Karan Berry, Risk Management

Karan Berry

Risk Management

QTerminals Holdings

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Administration And Business Administration
Experience
14 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months

Risk Management at QTerminals Holdings
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since November 2019

• Ensuring all business functions and locations adhere to enterprise risk management, fraud policies, procedures, Compliance, Governance program and instructions.
• Conduct Enterprise Risk/Fraud Risk assessments by analysing documents, statistics, reports, and market trends. Classifying, evaluating, and monitoring the company’s risk.
• Develop and oversee process, compliance systems to prevent or deal with violations of legal guidelines and internal policies. Draft, modify and implement company policies.
• Evaluate the efficiency of internal controls and improve them continuously.
• Revise procedures, reports etc. periodically to identify hidden risks or non-conformity issues.
• Collaborate with corporate counsels and other related departments to monitor enforcement of standards and regulations.
• Assess the business’s future ventures by performing due diligence to identify possible compliance, finance, and operational risks.
• Leading project & programme risk management. Review the work of colleagues when necessary to identify compliance issues and provide advice or training.
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in risk and compliance control.

Associate Vice President at Ernst and Young LLP
  • India
  • November 2016 to November 2019

Risk Management:
• Manages the entire ERM Framework
• Conducts the mechanics of the annual ERM Risk Assessment Survey and Interviews, consolidates and reports results, helps to design risk mitigation projects as a result of the survey
• Performed work on complex or high-risk audit areas as assigned. Reviewed work papers as completed by staff, validating exceptions and the feasibility of suggested resolutions.
• Designing and implementing an overall risk management process for the clients, which includes an analysis of the financial impact on the company when risks occur
• Performing a risk assessment: Analysing current risks and identifying potential risks that are affecting the company
• Performing a risk evaluation: Evaluating the company’s previous handling of risks, and comparing potential risks with criteria set out by the company such as costs and legal requirements
Forensic Investigations:
• Performs forensic research to trace funds and identify assets for recovery.
• Conducts forensic analysis of financial data. Performed multiple Covert operations.
• Carried FCPA process reviews of US owned entities in South Asia Pacific countries
• Carried multiple Anti-bribery, corruption, and fiduciary reviews. Prepares analytical data for litigation and testifies as needed. Executed ICFR and COSO framework implementation.
• Explaining the external risk posed by corporate governance to stakeholders.
• Examination of records, gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses, and preparing reports.
• Conduct in-depth investigations of suspicious financial & operational activity, such as suspected money laundering efforts.

Strategic and Corporate Planning Head - Risk Management at Hemaya (Govt. of Qatar)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2014 to October 2016

• Spearheading the Strategic & Corporate Planning for the company
• Lead Business Development and new ventures for the company in Qatar and abroad
• Monitoring projects of operational excellence and organizational resilience
• Pursuing the development of strategic partnerships, relationships and alliances to deliver strategic objectives
• Performed risk identification, assessment, reporting and monitoring operations.
• Identified project risks and dependencies and recommended corrective actions.
• Reviewed and recommended improvements to risk management procedures.
• Work with leadership to develop a Top Risk, emerging risk and long-term strategic risk profiles that provide the details required to have robust risk conversations
• Drafting consolidated forecasts and budgets and analyses trends and checks in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas.
• Managing Quality Assurance of internal projects

Senior Management Consultant at Grant Thornton LLP
  • India - New Delhi
  • July 2008 to August 2013

• Executed Concept and idea validation (market scan) for private sector companies
• Conducted extensive financial benchmarking and trend analysis
• Assessed operational and business strategies of clients
• Performed various Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) projects, Location advisory Industry & market assessment
• Build out a supporting data management risk team and fully integrated with overall information risk management processes and operating model
• Execute a current state assessment of the data management landscape and processes
• Identify and implement tools to facilitate data risk management processes and provide benchmark reporting
• Own and manage risks process related to enterprise-wide risk management reporting tools and systems
• Performed in-depth Fraud Investigations; Third party due diligence, Anti-corruption & Anti Bribery; and Brand Protection related engagements.
• Worked extensively on engagements involving financial misappropriation, bribery and corruption, cyber-crimes and intellectual property violations.
• Performed Government, Expenditure Tracking, Financial & Procurement Reviews and Evaluations for World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Funds, etc.
• Assisted Client in conducting training on “Ethics and Compliance” for their senior to mid-level.

Education

Master's degree, Administration And Business Administration
  • at University of Birmingham
  • December 2013

International Business Management Strategy Risk Management Leadership

Bachelor's degree, Administration And Business Administration
  • at New Delhi Institute Of Management
  • July 2008

Business Administration Strategy Economics Finance Human Resources

Specialties & Skills

Management Consulting
Business Strategy
Corporate Advisory
Forensic Analysis
Business Intelligence
RISK MANAGEMENT
DUE DILIGENCE
FINANCE
MARKETING
NETSCAPE ENTERPRISE SERVER
POLICY ANALYSIS
STATISTICS
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Risk and Fraud Management
  • May 2021

Training and Certifications

Business Intelligence and Analytics (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2021
Certified Fraud Examiner-ACFE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2021
Valid Until:
May 2023

Hobbies

  • Travelling