AKSHAT RATANPAL
Mumbai
Summary
Persistent leader eager to lead and grow organizations. Skilled in strategic audit planning, problem-solving, and communication with good understanding of business principles, project management and team leadership. Collaborative with relentless work ethic.
11+ years of experience in IT audit and risk management, having worked at several organizations including JP Morgan Chase, TIAA, Morgan Stanley, Axis Risk Consulting (Genpact), EY and KPMG. Have a master's degree in Information Security from the University of Surrey (UK) and capable of strengthening an organization's risk, compliance, and security infrastructure. Have an in-depth knowledge of information security and risk management and has experience working in a dynamic environment and under pressure situations. Identify as a leader, team player, and initiator, with effective communication, presentation, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Possess good knowledge of Risk Management, Agile, Cloud, Network, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, and has performed various IT audits, assessments, and reviews related to ITGC, Data Privacy, GDPR implementation, IT Automated controls, Technology risk management reviews, SOX, SSAE, and regulatory requirements.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Vice President
JP Morgan Chase
12.2022 - Current
- Leading team of 8 including full-time employees and consultants to deliver quality audits and help improve risk posture of organization.
- Identified opportunities to improve audit execution and team productivity.
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
- Leading initiatives on Agile auditing, Emerging technologies and mentoring new auditors to make them future ready.
- Championed talent development programs, promoting employee engagement and retention while enhancing overall workforce capabilities
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols
Senior Associate, Technology Internal Auditor
TIAA
07.2019 - 12.2022
- Leading Audits across technology infrastructure and integrated audit space within TIAA
- Acquired in-depth understanding of working of different technology functions across enterprise
- Lead Enterprise wide data leakage prevention audit and program. Lead review of privacy control for TIAA subsidiary.
- Acquired BS 10012 Personal Information Management System (GDPR) certification
- Continuously helping Internal Audit team identify issues and communicating root causes effectively to management
- Responsible to provide team members training and awareness about audit tools and actively working on increasing Data Analytics usage within Audit team
- Actively leading and delivering events such as Technology Expo, Townhall and various other team and enterprise events
- Part of Young professionals group, which works towards increasing cross-division collaborations and design thinking for problem solving.
- Implemented Power BI Dashboard to automate tracking time across audits.
- Implemented automated audit review of Disaster Recovery testing.
Manager
Morgan Stanley
03.2017 - 07.2019
- Audits across Wealth Management, Institutional Securities, Risk, Compliance and Enterprise Infrastructure areas for,
- Acquired in-depth understanding of working of different business functions across enterprise
- Worked on GDPR implementation at Morgan Stanley, identifying valuable findings that helped improve GDPR posture of Morgan Stanley
- Worked across various audits with focus on data privacy and leakage prevention controls
- Continuously helping Internal Audit team identify issues and communicating root causes effectively to management
- Responsible to provide team members training and awareness about upcoming tools, technologies and trends within industry with special focus on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
- Lead as audit in-charge for multiple audits for successful and timely delivery of audits
- Part of functional group working towards automating way Internal audit is performed
- Leading team for tracking and assigning closure of open issues for EMEA region
- Managing personnel to deliver high-quality audits and audit deliverables across EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.
Senior Consultant
Axis Risk Consulting
02.2015 - 03.2017
- Worked as Technology Internal Auditor consultant at Morgan Stanley, working on Audits across Wealth Management, Institutional Securities, Risk, Compliance and Enterprise Infrastructure areas for American Investment Bank
- Acquired in-depth understanding of working of different business functions across enterprise
- Responsible to provide team members training and awareness about upcoming tools, technologies and trends within industry
- Worked with teams globally for successful and timely delivery of audits.
Associate Consultant
EY GTH (Bangalore) and EY India (Mumbai)
08.2013 - 02.2015
- Performed DLP (Data leak prevention) for HDFC Life Insurance Company
- Performed Vendor Risk Management for J&K Bank. The Vendor Risk Management was performed on behalf of financials services clients on TCS and Atos
- Performed ITGC for two big American financial firms, requiring a good understanding of the organizations IT infrastructure
- Have performed SOX-404 with focus on IT controls for JP Morgan and HSBC. Involved both in performing testing and reviewing testing papers. Performed SSAE review at JP Morgan
- Performed FAIT (Financial Audit IT Integration) for ICICI Securities, ICICI Securities PD and ICICI Home Finance Company
Trainee
KPMG India
12.2012 - 07.2013
- Was Part of Forensics division in Contract Compliance, responsible to Perform Compliance reviews of Customers on behalf of Clients (Software Publishers). Performed Software license compliance audits/ reviews for various software publishers
- Within a relatively short span, demonstrated the skills and ability to be part of more than twenty audits of organizations of varied sizes
- Independently led, and brought to timely conclusion five audit assignments.
Education
Master of Science - Security Technologies And Applications
University of Surrey
United Kingdom09.2012
B.Tech - IT
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering And Information Technology, Mumbai University
Mumbai, MH05.2010
XII -
Jai Hind College
Mumbai, MH07.2005
10th -
Apeejay School
Mumbai, MH03.2003
Skills
- CISA
- Certified Scrum Master
- IT Audit
- Cybersecurity
- GDPR
- Data Privacy
- Team Leadership
- Staff Management
- Mentoring
- Data Analytics
- Power BI
- Writing
- Design Thinking
- Critical Thinking
Certification
- CISA
- AWS CCP
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified Lead Implementer Professional for BS 10012:2017 +A1:2018 Personal Information Management System including GDPR
- Executive Certificate Programme in Fintech and Blockchain - SPJIMR
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Proficient
C2
Sindhi
Upper intermediate
B2
Sindhi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Vice President
JP Morgan Chase
12.2022 - Current
Senior Associate, Technology Internal Auditor
TIAA
07.2019 - 12.2022
Manager
Morgan Stanley
03.2017 - 07.2019
Senior Consultant
Axis Risk Consulting
02.2015 - 03.2017
Associate Consultant
EY GTH (Bangalore) and EY India (Mumbai)
08.2013 - 02.2015
Trainee
KPMG India
12.2012 - 07.2013
Master of Science - Security Technologies And Applications
University of Surrey
B.Tech - IT
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering And Information Technology, Mumbai University
XII -
Jai Hind College
10th -
Apeejay School
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