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Anshika Mahajan

haryana ,Gurugram

Summary

Knowledgeable Assistant Risk Manager equipped with strategic planning and program leadership abilities honed in Banking industry environments. Implement strong and successful policies to mitigate risk at each level and establish clear procedures for assessments, prevention and containment. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Risk Analyst

American Express, AMEX
04.2023 - Current
  • Established strategy for Audit reporting and analytics, identifying key needs for deliverables.
  • Formulated knowledgeable forecasts for leadership based on available Audit reporting information.
  • Collaborated on implementation of collection strategies with collections, risk and fraud teams.
  • Established strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders involved in managing various types of Audits i.e. ; IAG , ICT & Regulatory Review team.
  • Streamlined risk reporting procedures for improved communication with stakeholders and senior management.
  • Improved decision-making processes by providing insightful recommendations based on thorough Audit finding analysis.
  • Supporting New audit leads to understand roles and responsibilities and sharing all possible ready to use templates/guidance to effectively navigate through an audit.
  • Reviewed excising audit reports to identify Key potential risks and share actionable insights to ensure proactive Action plan with effective Mitigation strategies.

Risk Analyst

American Express
06.2022 - 04.2023


  • Assessed emerging risks through ongoing research and monitoring of industry trends, proactively addressing potential threats before they materialized into significant issues.
  • Coordinate with various teams across APAC markets to create and/or maintain Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Business Continuity (BC) Plan for various consumer business units.
  • Ensuring that critical 3rd parties and applications linked to BIAs have valid mitigation strategies updated in the BC plans.
  • Improve the quality and coverage of BIAs to minimize potential continuity-related risks and manage the control ratings metrics for the business units. Ensure all business activities are covered in BIAs and assessment is done accurately.
  • Ensuring testing is performed according to enterprise Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) program.
  • Collaborating with various stakeholders to educate them on potential emerging BC related risks.
  • Invoking the plan on behalf of plan owners, providing the necessary operational support and updating the best practices/learnings from the BC event.
  • Creation and maintaining various reports - BIA-TLM linkage, BIA-Application linkage, BIAs Master file, BC Plan & Exercise Inventory, ER Scorecard

Risk Analyst Enterprise Resilience

American Express
04.2020 - 06.2022
  • Identifying and assessing operational risks, developing risk mitigation strategies, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Analyzing data and trends to identify potential risks and implement sustainable controls .
  • I collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement risk management initiatives and provide recommendations for process improvements.
    • Developed risk assessment frameworks and conducted risk assessments for
    various business units, identifying areas of improvement and implementing
    controls to mitigate risks.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement risk
    management initiatives, including training programs and awareness campaigns.
    • Conducted process audits and reviews to ensure compliance with internal policies
    and external regulatory requirements.
    • Provided regular reports and updates to senior management on risk management
    activities, including key risk indicators and risk mitigation strategies.

Business Analyst

American Express
05.2019 - 04.2020
  • Support GSN Issues Management Program Execution, lead E2E issue management activities to ensure compliance with milestones and issue management policy.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define Controls and follow up to get the same implemented .
  • Ensure thorough and timely documentation and analysis of operational risk events and CAPS to include the identification of relevant risks and controls.
  • Provide strategic thought leadership to support identification of root cause and proper solution, provide guidance and direction on Customer impact and strength and controls, provide insights for issue prevention, forward thinking.
  • Ensures all work is carried out documented in accordance with Control & Compliance guidelines and take ownerships on any QAs received by ORGG and GRBC (Global Risk, Banking and Compliance.

Team Captain

American Express
01.2012 - 05.2019
  • Expertise with FAST, CRUSH and FAST After Hours.
  • Monitored individual performance metrics regularly, identifying areas for improvement while recognizing exemplary contributions from team members.
  • Championed company values throughout all team activities, ensuring alignment with organizational mission and objectives.
  • Practiced with team on schedule and trained alone to enhance athletic abilities and contributions to team success.
  • Boosted team morale by organizing team-building activities and fostering a positive work environment.
  • Increased overall productivity by streamlining workflow processes and delegating tasks appropriately.
  • Helped to transition Merchant authorization department from singapore to gurgaon in efficient and timely manner .

Job Content Coach

Convergys
11.2008 - 02.2012

• Identify concerns on customers phone and troubleshoot the basic issues
• Up selling to customers if required
• Worked closely with voice recognition team, to improve Voice response by providing feedback as per the changes with process.

• Providing details on order status and queries related to warranty contracts.
• Won Ace performer awards for Highest NPS in 2010 , 2011

  • Improved team cohesion by organizing regular bonding activities and fostering a supportive environment.
  • Utilized positive communication to encourage team and promote integrity and respect.
  • Coaching & Training new hires.

Education

MBA - Marketing Management And Research

IMT
Ghaziabad, India
01.2018

BBA - Business Studies

Jamia Hamdard University
Hamdard Nagar
01.2015

Skills

  • Performance Management
  • Governance and Compliance
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Project Management
  • People Management
  • Process Improvements
  • Internal/External Audit Governance & reporting
  • Issue Management
  • New Product Governance
  • Data Analysis
  • Training & Development
  • PRSA Testing

Timeline

Risk Analyst

American Express, AMEX
04.2023 - Current

Risk Analyst

American Express
06.2022 - 04.2023

Risk Analyst Enterprise Resilience

American Express
04.2020 - 06.2022

Business Analyst

American Express
05.2019 - 04.2020

Team Captain

American Express
01.2012 - 05.2019

Job Content Coach

Convergys
11.2008 - 02.2012

MBA - Marketing Management And Research

IMT

BBA - Business Studies

Jamia Hamdard University
Anshika Mahajan