Manager - Digital Trust Advisory at KPMG Assurance & Consulting Services Ltd (2024-04 – Present)
Leading cybersecurity, IT audit, and regulatory compliance engagements for banks and financial institutions across India and Middle East jurisdictions.
- Led end-to-end cybersecurity and IT GRC assessments aligned to RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, NIST and ISO frameworks.
- Conducted comprehensive ITGC and cybersecurity control reviews across: Access Management & Privileged Access (IAM/PAM), Change & Release Management, Patch & Vulnerability Management, Backup & DR Controls, Incident Response & SOC governance, SDLC and Application Security Controls.
- Contributed to a 25% reduction in high-risk audit observations through structured remediation roadmaps and control enhancements.
- Supported SAMA licensing readiness engagements for Saudi banking clients, including design and review of IT & Cybersecurity governance frameworks, Policy and procedure development, Regulatory documentation alignment, Pre-regulatory inspection preparedness.
- Performed SOC 2 reviews and vendor risk assessments, evaluating control maturity, operational resilience, and cybersecurity governance structures.
- Delivered executive and regulator-facing presentations, clearly articulating risk exposure, remediation priorities, and compliance status.
- Managed multi-stakeholder project environments, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality advisory outputs within tight regulatory timelines.
- Supported proposal development, POV, commercial scoping, and client acquisition initiatives within the Digital Trust practice.
- Led and managed multiple cross-solution, cross-geography projects in IT and cybersecurity, driving delivery excellence and stakeholder alignment.
- Involved in technical recruitment for cybersecurity professionals, strengthening team capabilities with niche skill sets.
- Served as Engagement Manager, leading project teams and as Performance Manager, mentoring appraisees, conducting evaluations, and guiding career development.
- Contributed to Digital Trust practice growth by securing new clients and engagements in IT and cybersecurity, supporting sales and revenue generation.
- Reviewed and prepared audit reports and executive summaries for presentation to Audit Committees and Boards as part of quarterly audit cycles.
Assistant Manager - Digital Trust Advisory at KPMG Assurance & Consulting Services Ltd (2022-09 – 2024-03)
Leading cybersecurity, IT audit, and regulatory compliance engagements for banks and financial institutions across India and Middle East jurisdictions.
- Led end-to-end cybersecurity and IT GRC assessments aligned to SAMA CSF, SAMA ITGF, NCA ECC, ISO 27001, NIST, RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI frameworks.
- Conducted comprehensive ITGC and cybersecurity control reviews across: Access Management & Privileged Access (IAM/PAM), Change & Release Management, Patch & Vulnerability Management, Backup & DR Controls, Incident Response & SOC governance, SDLC and Application Security Controls.
- Contributed to a 25% reduction in high-risk audit observations through structured remediation roadmaps and control enhancements.
- Supported SAMA licensing readiness engagements for Saudi banking clients, including design and review of IT & Cybersecurity governance frameworks, Policy and procedure development, Regulatory documentation alignment, Pre-regulatory inspection preparedness.
- Performed SOC 2 reviews and vendor risk assessments, evaluating control maturity, operational resilience, and cybersecurity governance structures.
- Delivered executive and regulator-facing presentations, clearly articulating risk exposure, remediation priorities, and compliance status.
- Managed multi-stakeholder project environments, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality advisory outputs within tight regulatory timelines.
- Supported proposal development, commercial scoping, and client acquisition initiatives within the Digital Trust practice.
- Designed and facilitated tabletop exercises for senior management to strengthen organizational cyber resilience.
- Delivered cyber awareness training programs for Board members, executives, and employees to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
- Developed IT and cyber risk registers (process- and asset-based) and conducted comprehensive risk assessments.
- Performed Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for clients, preparing departmental BIA documents with defined RTO and RPO metric.
Implementation Manager - Transaction Banking COE at Standard Chartered Global Business Services (2021-04 – 2022-08)
Managed multi-country transaction banking product implementations across ASEAN and global markets.
- Led end-to-end onboarding and implementation of transaction banking solutions, ensuring alignment with country-specific regulatory and compliance standards.
- Directed UAT/PTR cycles and coordinated testing across operations, technology, compliance, and business teams.
- Ensured operational readiness prior to go-live, minimizing post-implementation defects and client escalations.
- Partnered with sales and product teams to deliver tailored banking solutions aligned with client requirements.
- Enabled compliance for multi-million-dollar transaction banking portfolios.
Associate Consultant - Global Trade Finance at Infrasoft Technologies Ltd (BNP Paribas ISPL) (2020-04 – 2021-03)
Conducted system analysis and control reviews for Global Trade Finance platforms supporting BNP Paribas.
- Conducted system analysis and control reviews for Global Trade Finance platforms supporting BNP Paribas.
- Developed functional and technical specification documentation translating regulatory and operational requirements into system controls.
- Performed GAP and impact analysis under Agile delivery models.
- Coordinated with global stakeholders (Paris, APS, QA teams) to ensure compliance alignment and deployment readiness.
Systems Engineer - SBI Eximbills (Trade Finance) at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (2016-09 – 2020-03)
Worked on SBI's Trade Finance Eximbills Enterprise Edition platform.
- Managed production environment operations ensuring high availability and secure system performance.
- Led a team of 8 engineers handling issue resolution, deployments, and application stability.
- Acted as techno-functional SME bridging business and technical teams.
- Delivered end-to-end project lifecycle management including solution design, testing, implementation, and post-go-live support.
- Understanding of core banking, treasury Mercury FX, trade finance systems.
