Anju Raju, Manager - Controls Assessment

Anju Raju

Manager - Controls Assessment

Burgan Bank

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, Chartered Accountant
Experience
14 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months

Manager - Controls Assessment at Burgan Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2017

Work Profile - Internal Controls
Incident Management
 In response to operational risk incidents, conduct independent deep dive reviews and assessments to determine root cause(s), assess control environment, escalate issues and identify/monitor remedial actions to mitigate against the risk of future losses.
 Maintain the operational loss database within the bank and ensure loss reconciles with the operational loss general ledger.
Risk and Control Self Assessment
 Engage in the review of Risk and Control Self Assessment (known as MCSA within the Bank) when triggered by new incidents, observations and KRI breaches.
 Spearheaded the project of MCSA reassessment within the 1st line of defence over a period of 6 months.
 Building risk awareness amongst staff by conducting workshops for MCSA.
Control Design Reviews
 Perform process re-design by identifying gaps and suggesting recommended course of action.
Internal Control Review
 Coordinate with internal stakeholders and ICR auditors to ensure smooth audit.
Review Standard Operating Procedures
 Review the standard operating procedures within the Bank and identify any control weakness, segregation of duty conflict and recommend process improvements.

Supervisor in Risk Consulting at Rsm Albazie & Co
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • April 2014 to December 2016

Business Process Reengineering
 Reviewing existing work processes and organisation structure.
 Identify processes for re-design; prototype potential solutions, provide trade-off information, and suggest a recommended course of action.
 Providing expert advice in developing and integrating process and information models to eliminate information and process redundancies.
 Preparing policies and procedures for the new processes developed.
 Have Lead several engagements related to Process Improvement in Retail, Health and Financial Sectors such as Trafalgar, Bader Sultan, Kuwait Stock Exchange, etc
Internal Control Review
 Monitoring and assessment of internal controls across various functions of the Banks to ensure whether the implemented internal control system is effective as intended by the Board of Directors.
 Identification of internal control deficiencies for further corrective actions.
 Drafting the Internal Control Review report to provide opinions and remarks on whether the regulations and internal control systems are sufficient enough to manage the risks that the Bank faces.

Senior Supervisor at Alghanim Industries
  • Kuwait
  • March 2011 to April 2013

Store Audits / Policies and Procedures

Senior Associate at Deloitte (Badar Al Wazzan)
  • Other
  • April 2008 to September 2010

Statutory Audits of Banks, Investment House and Retail Sectors.

Education

Master's degree, Chartered Accountant
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • May 2007

Dear Sir/ Madam, I am a CA by profession. I have a total experience of about 9 years in the field of Audit, Consulting and Banking. Am currently working in RSM Albazie in Risk Consulting as a Supervisor. I have conducted Internal Control Review of Banks and performed many Business Process Review assignments. Have managed multiple projects with a team of 5 to 6 members. Was working as a Sr Supervisor in Alghanim Industries in the Retail Sector. Roles and Responsibilities include performing Store audits, PTP (procure to pay) , OTC ( order to cash ) and other audit cycles ,writing policies and procedures , SAP access control review, ensuring no SOD conflicts exist,etc. I have worked for 2.5 years in Pricewaterhouse Coopers (Badar Al Wazzan) which is now with Deloitte - Big 4 auditing firm Have experience working as an internal auditor in ICICI Prudential (India), as a SOX (Sarbanes Oxley Auditor) in WNS Global Services(Mumbai ,India) wherein Risk Control and Process analyses were used widely. Have Banking Experience in BNP Paribas (India) . I have played a key role in Basel II implementation. Have excellent skills in MS office - Excel, Word and Power point. Also have working experience in Visio Basic (audit tool), Business Object. Please consider me for a suitable position in your esteemed organization. Thanks, Anju

Master's degree, audit , finance
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • May 2007

Chartered Accountant

Specialties & Skills

Internal Audit
Finance Operations
Banking

Memberships

Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • CA
  • May 2007
institute of chartered Accountant of india
  • member
  • May 2007

Hobbies

  • writing short stories and peoms, drawing , reading and cooking