Vijay Kumar Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Singapore

𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ✔ Supporting Technology Risk Governance and Regulatory Compliance: Assisting Citibank APAC entities in navigating technology risk governance and regulatory requirements, encompassing regulatory impact assessments, issues management, and oversight of cross-border, data privacy, and SOX compliance programs.✔ Technology Risk Assessment Programs: Supporting the technology risk assessment program by providing governance, oversight, and reporting for MCA, ensuring thorough evaluation and mitigation of risks. ✔ Risk Management Programs: Leading the development and implementation of information security and technology risk management programs to protect organizational assets and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, focusing on proactive risk mitigation strategies.✔ Enforcing Security Policies and Standards: Defining and enforcing security policies, standards, and procedures to establish a secure computing environment and effectively mitigate cyber threats, ensuring robust protection against evolving security risks.✔ Security Advisory: Offering strategic guidance and recommendations to senior leadership on security initiatives, investments, and risk mitigation strategies, fostering a proactive approach to addressing security challenges.✔ Collaborating on Third-Party Security: Collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners to assess and manage third-party security risks, ensuring adherence to security standards and regulatory requirements.✔ Ensuring Compliance and Industry Best Practices: Staying updated on regulatory requirements and industry best practices related to technology risk management, ensuring organizational compliance and alignment with relevant laws and standards.

Singapore

𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ✔ Enhanced Security Control: Enhanced security control environment by conducting risk assessments, identifying information security threats and vulnerabilities within digital banking applications. Devised and implemented risk mitigation strategies aligned with NIST risk assessment framework and MAS TRM guidelines, minimizing the impact of security threats and ensuring regulatory compliance.✔ Strategic Information Security Program Development: Developed and delivered a robust Information Security Program strategy encompassing risk assessment, penetration testing, project consultancy, incident response, and cyber threat intelligence. Provided strategic direction in aligning security measures with organizational objectives, ensuring identification and management of security risks. ✔ Partner Relationship Management: Managed exit strategies for partners upon termination of relationships, ensuring smooth transitions and adherence to contractual obligations. Developed appropriate controls and processes to facilitate outsourcing, including information risk management clauses in outsourcing contracts, ensuring security compliance throughout the partnership lifecycle. ✔ Vulnerability Management: Coordinated with third parties to perform vulnerability tests and establish security authorization agreements and standards. Led regulatory vulnerability assessment testing, including DDOS attacks and compliance testing of business-critical applications, ensuring adherence to CITI standards.

Singapore

𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ✔ Leadership in Risk Management and Audit Oversight: Led the Technology Infrastructure and Cyber Security Risk and Control Management function for APAC/EMEA regions, overseeing internal, external, and regulatory audits. Managed the oversight of contracts and service agreements for Cross-Border, Third Party insourcing, and outsourcing risk management, ensuring compliance and effective risk mitigation strategies. ✔ Strategic IS Audit Planning and Resource Allocation: Identified the best risk assessment approach and supported the development of an overall Information Security (IS) audit plan. Determined priorities for the effective allocation of IS audit resources, optimizing resource utilization and enhancing audit efficiency.✔ Enhanced Risk Assessment and Control Strategies: Reviewed IS policies and procedures, communicating effective risk and control structures to CITI infrastructures and cybersecurity teams. Utilized risk-based control assessment strategies to evaluate the effectiveness of IS control structures, enhancing risk management practices.✔ Audit Management and Reporting: Implemented comprehensive audit management and reporting processes, including the development of Risk and Control Matrix (RCM), overseeing IT audits, regulatory compliance assessments, and delivering concise reports to stakeholders, ensuring organizational transparency and alignment with audit charter terms.

Singapore

𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ✔ Crisis Management Leadership: Led crisis calls and problem investigations for all finance production issues as the Global Operations and Crisis Manager for Group Finance IT (GFIT), ensuring swift resolution and minimal business impact.✔ IT Operational Risk Oversight: Oversaw the management of IT operational risks, ensuring proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies to safeguard business operations and continuity. ✔ Audit Management and Compliance Assurance: Managed all audit requirements, both external and internal, for Finance applications, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and compliance with SOX control standards and other regional regulatory requirements. ✔ Daily Operations and Software Lifecycle Management: Managed daily operations for the Global General Ledger/Profit and Loss Reporting application, ensuring timely delivery of PNL and balance sheet reporting deliverables. Oversaw the entire software lifecycle, including incident management, problem management, release management, business continuity management, and infrastructure management, ensuring operational efficiency and system reliability.✔ Functional Oversight and Process Improvement: Provided functional oversight of front-to-back delivery of daily balance sheet, daily P&L, and IPV valuations processes for UBS AG, optimizing process efficiency and accuracy. Contributed to BCP strategy by assisting in the review, development, and administration of policies and procedures, ensuring governance standards and regulatory compliance.

London, United Kingdom

My role as RTC for GFIT London team was to ensure the timely delivery of key Finance and Regulatory Deliverables including PNL and Balance sheet reporting deliverables with the enhanced focus on the following key aspects:𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ✔ Incident and Problem Management.✔ Production Readiness Process Control✔ Business Continuity Management✔ Addressing Audit Risk Requirements

Singapore

L2 support for the GGL suits of applications which consists of core functional application suite that enables UBS to correctly compute and report the financial Ledgers for the shareholders.𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ✔ Incident and Problem Management.✔ Production Readiness Process Control✔ Business Continuity Management✔ Addressing Audit Risk Requirements✔ Onsite-Offshore Coordinator for team based at offshore locations✔ Metrics Reporting and Analysis of System Performance

Singapore

𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝐲 - ✔ PROFIT & LOSS Reporting is a suite of applications that enables UBS to report the Profit & Loss of various divisions within Bank every Month/Quarter/Year. This is essential for maintaining Ledger balances and accurate financial reporting. as a Level 1 Analyst for PnL applications, my roles and responsibilities were to perform incident management, assist in problem and change management and to perform Production Readiness Process Control of the authorized changes & releases going into production without impacting the business.

Hyderabad Area, India

Tier 1 Analyst for Microsoft Office Localization project.𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ✔ Addressing user issues and queries by providing them with necessary data and fixing problems with their reports.✔ Drive process and service improvements via SLA review, Incident Management and Change Management.✔ Preparing support documents for applications and knowledge documents for day-to-day issues.

Master’S Degree, Environmental Science

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Civil Engineering