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Vanitha Balakrishna
Information Security(GRC)|Ex Goldman Sachs|Third Party Risk Management |Investment Banking |Financial Services
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Experience:
2018 : Present
Green Dot Corporation
Manager Information Security (GRC)
Performing pre-award and post-award assessments and analysis of potential and/or existing First 5 LA funding recipients to assess their financial, program and organizational capabilities.
Maintaining the criteria that trigger an independent review of compliance to financial requirements for grantees, contractors and consultants.
Developing a roadmap on the internal audit process as well as providing training on compliance matters to enhance internal controls.
2017 : 2018
First 5 LA
Risk Compliance Officer
Exceptionally good at working in teams- displaying maturity, resolve & commitment in achieving team objectives and self-goals.
Case in point– Worked in a highly stressful/challenging environment at Goldman Sachs during the peak of the financial crises of 2008.
Skill-sets Include : Strategic Thinking, Training & Development, Finance & Accounting, Project Management, Process setup, Analytical Thinking, Reporting & Analysis and Proficiency in Excel, Power-point and Word.
Leadership : Responsible for the coaching and career development of 17 Analysts (covering London, NY & Tokyo markets).
Global Consistency/Convergence : Expanded scope of business & created new growth opportunities for our Bangalore Office.
Efficiency Initiative : Worked with the Global settlements team to reduce Netting Process exceptions saving $6.5 Million annually for the firm.
Change Management : Coordinated and changed the Global Reporting Framework across the Operations division that resulted in a 40% reduction in risk capturing time - 5 day to a 3 day suspense policy.
Project Management : Owner of a Risk Management project, the purpose of which was to create and implement a Strategic ‘Risk-capture’ platform. Result : On-time implementation and delivery of the project resulting in 14 full-time headcount savings, & additionally gaining efficiency & robust controls for the organization.
Understanding of Financial Statement Analysis, Business Valuation & Discounted Cash Flow models.
2011 : 2015
Goldman Sachs
Team Manager
Legacy flows : Challenged the status-quo of Tokyo specific analytics - led to the re-engineering of several legacy process flows for Tokyo specific processes and designed/suggested new flows for growth markets.
PWC Auditing, SOX and RCSA : Worked with PWC auditors during quarterly and yearly reviews. Managed
RCSA and SOX reviews to identify and evaluate risks and associated controls.
BRIC Team : Functioned with BRIC team in on-boarding new business initiatives and integrating those in to the Goldman systems by building necessary reconciliations to ensure we are capturing all the exceptions and mitigating risk.
As a SME, working on re-engineering of the existing reconciliations to fix any process exceptions/outdated flows in order to mitigate risk and gain efficiency.
Helping the managers with the quarterly Balance Sheet Substantiation process and the queries relating to it.
Provide strategic solutions to various divisions in resolving critical exceptions and adhering to strict guidelines provided by SEC, FINRA and Client money.
As a SME, facilitating ‘back to basics’ sessions to all the team members to help understand all the reconciliations and the key scenarios associated with them.
Managing work assignments and workload for the team.
Query and escalations management.
As a BCP coordinator, working with the teams in Bangalore and other regions to ensure all the testing and tasks are completed for each of the quarters in adherence with the firm’s BCP policy.
2006 : 2012
Goldman Sachs
Advanced Specialst - Analyst
Green Dot Corporation
Manager Information Security (GRC)
Performing pre-award and post-award assessments and analysis of potential and/or existing First 5 LA funding recipients to assess their financial, program and organizational capabilities.
Maintaining the criteria that trigger an independent review of compliance to financial requirements for grantees, contractors and consultants.
Developing a roadmap on the internal audit process as well as providing training on compliance matters to enhance internal controls.
2017 : 2018
First 5 LA
Risk Compliance Officer
Exceptionally good at working in teams- displaying maturity, resolve & commitment in achieving team objectives and self-goals.
Case in point– Worked in a highly stressful/challenging environment at Goldman Sachs during the peak of the financial crises of 2008.
Skill-sets Include : Strategic Thinking, Training & Development, Finance & Accounting, Project Management, Process setup, Analytical Thinking, Reporting & Analysis and Proficiency in Excel, Power-point and Word.
Leadership : Responsible for the coaching and career development of 17 Analysts (covering London, NY & Tokyo markets).
Global Consistency/Convergence : Expanded scope of business & created new growth opportunities for our Bangalore Office.
Efficiency Initiative : Worked with the Global settlements team to reduce Netting Process exceptions saving $6.5 Million annually for the firm.
Change Management : Coordinated and changed the Global Reporting Framework across the Operations division that resulted in a 40% reduction in risk capturing time - 5 day to a 3 day suspense policy.
Project Management : Owner of a Risk Management project, the purpose of which was to create and implement a Strategic ‘Risk-capture’ platform. Result : On-time implementation and delivery of the project resulting in 14 full-time headcount savings, & additionally gaining efficiency & robust controls for the organization.
Understanding of Financial Statement Analysis, Business Valuation & Discounted Cash Flow models.
2011 : 2015
Goldman Sachs
Team Manager
Legacy flows : Challenged the status-quo of Tokyo specific analytics - led to the re-engineering of several legacy process flows for Tokyo specific processes and designed/suggested new flows for growth markets.
PWC Auditing, SOX and RCSA : Worked with PWC auditors during quarterly and yearly reviews. Managed
RCSA and SOX reviews to identify and evaluate risks and associated controls.
BRIC Team : Functioned with BRIC team in on-boarding new business initiatives and integrating those in to the Goldman systems by building necessary reconciliations to ensure we are capturing all the exceptions and mitigating risk.
As a SME, working on re-engineering of the existing reconciliations to fix any process exceptions/outdated flows in order to mitigate risk and gain efficiency.
Helping the managers with the quarterly Balance Sheet Substantiation process and the queries relating to it.
Provide strategic solutions to various divisions in resolving critical exceptions and adhering to strict guidelines provided by SEC, FINRA and Client money.
As a SME, facilitating ‘back to basics’ sessions to all the team members to help understand all the reconciliations and the key scenarios associated with them.
Managing work assignments and workload for the team.
Query and escalations management.
As a BCP coordinator, working with the teams in Bangalore and other regions to ensure all the testing and tasks are completed for each of the quarters in adherence with the firm’s BCP policy.
2006 : 2012
Goldman Sachs
Advanced Specialst - Analyst
Company:
Green Dot Corporation
Spoken Language:
English, Hindi
About
An astute professional having 9 years of experience in Investment Banking, Risk Management, Financial Planning and Analysis.
Exceptionally good at working in teams- displaying maturity, resolve & commitment in achieving team objectives and self-goals.
Case in point– Worked in a highly stressful/challenging environment at Goldman Sachs during the peak of the financial crises of 2008.
Reporting & Analysis, Process Improvements & Automation, Risk Management, Project Management, Training & Development, Finance & Accounting, People Management, Strategic Thinking, Internal Audit and Expertise in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
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