Ponnusamy Chandrasekaran
MUFG
Bangalore
1
Certification
26
years of professional experience
Proven leader with over 23+ years of diverse / overseas experience focused on People, Process and Products. Extensive leadership experience in the space of Information Security and Technology Risk, Compliance & Governance. Detailed knowledge on Information Security Standards, Technology Standards (COBIT), IT Service Management (ITIL), Data Privacy (GDPR), Best practices and frameworks. Experienced in establishing, transition, developing offshore model to support wide range of technology and information security risk assessment across geographies. Expertise: Information Security & Technology Risk Assessment, Findings Management, Anti-Financial Crime Assessment, High Value Payment Programs, Thematic & Transformation Assessment, GDPR, Production Management, Front Office & Middle Office Business / IT Support. Talented professional considered knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Brings 20+ years of valuable expertise to forward company objectives. Attentive to detail with experience in coordinating projects, programs and improvements.
Work History
Program Manager
2 Years 6 Months- Built offshore team for Trading Desk support and Pricing Engine Development team
- Managed knowledge transition and set up ITIL processes for Support stream
- Developed SOW, SLA and KOPs for MUFG and Jobility Talent Solutions
- Established a stabilized Support model to deliver seamless service to Trading desk across the globe.
- Uplifted the team structure from 10 to 65 members with different workstreams for demanding Front Office Business requirement.
- Engage in External Audits and MUFG's Disaster Recovery exercises.
Senior AVP: Divisional Control & Regulatory Office
6 Years 8 Months- Divisional Control & Regulatory Office – Risk Manager for Risk Assessment and Assurance Team
- Lead, Design and Execute various control effectiveness assurance programs (IT & IS) for various business
- Managing risk and control identification and assessment activities for various business through central systems
- Perform periodic control testing review for regulatory & audit requirements – MAS, KPMG and Ernst & Young
- Monitor, Measure, Evaluate & Report risks & control effectiveness to asset owners & stakeholders
- Delivered high value payment assurance programs, Payment Gateway & Gold Standards
- Validate & challenge internal, external & regulatory audit finding remediation closures
- Ensure identified risks are mitigated/accepted as per bank’s objective & standards by Action Owners
- Developed Consequence Management Framework for Information Technology Incidents which reduces human error, risk and provides Positive Risk Culture across the bank
- Work closely with business stakeholders, central teams to develop & monitor risk remediation programs and conduct Positive Risk Culture Events annually and globally
- Manage stakeholders by articulating sound proposals and driving qualitative & timely programs
- Implemented & Support Hybrid Work Model for my team since the 2020 global pandemic
- (Deutsche Bank)
- A strategic and analytical thinker with experience in the financial industry
- Skilled in IT Governance and Risk Management, with overseas experience, an enthusiastic, self-motivated, reliable, responsible, and hardworking professional in the BFSI industry
AVP: Transition and Release Management
8 Years 10 Months- Release manager - Plan, test and execute Application changes – Major, Minor and Rapid Releases of Major and complex application suite in Global Transaction Banking Domain
- Ensured all changes are successfully passed through the SDLC phases right from UAT, Load testing, Business Sign-off Pre-production deployment, dress rehearsal, Go-Live and Early life cycle support
- Deployment Lead – Application Changes / major rollout performed for more than 75 Applications with managed vendor services
- Front Office Support: Managed and supported Middle and Front office applications for Global Credit & Rates Trading consisting of Trading and Pricing tools that calculates risk and P&L reports for bond and credit default swap trades, majorly supported Middle office / Book Runners
- Played key role in developing offshore support model with strategic vendor teams
- Adopted to ITIL process covering Incident Management, Problem management, Knowledge Management, Global Service Delivery, Service Operations model
IT Support Lead
4 Years- Run the Bank - Led the Production support team, batch process optimization / fine-tuning in Back-office systems – Global General Ledger, Axiom – Regulatory Reporting tool for APAC geographies
- Change the Bank - Co-originated with Development team and Release Management team to implement major system changes in production and UAT cycles with minimized / error free system implementation of 100+ changes.
- Managed Book of Work for Production systems: Prioritize Bug Fixes to meet Business demands
- Trading Floor support - facilitated traders and Sales team in UBS Stamford by providing stabilized trading platform.
IT Support Specialist
3 Years 9 Months- Performed system study at onsite and established first offshore model for Merrill Lynch and Covansys at India Offshore Centre
- Led the team and involved in different phases of Software life cycle -Analysis, Design, Testing and Implementation of Bond Trading, Pricing and other integrated systems like FX Rates, Financial Management for Merrill Lynch UK
- Incorporated different Pricing libraries in Bond Trade processing applications and its downstream
- Sybase version Upgrade – 10.x to 11.5 of Bond Trading and Reporting system
- Played key role in expanding the offshore teams by forming new streams those support integrated systems – Front to Back banking applications
Education
Masters in Computer Applications. - Computer Applications
BBA - Business Administration
Skills
Information Security
Technology Risk Assessment
Findings Management
Anti-Financial Crime Assessment
High Value Payment Programs
Thematic Assessment
Production Support Specialist
Business Continuity Management
Certification
- ITIL v3 Foundation, EXIN, 01/01/11
- PMP Certification Preparatory Course, Synoptech Systems Singapore, 01/01/13
- COBIT 5 Foundation, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies, 01/01/17
President of DB Toastmasters International Club: 2020 - 2021
Personal Information
Timeline
Program Manager
MUFG
01.2024 - CurrentRead More
Senior AVP: Divisional Control & Regulatory Office
Deutsche Bank India Private Ltd
04.2017 - 12.2023Read More
AVP: Transition and Release Management
Deutsche Bank AG
05.2008 - 03.2017Read More
IT Support Lead
UBS
04.2004 - 04.2008Read More
IT Support Specialist
Merrill Lynch UK (currently BoAML)
06.2000 - 03.2004Read More
Madurai Kamaraj University
BBA from Business Administration
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Madurai Kamaraj University
Masters in Computer Applications. from Computer Applications
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