SARATH KUMAR SEKAR

No.75/7A T01-4F-402, OLD VAIDHYANATHAN STREET, TONDIARPET, CHENNAI,

TAMIL NADU-600081

Cell: +91-9710570578

sarath71990@gmail.com

SUMMARY Amiable Analyst skilled in creating constructive and cooperative working relationships within a team

setting. Seasoned investment professional with strong interpersonal skills who adds energy and value to an

organization’s quest for excellence. Flexible and versatile Analyst specialized in developing innovative solutions to team’s issues.

HIGHLIGHTS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Attained appreciations from the clients on continuous timely handling of queries and completion of the urgent transactions and successful handling of the Business continuity process for the operations.

Acknowledged for continuous updating for the team on the new learning associated with the Settlements business.

Achieved the White Belt Certificate.

EXPERIENCESenior Analyst, Jul 2014 to PresentBarclays Shared Services, Chennai

Structured Product Payments

Dealt with Equities, Fixed Income Coupon and Redemption payments. Experienced in keying coupon payment for VD – 1 and VD -2 in Swift work station. Making STP redemption payments through FISS for VD – 1 trades. NIW – PIW as a golden work tool.

Trade Support

Ensured timely settlement of coupon trades on VD by overriding proper coupon rate. Ensured timely updating of coupon static to internal counter parties to reflect the settlement trade for VD +

1. Posting Depot transfer for B market France notes to move position internally by suppressing the instruction.

Payment

Goal-oriented Reliable Flexible Excellent work ethic Dependable Dedication

Strong interpersonal skills Procedure development Payment tracker monitoring Productivity improvement specialist White Belt Certificate Excellent time management skills

Monitoring Other IPA payment like Computer shares, BNP milan, Deutsche bank, SEB Norway, Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank.

Preparing funding sheet to BONY, for payment processed on daily basis. Instructing markdown on creation online to kill the position in market. Instructing renunciation if cant able to perform markdown.

Responsibilities

Settlement of Coupon trades and redemption trades on VD. Performed coupon payments and redemption payment by VD-1, VD-2. Instructing markdown on clearstream application. Monitoring mailbox related coupon and redemption mails. Settling US Mtn Breaks.

Achievements

Increased the daily payment processing and settlement efficiency by implementing a Straight Through Processing (STP) System for Redemption alone.

Certified with White Belt for standard coupon templates and funding sheets.

Analyst, Nov 2012 to Jan 2014Barclays Shared Services, Chennai

Structured Product Operation

Dealt with Equities, Fixed Income and Government Bonds. Experienced in reconciling trade in Intellimatch application. Extensive hands-on experience middle office in interacting with Counter parties both internal and external as

well as external parties such as Agent Banks, Transfer Agents, custodian banks and regulatory bodies.

Trade Support

Ensured timely matching of trades on T+1 and also by ensuring the priority is set high of trades settling over 100K.

Developed an excellent rapport with front office and counterparties which ensured timely matching and amendment of the trades during discrepancies.

Settlement

Monitored the trades for Client money. Continuous interaction with counterparties to ensure smooth settlements. Initiated the Nostro transfer when needed to clear breaks Timely notification of all the CPNDUE breaks which will impact in P & L A/c. Handled Transition level stock breaks since the transition of the business from onshore,

Reconciliation

Developed a process of matching all the breaks which are greater than 3 days as per the SLA. Ensured the first escalation procedure is followed on all the 5+ day’s breaks which are still not cleared due to

the dependence of other teams. Ensure to create and verify a daily breaks reconciliations report to management.

Responsibilities

Performed competitive analysis for Senior Management reporting, pro-actively identified business drivers and solutions to reduce overall improved service standards and efficiency for global equity operations.

Supported Fixed Income payments and Equity payments on all trade settlements, confirmation, break identification, repair activity, and settlements for various products.

Followed up with trade settlement, Coupon rate, coupon payments, and cooperate actions. Ensured smooth settlement via different clearing facilities: BONY, Clear stream, BNP, and DTC etc.

Achievements

Increased the daily trade processing and settlement efficiency by implementing a Straight Through Processing (STP) System.

Certified with White Belt for building a Macro which developed in reduction of 20 minutes per day.

Applications Known

NIX - PIW SWIFT Summit CREST FISS BONY Class Intellimatch DTC Creation online ERGV

EDUCATION

MBA,2012

SRM University --- Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Bachelor in Commerce, 2010

Madras University --- Chennai, Tamil Nadu

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : 20th July 1990

Address : No.75/7A Tower 01-4F-402, Old Vaidhyanathan street, Tondiarpet,

Chennai 600081

Languages : English, Telugu, Tamil and Kananda.

Father Name : Sekar Jayaraman

Marital Status : Single

Nationality : Indian

I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Station: CHENNAI

Date: Sarath Kumar Sekar