Asif Saleem

 Lead the Banks operating incident program, analyzing control failures and root
causes to recommend risk-mitigation strategies to the Operational Risk
Management Committee.
 Manage records management and insurance programs, ensuring full regulatory
compliance and coordinating with third-party providers to maintain comprehensive
coverage.
 Lead the bank-wide Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) process, providing
management with critical insights on complex inherent and residual risks.
 Partner with business units to assess information needs and provide proactive
guidance on completing risk-related tasks and operational goals.
 Deliver independent challenges and critical insights to business unit conclusions,
presenting findings professionally to the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Executive
Committee.
 Serve as a primary point of contact for FHFA personnel, managing regulatory
requests for operating incidents and risk assessments with high accuracy and
timeliness.
 Author and present risk documentation for Board of Directors packages, ensuring
the Enterprise Risk Management Committee is informed of key facts and
conclusions.
 Contribute to broader Enterprise Risk Management duties, including assisting the
CRO with the quarterly SOX certification process

 Communicate with business partners, control owners, performers, delegates, and
subject matter experts to develop the test plan to validate the design and
operational effectiveness of internal controls based on the enterprise Risk and
Control Self-Assessment playbook within the Finance LOB.
 Gather evidence and documentation to support the validation conclusion (pass,
pass with observation, or fail) which determines the effectiveness rating of internal
controls.
 Conduct secondary review internal control validations performed by junior level
staff on the FGO 1LOD control testing team.
 Monitor validated internal controls observations and recommendations;
Communicate the observations and recommendations effectively to business
partners, control owners, performers, and delegates.
 Provide daily projects management oversight to the Finance LOB business partners
and stakeholders.
 Provide reports regularly to senior management, internal audit and other
stakeholders.
 Participate in Quarterly earnings release tie-out activities to ensure accurate
quarterly reporting figures by the CFO and CEO during the earnings release calls
with stakeholders.
 Perform secondary reviews on internal controls tested for accuracy and create
process documents to improve efficiency in Business as Usual (BAU) tasks and
newly validated internal controls.
 Supervise, train, mentor, and coach staff and interns on BAU tasks by monitoring
and reviewing their progress.

 Enable and execute the Finance Line of Business (LOBs) Risk Management
programs, identifying opportunities for enhancement where applicable.
 Lead in the design and development of the LOB specific risk management program
to meet business and regulatory expectations
 Develop and implement risk management plans and policies, ensuring compliance
with regulations and guidelines.
 Provide risk expertise while working with businesses and other risk partners such
as FGO 2LOD, Compliance, Credit, Legal, and Audit.
 Lead and influence risk initiatives and BAU activities; identify risks and assess
impact, and make recommendations on resolution.
 Report and escalate risk and program compliance as appropriate; discuss control
and process breakdowns with business units to determine cause and work towards
remediation of matters and issues.
 Monitor risk indicators and provide regular reports to senior management and
other stakeholders.
 Advise control owners on test results and influence them to adopting the
recommendations for compliance and operational risk improvements while
maintaining segregation of duties.
 Draft, implement, and enhance new and existing internal controls and localized
risk events for various Risk Assessment Units (RAU) in Finance Line of Business.

 Led financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations in a variety of client
industries.
 Supervised audit engagements during the planning, fieldwork, and reporting
stages and presented the final report to management.
 Conducted meetings with senior management to gain a better understanding of the
audit areas.
 Perform and document audit procedures over complex areas of accounting.
 Supervised, trained, and mentored staff and interns on the audit process.
 Proactively interact with clients key management to gather information, resolve
problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
 Research and analyze accounting and audit-related issues including enhancements
of internal controls.
 Utilize data extraction, data analytics, and data visualization tools to bring
business insight to clients.
 Performed detailed testing for assigned audit areas in a timely manner.
 Document and communicate exceptions and issues with testing to both the audit
team and management.