Morgan Stanley Fund Services
Department: Morgan Stanley Fund Services
Designation: Associate/Senior Associate
Overview of the functions performed by CERT : –
Daily & Month-end pricing checks – To provide client with correct valuations for its investment portfolio across various financial products like equities, options, swaps, CDS etc.
To verify and compare valuations against various feeds received from NASDAQ, NYSE, Bloomberg etc. and highlight issues in cases of discrepancy.
Daily & Month-end cash and positions reconciliations – As a fund administrator, we have to reconcile all positions & cash balances across various financial products in the client’s portfolio with the counterparty statements and report exceptions.
While performing the reconciliation we have to keep in mind the products specific features.
Knowledge on corporate actions and accounting entries will be required in the reconciliation process.
Review of Audit Confirmations – Performing review of standard MSFS confirmation which is released to investors’ auditor providing the Investors’ holding for the audit period