Priya Singh
Rathnew
Summary
Senior Associate with expertise in transaction processing, trade settlements, AML, KYC, and corporate actions. Contributed to UAT testing and demonstrated a strong ability to enhance operational efficiency while managing client relationships. Led a team of five as a Subject Matter Expert, proficient in IntelliMatch and Bloomberg, excelling in fast-paced environments to ensure compliance and drive successful financial outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Associate
Morgan Stanley
Mumbai
04.2024 - 06.2025
- Collaborating and engaging with global stakeholders and diverse operational teams.
- Organizing and coordinating project, initiatives, and team assessments.
- Manage shared mailbox to address all queries within SLA
- Presenting critical data and updates to management and key stakeholders.
- Direct management of multiple client-related functions including trade amendments, client inquiries, and timely reporting.
- Ensuring procedures remain accurate, relevant, and followed.
- Identification and timely escalation of risk items to management.
- Supervise controls within prime brokerage operations alongside execution of fixed income trades for cash and stock settlements.
- Controlled outsourced project guaranteeing thorough task handling and management of significant trade settlements such as buy-ins and corporate action events.
- Collaborated with teams to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency.
- Supported compliance efforts by ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and policies.
- Executed payment processing utilizing MT599 message or wired transfer
Assoicate
CREDIT SUISSE
Mumbai
11.2021 - 03.2024
- Manages trade settlement processing for transactions within European, DTC, and Euroclear markets, focusing on equity and fixed income.
- Handled prematching, value date, and fails management to optimize operations.
Executed bookkeeping functions to uphold financial records. - Coordinated buy-ins to resolve issues and enhance efficiency.
- Compile KRI and KPI report to emphasize all aged issues pending.
- Prioritize high-impact failures and aging issues to resolve breakdowns
- Coordinating with operational teams, middle office, custodian, and counterparties.
- Facilitate user training as required, improving understanding of control features in IntelliMatch for accurate matching and proof closure.
- Validate reference data through 2 authentications steps and then inputting client SSI into the system.
Senior Analyst - Investment Banking
Wipro Ltd
10.2019 - 10.2021
- Managed accrual of positions on ex-date, record date+1, and pay date for various prime brokerage entities and other client entities.
- Compute cash dividend event and accumulate total earnings for all entities.
- Reconciliation of all trades in ex-dividend and cum-dividend criteria.
- Calculating accurate borrow charges, loan credits, and P&L for traders.
- Adhered to escalation matrix for team issues, directing concerns to onshore team or Desk while ensuring prompt responses to client emails within 24 hours.
- Evaluated and managed daily cash movements (Nostro) within Intellimatch.
- Verifying and dispatching claim letters and trade details to counterparty.
- Raising data exceptions and managing the investigation process to completion.
- Prioritized work to ensure adherence to all service level agreements.
- Maintained client communication regarding progress and addressed concerns with brokers and banks.
- Expertise in APAC, USCAD accruals, prime brokerage, intercompany transactions and claims - Receivable payments and payable payments.
- Knowledgeable in handling both Voluntary and Mandatory corporate action events.
AML & KYC - Corporate and Investment banking
Wipro Ltd
05.2015 - 09.2019
- Conduct KYC (Know Your Customer) analysis on accounts of PEP, Adverse Media clients, and high-risk clients in South Africa.
- Source of Wealth Documentation for SA (PEP and POI) clients.
- Evaluating documentation and transactions for client due diligence (CDD) and Enhanced due diligence (EDD)
- Reviewing onboarding details for clients and existing clients.
- Conducting screenings utilizing diverse search engines, PEP screening tools, and Lexus Nexus
- Executing High Risk Review for banking clients situated across 6 diverse countries.
- Evaluating client transaction data and compiling report reflecting frequency and type of transactions
- Investigation into background of politically exposed individual/business.
- Identifying negative news regarding client from internal applications and various sources.
- Analyzing the yearly transaction and linking it to the news found.
- Generating reports, refreshing client data, and raising flags for suspected irregular activities.
- Boosting efficiency and standards.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline KYC workflows.
- Developed training materials for employees on topics such as AML and CTF laws, regulations, and guidelines.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research
Mumbai04-2020
Bachelor of Business Administration And Management - Finance
Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College
Mumbai04-2014
Skills
- Transaction processing and trade settlements
- Euroclear and BBH portals
- Intellimatch and Webmax
- LexisNexis and Bloomberg
- Verbal and written communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Team supervision
Certification
- Bloomberg
- Lean certification
- Six Sigma
Accomplishments
- 6 rewards and recognition quarterly and half-yearly in managing volume, quality of work, and timeliness
- Four SPOT awards for best employee of the month
- Multiple clients' appreciations and internal management
Extracurricular Activities
Organizing event on floor Leading fun committee, Weekly highlights and lowlights, Volunteering in various CSR activities.
Projects
Worked with tech/ IT team to automate 3 BAU activity which team performed daily, it saved around 1.5 hours per day, Suspense tagging, FOP bookings, EXman data, Giving suggestions on the applications and member of UAT tester
Personal Information
Visa Status: Stamp 1G holder
Applications
- Euroclear portal
- Intellimatch
- Webmax
- LexisNexis
- Bloomberg
- BBH
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Associate
Morgan Stanley
04.2024 - 06.2025
Assoicate
CREDIT SUISSE
11.2021 - 03.2024
Senior Analyst - Investment Banking
Wipro Ltd
10.2019 - 10.2021
AML & KYC - Corporate and Investment banking
Wipro Ltd
05.2015 - 09.2019
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research
Bachelor of Business Administration And Management - Finance
Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College
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