Jan 2014 – Apr 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

• Product Control – Equities: Manage a team in product control (equities - cash) and:
• Supervise the daily P&L production and control environment,
• Substantiate New Business and Mark to Market (MTM) P&L and produce P&L explain,
• Comment on variance between adjusted T+1 P&L and T0 Pnl estimate,
• Ensure integrity of Financial reporting,
• Review of control accounts, daily adjustments etc.,
• Write commentaries on large PnL swings, explaining in terms of book risk positions, PnL attributes and economic factors,
• Substantiate Balance Sheet and report Balance Sheet,
• Liaise with trading desk, Valuations, front-office support, Operations and Global Reporting, to discuss and resolve ad hoc issues concerning bookings, valuations, new business, strategy and other areas,
• Meet and exceed the required SLA performance, and
• Contain and reduce the risk of the business measured through multiple KRIs.

Jun 2012 – Aug 2012 · 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Manager (DE Shaw & Co., Hyderabad)
• March 2007 – Sep 2012
• Trade Accounting & Operations - Managed a team of two to handle the post-trading operations for the Convertible Arbitrage and Private Equity strategies (for Asian, U.S. and European regions) and the daily and monthly tasks as below:
• Managed closing of 3 different strategies / 9 books in all (including Private Equity strategies). Oversee daily and month end closing work so that performance numbers can be reported to investors.
• Daily responsibilities include reviewing trade settlements and related issues, reconciliations (cash, positions and P&L) with the prime brokers, swap resets and corporate actions and providing support to trading desk for all P&L related queries and data requests. Monthly responsibilities include reviewing preparation of portfolio balance sheets and income statements, profit-and-loss reconciliation and analysis, position reconciliation, security price testing, and tracking the cash flows and P&L of the existing PE deals for reporting purposes.
• Coordinate special projects, research and implement technical and operational improvements, liaise between the firm's various front- and back-office groups, and interact with external parties including brokers, dealers, and vendors.
• Regular interaction with senior management and involvement in an array of responsibilities centered on supporting the firm's accounting, operations, and reporting functions.
• Continuously work on creating greater efficiencies, within the team, through questioning the existing processes and improving them. Involved in other in-house re-engineering projects by providing inputs for specs finalization as well as actively involved during the final implementation stage of the tools to a wider audience within the firm.

Mar 2007 – Jun 2012 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India