Lavanya Shetty

Experience

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  Mearsk Sealand

  Jun 2003 - Jan 2005

  Internal Auditor

  Processing Officer responsible for rating online bill of lading for Europe and Asia business and compiling periodic MIS report /Global Account Reports as per Managerial requirements within service level agreements.

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  JP Morgan Chase

  Jun 2005 - Sept 2006

  Fund accounting

  Managed the administration and reconciliation of mutual Funds and the Custody Investigation process within agreed Service levels. The role also provided in-depth knowledge of Fund Accounting. . Played a key role in migrating the brokerage process from Mumbai to Bangalore.

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  BNY Mellon

  Nov 2006 - Jan 2014

  Leading a team of 10 Trust Administrators and helping to manage the day-to-day workload of the team ensuring accuracy and timeliness.Managing key centralized functions and supervising the work of Trust Administrators and Senior Trust Administrators on the team while ensuring compliance with all Firm and policies and preferred practices.Serving as an escalation point for issues and complex situations that may arise within the team and also acting as department’s subject matter expert for Cash, Bond, Loan, Synthetic deals and various compliance policies and procedures of the firm.Acting as a one-point contact for the team for addressing/resolving queries, making decisions with the team to ensure daily activities are carried out efficiently without affecting the quality of work.Internal and external stakeholder liaison and reporting on team and project performance.Acting as a mentor and providing professional guidance to the team members,assisting the Team Leader in establishing and evaluating performance career goals and working to attract and retain talent. Show less Key responsibilitiesManaging work flow between middle office and back office with escalation to front office Business management teams.Responsible for accurate reporting and administration of a variety of products including Cash, Bond, Loan, Synthetic deals.The daily management and Administrations of portfolio issued by top-tier international investment managers.Building and maintaining client relationships and trust in the quality of work delivered. On a daily basis respond to ad-hoc requests and inquiries clients, investors & auditors related to all aspects of the deal. Show less

  • Workflow Lead

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  • CDO Analyst

    Nov 2006 - Apr 2012
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  U.S. Bank

  Jul 2021 - now

  Managing operational activities for the CDO Deal Administration team by planning and Scheduling deliverables, coordinating with related departments ensuring that work schedules are met.Measuring the performance of the team through SLA’s and document and discuss performance with each team member .Overseeing a portfolio of clients/deals that my team have responsibility for and all tasks resulting, including daily client cash files, Trade and Bond settlements/funding , processing loan trades from ticket through to settlement, responding to client request and overseeing the reconciliation of cash breaks.Reviewing the team daily deliverables to ensure they are completed.Providing management oversight of all tasks pertaining to the team.Leading and Directing the colleagues using core competencies and general management skills.Point of escalation for transactional issues . Show less Daily cash reconciliations and producing a Daily Cash Report for the CDO Deals. Investigating and resolving any breaks arising. Resolving transactional and deal related issues.First point of contact for Trade and Cash related queries. Processing CDO Loan/Bond trades from Trade Ticket and Instructing payments for the same. Reviewing Bond/Securities tickets and Loan Trade Documents from Clients ,completing relevant documentation and liaising with internal Team’s to ensure they settle within agreed time scales in the market.Liaising directly with Clients/Counterparties/Agent Banks and other departments for Bond/Loan related queries.Settling Loan and Bond transactions and reflecting the trade positions on internal systems.Instructing external payments for the portfolio. Reviewing and approving sign off for colleagues payments.Keeping an account of the cash, maintaining a clean portfolio and running back up file for the report.Assisting Analyst/RM with NVR payments. Show less

  • Team Manager

    Apr 2022 - now

  • CDO Deal Administrator

    Jul 2021 - Mar 2022