Nirmal Gautam Khona
Consultant
Bangalore,India
Summary
A compliance and business intelligence professional with over Six years of experience working across industries including FMCG and financial services. Significant expertise in business intelligence databases, Investigations and methodologies. Looking for opportunities in business intelligence, due diligence and investigations.
Overview
7
7
Languages
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant
Ernst and Young LLP | Forensic and Dispute Services
Bangalore, India
08.2018 - Current
- Part of the business intelligence team at EY’s forensic team in Bangalore. Worked on several key engagements for clients in the financial services and FMCG sectors.Details of key engagements worked :
- Client name withheld – one of the world’s largest brewers of beer.
- 11-month secondment to the compliance team.
- Assisted in overhaul of the vendor on-boarding process.
- Processed diligence of 1750 vendors who had been blacklisted due to lack of pre-on boarding due diligence.
- Improved and automated vendor due-diligence process.
- Assisted in reviews of suspicious transactions identified on the client’s proprietary artificial intelligence tool.
- Helped in annual proactive fraud mitigation plan.
- Assisted the client with their internal compliance audits.
- Background research expertise and in sectors such as Pharmaceutical, Technology, FMCG, Automobile, Real Estate, Finance and Transportation etc In multiple languages for client across the globe.
- Performed on ground due diligence including site visits, Interviewing key personnel and discreet intelligence gathering for various clients.
- Working as a Quality Check reviewer who provides feedback on the reports created by the research analysts before sending it to the client.
- Supervising multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.
- Kept projects on schedule by managing deadlines and adjusting workflows.
- Tracked all hours and expenses to keep project on task and within budgetary parameters.
- Gathered requirements for ongoing projects and organized details for management use
Senior Analyst
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd | Forensic Services
Bangalore, India
03.2017 - 06.2018
- Part of the forensic services team of PwC based out of Bangalore India, specialising in regulatory risk mitigation for financial services clients. Assisted in periodic remediation and renewal for various clients in the industry. Assisted in process improvement, controls assessments and review of risk review criteria. Following is a summary of my key responsibilities for multiple engagements for leading financial services clients while at PwC:
- 15 month secondments to 2 different Client’s global due-diligence team.
- Worked with stakeholders from across EMEA region to identify key risk indicators.
- Customer on-boarding risk assessment, including PEP exposure and sanctions.
- Customer risk mitigation for existing customers, including periodic reviews and proposing remediation steps in case of high-risk cases.
- Periodic risk assessments.
Associate
HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
05.2015 - 03.2017
- Part of a team looking after on-boarding, review and remediation of customer accounts across HSBC’s global operations, with a key focus on mitigating financial crime risk.
- My responsibilities included conducting due diligence, sanctions exposure and coordinating with Relationship Manager’s from HSBC locations across the globe to ensure adequate documentation and adherence to strict timelines.
- Assisted in reducing HSBC’s global risk exposure by significantly reducing the portfolio of high-risk customer accounts.
- Helped in the development of a new global tool as a beta tester by applying real-life scenarios and implementing improvements.
- Was recognised as Global NGT Champ by the leadership.
Education
B. Com -
Jain University
Bengaluru, KA 06.2008 - 05.2014
Skills
Business intelligence
undefinedTimeline
Consultant
Ernst and Young LLP | Forensic and Dispute Services
08.2018 - Current
Senior Analyst
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd | Forensic Services
03.2017 - 06.2018
Associate
HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Pvt Ltd
05.2015 - 03.2017
B. Com -
Jain University
06.2008 - 05.2014
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