Shshank C.

Experience

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  Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), RBI

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Research Intern
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  QVT Financial LP

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2020

  Analyst - Hedge Fund

  Hedge Fund Ops: Proficient in Investment Banking and Hedge Fund Operations with experience in OTC, Derivatives settlements, Securities settlements, Fails management and Trade operations with AUM of ~$7 billion.Financial Products: Expertise in Derivatives and Fixed Income products such as Options, Forwards, Futures, Swaps, CDS, Bonds, and Structured Derivatives products | MTM settlement of cash flows and margin call.Trade Desk: Assisted Traders and Portfolio Managers in re-balancing portfolios across accounts and brokers.New Initiatives: Deep dive into the firm’s history to get through the restructuring process of converting into Private Equity. Setup, Authorization, and Clearance of Fedwire transfers.Process Automation: Collaborated with the IT Team to develop in-house software for process automation. Show less

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  Arcesium

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2024

  Risk Management: Develop comprehensive risk mitigation strategies including identification & redressal of process gaps by implementing extensive controls and checks.Audit Management: End-to-end ownership of audit process of D.E.Shaw; demonstrating adept coordination with diverse stakeholders, internal as well as external.Technology Developments: Work in conjunction with Product team in bespoke projects, right from ideation to launch.Leadership Reporting: Implement long term solutions to reduce QoQ escalation recurrences, post collating and reporting incidents, effort drivers, issues, etc. to firm's leadership.Onboarding of PBs: Conduct elaborate induction of prime brokers.Operational Efficiency: Oversee D.E.Shaw's largest equity strategy while ensuring effective collaboration across functions.Process Excellence: Work on process automation and resource optimization techniques to reduce cost. Show less New Initiatives: Onboarded first ever Crypto portfolio for firm’s one of the largest clientsTeam Lead: Supervised and managed 15 analysts to onboard one of the largest clients. Ensured cash, position, FX and admin reconciliations, trade settlements and client query resolutions within SLAs.Data Analytics: Independently conducted client calls to analyze reconciliation breaks, account issues and P&L queries for a major client with alternative asset classes - AUM of $46 billion.Stakeholder Management: Single-handedly managed multiple stakeholders (viz. clients, traders, auditors, prime brokers, and cross-functional teams) to resolve issues at hand. Trade Management: Monitored trade fails for listed and bilateral products, leading to ~ 70% increase in match percentage.Cash Settlements: Executed cash flow settlement for derivative instruments like FX Forwards, IRS and CDS. Show less

  • Manager

    Jul 2023 - Jun 2024

  • Senior Analyst

    Aug 2020 - Jul 2023
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  Delta Exchange

  Jun 2024 - now

  Associate Product Manager