Headline

Senior Manager | Risk & Controls | Controls Assurance | Non-Financial & Operational Risk | Internal Audit / Independent Assurance | Governance & Transformation

About

I’m a risk, controls and assurance leader with 13 years of experience across consulting and global financial services. My strongest experience sits at the intersection of controls assurance, non financial and operational risk, independent assurance, remediation validation, governance and transformation. Most recently, as a Senior Manager at Deloitte, I built and scaled three risk and assurance capabilities representing 150+ professionals. This included a 50-person controls-testing capability covering 2,000+ controls across six business lines, a 25-person independent Issue Validation capability, and an 80-person Third-Party Risk operation. My controls experience includes both Design and Operating Effectiveness testing, including Finance and regulatory reporting controls. I’ve focused not only on assurance execution, but also on improving how risk and control functions operate. This included reducing past due testing from XX% to Y%, strengthening testing and quality frameworks, using risk and control metrics to support governance and escalation, and delivering 30%+ productivity improvement through process standardization and AI-enabled automation. My experience spans Controls Testing & Assurance, Non Financial and Operational Risk, Issue & Remediation Validation, Risk Governance, Regulatory Reporting QA, Third and Fourth Party Risk, Archer GRC, operating model transformation and large scale offshore/GCC capability building. I have worked extensively with senior business, Risk, Finance and Control stakeholders in regulated banking environments, combining independent challenge and evidence-based assurance with practical remediation and process improvement. I am most effective in roles where I can combine risk judgment, assurance, people leadership and transformation: strengthening the control environment while also making risk functions more scalable, data-driven and effective.

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

claude

openai

ChatGPT

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Senior Manager at Deloitte, Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos, On-site, Led and scaled risk, controls and assurance capabilities for major global financial-services organizations, spanning Controls Testing, independent Issue Validation, Third-Party Risk, governance and operating-model transformation. • Scaled Controls Testing from 15 to 50 professionals in two years, enabling independent Design and Operating Effectiveness testing across six business lines and 2,000+ controls, including Finance and regulatory-reporting controls. • Reduced past-due testing from 60% to 3% and testing cycle time from 45 to 30 days through stronger testing methodology, capacity management, quality governance, risk metrics and targeted management intervention. • Built and led a 25-person independent Issue Validation capability for a top-10 U.S. bank, assessing remediation evidence, control sustainability, recurring findings and risk-based closure of control and regulatory issues. • Built and scaled Third-Party Risk Operations from 0 to 80 professionals, covering third- and fourth-party risk activity, Archer GRC-enabled workflows, governance and SLA/KPI management. • Improved productivity by 30%+ across Controls Testing, Issue Validation and Third-Party Risk through process standardization and 30+ Microsoft Copilot-enabled automation and improvement use cases. • Led complex onshore-to-offshore and vendor transitions, spanning operating-model design, methodology alignment, knowledge transfer, workforce scaling, governance and stabilization. • Partnered with senior U.S. business, Risk and Control stakeholders on control effectiveness, remediation, recurring risk themes, management information, escalation and operating-model decisions. • Supported 10+ strategic proposals representing $100M+ in contract value, with approximately five progressing to signed engagements, contributing to solution design, delivery models, pricing and commercial structures.

Manager at Deloitte, Jun 2019 - Jun 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, • Led independent Quality Assurance reviews over the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of regulatory reporting for a top-5 U.S. bank. • Assessed process and control effectiveness through walkthroughs, test design, sampling, data analytics and evidence evaluation, identifying control and data-quality gaps and partnering with Risk, Finance and Regulatory Reporting stakeholders on remediation. • Served as Chief of Staff to leadership of a ~3,500-person India Risk Advisory practice, supporting strategy, business planning, performance management, governance and execution of strategic priorities. • Developed data-driven management reporting and coordinated senior governance forums spanning growth, talent, financial performance, operating cadence and organizational priorities.

Business Analyst at AB Mauri, a global business of Associated British Foods plc, Dec 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Working as a business analyst, direct report to CEO and CFO of AB Mauri South and South East Asia region, a yeast and food ingredients business of $100mn+ turnover. Led FP&A and supported strategic investment decisions for India and Southeast Asia business, including Board-level ROI/payback cases for capacity expansion across four manufacturing units, evaluation of two M&A targets and support for a JV-partner share buyback.

Senior Consultant at Deloitte, Jul 2015 - Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, • Managed investment governance and financial planning for a diversified innovation portfolio with a $50M+ annual investment budget. • Advised Partners and Directors on business cases and commercialization for 15+ Regulatory, Forensics & Compliance initiatives within a portfolio generating $150M+ in revenue. • Developed market assessments, financial models and delivery strategies for major risk and managed-services opportunities; earned two promotions in four years while leading four direct reports.

Consultant at Deloitte, Jul 2013 - Jun 2015 · 2 yrs, Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Summer Intern at Swati Gramodhyog Sansthan, District Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India, Mar 2012 - Apr 2012 · 2 mos, 1. Study of innovative micro-financing schemes that are currently prevalent in the market for the rural population and suggesting them to the NGO. 2. Identifying the problems associated with the poorly performing SHGs, thereby identifying the gaps and suggesting ways to increase their operational and financial efficiency. 3. Conduct a feasibility study of Soya products like Soya milk, Soya paneer (Tofu) and Soya curd and suggest ways of integrating this business model with the SHGs.

Trainee at Aircel, Jun 2010 - Jul 2010 · 2 mos, Studied CDMA and GSM standards, Microwave Transmission of Signals, Network Planning (Survey, Network Analysis, Link Budgeting and Loop Protection)) and Call Routing

Education

MBA, Finance, SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology