Vinu P Sreedharan

• Managed business operations and digital growth initiatives across product commercialisation and e-commerce channels.
• Applied AI-assisted tools and workflow automation to support website development, digital content and customer engagement.

• Managed governance and oversight of Regulatory Business Critical Milestones (RBCMs) across Data, End User Computing
Tools (EUCT) and Model Governance domains, ensuring timely execution, stakeholder accountability and regulatory
compliance.

• Led risk engagements across scoping, fieldwork, quality assurance and executive reporting, ensuring delivery against
engagement plans and internal quality and risk management requirements.
• Contributed to risk methodology enhancement, supporting compliance with engagement plans and internal quality & risk
management procedures.

• Executed First Line of Defence Operational Risk programs within Wealth and Investment Management, overseeing a core team
of 18 and coordinating up to 35 additional resources during peak delivery periods—a combined delivery span of 53
professionals.
• Partnered with onshore risk and business leaders to strengthen policy compliance, risk escalation, remediation and governance.
• Developed performance standards, training materials and coaching frameworks to strengthen team capability and risk execution
quality.
• Designed and implemented governance dashboards and reporting frameworks to strengthen risk visibility, management
oversight and compliance monitoring.
• Worked closely with RCSA-related risk and control processes and stakeholders as part of broader Operational Risk program
execution.
Operational Risk Events & Loss Event Analysis
• Assessed Operational Risk Events and evaluated whether risk management practices and supporting documentation aligned
with ORE policy and FRB/OCC regulatory expectations.
• Supported approximately 500 Operational Risk Events reviewed annually, analysing loss trends and identifying recurring or
systemic risk themes.
• Synthesised complex operational loss-event data into concise leadership summaries highlighting systemic vulnerabilities and
actionable risk insights.
• Facilitated senior-level risk discussions and oversaw tracking of corrective actions arising from operational risk events.
End User Computing Risk & Control Remediation
• Managed compliance lifecycle oversight for End User Computing Tools, evaluating adherence to policy requirements and
driving remediation of identified control gaps.
• Reviewed 2, 000+ EUCTs, improving visibility of control deficiencies and supporting timely remediation.
Financial Crime Risk
• Led High-Risk Customer and Financial Crime reviews covering Enhanced Due Diligence, Ongoing Due Diligence and Know
Your Customer requirements.
Business Continuity & Operational Resilience
• Led automation of BCP compliance reporting, reducing reporting dissemination time from approximately one week to one day
and significantly improving senior-management and resiliency stakeholder visibility into policy compliance and outstanding
gaps.
Strategic Risk Initiatives
• Led the Talent and Capability strategic pillar across the India and Philippines organisation.
• Supported establishment of Portfolio Model Risk Governance and transition of customer complaints-related activities.

• Led a 19-member team delivering Third-Party Risk Management consulting and transformation engagements across project
governance, process enhancement and technology-enabled solutions.
• Managed end-to-end delivery across scope, resources, cost, timelines, execution risk and senior-management reporting.
• Translated client TPRM requirements into customised workflows and technology solutions in partnership with Technology
teams.
• Supervised Business Requirement Document development and coordinated clients, Business Analysts and Developers through
risk-platform transformation initiatives.
• Led User Acceptance Testing, defect management and root cause analysis, achieving 100% testing completion within expected
timelines and budget.
• Supported TPRM business development through client workshops, proposals and solution discussions.
• Contributed to a 200% increase in engagement revenue through client retention and identification of upsell opportunities.

 Conducted approximately 2-3 third-party risk assessments per working day for European third parties and two co-brand relationships of a multinational financial institution.
 Led risk-scoping discussions with Business Units, Category Managers and Risk SMEs to determine inherent risk and due diligence requirements across operational, reputational, compliance, privacy, service continuity, anti-corruption/anti-bribery, financial and information security risk domains.
 Assessed third-party control gaps and recommended risk ratings and mitigation strategies for client review and final approval, maintaining approximately 90% quality performance.
 Assessed criticality and risk segmentation, supporting enhanced oversight and mitigation planning for high- and medium-risk third parties.
 Guided Business Units in establishing ongoing oversight profiles to monitor third-party performance, compliance and risk exposure.
 Partnered with Vendor Relationship Managers (VRMs) to develop, track, update and report vendor performance metrics, strengthening ongoing performance oversight and governance.
 Oversaw vendor Financial Health Assessments and monitored financial-risk ratings of critical third parties.
 Developed mitigation recommendations for high- and medium-risk vendors in partnership with Business Units and Sourcing teams.
 Managed EMEA-wide weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual TPRM governance reporting, including Financial Health Assessment reporting.
 Partnered with Business Units and Third-Party Risk/Relationship Managers to communicate oversight requirements, validate compliance and SLA responses, and facilitate gap remediation.
 Facilitated internal (PRSA, BST) reviews and resolved risk-assessment issues with ancillary process teams.

• Performed financial and operational audits and tested internal controls to ensure vendor compliance
• Analyzed Contract Risk exposures and recommended control enhancements.
• Drafted audit reports and supported remediation tracking.

• Monitor and track compliance of XLs riskiest vendor against contract clauses in the agreements relating to contract
administration and management
• Audited vendor invoices against contractual payment terms to identify billing discrepancies, escalating variances to Vendor
Relationship Managers for remediation.
• Identified gaps in the enterprise contract management system and independently built a structured repository of critical vendor
Master Agreements and SOWs with indexed standard clauses, significantly improving audit efficiency and contract oversight.

• Reviewed Inherent Risk Assessment Questionnaires for third parties to support risk scoping and due diligence requirements.
• Conducted vendor Financial Health Assessments and ongoing oversight activities to evaluate vendor financial resilience,
identify potential concerns and support risk-informed decision-making.
• Evaluated third-party control artifacts and supported closure of due diligence requirements and identified gaps.
• Managed supplier risk mailbox ensuring response time and quality for incoming queries from various departments and teams.