Harmanpreet Kaur
Investment Projects Manager at Baillie Gifford
Greater Glasgow Area
8+ years of work experience
Nov 20214 yrs 8 mosPresent
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Key Duties:
▪ Understand the problems and goals of the investment floor, specifically the investors and
Portfolio Implementation team, to accurately represent them to operational and systems
areas and ensure they are prioritised and solved appropriately.
▪ Represent the Investment Departments on projects as required.
▪ Act as 'product owner' on specified projects for the investment teams.
▪ Work closely with Information Systems department on requirements and prioritisation.
▪ Engage with Investment staff in reviewing processes and suggesting improvements.
▪ Promote the efficient use of BG applications and the adoption of best practice.
▪ Develop and maintain strong relationships with members of the investment teams.
▪ Establish a network of contacts throughout the firm to facilitate the delivery of improvements.
▪ Providing a point of contact on analysis of live investment systems issues.
▪ Provide cover for other members of the team as required.
▪ Manage staff as defined by the organisation structure.
Mar 20201 yr 7 mosSep 2021
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Key Duties:
▪ Interact regularly with Independent Price verification and Front Office to understand and challenge models used to value trades.
▪ Delivering reduction in RWAs and deep dive investigations of valuation discrepancies between Barclays and Counterparty.
▪ Represent Global Dispute and Portfolio Reconciliation function on internal meetings and forums with senior management within Trading, Sales, Product Control & Independent Price Verification.
▪ Ensuring a robust risk and control framework is in place across the group with clear management information, escalation and analysis.
▪ Ensuring effectiveness of Global Dispute and Portfolio Reconciliation function to protect the firms risk.
▪ Propose and drive efficiencies, process improvements and risk management initiatives across function.
▪ Actively contribute to lead the definition and shape of the global CMS function and needs.
▪ Develop the market relationships with clients, counterparts, peers and industry groups to support function.
Achievements:
✓ Achieved strong year end performance rating at Barclays for applying derivatives products and collateral knowledge effectively to investigate the high risk MtM differences with clients. Successfully automated the collateral margin service function to save time and reduce human error and risk.
May 20181 yr 11 mosMar 2020
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Key duties:
▪ Liaison with Desk Control Team to ensure the timely and accurate affirmation of all trades within 15 minutes, contacting internal and external clients where necessary.
▪ Monitoring trader books in a live environment, to ensure positions and risk are correctly captured at the point of execution. Liasing with the BU on an ad hoc basis to identify and resolve issues, provide trade information, and act as liason point with various other teams within the Firm.
▪ Maintaining responsibility for risk management within the team through use of checklists and timely escalation.
▪ In conjunction with Desk Control team, monitor reconciliation, settlement and product set-up queries as required.
▪ Maintaining, developing and improving current processes & procedures. Supporting the desk through NPAs, system enhancements and regulatory or compliance queries.
▪ Developing and maintaining various regulatory reports, to comply with market requirements.
Achievements:
✓ Provided traders, sales and Eclerx department with an efficient and timely resolution on trade execution, quantity and pricing issues, resulting in a significantly reduced portfolio risk at Morgan Stanley.
Dec 20176 mosMay 2018
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Key duties:
▪ Dealing with banking and financial crime related inquiries on daily basis. Liaising with various banking departments to resolve customer inquiries in an efficient and timely manner.
▪ Processing complex financial transactions including money transfer, overdrafts, bank account closures, cheques, bank statements and data entry to update client files according with established Santander quality and security standards.
▪ Exercising judgment when dispensing information to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
▪ Proactively taking ownership of resolving customer banking problems and determining corrective action in high-call volume department.
▪ Adhering to comprehensive Santander internal security levels and external financial legislation including data protection, anti-money laundering, complaint handling and client due diligence standards.
Achievements:
✓ Demonstrated advanced financial services knowledge and professional etiquette when interfacing with Santander customers which resulted in 30% improved customer service feedback.
Oct 20173 mosDec 2017
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Key Duties:
▪ Teaching module to final year students of Bachelor degree, syllabus mainly about financial statement analysis and long term planning, valuation of bonds and shares, estimating an appropriate discount rate for investment appraisal, risk return trade off and application of option pricing theory.
▪ Actively leading class discussions and encouraging debate on the concepts related to module syllabus and recent financial issues.
▪ Responding to students academic and other related enquiries promptly through emails and face-to face appointments.
▪ Providing mentoring, advice and support to students on personal level for exam preparations.
▪ Assessing students course work and study materials.
Achievements:
✓ Attained consistent rating of exceptional teaching performance for Corporate Finance module evidenced from examiners reports and student evaluations.
Education
Bachelor (Hons.), Finance, Investment and Risk
Glasgow Caledonian University
20114 yrs2015
Master’s Degree, International Banking, Finance and Risk Management
Glasgow Caledonian University
20151 yr2016
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