Headline

Learner, Technologist, Changemaker

About

22+ years of multifaceted experience in leading enterprise scale financial application implementations, management consulting in big 4 firm and heading Banking IT - Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) function. Setting up accelerated technology Delivery Center adopting factory model in solution delivery, digital transformation, productization, management consulting and end to end packaged software implementation.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

deepseek

gemini

perplexity

ChatGPT

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Senior Vice President - IT Governance, Special Projects and PMO at Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, Sep 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Director, Global Delivery at Finastra, Jul 2018 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, In-charge of transforming Finastra’s Captive Centers to industrialized delivery by managing the talent lifecycle, driving operational excellence, deploying dynamic resourcing models, advanced tooling, automation, and driving quality/efficiency driven KPIs. Transformed the delivery centers to deliver SaaS and managed service operations enabling Finastra to launch new technology-led services.

AVP - Head of Consulting Services India at Temenos, Mar 2011 - Jul 2018 · 7 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Temenos Group AG (SIX: TEMN), headquartered in Geneva, is a market leading software provider, partnering with banks and other financial institutions to transform their businesses and stay ahead of a changing marketplace. Over 2,000 firms across the globe, including 41 of the top 50 banks, rely on Temenos to process the daily transactions of more than 500 million banking customers. Lead team involved in core product enhancements with reusable and continuous improvements in product innovation for both client and strategic enhancements leading upto monthly/ annual release. Was responsible for building and professionally developing a team of management and business consulting resources who are involved in initiation, analysis, design, build and deployment of packaged banking software globally. Was engaged in pre-sales assignments to demonstrate product differentiators. Consulting experience across EMEA & APAC regions in delivering end to end Temenos solutions. Delivered as onsite lead for large implementations with involvement in costing and audit of projects delivered.

Unit Head - Operations Control at ING, Sep 2008 - Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bangalore, India, Operational risk management and controls: - Review of key risk areas across banks operational environment and formulate mitigating controls to reduce inherent/ residual risk. - Periodic reassessment of risk framework and deployment of suitable control measures short-term immediate manual controls and work towards long term automated controls. - Analysis of incident reporting tool and internal audit reports of branches/ops units for patterns in process gaps, application deficiencies and incidents involving potential operational losses. Compliance and regulatory reporting: - Effectively addressing issues observed by Central Regulatory Body (RBI) during annual financial inspection and monitoring and closure of issues and testing effectiveness of controls that are implemented. - Highlight to Senior Management, Audit Committee of Board and Operational risk review committee, high risk areas involving income leakage supported by analysis and update on key controls. Change management: - Driving changes in core banking and other allied applications in areas where control deficiencies were identified. Conducting of user acceptance testing (UAT), roll out of new builds and versions in line with business or regulatory specifications and seamless movement into production. Project management: - Experience in designing, measuring, monitoring and communicating project metrics. Flexibility and willingness to work in unstructured environments with changing priorities. Process Evaluation: - Evaluate new processes designed for availability of necessary built in controls from an operational risk perspective - Review existing processes to identify gaps and implement control points - Bring in standardization in processes / practices across network

Deputy Manager - Audit and Assurances at Deloitte, Sep 2004 - Sep 2008 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, Audit & Advisory Business Services: Coordinated, led planning and execution of audit and assurance assignments of several reputable organizations within the Indian business environment. Facilitated efforts to develop comprehensive understanding of client’s business, designed audit strategy based on assessment of key business and operational risks, and supervised team in execution of audit strategy involving analytic and substantive procedures. Gained exposure in assurance services to a wide range of industries including manufacturing, trading, construction, shared services/BPO and the information technology industry. Significant achievements: - Handling challenging scope of work and timelines for client’s initial public offering (IPO). - International exposure in Dubai on Deloitte Global Exchange program. - Acquired experience in due diligence and investigations.

Education

CA, Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting and Business/Management, bangalore university