RESUME
Taslim Syed
JOB OBJECTIVE
To provide the organization with the bestof my talent and gain knowledge ofthe managerial skill with which Ican
help the organization by handling the problems in an efficientmanner,and thereby aiding in the growth of the
organization and myself.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Total 6.1 Years)
Assistant Manager (Fund Accounting)
Citibank Jan2014- present
 Working end to end of fund from processing oftrades performing cash and stock reconciliation,
valuation and processing ofNAV.
 Responsible for researching the validity of trades,fixed incomes,paydown,securities,corporate
action ,dividends,FX, Options,Forwards,Derivatives etc with third party sources.
 Ensuring dailytrade activity is correctly captured in Multifond (Accounting system).

 Investigate on the trades failed in SFE and fixing the trade details mismatches so as to facilitate the
trade flow into internal book and thus ensure all Trades are captured into internal book.
 Ensuring accurate funds records through reconciliations,expense accruals and reporting.
 Reconciliations ofthe portfolio from broker/custodian to in-house accounting system.
 Review of assetprices and use of Bloomberg to validate price movements and corporate actions.
 Ensuring dailytrade activity is correctly captured in Multifond (Accounting system).
 Monitoring the Pricing of securities in the portfolios using the Bloomberg terminal.
 Checking pricing of various financial instruments and their subsequentimpacton NAV
 Validating the booking of subscription and Redemption,Management,Performance fees for equity and
bond funds.
 Ensuring thatall procedures and norms laid down bythe organization are followed and there is no audit
issue raised
 Trade, FX, Dividends,Subscription,Redemption processing and settlements.
 Review, validating and Pricing of securities and give proper justifications ifthere is big price variance.
 Preparing and booking ofaccrued expenses and income.
 Timely and accurate booking of Subscription and Redemption and intimating to fund manager.
 Valuation of securities and NAV generation.
 Clearing all exceptions thatoccur between a fund’s day’s NAV and resolving on a daily basis.
 Presentation and training aboutthe process to the new Team members.
 Knowledge offinancial products (Equities,Fixed Income) & Swift messages (MT202,599. 543 etc).
 Analyzing background,Investmentstrategy, Economic condition and currentperformance to support
limitincrease,recommending creditrequest,to appropriatelymeetbusiness needs.
 Monitoring emails for additional instructions receiving atany pointof time and working on any Ad-hoc
requestreceived from onshore team.
 Communicating regularlywith partner locations across a range ofpending issues and calls from the
Clients side to get further information on unverified assetand cash movement.
 Preparing dailyAsset MIS & Weekly holding variance MIS to be report to Top Management
/Valuation team.
Associate (Credit Analyst Unit)
HSBC July 2013- December 2013
 Reviewed 2000+ funds’ creditlimitrequirements,undertaking appropriate analysis and preparation of
proposals.
 Carry out and continuouslyfollow up Fund Onboarding for 1500+ funds.
 Checking and making due-diligence offunds especiallyfrom a CreditRisk perspective.
 Delivering all the work within TAT (Turnaround Time) and achieving the required high qualitystandards.
 Completion ofregular reporting.
 Monitoring Fund On-boarding.
 Performing CreditProposal for the US customer taking into accountthe exposure and usage ofthe
limits and seeking the supportof the Global Relationship Manager’s and obtaining approval from Credit
approver to cover the trade volumes in future.
Senior Team Member (Fund Accounting/ Reconciliation Specialist)
JP Morgan Chase April 2010 to July 2013
 Reconciliation offund's Assets a/c balances,position ofsecurities between Custodysystem and Fund
accounting System on zero day basis on TLM and FRONTIER and resolving ifany discrepancyfound
 Booking of equity trades,Fixed Income trade, FX contracts & MBS (TBA Allocation) securities as well as
moneymarketsecurities to the accounting system
 Spoke for Fund listupdating and MIS tracking for the process
 Training new hires in process.
 Attending daily status call ensuring the currentupdated for issues and escalation discussion been done
with the counterpart
 Complete MIS reporting as required publishing dailyproductivity reports,Monthly Zing, Error reports.
SKILLS
 Clienton boarding
 Portfolio Accounting Reconciliations services
 Product & Market expertise Transfer Agency
 Preparing the teams KPI & KRI for the top management.
 Good knowledge on Capital Market, Mutual Fund, Hedge Fund,Custody.
 Proficientin Reconciliation tool and confirmation matching system.
 Ability to be flexible, prioritize and work under pressure to meetdeadlines.
 Good knowledge ofMutual Funds and NAV, Global trade, pricing and Custodian.
ACCOMPLISHMENT
 Receive Star of the month award for outstanding performance.
 Successfullyhandled complexclients withoutany EFLs (Errors/Fines & Losses).
 Acted as knowledge resource pointand SubjectMatter Expert.
 Have taken up the challenge ofsupervising team & providing coverage for daily deliverables in absence
of team lead.
 Prepared SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) & other client specific documents for smooth transition
& training program.
SYSTEM APPLICATION
 WINS, COSMIC,TLM,FRONTIER,MULTIFONDS, CITI DIRECT, WEM SECORE,
BLOOMBERG,CHASE IN SIGHT,INVESTRAN, GENEVA
 And CreditRating applications like TCS,CARM, and LEM.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
 MBA (Finance) from Madurai Kamaraj University, Bangalore- 2010.
 Bachelor of Commerce from Berhampur University,Odhissa.- 2008.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:Mr. Syed Taslim
Marital Status: Married
Mail: syed.taslim12@gmail.com,taslim.syed@ymail.com
Mobile: 8800641249

