Experience

Cassini

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Specialist

  • May 2021 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom



Morgan Stanley

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst, Director (AVP), Regulatory Reporting

  • Jan 2020 - May 2021

  London, England, United Kingdom Transaction Reporting CTB Team Equity Derivatives Mifid 2 Remediation FX Cross Regime Remediation Acceleration

• Director (AVP), Middle Office Risk, Trading Operations

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  London Counterparty Credit Risk

• Associate, Middle Office Risk, Trading Operations

  • Apr 2017 - Jan 2019

  London Collaborating with divisions across the firm to mitigate counterparty risk for the equities division. Running exposure analysis, stress scenarios and gap risk monitoring on counterparties from geo-political, idiosyncratic and market risk events. Resolving disputes with counterparties on margin levels. Evaluating hypothetical client portfolios for new opportunities. Extensive work on synthetic risk premia products to evaluate counterparty risk and accurately represent in risk systems.… Show more Collaborating with divisions across the firm to mitigate counterparty risk for the equities division. Running exposure analysis, stress scenarios and gap risk monitoring on counterparties from geo-political, idiosyncratic and market risk events. Resolving disputes with counterparties on margin levels. Evaluating hypothetical client portfolios for new opportunities. Extensive work on synthetic risk premia products to evaluate counterparty risk and accurately represent in risk systems. Detailed understanding of quantitative investment strategies across asset classes. Received a SPOT award for management reporting around Russian sanctions.

• Analyst, Prime Brokerage Margin, Client Operations

  • Jul 2015 - Apr 2017

  London, United Kingdom Subject matter expert in calculating margin for complex portfolios; using stress and risk arbitrage based proprietary tools. Exposure to hedge fund trading strategies and the prime brokerage business model. Worked with front to back operations teams to ensure client portfolios had accurate valuations. Nominated for a STAR award for work on an account capture renovation project for prime brokerage as part of industry wide UMR regulations

• Analyst, Global Reconciliations Utility, Shared Services and Banking Operations

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2015

  Glasgow, United Kingdom Worked in the Global Reconciliation Utility as part of Shared Services and Banking Operations. Role was to maintain the integrity of the firm's books and records. Being part of a control team, was responsible for daily processes performed by a vendor team - managing key stakeholder relationships by being the first point of escalation. Was an SME for the EquityFX reconciliation process. During this period, was a treasurer for the Glasgow office Charity Committee, member of the people… Show more Worked in the Global Reconciliation Utility as part of Shared Services and Banking Operations. Role was to maintain the integrity of the firm's books and records. Being part of a control team, was responsible for daily processes performed by a vendor team - managing key stakeholder relationships by being the first point of escalation. Was an SME for the EquityFX reconciliation process. During this period, was a treasurer for the Glasgow office Charity Committee, member of the people connectivity working group and department representative for key firm-wide projects. Developed communication, teamwork, networking and time-management skills.



Centre for Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development

• Webmaster

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  University of Southampton Managed the website for the Centre and the annual European Conference on Banking and the Economy. Worked on all administrative aspects for the conferences, ranging from ushering, setting up presentations, venue co-ordination, post conference Q&A and networking events.



Religare

• India
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  New Delhi Area, India Worked in the commodities research department, where I back-tested returns on a range of commodities using MetaStock. Prepared an empirical report on Gold as Hedge Against Inflation based on technical analysis of moving averages.