As a partner of Templar Shield, I spearhead practice management and delivery with P&L responsibility, providing risk and compliance technology consulting and advisory services, client enablement and success. Key responsibilities including but not limited to - i. Providing a consultative, advisory, and strategic sales approach in delivering and overseeing complex engagements related to cybersecurity and GRC Strategy.ii. Establishing trusted client relationships and advise client C-Suite and Director levels on their business needs. iii. Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in multiple Risk Management solution areas.iv. Guiding clients through their eGRC Strategy & Enablement initiatives.v. Leading large, complex client engagements by guiding cross-functional multi-level teams with various skillsets. vi. Promoting Templar Shield service offerings through Thought Leadership, Practice development, Engagement Management, and Business Development, Generate new and manage existing account relationships.vii. Recruiting security, risk, and compliance professionals. viii. Promoting and positioning company in market place through thought leadership, attending industry conferences, tradeshows, and case studies.

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• 'Trusted Advisor' in the assigned accounts/set of accounts, work with the CxO community, Business Heads, Business / Cyber Risk Transformation leads and their direct reports• Be responsible for the design of appropriate value proposition(s) by interpreting the client's strategy in the context of the market dynamics in competitive environments, legal and regulatory domains, etc.• Build, evangelize, create value for the clients in GRC, Data Privacy, Cloud, Digital, Cybersecurity consulting domains• Present and obtain buy-in for overarching cyber risk management strategies from the Board of Directors• Strategize, operationalize and be accountable for the RCA consulting business in the region• Find and create business opportunities globally for large, complex clients• Build a team of consultants to support the development of the business in the region and for the clients and encourage and foster a culture of entrepreneurship in the team.

o Pursue business development opportunitieso Identify engagement opportunities and effectively market to current and prospective clientso Assist with strategies to increase client retention and improve cross-sellingo Identify opportunities for client companies to effectively improve risk and compliance performanceo Support practice enablement and managemento Provide assurance on the internal control structure and assess audit risks related to the information technologies environmento Reduce client costs thru strategic internal audit outsourcing and co-sourcing solutionso Assess, architect, design, recommend, and configure various Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) technology toolso Develop frameworks and implement risk and compliance solutionso Create and implement GRC programso Create business cases for GRC automation including assessment, identification of optimal use of GRC technologyo Lead GRC technology engagement and teams of GRC technology professionals

1. GRC Thought Leadership2. Practice Development3. Engagement Management4. Business Development5. GRC Solutions Architect and Subject Matter Specialist

o Provide pre-sales support including responding to RFP/RFI and leading client interactionso Provide consulting services in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance domainso Support client companies in developing IT GRC programs including implementation strategies and providing program oversight and support o Support clients in architecting and implementing IT GRC solutions on RSA Archer platformo Lead GRC project teams, build team competencies by coaching and mentoring junior staff

Providing Security Strategy & Architecture in Governance, Risk, Compliance Automation Space

o Assist clients in assessing enterprise risks and design appropriate controls for mitigation o Support SOX sec 404 attestation & readiness engagements by assisting engagement teams in the evaluation of risks & testing control effectiveness including managerial review, re-performance testing, and evaluation of management testingo Support rationalization/optimization of SOX 404 internal controls including re-designing of controls and developing risk statements.o Perform the audit of IT general computer controls, business cycle controls, application controls, risk management

1.Led a team of 13 process auditors for process mapping and controls evaluation in Vehicle Finance Division,2. Risk management (Operations, Credit and Information) for south zone operations of Vehicle Finance Division contributing 40% of the company’s turnover,3. Planning Process audits and monitoring the performance of process auditors, 4. Risk assessment at branches and identifying & designing suitable controls, 5. Fraud Investigations, 6. Proprietary Financial Application Audit and General Computer Controls Audit

1. Led an Internal Audit Team of 4 Chartered Accountants 2. As an Internal Audit Head for Southern Region, responsible for planning and auditing multiple branches / location of International Cargo, Travel, Logistics, Courier and Express Money Transfer Divisions of AFL for entire South India, 2. Audit Planning, Audit execution management, Review audit reports and discuss audit findings with functional heads to create & implement correction action plans.3. Performing audit of IT facility at Regional Office, Application systems audit of STRATOS & AGRANI (Proprietary Applications) and IT General Computer Controls, 4. Conducting Fraud investigations

1. Gathering client requirements, Impact analysis, Gap analysis2. Preparation of system requirement proposal (SRS),3. Preparation of traceability matrix, 4. Developing functional Test plan, Conducting Functional & Beta Testing, User Acceptance Testing and documentation of test results per ISO 9001:2000 Standards, 5. Application Systems Audit of LAMS / SARVANIDHI (A Proprietary Application of SFL), SDLC Process Audit and 6. Account Management

1. Led the Audit Team of Western Region, Mumbai2. Conducting audit of branches, SBU’s, Financial & Operational Audits3. Application System Audit of SARVANIDHI (A proprietary Application of SFL), Audit of General Computer Controls and Oracle Database and 4. Conducting Fraud investigations