Narasimham Nittala Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Edmonton, Ab, CA

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA

Edmonton, AB, CA

• Established the IS–GRC function for CWBFG. Based on industry-accepted NIST Risk Management Framework, conceptualized, designed and spearheaded development of CWBFG’s IS Risk Management Program to address board /.
• Recruited and led a team of IS–GRC Analysts.
• Developed IS Control policy framework.
• Implemented IS Risk Assessment practices and data protection programs for CWBFG’s critical technology assets, vendor engagements and policy compliance.
• Designed and propagated IS awareness creation programs across the enterprise.
• Point contact for year–end external IT Audits for financial reporting and Interac payments.

Edmonton, CA

• Executed regulatory compliance oversight and risk assessment in Alberta credit unions, to examine alignment with Credit Union Act, CUDGC’s Standards of Sound Business and Financial Practices (SSBFP), Guidance and other.
• Architected the IT Governance Framework for oversight of IT Governance and Risk in Alberta Credit Unions. This work is based on the industry accepted COBIT 5 Framework.
• Led teams on onsite audits, reported on risk and compliance findings, monitored progress on remediation actions across regulatory, financial, operational and technology risks in credit unions.
• Championed amalgamations across 16 credit unions over 5 years. Single point of contact for credit union amalgamations.
• Authored CUDGC Board Memoranda and Dashboards.
• Trained and mentored teams on IT GRC.

Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

• Enabled Wipro’s BFSI Domain through pre–sales consulting and advisory services in medium to large go–to–market (GTM) initiatives (>= $1 Million).Key Achievements:
• Designed and built a customer centric and integrated “Bank – In–A–Box” GTM approach for the sales team.
• Functional Lead for banking solution initiatives in sales pitch to emerging and cooperative Banks in India.
• Audited IT controls for Capital Market clients.
• Designed Proof of Concept (POC) for technology solutions in the areas of fraud monitoring.
• Trained sales teams on banking domain functionalities in the areas of Risk, CRM and Information Security.

• Managed and delivered Enterprise projects – Automated Data Flow (RBI–ADF), Customer One View, Asset Liability Management (ALM), Anti–Money Laundering (AML), Data Ware House (DWH) across Retail Liabilities, Retail.
• Led and mentored internal and vendor resources to deliver project portfolio. Delivered DWH in a record time of seven months.
• Implemented information security policies and procedures as part of the bank’s GRC practice.
• Authored technology strategy documents, board memoranda and presentations.
• Audited the bank’s IT internal controls to enable ISO 27001 Certification.
• Subject Matter Expert for Retail Assets and core banking functionality.

London, GB

Led a team of internal and vendor resources to provide technology support for retail banking, payments, trade finance and internet banking. Managed relationships with internal business leaders and technology vendors for delivery of application services.

New York, New York, US

Led a team of vendor resources to provide technology support for Citi India Cluster’s General Ledger technology systems. Trained bank’s users on the usage of the General Ledger banking systems.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

Led a team of internal and vendor resources to provide technology support for the bank’s Core banking system.

Chennai, IN

Head of Pre - Devliery Testing Team for Shinsei Bank Deliveries

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Led a team of internal resources and provided functional support for Core banking and internet banking technology systems.
• Architected seamless information integration between Corporate clients’ systems with bank’s technology applications.
• Implemented information security segregation of duties and user authentication on core banking systems.

M.B.A., Business Administration

M.Sc., Geology