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SIDDARTHA KONDURU

CHENNAI

Summary

Proactive Risk Consultant with 14+ years of experience within Banking and Financial Services sector, driving excellence with areas of specialization in Third Party Risk Management, Internal Audit, Risk and Control Assessment, Operational Risk and Information Systems, MIS/Regulatory Reporting, Risk Management Framework.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Deputy Manager

Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu India LLP
Chennai
09.2023 - Current
  • Develop audit methodology and implementation as required by Internal Audit policies
  • Performing annual audit planning
  • Driving audit engagement for multiple clients within the financial services sector and ensuring 100% quality audit report is delivered to the clients on timely basis
  • Engaging with the clients on regular discussions and follow-ups to ensure closure of Gaps within the agreed timeline
  • Manage audit issue remediation follow-up process and reporting.

Risk Analyst

Third Party Risk Management, Citicorp Services India Private Limited, CitiGroup Inc
Chennai
08.2017 - 08.2023
  • Develop and manage Third-Party Risk Management procedural documents as outlined by the TPRM policy guidelines
  • Manage various phases of Third-Party life cycle, such as – Planning, Due Diligence, Onboarding of Third Parties, Ongoing Monitoring and Exit Strategy
  • Implementation of pro‑active control measures to mitigate various risks associated with the Third Parties
  • Steering periodic sessions with the Global Sanctions and Risk & Compliance teams to deliver key updates specific to Global Sanctions and Regulatory landscapes
  • Preparation and presentation of various reports and decks to the Senior Management.

Senior Associate

BNP Paribas Securities Services
Chennai
08.2015 - 07.2017
  • Part of Operational Risk and Permanent Control team, predominantly associated with Second Line of Defense specific activities
  • Identify processes carried out within the Securities Services and design the Risk and Control mapping framework
  • Conduct periodic assessment to test the Control effectiveness and make necessary amendments to the Controls wherever applicable depending on the level of risk
  • Streamline the Incident management framework including the preparation of appropriate level of escalation matrix to ensure smooth closure of operational risk/near-miss/loss specific incidents logged in the internal application/system
  • Took additional responsibility as a SPOC to drive the ISAE 3402 external audit engagement carried out for the Business processes within the Entity (BNP Paribas Securities Services/BP2S)
  • Kick started an initiative to drive the periodic trainings related to Risk awareness and Internal Control framework to the businesses within BP2S.

Operational Risk and Systems Analyst

Scope International, Standard Chartered Bank
Chennai
08.2009 - 07.2015
  • Solely responsible in handling Operational Risk systems and support helpdesk
  • Worked directly with the senior management in the businesses/functions to understand their business requirements and coordinating with the technical support team in implementation of the business requirements in the Operational Risk systems
  • Quality review performed for various monthly MIS reports and dashboards presented to the Senior Stakeholders of the Operational Risk community
  • Preparation of External Regulatory reporting (benchmark analysis requirement)
  • Preparation of the Self‑Help tutor (training material) related to end‑to‑end navigation of the Operational Risk Systems
  • Periodically conducted the global training about the handling of Operational Risk Systems at a global level.

Education

Post Graduate Program - Business Analytics & Business Intelligence

Great Lakes Executive Learning
01.2021

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) -

Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda College
01.2009

Skills

  • Technical Skills:
  • MS Office Applications (Microsoft Word, VBA Macro, PPT)
  • R Language
  • Tableau
  • Highly Communicative
  • Excellent Presentation
  • Deep Dive Analysis
  • Roost-Cause Analysis
  • Strong Analytical Skills
  • Internal Control Framework
  • Internal Audit
  • Risk and Control Assessment

Certification

Level 1 Qualified, Enterprise Risk Management (August 2021) Institute of Risk Management (IRM), UK Fundamentals of Risk and Risk Management Risk Management Tools & Techniques Risk Identification, Evaluation, Assessment, Mitigation, Reporting and Monitoring Risk Culture and Enterprise Risk Management

Additional Information

  • Recipient of multiple awards for being extremely Responsive to the Clients as well as Colleagues. Recognized and greatly appreciated by one of the Regional Heads for preparation of the Self‑Help Training Module (I-Tutor) for the Incident Management Framework. 100% satisfactory feedback received from several global stakeholders for resolving their queries in a friendly and professional manner within the shortest possible time. Created a macro file which resulted in a significant reduction of time (from 4 hours to <1 minute) with 100% accuracy. Developed a internal training strategy within the team to ensure all the team members are cross-trained on all the processes handled within the team, in order to avoid any process dependency on an Individual.

Languages

Telugu
Beginner
A1
English
Beginner
A1
Tamil
Proficient
C2
French
Elementary
A2
Hindi
Intermediate
B1

Timeline

Deputy Manager

Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu India LLP
09.2023 - Current

Risk Analyst

Third Party Risk Management, Citicorp Services India Private Limited, CitiGroup Inc
08.2017 - 08.2023

Senior Associate

BNP Paribas Securities Services
08.2015 - 07.2017

Operational Risk and Systems Analyst

Scope International, Standard Chartered Bank
08.2009 - 07.2015

Post Graduate Program - Business Analytics & Business Intelligence

Great Lakes Executive Learning

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) -

Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda College
SIDDARTHA KONDURU