Divya Balakrishnan

As a motivated accounting professional, I believe that my MBA in Banking and Finance plus my 8 years relevant experience make me an excellent job candidate for your Portfolio Accountant. I have enclosed a resume that clearly outlines my work history.

Please allow me to highlight some of my skills as they relate to your stated requirements.

•             Leadership                     

Acting as central point of contact and support to investment, finance, HR, audit and legal. Lead on certain engagements and projects.

•             Decision making                         

Regularly making decisions in line with company objectives and policies.

•             Resource management            

Manage weekly operational/finance meeting, allocating tasks to team members and efficient management of third parties.

•             Communication                           

Regularly communicating upstream with CIO, PMs, and CFO and downstream with finance/legal/other internal teams on multiple tasks. Also, communicate regularly with other Department Heads for financial or operational matters as well as external counterparts 

•             Problem solving                          

Regularly coming up with efficient and innovative solutions to problems arising within the operational or other departments.

I am confident that I am just the team player your financial department is looking for. My knowledge and skills, along with my committed professionalism, would allow me to make a valuable contribution to your company's ongoing success.

• Working closely with the Directors to manage investment execution, settlement, position management, and reporting
• Production of performance reports. Assessing performance metrics. Monitoring and maintaining internal Profit and Loss data base, investment entry, cash movements related to investment activity
• Oversight of investment execution working with external managers and counterparties, managing fund subscriptions and redemptions
• Managing and maintaining the investment database, keeping up to date records of all investment activity. Maintaining forward-looking cash-flow projections for the investment portfolio, tracking budget vs. actual variances
• Producing investment reports on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Working closely with the Finance team on daily cash management, cash flow forecasting maintaining the firm’s books and records. Reconciling cash and holdings with fund administrators and custodians. Monitoring financing balances held at external banks/brokers
• Liaise with external auditor for audit purposes. Liaise with internal auditor and ensuring company adherence to policies and procedures.
• Reviewing month/quarter/year end closing valuations and perform reconciliations internally with investment team, finance, and fund administrator/external advisors/private banks.
• Overview of NAV reports and resolving any discrepancies.
• Manage all aspects of back-office operations for investment portfolios, to include overview of custody, accounting, reporting, transaction processing, data management, cash flow reporting, performance reporting, assist with operational due diligence and new account set ups
• Manage on-going relationships with various service providers including custodians, consultants.
• Managed team of 4 employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.

MBA in Banking and Finance