Experience

Finaport

• Switzerland
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Portfolio Administrator

  • Jun 2017 - Present



Vela Investors

• Singapore

• Operations Associate

  • Apr 2016 - May 2017

  INVESTMENT, OPERATIONS I am responsible for the client operational experience and to ensure efficient risk mitigation of the firm’s operating processes. This includes involvement in client on-boarding, risk oversight, portfolio accounting, investing reporting and responsibility for the middle and back offices processes. This role also allows me to have extensive interaction with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective oversight for existing business and to shape and implement solutions for new products, strategies and systems • Analysis and reporting for the portfolio management team • Operational risk oversight on the life cycle of trade resulting in no trading error • Operational risk oversight to daily reconciliations, NAV production and trade exceptions to ensure that cash dividend payments as well as client monies have been paid and received in good order • Ensuring accuracy in all fund transfer and payment instructions for custodian • Custodian migration, successfully completed all account openings prior to go live date • Reviewing and approving monthly investor statements to ensure that all statements are accurate and correct • Responsible for overseeing the monthly client reporting process • Responsible for improving and managing the maintenance of operational procedures and process control checklists • Responsible for assessing and monitoring the performance of suppliers • Successfully streamlining processes and solutions to remediate operating risk to improve efficiency, accuracy and timeliness • Engaging and managing clients with respect to operational queries and attending client due diligence meetings Show less



Credit Suisse

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst, Asset Servicing, Corporate Action for Income Events

  • Apr 2013 - Mar 2016

  Responsible for daily processing of corporate action events across all asset classes including investigating exceptions, daily allocation of client monies and cash/stock reconciliations

• Analyst, Global Network Management

  • Nov 2009 - Apr 2013

  Responsible for the opening and closing of all trading accounts across the firm. Assisted relationship managers in making relevant market changes for the accounts • Supported department deliverables and activities such as dormant account review which resulted in cost savings from inactive accounts being reduced in the firm and the custodian • Ensuring timely and accurate processing of transactions and client requests within regulatory and legal guidelines• Managing client’s expectation on the timeframe taken to open accounts for developing markets like India and Russia Show less



Credit Suisse

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst, Interest Claims Management

  • Nov 2008 - Jun 2009

  Recovered interest and disputed claims for the firm against external counterparties and thus minimizing financial loss to the firm. Successfully recovered outstanding interest claims following the Lehman crisis

• Analyst, Euroclear Cash Securities Settlements

  • Jan 2007 - Nov 2008

  • Responsible for the settlement activities for Europe, Middle East and Africa market for both fixed income and equities products, providing support to clients and managing client’s queries• Responsible for the maintenance of client and counterparty payment instruction which resulted in higher settlement rate



DBS Bank

• Singapore
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bank Executive, Technology and Operations, Payment Opertions

  • Jun 1997 - Dec 2006

  Remittance team which provided both cheque clearing, inward and outward remittance service to customers • Responsible for investigating and processing all remittance products by end of day (telegraphic transfer, demand draft and cheque clearing) CASH MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS • Responsible for the overall corporate cheque issuance and to ensure accuracy Remittance team which provided both cheque clearing, inward and outward remittance service to customers • Responsible for investigating and processing all remittance products by end of day (telegraphic transfer, demand draft and cheque clearing) CASH MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS • Responsible for the overall corporate cheque issuance and to ensure accuracy