Muralidharan R

• Ensure timely completion of critical tasks and proactive controls
• Implement robust metrics governance and escalate anomalies proactively
• Plan effectively for year end process to ensure the correct resources are being rewarded, promoted and retained
• Reassess the effectiveness of existing controls and enhance where applicable/bring in new controls for effective exception management
• Implement effective productivity tracker with periodic review,Effective backup for all processes,Ensure coverage of COB critical processes
• Identify opportunities for improvement in daily BAU process and work with Lead/Manager to help implementation

AMD – Alternative Investment Management – Private Equity Reconciliation

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing a team of 6 highly skilled professionals performing reconciliation between GS books & custodian books
• Overviewing of process reconciliation, Query management and signing off end of day report to senior management
• Responsible for risk and control for the process, addressing escalation from internal stake holders
• Responsible for Process enhancement by collaborating with the team in identifying the areas of process improvement
• Monitoring the workflow within the team, ensuring that resources are appropriately allocated to the requirements of the business and escalating any concerns to the management.
• Developing and participating on training plans for new joiners
• Reviewing and enhancing of procedures documents, checklists and reports to ensure they are current and accurate

GSAM – Portfolio Accounting Innovation & Technology Solution

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for performing accounting function which has downstream impact on custody reconciliation, NAV & client reporting
• Validating transactions processed by custodian with the details provided by the reconciliation teams and accounting it in the books of GSAM
• Addressing queries related to the accounting entries from various global teams and guiding them with resolution
• Responsible for locking of GSAM accounts during month end in order to facilitate accurate NAV calculation and client reporting

Derivatives – Collateral Management

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing a team of 8 high skilled professionals performing collateral cash and stock reconciliation between GS and broker balance
• Preparing daily EOD summary to the senior management team across globe for all potential and existing margin failures with various brokers and also highlighting any balance discrepancy in the collateral reconciliation between GS and Broker
• Responsible for giving and facilitating training requirements for new and lateral hires in the team
• Identifying areas of improvement and establishing controls to reduce risks in the margin’s reconciliation in collaboration with global collateral margin teams

Derivatives – Collateral Management

Responsibilities:

• Reconciliation of daily Cash and Stock collateral balances between GS Asset Management books and Broker books.
• Liaising with both brokers and custodians on unsettled cash/stock margin movements of collateral trades on priority basis.
• Reconciliation of Cash collateral interests with brokers and agreeing on settling and capitalizing of the interests on monthly basis.
• Worked on reducing the number of failures for unsettled cash/stock margin movements of collateral trades through analysis and liaising with various brokers and custodians.
• Part of the working committee responsible for getting better data quality from brokers for reconciliation perspective

New York global Equities Team

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ownership of processes and controls within team, driving the development of methods to improve processes and controls
• Being a subject matter expert in the team, assisting team members in resolving day‑to‑day issues as well as ensuring the daily activities in the process are completed on time without any delay and reporting to the Senior managers globally
• Responsible for risk control and self‑assessment for the process by Identifying, assessing controls and operational risk. Reporting to the senior management in the weekly risk calls regarding the assessment and rating of the controls in the process and providing information on the control weakness if any and also support the management team in forming an action plan to resolve the deficiency
• Being a custodian captain for SSB, JPM Chase and NTC , responsible for moderating relationship calls between the operations management personnel and custodian’s representatives.
• Reconciliation of Cash and Stock transactions between GS Asset management books and Custodian books for both Private wealth management clients and Institutional clients accounts
• Liaising with internal stakeholders (Portfolio Managers, Traders) as well as external counterparties (custodians, Fund administrations) with accurate information to support investment activities

Loan validation & Document Review Team

Responsibilities:

• Part of the pilot batch for newly migrated process from Mumbai for handling United States Home Mortgages.
• Underwriting of the loan applications through review of supporting documents
• Processing the supporting documents provided by the customers and approving the loan up to a limit of $150,000.
• Reviewing the supporting files and recommending approval for Loan Amount up to $ 1million to the Underwriters in US