KERRY JEAN COLLINS
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Experienced Middle Office Analyst with a strong background in investment operations and trade support across Fixed Income, FX, Commodities, and Equities. Skilled in trade lifecycle management, risk mitigation, and process optimization, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency. Proven ability to resolve trade breaks, enhance straight-through processing (STP), and collaborate with front office, custodians, and counterparties. Adept at regulatory compliance (MiFID II, Dodd-Frank, EMIR), and driving process improvements to streamline operations. Detail-oriented, analytical, and passionate about delivering results in fast-paced environments. Open to connecting and exploring new opportunities in investment operations and financial services.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Analyst, Global Equity Sales
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
02.2024 - 08.2024
- Monitor Sales book, GBOI, and Fails reporting and exceptions
- Responsible for booking all allocations of Block trades, including CTM, FIX, voice, ALEX, GTC, ECN, and Fidessa
- Responsible for monitoring and resolving fails
- All relevant reports and reconciliations are performed, breaks are notated and cleared as appropriate and passed for sign off daily
- Where any policy or underlying reconciliation is not sufficiently understood this should be escalated to the Team Manager or above
- Trade amendments in TOMS, GBOI, and Fidessa
- New Issues and Placings Processing
- Manual DMA client bookings
- Monitoring Group inboxes
- Ensure B2B/omnibus book positions are flat intraday
- Sub-accounts and new account opening assistance, KYC assistance
- To be a point of contact for Sales/Trade teams and Settlements
- Fails Management including Front office-related issues e.g., booking errors
- Client Confirmation (VCON)
- To be the point of contact for tier 1/Platinum Clients and continue to develop and enhance excellent Client Service
Analyst, FI Trade Management
PRUDENTIAL GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
01.2021 - 06.2023
- Check IG/HY & EM Bloomberg & Traders Blotter against Aladdin
- Provide Investment grade portfolio managers with daily cash numbers
- Running positions reports in Aladdin to see if there are any Government Bonds to cover
- Send out Overdraft Reports for all UK Accounts to the trading desks
- Advising the HY traders of any large subscriptions or redemptions affecting their cash numbers
- UnaVista Mifid Reconciliation & Reporting
- Confirm FX & OTC Fixed Income trades
- Ad hoc Cash Entries
- New Broker & Fund setups
- Set up New Issue Bonds in the Security Master
- Monitor any margin payments and advise the desk of any estimated moves
- Moving funds from the Parent portfolio to Strand entities
- Reviewed Securities for Fixed Income OTC trades that were in SM Pending status on the Dash in Bloomberg, investigating and resolving any trade mismatches in Omgeo CTM for Debt & Equity
- Running Daily, Weekly, and Monthly reports
- Liaising with Brokers and Custodians to ensure trades are matched correctly and settled on time
- Month-end Interest Sweeps
- Providing the PMs of Hedge Estimate reports
- Claims Investigation
- Foreign Exchange (spot and forwards for portfolio hedging purposes)
- Facilitating trade flow processes and ensuring trades are entered timely and accurately
- Serving as primary liaison between the portfolio management and operations teams
- Providing timely resolution to operational issues raised by the portfolio management team
- Actively researching/resolving trade discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders
- Monitoring and/or creating daily reports
- Performing daily control checks to ensure trade activity has been accurately captured
- Gathering and analysing data to assist with key metric reporting
- Help develop and maintain departmental policies, guidelines, and procedures
- Anticipating issues that may adversely affect operational support and taking action to reduce the risk of occurrences
- Proactively seeking ways to improve current processes by leveraging the tools available to identify inefficiencies
- Cultivating both internal and external relationships to ensure proper service levels are achieved
- Communicating operational support changes and initiatives to all impacted areas of PGIM
- Thoughtfully assess and manage risk
- Identify trends/reoccurrences and implement practical solutions to mitigate control weaknesses and inefficiencies
- Leverage operational knowledge to increase efficiency surrounding trade room activities
- Assist with projects and supply technical expertise
Senior EMEA Trade Support Analyst
FIRST SENTIER INVESTORS
11.2019 - 01.2021
- Ad-hoc query resolution with Front Office, Risk, Client - Onboarding, Brokers, Custodians, and various other clients both internal and external
- Data management, including security set-up, SSI maintenance, and related data
- Provided comprehensive follow-the-sun Trade Support coverage from the EMEA region, working collaboratively with global colleagues
