Dhanya Uk

Bright, motivated, proactive and result oriented Professional with extensive experience in Third Party Risk Management and Operational Risk Management, enthusiastic and eager to contribute to success through hard work and attention to detail and with excellent organizational skills.

ASSISTANT MANAGER -L2 - CITICORP SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD - Chennai

(2020-02 - 2025-05)

• Managed and provided guidance, support to junior analysts and assist in training on sanctions compliance processes.
• Monitored changes in sanctions regulations and guidelines to update internal compliance policies.
• Maintained accurate and detailed records of all sanctions-related investigations, including decisions made and actions taken in the respective supplier folder.
• Supervised the Quality Assurance process to review closed alerts and cases on a sample basis.
• Enabled best in class execution of disposition of potential matches in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with Policies, procedures and in compliance with laws and regulations.
• Interfaced with multiple functional areas (Internal Audit/Quality Assurance/Engineering), Regional & global stakeholders, external clients to enable collaboration & progress.
• Engaged with various compliance and AML teams for escalating potential hits.
• Identified and advised the optimization team for fine tuning the repetitive false hits.
• Prepared reports and monthly decks to the senior management with an update on the Sanction operations.
• Managed the available resources efficiently and prioritize system enhancement/up-grades.

ASSISTANT MANAGER -L1 - CITICORP SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD - Chennai

(2015-06 - 2020-01)

• Evaluated and monitored the risk profile of third-party vendors and partners.
• Performed due diligence and risk assessments of existing third-party relationships.
• Co-ordinated with vendors for the remediation of identified issues and followed-up for closures.
• Working closely with vendors on a day-to-day basis to ensure they're continuing to provide the expected value.
• Monitoring vendor risk continuously, even after the vendor contract is executed (e.g., monitoring performance levels and periodically requesting and analyzing due diligence documents).
• Maintaining a database of risk information pertaining to third parties and communicating this data via consistent reporting to senior leadership, relevant stakeholders, and the board.
• Identifying, escalating, and remediating vendor issues before they become significant problems.
• Managing and updating processes to keep the organization in compliance with regulatory expectations.
• Verified the third parties' policies and procedures with Citi's policies and procedures and ensured no gaps.
• Actively participated in Employee Engagement Workgroup at Chennai site level.

Market Risk Analyst - Standard Chartered GBS Private Ltd

(2012-05 - 2015-06)

• Responsible to generate and deliver daily/weekly/monthly risk reports and monitoring of Market Risk Exposures against limits, market commentaries where applicable at country, regional, global and group level.
• Assist with the preparation of the regulatory returns for submission to PRA (formerly FSA).
• Develop market risk matrices and reports for senior management providing updates on market risk exposure, trends, deficiencies and present Recommendations to mitigate risk.

Analyst - The Royal Bank of Scotland Business Services Ltd

(2007-11 - 2011-01)

• Responsible for adhering and recording relevant KRI's for review.
• Ensure and update of process document to reflect current state.
• Preparation and distribution of governance packs accurately.
• Month End Reports and Investigations of country queries.

Bachelor of Computer Application - Computer Application - SIET College of Arts and Science