Anil Vannela

• Enhanced company''s risk profile by conducting thorough risk assessments and audits.
• Strengthened stakeholder relationships by providing transparent and timely updates on risk management efforts, fostering a culture of trust and collaboration.
• Spearheaded the development of an enterprise-wide business continuity plan that minimized operational disruptions during unforeseen circumstances or crises events.
• Reduced risk exposure by implementing comprehensive risk management strategies.

● Generated detailed risk reports and insights to support executive decision-making and regulatory compliance.

● Designed and implemented backend processes to streamline risk tracking, reporting, and escalation workflows, improving operational efficiency and transparency

• Developed strong relationships with internal stakeholders, promoting a culture of risk awareness and accountability.
• Achieved regulatory compliance by ensuring adherence to industry standards and guidelines related to risk management.
• Enabled Internal Governance Board (IGB) with enterprise risk governance with oversight, offered strategic guidance, and engage in rigorous challenge to proactively address and manage enterprise risk across all facets of business activity.
• Conducted regular audits of existing policies and procedures, ensuring their continued effectiveness in addressing organizational goals related to mitigating risks.

• Oversaw the execution of audit assignments, reviewed work papers, and audit reports, while also providing editing expertise for reports authored by fellow auditors.
• Actively contributed to the upkeep and assessment of policies and procedures, ensuring their alignment with current legislation and industry best practices through regular review and maintenance.
• Facilitating audit scheduling and planning by initiating project outlines, conducting risk assessments, and shaping audit direction to ensure comprehensive and effective audit execution.

• Creating and upholding second line of defense (2nd LOD) testing work papers, encompassing comprehensive testing results, exception identification, and formulation of recommendations for process enhancements.
• Overseeing financial and operational audits, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to effectively communicate audit recommendations and address any issues identified during the audit process.
• Contributing to the formulation of audit programs for financial, operational, and compliance audits, and subsequently conducting testing in accordance with the established programs.
• Led User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new models and modifications, collaborating closely with model owners and users to devise and implement comprehensive test plans

• Mentored junior team members, contributing to their professional growth and development.
• Enhanced team performance by providing expert guidance on critical projects and strategic initiatives.
• Proficient in overseeing financial crime and sanctions-related processes, with a comprehensive grasp of the U.S. regulatory landscape governing these activities.
• Developed effective training materials for diverse audiences, resulting in improved skillsets and increased job satisfaction.
• Collecting comprehensive information essential for a thorough understanding of processes, conducting risk assessments, and executing robust control testing measures.

• Resolving intricate and high-risk issues, serving as the primary escalation point, and determining effective measures and solutions to address them.
• Managing quality checks. Understand service level agreements and ensure service delivery is compliant with the agreed/developed SLA’s.
• PEP scores are assigned to every Politically Exposed Person record using a three-factor algorithm that takes into account position, corruption risk and adverse media. Every record receives a rating from low to ultra-high risk which you can leverage to improve alert quality.

● Streamline onboarding with decision-ready, dynamic due diligence reports and enhance protection with ongoing monitoring for material changes.

● Uncover more risk in customer screening and eliminate false positives with the powerful combination of the largest dataset and advanced, configurable filtering.

• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.