- Investigated and resolved all discrepancies and failed trades/cash flows with Custodians and Counterparties and followed up with interest claims where necessary
- Diligently managed Trade lifecycles for all security types such as Derivatives, Fixed Interest, and FX
- Robustly monitored the Aladdin Dashboard, adding the Desk & SSIs on Bond trades where necessary and sending them through to Omgeo CTM
- Confirmed Futures against the NOE Broker emails and confirmed Forex trades against Refinativ FXALL
- Reviewed Securities for Fixed Income OTC trades that were in SM Pending status on the Dash in Bloomberg, investigating and resolving any trade mismatches in Omgeo CTM for Debt & Equity
- Ensured all confirmed trades monitored by London Trade Support have had their Swifts sent, unsent–send, and investigated and resolved any failed swifts
- Reviewed the daily failed trade reports from the Custodians, keeping the failed trade spreadsheet up to date and letting the traders know by email of all the current failed trades
- Investigated and resolved discrepancies and failed trades/cash flows with Custodians and Counterparties and followed up with interest claims where necessary
- Once a Month Manually closed out NDF to realise Profit & Loss for NDF trades
- Posted Ad Hoc Cash entries in Aladdin CFE and ensured that cash flows for certain Funds are input into Aladdin, once the Subs & Reds email has been received
- Assist the Portfolio Managers and Dealing team to ensure effective and timely settlement in the market
- Data management – Including security set-up, SSI maintenance, and related data
- Work collaboratively with global colleagues to provide follow-the-sun Trade Support coverage from the EMEA region
- Ensure all trades executed in instruments supported by settlements (Fixed Income, derivatives, FX) are confirmed with counterparties promptly and are settled on the value date
- Investigate discrepancies and failed trades/cash flows with Custodians and Counterparties and follow up with interest claims where necessary
- Maintain static data relating to all instruments supported by settlements for both clients and counterparties in both internal and external data sources/systems
- Ensure all daily EMIR trade reporting & confirmation timeliness requirements are met
- Trade lifecycle management for all security types such as Derivatives, Fixed Interest, and FX
Confirmations Analyst
INVESCO
05.2016 - 08.2019
- Ensured all trades executed in instruments supported by settlements (Fixed Income & Equity) were confirmed with Brokers on T and settled on the value date
- Monitored trade message flows, identified any exceptions in our swift messaging flows, and performed investigation and analysis ensuring timely resolution
- Manually processed trade executions that fall outside of the automated processes of trade instructions
- Investigated and resolved discrepancies and failed trades/cash flows with Custodians and Counterparties and followed up with interest claims where necessary
- Completed daily investigation and resolution of stock and cash reconciliation for the trade support team
- Reviewed the daily failed trade reports from the Custodians, keeping the failed trade spreadsheet up to date and letting the traders know by email of all the current failed trades
- Investigated and resolved discrepancies and failed trades/cash flows with Custodians and Counterparties and followed up with interest claims where necessary
- Ensure all daily EMIR trade reporting & confirmation timeliness requirements are met
- Assist the Portfolio Managers and Dealing team to ensure effective and timely settlement in the market
- Robustly monitored the Aladdin Dashboard, adding the Desk & SSIs on Bond trades where necessary and sending them through to Omgeo CTM
- Work collaboratively with global colleagues to provide follow-the-sun Trade Support coverage from the EMEA region
Futures & Options Reconciliations Analyst
JP MORGAN
Bournemouth, Dorset
06.2015 - 11.2015
- Daily reconciliations of all EMEA & NA Futures & Options Trades between the Exchange houses and Front Office Systems
- (CDS, Equities, Metals, Energy &Softs)
- Ensure timely completion of Trade, Position and P&L reconciliations, with prompt delivery of reconciliation details to the relevant middle offices and brokers
- Worked closely with key stakeholders and supported Middle and Front offices to manage and coordinate all new products, entities, trading books, and desk setups
- Execution of daily, weekly, and monthly tasks covering reconciliations, margin movements and control, oversight, and impact monitoring of trade events including option expiries, physical deliveries, and cascading instruments
- Work closely with the Controls team to deliver on the control’s agenda
- Managing any other ad hoc Tasks, requests, and queries as required
Confirmations Coordinator
SHELL ENERGY TRADING
07.2014 - 04.2015
- Check Trader Deal Sheets against the system of record to ensure the accuracy of the deal capture
- Reconcile all Broker Recaps against the system of record to ensure accuracy
- Draft (whether automatically through STP tools or manually) and ensure timely dispatch of all Counterparty Confirmations
- Receive and reconcile all Counterparty Confirmations
