IPSITA PANDA
Current Location: Jersey City, NJ, Mobile: +1-847-***-****, Email: *.******@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Over five years of experience in Investment Banking Operations and Financial Services. Accomplished multiple business transition assignments in Global Custody and Derivative Settlements for Fortune 500 banks working with cross-functional teams in India, France and the USA.
Specialties: Account Reconciliation, Global Custody, Derivative Settlements, Brokerage, Alternative Investments, Corporate Actions, Fixed Income, International Tax, SWIFT MTs, and Nostro Reconciliation.
Financial Software: SWIFT, TLM, NCS, ISISET, Smart stream, Summit, Intellimatch.
Computer Software : MS Office (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint), Macros & Visual Basic Applications (VBA), ERP Oracle 11i module
Experience
SunGard Tech. Services - Role: Senior Associate-Fund Operations
Assignment: Asset Management-Custody Trust Account Reconcilliation, Dec2009-Feb2011
•Migrated BNY Mellon Custody business from Charlotte (NC, USA) to Pune ( India ) being at Charlotte.
•Reconciled prior days Custody reports and projected activity for current day.
•Updated daily settlement figure for trust accounts in Mainframe system.
•Identified problematc transactions and investigated the same before the daily deadlines.
•Resolved business units and client issues/escalations by liaising with custody admonistrators, account managers,
•Processed wire transfer payments. Prepared monthly reports for accounting team.
•Monitored user accounts setup and documentation for clients.
•Prepared detailed service level agreements and procedure documents (daily, weekly, and monthly) for the team.
BNP Paribas Securities Services - Role: Senior Associate
Assignment: Global Custody Operations- Middle Office, Nov2008 – Aug2009
•Migrated the Global Custody operations from Paris to Chennai being at Paris.
•Managed processing and executing mandatory and voluntary corporate actions such cash/stock dividend, interest payment, Bonus Issue, Rights Issue & Subscriptions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Stock Splits, DRIP & DVOP, Spin Offs, Dutch Auction, Tender, Buy back, Exchange Offer, Subscription, Dissent, Assimilation, Bonds Conversion, Warrants, Meetings in BNP Paribas NCS system,
•Resolved client escalations related to event deadlines, restriction details, tax and fixed income payments.
•Monitored daily SWIFT notifications such as 400, 500 and 200 series in TLM. Reconciled client accounts in Intellimatch.
Deutsche Bank Ops INTL. – Role: Process executive
Assignment: OTC & EM Derivatives Settlements- Middle office, Mar2007- Oct2008
• Worked on brokerage fee settlements for derivative products (Interest Rate, Credit/Equity Derivatives, and FX) in global markets for fixed and flexible rates.
• Procesed execution and settlement of trades; investigated discrepancies by verifying documentations, interacting with brokers, global traders, credit/sales middle office, and various cross functional teams.
• Reconciled Nostro accounts in SmartStream and processed payments in 3D Cash and SWIFT MT’ 200 series
Infosys Ltd. – Role: Associate
Assignment: Order Management/ Supply Chain Management (Quote to Cash), Dec2005-Feb2007
•Managed quote to cash order life cycle and processed price settlements for the Cisco System products in different global markets.
•Prepared cash receivable reports for account managers for the P&L accounts.
•Quoted the order in ERP Oracle 11i module; prepared summaries in MS Excel database.
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS
CFA LEVEL 1 Candidate 2015
M.B.A. in Finance (Minor in Marketing) 2003 - 2005
Bijupatnaik University of Technology, India
MEMBERSHIP & CAUSES :
Associate Member at New York Society of Security Analysts ( NYSSA) for CFA Prep. Since July 2015
Signature: Ipsita Panda