Balaji Gopal is seeking a challenging position that allows for career growth. He has over 4 years of experience in mutual fund accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, and financial statement preparation. As a senior fund accountant, he supervised a team and handled multiple clients and over 85 funds daily. This included daily NAV pricing, financial reporting, and issue resolution. Balaji is proficient in fund accounting software and has experience reconciling cash and positions between asset managers and custodian banks. He holds an MBA in accounting and finance and relevant industry certifications.

1. BALAJI GOPAL
Email id: balaji.gm88@gmail.com Mobile No: +91-9840335350
No: 28, Second Street Vetri Nagar, Avadi Chennai-600054 (India)
To work in a challenging atmosphere, which will provide me opportunities for learning and moving
upward in my career ladder, where my knowledge and dedicated hard work will make the
meritorious contribution to the growth of the company.
Professional Summary
* Result-oriented professional with 4+ years of sterling experience in Mutual Fund and Hands on
experience in Fund accounting, External Auditing, Book keeping, Preparation of Financial
Statements, Bank Reconciliation Statements.
* Complete Domain knowledge of Core Fund Accounting process, Cash Reconciliations and
Corporate Actions.
* Possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
* Completed NSE Certification for Capital market dealers’ module and Derivative dealers’ module.
Work Experience
BNP Paribas Global Securities Operation Pvt. Ltd (Feb 2015 to Till date)
Senior Fund Accountant: Role and responsibility
* As Senior Fund Accountant supervised a team of three Fund Accountants in delivering Daily /
Monthly NAV pricing pack to client. Responsible for handling multiple clients and over 85 funds
per day.
* Monitored the processing of all accounting transactions (trade entry, confirmation) to generate
the correct daily NAV.
* Prepared financial reports (trial balance, SEC yield income, balance sheet, cash statement) daily,
weekly and monthly for internal management, auditors and clients.
* Interacted with clients, brokers and various bank departments (settlement, wire room, etc.) to
resolve trade related issues.
* Completed daily and monthly reconciliation for assigned funds ensuring accuracy and providing
documentation that supported decision making.
* Calculated daily income accruals, interest / dividend payments by clearly documented and
compliant reports.
* Analyzed monthly / yearly accounting records and financial reports including trial balance,
balance sheet, and fixed expense analysis ensuring accuracy.

2. * Researched and resolved customer issues in a timely manner, which resulted in the
development and maintenance of strong, trusting relationships.
* Assisted colleagues with fund management and ad hoc projects as needed.
* Trained and evaluated new hires on the company specific accounting system and client specific
tasks.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (Apr 2012 to Feb 2015)
Financial Associate - Fund accounting and Reconciliation:
* Processed NAV Calculation for Mutual Fund includes Processing of Subscriptions and
Redemptions, Distributions, Income (Interest & Dividend) and Expenses.
* Processed & Validated Corporate Action (stock splits, dividends, mergers and acquisitions,
spin-offs, liquidations, distributions, Rights Issue, Takeover etc).
* Reconciled Cash and Position balances between Asset Management Company and Custodian
Bank.
* Researched on various Breaks such as Trade Breaks, Bonds, Warrants, Dividends, Coupons,
Corporate action breaks, Ensuring all the outstanding entries are commented correctly,
Following up with the respective team for ageing breaks.
Technical Skill
* Application Knowledge on Bloomberg, IDC, SunGard, Frontier Admin, Multifond – Infocenter, P-
control, Hiport.
* Sound knowledge of Financial Instruments & Derivatives Product (Equity, Option, Future,
Commodities, Bonds)
Freelancer (Financial Consultant) - Right Support Consultancy Services (Jan 2010 - Mar
2012)
* Analyzing clients financial information detailing assets, liabilities and capital and prepare
balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports to summarize and interpret current
and projected company financial position. Identify areas for improvement in financial reporting,
Interacting with them and coordinate company financial planning and budget management
functions.
* Hands on experience in conducting Audit: Involved in preparation of audit schedules Internal
Audit: Includes assisted in review and evaluation of internal control system, analysis of Stock
and Stores, analysis of Debtors and Creditors.
Educational Qualification
MBA (Accounting & Finance), James Cook University, Singapore Campus :( Oct 2008- May 2010)

3. Bachelors in Commerce in University of Madras: (Jun 2005-May 2008)
NCFM Capital Market Dealers Module (Nov 2011), Derivative Market Dealers Module (Dec 2011)