Resume_Syed Taslim

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    RESUME Taslim Syed JOB OBJECTIVE Toprovide the organization with the bestof my talent and gain knowledge ofthe managerial skill with which Ican help the organization by handling the problems in an efficientmanner,and thereby aiding in the growth of the organization and myself. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Total 6.1 Years) Assistant Manager (Fund Accounting) Citibank Jan2014- present  Working end to end of fund from processing oftrades performing cash and stock reconciliation, valuation and processing ofNAV.  Responsible for researching the validity of trades,fixed incomes,paydown,securities,corporate action ,dividends,FX, Options,Forwards,Derivatives etc with third party sources.  Ensuring dailytrade activity is correctly captured in Multifond (Accounting system).   Investigate on the trades failed in SFE and fixing the trade details mismatches so as to facilitate the trade flow into internal book and thus ensure all Trades are captured into internal book.  Ensuring accurate funds records through reconciliations,expense accruals and reporting.  Reconciliations ofthe portfolio from broker/custodian to in-house accounting system.  Review of assetprices and use of Bloomberg to validate price movements and corporate actions.  Ensuring dailytrade activity is correctly captured in Multifond (Accounting system).  Monitoring the Pricing of securities in the portfolios using the Bloomberg terminal.  Checking pricing of various financial instruments and their subsequentimpacton NAV  Validating the booking of subscription and Redemption,Management,Performance fees for equity and bond funds.  Ensuring thatall procedures and norms laid down bythe organization are followed and there is no audit issue raised  Trade, FX, Dividends,Subscription,Redemption processing and settlements.  Review, validating and Pricing of securities and give proper justifications ifthere is big price variance.  Preparing and booking ofaccrued expenses and income.  Timely and accurate booking of Subscription and Redemption and intimating to fund manager.  Valuation of securities and NAV generation.  Clearing all exceptions thatoccur between a fund’s day’s NAV and resolving on a daily basis.  Presentation and training aboutthe process to the new Team members.  Knowledge offinancial products (Equities,Fixed Income) & Swift messages (MT202,599. 543 etc).  Analyzing background,Investmentstrategy, Economic condition and currentperformance to support limitincrease,recommending creditrequest,to appropriatelymeetbusiness needs.  Monitoring emails for additional instructions receiving atany pointof time and working on any Ad-hoc requestreceived from onshore team.  Communicating regularlywith partner locations across a range ofpending issues and calls from the Clients side to get further information on unverified assetand cash movement.
  • 2.
     Preparing dailyAssetMIS & Weekly holding variance MIS to be report to Top Management /Valuation team. Associate (Credit Analyst Unit) HSBC July 2013- December 2013  Reviewed 2000+ funds’ creditlimitrequirements,undertaking appropriate analysis and preparation of proposals.  Carry out and continuouslyfollow up Fund Onboarding for 1500+ funds.  Checking and making due-diligence offunds especiallyfrom a CreditRisk perspective.  Delivering all the work within TAT (Turnaround Time) and achieving the required high qualitystandards.  Completion ofregular reporting.  Monitoring Fund On-boarding.  Performing CreditProposal for the US customer taking into accountthe exposure and usage ofthe limits and seeking the supportof the Global Relationship Manager’s and obtaining approval from Credit approver to cover the trade volumes in future. Senior Team Member (Fund Accounting/ Reconciliation Specialist) JP Morgan Chase April 2010 to July 2013  Reconciliation offund's Assets a/c balances,position ofsecurities between Custodysystem and Fund accounting System on zero day basis on TLM and FRONTIER and resolving ifany discrepancyfound  Booking of equity trades,Fixed Income trade, FX contracts & MBS (TBA Allocation) securities as well as moneymarketsecurities to the accounting system  Spoke for Fund listupdating and MIS tracking for the process  Training new hires in process.  Attending daily status call ensuring the currentupdated for issues and escalation discussion been done with the counterpart  Complete MIS reporting as required publishing dailyproductivity reports,Monthly Zing, Error reports. SKILLS  Clienton boarding  Portfolio Accounting Reconciliations services  Product & Market expertise Transfer Agency  Preparing the teams KPI & KRI for the top management.  Good knowledge on Capital Market, Mutual Fund, Hedge Fund,Custody.  Proficientin Reconciliation tool and confirmation matching system.  Ability to be flexible, prioritize and work under pressure to meetdeadlines.  Good knowledge ofMutual Funds and NAV, Global trade, pricing and Custodian.
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    ACCOMPLISHMENT  Receive Starof the month award for outstanding performance.  Successfullyhandled complexclients withoutany EFLs (Errors/Fines & Losses).  Acted as knowledge resource pointand SubjectMatter Expert.  Have taken up the challenge ofsupervising team & providing coverage for daily deliverables in absence of team lead.  Prepared SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) & other client specific documents for smooth transition & training program. SYSTEM APPLICATION  WINS, COSMIC,TLM,FRONTIER,MULTIFONDS, CITI DIRECT, WEM SECORE, BLOOMBERG,CHASE IN SIGHT,INVESTRAN, GENEVA  And CreditRating applications like TCS,CARM, and LEM. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION  MBA (Finance) from Madurai Kamaraj University, Bangalore- 2010.  Bachelor of Commerce from Berhampur University,Odhissa.- 2008. PERSONAL INFORMATION Name:Mr. Syed Taslim Marital Status: Married Mail: syed.taslim12@gmail.com,taslim.syed@ymail.com Mobile: 8800641249