Academia
Master of Commerce (M.Com) from Saurashtra university, Gujarat
Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) from Saurashtra University, Gujarat
12th from GSEB
10th from GSEB
Certifications
Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from International Scrum Institute
Scrum Master (CSM) from International Scrum Institute
Certification In Computing from IGNOU
Computer operator cum programming assistant –from ITI
Advance E-commerce – from ITI
Agile Level – I (Syntel Internal)
Technical Skills
Design Tool : MS Visio professional
Language : HTML, DHTML, VB
Office Package : MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
Application Used: SAPR/3, MCH, Investier, Investran, Geneva, Onbase, TEAM.
Professional Experience
November 2012-Till date
Syntel Ltd
Team Leader
Job profile:
Responsible for define team goals, day to day operation for hedge fund accounting including production planning, daily work allocation and SLA target management.
Hands on experience in portfolio and fund accounting activities including trade processing, security master setup, subscription and redemptions (capital activity), cash recon, asset recon, dividend recon, trade recon, monthly expense budget, expense accrual posting, management /performance fees calculation, security pricing and NAV generation.
Reporting with portfolio package including trial balance, balance sheet, P&L, and other portfolio ledger reports.
Responsible for internal and external audit due diligence, query resolution and procedure documentation.
Scheduled client calls to understand business requirement, get in touch with BU teams to discuss team progress/milestones and hurdle.
Conducted monthly/yearly performance review/appraisal of team members.
Designed excel based macros to automate the process steps in order to increase efficiency and streamline the process.
Developed product knowledge test tool, to have automated (paperless) and transparent evolution of individual’s product knowledge.
Prepared BRD and FSD with help of senior Business Analyst.
Provided feed information, KB, static data information, Security Master Setup information to development team.
Provided support to development team for different account setup and matching rules.
Performed UAT testing for sample account and provide feedback to BU/development team.
Project Experience as Business Analyst
STAR Recon Application:
Prepared project plan, participant in kick of meeting and gathered high/low level project requirement form BU.
Prepared BRD and FSD with help of senior Business Analyst.
Provided feed information, KB, static data information, Security Master Setup information to development team.
Provided support to development team for different account setup and matching rules.
Performed UAT testing for sample account and provide feedback to BU/development team.
Onsite Project Transition Experience
Project LOB : Reconciliation : Boston (U.S) – 2007
Project LOB : Trade processing : Edinburgh (U.K) -2010
Project LOB : Trade settlements : California (U.S.) -2011
Project LOB : Fund accounting :Philadelphia (U.S)- 2012
Key Achievements
Certified by LEAN Silver certificate
Won Syntel value award “Smart”
Won Syntel value award “Speed”
Won Syntel value award “Stretch”
May 2007-October 2012
State Street Syntel Services Pvt Ltd
Team Leader
Led reconciliation, trade processing and settlements team for mutual fund and derivatives.
Interacted with the client/custodian/brokers in order to have faster resolution of high value reconciliation breaks, and fail trades.
Performed gap analysis for different recon clients, identified common activity/function and merged the teams for FTE gain.
Bridged knowledge gap of team by sophisticated training plan and evaluate in order to increase TAT for resolution of recon breaks/settlement query resolution.
Created different excel based macros to automate the process steps to increase timeliness and accuracy and same has been identified as LEAN projects.
Scheduled client calls, discuss open action items/hurdle/challenges and provided effective business solution.
Conducted Performance review and appraisals, and provided feedback to team members to improve upon performance.
November 2006-May 2007
Maersk Line
Officer Finance
Job Profile:
Was responsible for account payable (AP) & accounts receivable (AR), ensure that each invoice should process in SAP R3 and released for payment.
Implemented various tax setup templates in order to have accurate vendor payments.
Worked with various regional offices located on different geographical location to have the invoices delivery on time.
Was Instrumental in creating different procedure documents and guidelines for invoice processing using SAP R/3.
November 2004- October 2006
Adlabs Films Ltd
Executive Accounts
Job Profile:
Delivered Daily MIS, monthly P&L, B/L, and budget; ensure that all vendor/distributor accounts are cleared/settled.
Recorded accounting entries and performed cash and bank reconciliation.
Was responsible for taxation such as, Income Tax, VAT, TDS, to ensure that there should not be any statutory liability pending in accounts
Worked with CA in order to finalize yearly accounts and book closure.
June 2002- May 2004
Tirupati Traders
Account Assistant
Job Profile:
Recorded daily accounting postings in system such as payment, receipts, purchase, sales and journal entries postings.
Performed cash and bank reconciliation including vendor reconciliation
Executed statutory payments and worked with company CA in order to finalize the books of accounts
