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Sarabjeet Singh Sony

Vice President | Technology Risk
Nagpur

Summary

Experienced professional with 8 years in technology risk auditing, Sarabjeet has a strong passion for understanding and mitigating technology risks within business processes, with demonstrated pioneering skills in Internal Audit Planning, Project Management, Control Testing, Compliance, Risk Management, and effective audit report writing. Committed to excellence and skilled in navigating complex technological landscapes, Sarabjeet aims to contribute towards enhancing organization's risk management strategies.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Vice President | Technology Risk

Goldman Sachs
Bangalore
12.2024 - Current
  • Leading multiple global IT audit reviews independently including Planning & Scoping , Fieldwork , Issue Discussion , finalization of Management Action Plans and Reporting with senior stakeholders within Asset Management Engineering.
  • Strengthening stakeholder relationships through continuous monitoring communications to understand key changes in technology landscape and through leading Interim Review Reports to assess technology controls being implemented as part of ongoing technology uplifts.
  • Collaborating with Internal Audit Data Engineering team and Asset Management Engineering team to implement data pipelines required for building Data Analytics tools for Internal Audit to improve audit efficiency.
  • Participating as board member of Diversity Committee with an aim to Recruit and Integrate right talent for Internal Audit team.

Associate | Technology Risk

Goldman Sachs
Bangalore
06.2022 - 12.2024
  • Led a team of 8 audit professionals globally across APAC, EMEA and Americas to deliver multiple audit reports as a result of assessing design and operating effectiveness of IT Automated Controls and associated General IT controls . Responsibilities included understanding complex Asset Management business processes, identifying associated key technology risks, assessing implementation of related automated controls by performing extensive code reviews in line with business and regulatory requirements and assessing associated General IT Controls such as Change Management, Access Management, Technology Operation Controls by leveraging Data Analytics tools .
  • Validated Management Action Plans implemented to address technology risks identified as part of audits.
  • Led an initiative to uplift internal Data Analytics tool used for testing timeliness of Business Continuity testing performed for critical business applications within Asset Management.
  • Provided trainings to Asset Management Internal Audit Engineering team to inculcate best practices while performing code reviews for IT Automated Controls testing and standard practices for General IT controls testing.
  • Contributed towards initiative for adoption of newly implement audit lifecycle management tool for Internal Audit.
  • Participated as member of an Internal Audit Committee aimed to solve challenges faced by junior members of Internal Audit team and to bridge their gap with Internal Audit Leadership.

Assistant Manager | IT Risk

KPMG India
Bangalore
10.2021 - 06.2022
  • Spear-headed a team of 5 audit professionals to assess internal IT Automated Controls and associated General IT controls for leading ride-hailing company. Responsibilities included understanding key business processes, assessing associated technology controls, drafting comprehensive findings and presenting audit report to Management.
  • Facilitated use of Data Analytics for analyzing data to assess General IT controls such as change management, access management to audit efficiently.
  • Performed extensive code reviews to assess design of IT Automated controls in line with business requirements at a leading financial services company.
  • Actively participated throughout audit lifecycle: Planning & Scoping, Fieldwork, Issue Discussion and Reporting at leading financial services company.

Consultant | IT Risk

KPMG India
Bangalore
04.2020 - 09.2021
  • Led IT Security audits (FSA - IT General Controls , IT Application Controls and IPE testing ) by collaborating with teams globally. Responsibilities included leading process walkthrough and control testing, performing impact analysis of issues identified, testing mitigating controls, documenting test procedures, presenting findings to Management and writing effective audit reports.
  • Evaluated Third Party Risk Management process maturity of Australian retail company against market standard by collaborating with cross functional teams , assessing their strengths, weaknesses and opportunities and providing recommendations around three spheres: People, Process and Technology.
  • Streamlined Third Party risk management process at leading Australian bank, helping it onboard 125+ third parties on Coupa tool by collaborating with colleagues globally.

Associate Consultant | IT Risk

KPMG India
Bangalore
04.2019 - 03.2020
  • Assisted in FSA audit to evaluate design and operating effectiveness of IT Automated controls and associated General IT controls controls around access management, change management, incident management, data backup and restoration, for various processes at leading IT company
  • Analyzed operational workflows for employee transportation at leading brewery company to identify potential technology risks in MIS and framed controls to mitigate them.
  • Scaled up employee transportation of leading financial service company to serve 3000+ employees PAN India by implementing IT automated controls through MIS, creating employee policy, SOWs for third party vendors and operational workflows.
  • Mentored interns to help them align their career goals with various ongoing FSA audit engagements at KPMG India.

Analyst | IT Risk

KPMG India
Bangalore
04.2017 - 03.2019
  • Audited Travel and Expense employee data for leading cloud data service company for Americas, APAC and EMEA regions, helping company recover ~10000 US dollars per month.
  • Audited and enhanced technology controls in MIS for employee transport process of leading Bank across 6 cities PAN India, reducing cost by ~25% and improving data privacy for employee satisfaction.
  • Awarded KPMG kudos award amongst 100+ analysts for exceeding client expectations.

Education

Bachelors of Technology -

Manipal Institute of Technology
Karnataka
08.2013 - 06.2017

Skills

IT Risk Management

Change Management

Access Management

Business Resiliency

Technology Operations

Code Review (Java, C, Scala, Python)

Agile Methodology

SQL

SQL

Accomplishments

  • Python for Everybody Specialization
  • Visualizing Data Using Power BI

Timeline

Vice President | Technology Risk

Goldman Sachs
12.2024 - Current

Associate | Technology Risk

Goldman Sachs
06.2022 - 12.2024

Assistant Manager | IT Risk

KPMG India
10.2021 - 06.2022

Consultant | IT Risk

KPMG India
04.2020 - 09.2021

Associate Consultant | IT Risk

KPMG India
04.2019 - 03.2020

Analyst | IT Risk

KPMG India
04.2017 - 03.2019

Bachelors of Technology -

Manipal Institute of Technology
08.2013 - 06.2017

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