Srikant Rao
Risk Management Professional
London
Summary
A seasoned Risk Management professional with experience in delivering high quality and impactful engagements for organisations across industry sectors and geographies. Have worked closely with C-suite executives and senior stakeholder of organisations and their teams within the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lines of defense to execute security and risk programs related to Framework design, Operating model, Regulatory alignment, Risk assessment and Automation. Has experience and knowledge of Cybersecurity, TPRM, Compliance rules, laws, and regulations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Third Party Risk Management Lead
Handelsbanken
11.2023 - Current
- Responsible for designing TPRM framework integrating it with existing frameworks - Procurement, Supplier Management, Enterprise Risk Operational Risk.
- Own Outsourcing Register on behalf of bank and maintain healthy relationships with Regulatory Engagement team.
- Maintain Regulatory Compliance database (in-house) tool which has mapping of all regulatory requirements to risks to controls (PRA, FCA, FED, FFIEC, OCC, MAS, HKMA,etc.).
- Leading team of 8 members in enhancing existing risk management processes.
- Spearheading development of Key Risk Indicators and Board Risk Tolerance for both UK entity and Group arrangements.
- Currently, working on risk and materiality assessment initiative to provide early oversight/warning to Bank (incl. Business Functions) of emerging/potential risks.
- Work with Business Functions, to help them with action plans for identified risks.
Risk Manager
KPMG UK
12.2022 - 11.2023
- Identified within the team as a strong, organised and highly reliable Manager, capable of leading the end-to-end delivery of complex and large security and risk management engagements
- Take ownership of key client relationships, identify revenue-generating opportunities, and get involved in business development activities
- Managed delivery revenue of GBP 3 m in the financial year (Apr 22 - Mar 23), leading and delivering security and risk management engagements
- Contributed to ongoing business development activities potentially worth GBP 5 m in the financial year (Apr 22 - Mar 23)
- Led the functional development of a risk management automation platform (KaVACH) with active sales discussions with 10+ leading international brands
- Handpicked by the practice leadership as a trusted team member for delivering international onsite assignments, with minimal supervision in multiple countries across Europe, Middle East, and Eastern Asia for clients in the FS, FinTech, IT and Aviation sectors
- Performed multiple proposal and RFP response development, ensuring that the bid team is on top of all tasks across the business development/sales lifecycle - from opportunity creation, risk management, develop winning themes/key messages, to formatting and creative designing.
Risk Manager
Fidelity Investments
05.2021 - 10.2022
- Oversee delivery of large-scale risk transformation projects - framework design, implementation, process and standard development, current state assessment, operating model, etc
- Consult with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lines of defense to review and evaluate risks, policy, control design and effectiveness
- Prepare risk assessment report articulating key issue themes, root causes, remediation for regulators and senior management
- Project management experience including the creation of project plans, budgets, risks and issues and status reporting.
Cyber Risk Manager
KPMG
05.2016 - 03.2021
Education
PGDM - Business Administration
Indian Institute of Management
Kozhikode04.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer
Delhi Technological University
Delhi06.2014
Skills
Risk framework design (TPRM, Enterprise)
Regulatory compliance
Governance - Operating Model
Operational Resilience - Stressed exit plan
Project management
Team leadership and development
Cross-functional collaboration
Communication and interpersonal skills
Timeline
Third Party Risk Management Lead
Handelsbanken
11.2023 - Current
Risk Manager
KPMG UK
12.2022 - 11.2023
Risk Manager
Fidelity Investments
05.2021 - 10.2022
Cyber Risk Manager
KPMG
05.2016 - 03.2021
PGDM - Business Administration
Indian Institute of Management
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer
Delhi Technological University
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