- Chase outstanding and overdue Recaps and Confirmations to ensure receipt
- Monitor electronic Confirmations (both Broker and Counterparty) for failures and resolve through to a successful match
- Overseeing any other ad hoc Confirmation requirements, requests, and queries as required
Associate Derivatives
COMMONWEALTH BANK
Sydney, Australia
11.2012 - 01.2014
- Settlement of FX Options in Murex
- Handle all pre & post-settlement queries and investigations from Internal and external counterparties
- Agree flows with external counterparties for upcoming settlements of derivative trades
- Rate fixing of all CBA derivatives trades
- (Bloomberg)
- Input of any manual derivatives settlements into the payment system MIDAS
- Day-to-day duties regarding FX Option processing
- Trade Break investigation and reconciliation
Trade Operations Analyst
Blackrock
Sydney, Australia
11.2011 - 08.2012
- Responsible for ensuring unmatched Fixed Income & Equity trades for settlement are matched and failing trades followed up on
- (Omgeo- CTM for matching)
- Instructing the settlement of Fixed-income Trades (Bonds)
- Ensure overdrawn accounts are investigated, resolved, and escalated
- Responsible for new security setups, SSI, and mapping in Aladdin & Alert
- Investigate and solve queries relating to fixed-income trades with custodians, portfolio managers, and the cash & reconciliation team
- Maintaining & Updating SSI’s on ALERT
- Futures Trade Break investigation and reconciliation
- Austraclear, Euroclear, Clear stream, DTCC, FedWire
- Responsible for ensuring unmatched Fixed Income trades for settlement are matched and failing trades followed up on
- (Omgeo- CTM for matching)
- Active cash management process, covering 11 AM accounts and Term Deposits
- Responsible for investigating any Fixed Income Queries
- Responsible for instructing the settlement of Fixed-income Trades (Bonds, T-Bills, Discount Securities, TBA Trades)
- Ensure overdrawn accounts are investigated, resolved, and escalated
- Ensure monthly overdraft interest is reconciled (signed off) and operating errors completed if necessary
- Responsible for new security setups and mapping in Aladdin/Administrator
- Responsible for new broker setups including Aladdin and Alert for SSIs
- Responsible for the onboarding of new accounts as part of the trade role
- Investigate and solve any queries relating to fixed-income trades with custodians, portfolio managers, and the cash & reconciliation team
Senior Settlements Analyst
ICAP
Sydney, Australia
09.2008 - 07.2009
- Daily reconciliation & Clearing Futures & EFP Trades with ASX Exchange
- Daily Input of Interest Rate Swaps and Bonds Exchange for Physicals
- Preparing and maintaining the records of financial transactions involving Repos, Interest Rates, Bonds, Money Market, FX & Energy Commodities, and other types of investments
- Preparing daily and Monthly reports for the Brokers
- Amending Broker rates
- Setting Up Customer Accounts
Trading Accounts Analyst
Gazprom M&T
London, United Kingdom
12.2005 - 08.2008
- Trade Input of Physical OTC Derivative and Physical Trades
- Natural Gas Futures and C02 Emissions Futures reconciliation & options expiries (ICE)
- Entering in all the daily prices from Relevant Energy Publications
- Manual Invoicing of Energy Trades
- Monthly Reporting of KPI’s
- Agreeing Settlements with Counterparties & Trade query investigation
- ISDA Drafting for Physical OTC Derivative and Physical Trade confirmations
Education
Advanced Diploma - Hospitality Management with High Distinction
William Blue
Sydney, Australia08.2011
Matric Certificate - University Entrance
Roosevelt High School
Johannesburg, South AfricaBachelor of Arts Degree -
UNISA
Investment Operations Certificate - Introduction to Securities and Investments
Skills
- Trade Processing and Allocation
- Reconciliation of Suspense Accounts
- Proficient in Trading Platforms and Systems
- Advanced Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Strong Written and Verbal Communication
- Time Management and Task Prioritization
- Problem-Solving and Discrepancy Resolution
- Client and Adviser Relationship Management
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Analyst, Global Equity Sales
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
02.2024 - 08.2024
Analyst, FI Trade Management
PRUDENTIAL GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
01.2021 - 06.2023
Senior EMEA Trade Support Analyst
FIRST SENTIER INVESTORS
11.2019 - 01.2021
Confirmations Analyst
INVESCO
05.2016 - 08.2019
Futures & Options Reconciliations Analyst
JP MORGAN
06.2015 - 11.2015
Confirmations Coordinator
SHELL ENERGY TRADING
07.2014 - 04.2015
Associate Derivatives
COMMONWEALTH BANK
11.2012 - 01.2014
Trade Operations Analyst
Blackrock
11.2011 - 08.2012
Senior Settlements Analyst
ICAP
09.2008 - 07.2009
Trading Accounts Analyst
Gazprom M&T
12.2005 - 08.2008
Advanced Diploma - Hospitality Management with High Distinction
William Blue
Matric Certificate - University Entrance
Roosevelt High School
Bachelor of Arts Degree -
UNISA
Investment Operations Certificate - Introduction to Securities and Investments
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