months)Managed a 95 FTE hedge fund accounting process and the responsibilities included daily cash/position reconciliation/trade processing/funds conversions/financial reporting for one of the largest global hedge fund administrators worldwide. Role and responsibilities include client engagement, operations management, internal audit, MIS preparation, ISMS Implementation, BCP DR implementation, people management, P&L responsibilities, quality initiatives and opportunities identification with onshore sales team.Key ContributionsAugmentation in the team size of offshore Blackrock Hedge Fund Reconciliation Operations team.Productivity gain of 20% on YOY basis on FR process to client due to continuous automation initiatives taken and resultant decrease in time taken for activities.Improvement in client ratings from satisfactory to more than satisfactory in two quarters time due to optimum work allocation, continuous qualitative improvement in benchmarks. Successfully implemented the SAS 70 certification for asset admin team in Mumbai and got appreciation from SBU head for the same.Received dream team award at corporate level in the year of 2008 and 2009 for best performance on overall basis.Implementation of robust review mechanism in all the fund accounting processes for error free end delivery to the client. Show less

Was responsible for handling of Trade Operations for CEE and CEEMEA region countries with overall responsibility of daily transactions processing, coordination of internal and external audits, BCP and MIS activities.Key Contributions: Excellent customer feedback received from Citibank Israel for exceptional delivery standards.Member of the core migration team which transitioned the first international assignment from Citibank New York to Eserve Mumbai.Conferred… Show more Was responsible for handling of Trade Operations for CEE and CEEMEA region countries with overall responsibility of daily transactions processing, coordination of internal and external audits, BCP and MIS activities.Key Contributions: Excellent customer feedback received from Citibank Israel for exceptional delivery standards.Member of the core migration team which transitioned the first international assignment from Citibank New York to Eserve Mumbai.Conferred the designation of trade expert in International Trade Ops due to in-depth process knowledge in bank to bank reimbursement process.Implemented BS25999 standard of BCP in International Trade Ops, Mumbai. Key member of the internal taskforce created in International Trade Ops for implementation of UCP 600 standard. Show less

Job Profile Included checking of the integrity of the data recording in IDMS by the settlements department, comparison of call borrowing and lending rates used by the company with the prevailing market rates and keeping a control on the transactions.This helped in keeping the transactions like call borrowing, sale and purchase of securities, call lending, underwriting well under the limits prescribed by the board of directors.