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Nishant Verma

Nishant Verma

Pune

Summary

Dynamic senior leader with 21+ years’ expertise in ERM, operational risk, banking, insurance, and governance. Proven ability to scale frameworks, reduce risks, strengthen resilience, and drive cross-functional collaboration across the Three Lines of Defense. Delivers measurable impact on KRIs, false positives, compliance, cost savings, efficiency, talent development, and board transparency.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Vice President – Operational Risk,

Bank Of New York
Pune
06.2022 - Current
  • Enhanced Enterprise Risk Management framework across 12+ business units, reducing policy breaches by 30% and remediation cycle times by 25%.
  • Conducted enterprise-wide risk assessments (50+ interviews, 120+ reports), identifying 15% more critical risks early and mitigating $20M+ potential exposure.
  • Challenged remediation plans across 1st LoD, driving 40% YoY reduction in repeat issues and improving audit ratings.
  • Embedded business resilience framework, raising continuity test success rate from 78% → 96% in 18 months.
  • Automated board & regulatory reporting, cutting turnaround by 35% while improving accuracy.
  • Strengthened fraud & outsourcing controls, reducing false positives by 22% and delivering $5M+ annualized cost avoidance.
  • Mentored 10+ associates; improved retention to 95% and promotion rate to 15%.

Notable Projects – Operational Risk

  • AI/ML Residual Risk Models – Increased control test accuracy by 30%, cut manual review effort by 40%.
  • Operational Risk Event (ORE) Portal – Captured 3,000+ annual events; reduced missed reporting by 50%.
  • Proactive Risk Enhancement Program – Analyzed $1M+ losses; improved control effectiveness 45%, reduced KRI breaches 18%.
  • RCSA Migration – Transitioned 400+ issues; reduced remediation lag 25%; achieved compliance in 6 months.

Vice President – Operations,

Bank Of New York
Pune
07.2010 - 05.2022
  • Led Corporate Trust operations (span: 112 FTEs), processing $200B+ annual transactions with 99.5% SLA adherence.
  • Optimized onboarding & settlement processes, improving turnaround by 20% and cutting operational risk incidents 15%.
  • Reduced reporting errors 35%, avoiding $2M+ regulatory fines.
  • Delivered $1.5M annual savings through Lean projects and automation.
  • Designed and tested BCPs; achieved 100% compliance in annual continuity drills.
  • Boosted engagement scores +12% and reduced attrition to

Assistant Manager – Operations,

WNS Global Services (AVIVA Life Insurance)
Pune
08.2004 - 07.2010
  • Managed 44-member team delivering 98% SLA compliance in claims, billing, and servicing.
  • Reduced complaint resolution time 30%, improving customer satisfaction 22%.
  • Increased client retention by 18% YoY through proactive servicing.
  • Achieved $750K annual savings through process redesign and workforce optimization.
  • Cut attrition from 20% →

Education

Masters of Computer Management -

The Indira School of Management
Pune
08-2004

Bachelor of Computer Science -

The Oxford School of Science
Bangalore
05-2002

CBSE - Higher Secondary

Riverside School, Burnpur
West Bengal
05-1998

ICSE, Senior Secondary -

St. Patricks Higher Secondary School
West Bengal
05-1996

Skills

  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework
  • 2nd LOD Oversight: RCSA, KRIs, HLA, ORE, CCAR, ICARA
  • Business Resilience & Continuity Frameworks
  • Fraud Risk Reduction
  • AI/ML Risk Modelling &
  • Evidence-Based Control Testing
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Risk Committee & Board Governance
  • Risk & Regulatory Reporting (Fed, PRA, SANV, MAS)
  • Strategic Project Management & Budgeting
  • People Leadership & Talent Development
  • Investment Banking & Insurance Operations
  • Agile & Scrum Practices
  • MS Office Suite
  • AI Prompt engineering

Certification

  • Certified in Operational Risk Management – PRMIA ( Nov 2024)
  • CF1 and FA1 – Chartered Insurance Institute UK ( Mar 2010)
  • Certified Scrum Master ( 2023)
  • Product Management & Agentic AI (IIT Patna – Pursuing in 2025)

Languages

English
First Language

Personal Details

  • Nationality : Indian
  • Passport Validity : Jan' 2030

Timeline

Senior Vice President – Operational Risk,

Bank Of New York
06.2022 - Current

Vice President – Operations,

Bank Of New York
07.2010 - 05.2022

Assistant Manager – Operations,

WNS Global Services (AVIVA Life Insurance)
08.2004 - 07.2010

Masters of Computer Management -

The Indira School of Management

Bachelor of Computer Science -

The Oxford School of Science

CBSE - Higher Secondary

Riverside School, Burnpur

ICSE, Senior Secondary -

St. Patricks Higher Secondary School
Nishant Verma