ARUN KUMAR R

Skills:

Migration Activities

Hedge Fund accounting

Profit & Loss Reviews

Account Reconciliation

Investment & Qualitative Research

Data Reporting

Risk Analysis & Management

Tax & Performance Reporting

Expense Management

Income Forecasting

Financial Analysis

Regulatory Compliance

Budgeting

Leadership

Risk Management

Data Analysis

Reporting

Interpersonal Skills

Mutual Fund Accounting

Team Management

NAV Calculation

Fund Valuation

Financial Reporting

Regulatory Compliance

Auditing

Data Analysis

Fund Operations

Problem-Solving

Manager

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Objective:

To leverage my versatile of experience in Financial Services, Expense Management, Income Forecasting, Mutual Fund Accounting, Product/Financial Control, and other financial domains. My objective is to contribute my expertise in handling a wide array of financial products, from Equities to Derivative Instruments, while applying my hands-on experience in managing the expense portion of mutual funds. With a focus on effective leadership, exceptional analytical abilities, problem-solving skills, and strong decision-making capabilities, I aim to make a significant impact within a dynamic financial organization.

Summary:

A versatile professional with an extensive 12-year background in Financial Services, encompassing various domains such as Expense Management, Income Forecasting, Mutual Fund Accounting, Product/Financial Control, and Fund Accounting.

I bring a wealth of experience in handling a wide range of financial products, including Equities, Bonds, Stock-Borrow Accounts, Futures, Forwards, OTC Swaps, Options, Convertible Bonds, and other Derivative Instruments.

My hands-on experience in managing the end to end process of fund accounting starting with reconciliation of fund units with Transfer agent records, cash and position recons with custody, brokers for derivative products, verifying the corporate actions processed on the funds and checking the impacts on the fund for the same.

Proficiency in Expense Management involving creating budgets for the fixed expenses based on the previous invoices and Income Forecasting by providing an estimate to client on distribution amounts that is available for the fund to distribute.

Extensive knowledge in Mutual Fund Accounting and Product/Financial Control.

Hands-on experience in various types of mutual fund structures like multi managers, multi class funds, master feeder funds.

Exposure to a wide range of financial products, including Equities, Bonds, Derivatives, and more.

Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.

Exceptional decision-making capabilities.

Effective leadership and strong interpersonal skills.

I'm known for my effective leadership, outstanding analytical abilities, problem-solving skills, strong decision-making capabilities, and excellent interpersonal skills.

Work Experience:

Client: State Street Corporate Services Mumbai Pvt. Ltd

Duration: Jan 2020 - Till Date

Role: Manager (Fund Accounting- Mutual Funds, ETFs)

Responsibilities:

Managing a team of 10 covering 4 clients with exposure into cash, position reconciliations and also interacting with JV teams and other teams for reports from them.

oSetting up of funds and making sure they are linked with all other system flows.

oChecking up on invoices which include vendor checks, accrual checks etc.

Providing a client with a forecast of income for mutual funds that are close to their ex-date, obtaining their consent, and then working with accounting to have the dividend income for the fund posted

Verifying trades, corporate actions, pricing for the securities to validate the impact to the fund and verify the movements from previous day to current day movements in NAV.

Also verifying the incomes and expenses posted for the day in order to make sure to review the impact of them on the NAV on a daily basis and if impacting checking with the concerned teams for backup and validation of the same.

Performing reconciliations like position, stock and cash and if differences on them reaching out to concerned teams and making sure all comments are provided.

Ensuring the income distributions are processed correctly across the funds on ex-dates and verifying the same with the client instructions if any provided and making sure the impacts on the NAV due to distributions are valid and to the extent of the distributions processed.

Actively engaged in tasks like providing the FR team backups on expenses and performance for the funds that are getting close to the conclusion of

the fiscal year.

Highlights:

Was a part of migration activities from onshore and getting them done from here by providing training to the team members and ensuring the deliverables were met on time.

Nominated to assist with the on boarding and training of new team members, bringing them up to speed on the deliverables, and ensuring that the new hire has been granted access to all systems.

Selected to set up the department's monthly MIS files, which were used to track KPIs, delays, and other problems that occurred throughout the month across all teams.

Client: Northern Trust Operating Services Private Limited

Duration: Mar 2017 - Jan 2020

Role: Team Leader (Mutual Fund Accounting)

Responsibilities:

Spearheaded a team of 10 people and handled three clients.

Part of a migration of a client from Bangalore to Pune and was also instrumental in setting up and providing training to people in the Pune team.

Handled the client for a year with fund operations, including new launches, mergers, and taking over funds from prior administrators. Part of the movement of funds from London to Bangalore on the review side, and received accolades for the efforts.

Provided support to the client migration to Bangalore during the transfer of work done from Pune to Bangalore.

Highlights:

Received the top rating in the 2018 review cycle and was promoted during the same cycle.

Joined as a Technical Coordinator and promoted to the next level within two years of re-joining.

Previous experience:

Client: Wipro BPS

Duration: Apr 2016 - Mar 2017

Role: Senior Analyst (Hedge Fund Services)

Client: Deutsche Bank Global Operations India

Duration: Jun 2014 - Mar 2016

Role: Senior Analyst (Product/Financial Control - Listed Derivatives - London)

Client: Societe Generale Global Solution Centre

Duration: Aug 2013 - May 2014

Role: Process Executive (Hedge Fund Accounting)

Client: Northern Trust Operating Services Limited

Duration: Nov 2010 - Aug 2013

Role: Senior Analyst

Education Details:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Planning & Entrepreneurship from the Indian Institute of Planning & Management, India – 2010.

Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) from PES College affiliated with Bangalore University, India – 2009.

Declaration:

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