Manoja Ravuri
Risk management professional
Bangalore
Summary
Risk management professional with over ten years of experience in operational risk, internal audit and regulatory compliance, controls assurance and control testing. Led multiple projects in the fields of risk assessment, RCSA and SOX audits for major Banking & Financial Services. Expert in governing control forums, driving control frameworks, setting new control standards and strengthening existing practices. Demonstrated ability in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders and known for being trusted advisor. Self-learner with CFA program level 2 certified and committed to continuous learning and process improvements.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4027
4027
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate Control Manager
J P Morgan Services India Private Limited
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Initiated extensive review of multiple valuation processes and identified areas lacking strong governance that impacted financial statements
- Designed, proposed and validated corrective action plan that led to addition of new governance to valuation standards
- Led India specific monthly risk event review meetings to socialize reported risk events and propose action items
- Acted as governance lead for production of monthly Business Control Forum (BCF) materials attended by senior management. Responsibilities involve ensuring accuracy of control metrics presented, data analysis for identification of key operational risk drivers, summarize month end control issues, coordination across internal control and VCG business teams
- Enhanced Business Control Forum content with new control metrics in line with changing control environment
- Optimized Business Control Forum production process by adopting Tableau, Alteryx and One note which led to process standardization and transparency, effective team collaboration and reduced key person dependency
- Assisted in building Unified Executive dashboard that presents risk and control metrics in a single and consistent view by sub business and process, allows businesses to self-identify related operational risk and causal factors
- Maintained strong relations with business teams, perceived as a point of contact and go to person for all control related requirements from all levels.
- Mentored and guided peers and junior team members to catch up with various projects and role expectations
- Received multiple Step-Up and Team Player awards for active collaboration and achieving operational excellence.
Senior Analyst
J P Morgan Services India Private Limited
11.2018 - 12.2021
- Evaluated Independent price verification and Valuation adjustments processes of valuation Control Group (VCG) to identify significant control gaps and weaknesses and determine root cause of control breaks. Extended the review findings across VCG sub businesses to verify if issues are more widespread
- Reviewed implementation of Price Testing and Valuation Adjustment computation methodologies in line with valuation standards and identified anomalies
- Coordinated SOX program management including scoping, risk assessment, evaluation, documentation, and reporting in adherence with firmwide SOX framework and track progress per agreed SLAs.
- Supported governance and execution of Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), Control and Operational Risk Evaluation (CORE) control program, responsibilities included
- Identified control Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) basis existing controls
- Established and refreshed thresholds for KPIs using tableau as part of ongoing monitoring
- Coordinated in dispositioning KPI trigger breaches in adherence with firm wide Standards
- Performed annual KPI reviews to obtain management approval
- Analyzed reported risk events to identify themes of key control failures and areas of operational risk that lead to issue recording, proposed corrective action plan including tactical and strategic solution
- Lead monthly meetings with senior management to
- Summarize control issues identified through SOX, RCSA, CORE control programs, risk event analysis and various other deep dive reviews
- Report the status of agreed corrective actions or enhancements
- Escalate potential delays in remediation to ensure timely resolution of issues
- Created various dashboards to present control metrics for management reporting and analysis. Certified in tableau and supported migration of dashboards to tableau server environment and ongoing maintenance
- Gained fair knowledge on financial products including securities and derivatives in connection with the valuation process
Senior Associate
PWC Service Delivery Centre (Kolkata) Pvt. Ltd.
06.2017 - 11.2018
- Validated Corrective Action Plan (CAP) related to Employee market conduct risk in FX Trading as part of Consent order remediation for a major U.S. bank.
- Conducted Design Effectiveness Assessment and Operating Effectiveness Testing of corrective action plans, assessing risk and control for the bank’s FX trading.
- Conducted walkthroughs to understand the background of CAP and document the testing procedures
Executive
KPMG Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
06.2014 - 05.2017
- Independently led multiple projects for tier-1 and tier-2 clients of major US based banks and received excellent client feedbacks for the projects handled
- Involved in design and operating effectiveness assessment for Business Process Controls (BPC), SSAE16 (SOC1) and SOX compliance reviews and performed complex manual reconciliations
- Performed peer reviews ensuring quality deliverables within the agreed SLAs and mentored trainees to understand various audit concepts and banking processes
- Honored with Team Player award for 2 consecutive years for project excellence that resulted in significant project penetration
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Finance and Marketing
M S Ramaiah Institute of Management (MSRIM)
01-2014
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) - Electronics and Communications
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)
01-2012
Skills
Data analysis and presentation
Timeline
Associate Control Manager
J P Morgan Services India Private Limited
01.2022 - 08.2023
Senior Analyst
J P Morgan Services India Private Limited
11.2018 - 12.2021
Senior Associate
PWC Service Delivery Centre (Kolkata) Pvt. Ltd.
06.2017 - 11.2018
Executive
KPMG Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
06.2014 - 05.2017
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Finance and Marketing
M S Ramaiah Institute of Management (MSRIM)
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) - Electronics and Communications
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)
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