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Sudhish Kumar

Sudhish Kumar

Singapore

Summary

Results-driven professional with over 15 years of diverse experience, including 13.5 years at Standard Chartered Bank in Compliance. Expertise includes managing Compliance Policies and Framework Governance, compliance risk reporting, and operational risk frameworks, along with comprehensive oversight of Gifts & Entertainment processes. Proven leader in developing key procedures and standards while successfully managing minor projects and system rollouts. Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data visualization tools such as Tableau enhance decision-making capabilities for senior management, supported by exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director, CFCR Policy

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2019 - Current
  • Engage with CFCC Policy and Standard owners and Enterprise Risk Management team to review and finalise the pipeline for CFCC policies and standards.
  • Provide guidance and advisory to CFCC Policy and Standard owners to ensure all documents are compliant with Framework and Policy Governance Standards (FPGS), Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF), and all other relevant framework and guidelines issued by ERM and CFCC.
  • Work closely with document owners and ERM team to support out-of-cycle publication of policies and standards.
  • Update and maintenance of policy tracker.
  • Prepare paper for governance committees which includes CFCC Policy Council, and CFCC Regional FORF.
  • Provided support for design, testing and implementation of new GovPoint system for the Bank.
  • Led the coordination for annual policy effectiveness review for 2021, including design and implementation of relevant management information and other resources to support policy and standard owners in their attestation.
  • CFCC Framework Management:
  • Supported and contributed to the CRTF simplification exercise for 2021 including leading couple of workstreams within the project.
  • Worked with ERM and Country CFCC team for refresh of CRTF country addenda.
  • Coordinated with ERM and various stakeholders within CFCC to complete effectiveness review for Compliance Framework in 2021.

Associate Director

Standard Chartered Bank
01.2017 - 11.2019
  • Compliance Management Information, Reporting and Analytics Team
  • Compliance Management Information and Reporting:
  • Led the management of Operational Risk Framework (ORF) and BCBS 239 requirements in Compliance Risk Reporting for the team.
  • Managed the production and dissemination of Compliance Risk Heatmap, Risk Appetite Metrics, Compliance Risk Dashboard for Compliance.
  • Provided guidance to subsidiary team in Chennai on a day-to-day basis that manages the production and dissemination of various Dashboards and Management Information (MI) across the Group.
  • Managing the process of Regulatory Risk Reporting register and guiding countries in recording regulatory issues and breaches.
  • Assisting in production of MI for annual attestation of Compliance policies and standards; Compliance Risk Appetite metrics, etc.
  • Supported various initiatives within the team in terms of documentation, strategic planning and organising workshops on MI and Reporting for stakeholders.
  • Speaking Up Management Information:
  • Acted as a single point of contact in the team to oversee the production and delivery of Speaking Up MI to support the commitment of the Bank’s Speaking Up Programme.
  • Leading and guiding the team in Chennai and Bangalore on a day-to-day basis that manages the production and dissemination of Dashboards and Management Information (MI) to the stakeholders in Group.
  • Gifts & Entertainment systems and Management Information:
  • Acted as a single point of contact for managing system related queries and issues from staff across all locations in the bank.
  • Supported the production of Dashboard and Management Information (MI) that is circulated to Regional Compliance Heads every quarter.
  • Acted as a business contact and provided to support the Gifts & Entertainment system enhancement project.
  • Code of Conduct Dashboard:
  • Managed production and delivery of conduct dashboard for senior committee meetings in Compliance.
  • Supported the conduct project team in building the automated conduct dashboard for Compliance.

Associate

Standard Chartered Bank
09.2012 - 12.2016
  • Compliance Policy Team
  • Gifts & Entertainment policy advisory, assurance and project management:
  • Managed advisory for Group Gifts & Entertainment Policy and Procedures, including drafting and revising Group Gifts & Entertainment Policy and standards.
  • Provided training on Group Gifts & Entertainment Policy to Compliance teams in Countries and Regions.
  • Performed assurance activities on Group Gifts & Entertainment (Travel & Expense Vs Gifts & Entertainment) and centrally managed half yearly line managers review activity for the Bank.
  • Performed the role as a Business Project Manager for rolling out the revised Gifts & Entertainment system in 2016 and have supported subsequent system launches in 2017.
  • Supported the Compliance Policy team in updating and maintaining policy tracker.

Senior Analyst

Standard Chartered Global Business Services Pvt Ltd
11.2008 - 09.2012
  • Compliance and Financial Risk Reporting Team
  • Compliance Management Reporting (Regulatory / Legal / Compliance Monitoring):
  • Produced regular reports on Regulatory Risk / Legal Risk/ Compliance Monitoring for Regional Compliance heads and other Senior Management in the Bank.
  • Lead regular meetings with Group Compliance COO Office on a day-to-day basis on work plan engagement and planning.
  • Lead the team for building efficiency in the process, providing training and produced key standard documents.
  • Anti-Money laundering Management Reporting (Group Financial Crime Risk - GFCR):
  • Produced regulatory reports on Group Financial Crime Risk (GFCR) that is circulated and discussed in relevant governance committee on monthly and quarterly basis.
  • Reports include data on Customer Due Diligence (CDD) deficiency, CDD overdue, Training overdue, suspicious activity report (SAR's), Transaction Surveillance Unit (TSU) process.

Senior Financial Associate

RR Donnelley
04.2007 - 11.2008
  • Real Estate Accounting and Bills Receivables
  • Accounts Receivables: - Analysing and processing the checks (Lockbox Remittance) received from the tenant (Client's customers) daily.
  • Bank Reconciliation statement: - Reconciling by comparing the Bank statement and the entries in Client's Software (Oracle) monthly and generating reports like General Ledger, Transactions Available and Trial Balance for reporting purpose.
  • Tenant and Vendor Insurance Certificate Tracking: - Performing all the tasks necessary to validate the insurance and tracking its expiry into the system.
  • Tax Reconciliations: - Generating Tax reports and Comparing with the General Ledger. Discrepancies found after reconciliations are reported to the client.
  • Lease Deed Abstraction: - Abstracting every financial information from the lease deed after thorough comparative study to ensure all of them are correctly tracked into the system.

Education

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) - Finance and Marketing

Panimalar Engineering College
01.2007

Bachelors of Commerce (B.Com) - undefined

D.G. Vaishnav Arts and Science College
01.2005

Higher Secondary (12th Standard) - undefined

Spartan Matriculation Higher Secondary School
01.2002

Matriculation (10th Standard) - undefined

CSI Ewart Matriculation Higher Secondary School
01.2000

Skills

  • Data Management
  • Team liaison
  • Team leadership
  • Policy Governance
  • Strong verbal communication
  • Project management
  • Conflict resolution
  • Process implementation
  • Extremely organized
  • Risk management process and analysis

Accomplishments

  • Led the coordination of annual effectiveness review for policies and framework in 2021
  • Supported simplification of Compliance Risk Framework project and led couple of sub-workstreams within the project.
  • Led the successful migration of management information and reporting process (Speaking Up MI) from Shared Investigation Services team in London to the team in Chennai and Bangalore during June 2017.
  • Led and managed two Gifts & Entertainment projects from Business side during 2015 and 2016.

Certification

  • Completed Diploma in Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) from International Compliance Association (ICA) in single attempt, with a merit.
  • Anti-Money Laundering & Know Your Customers (AML KYC) certification from Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF), India
  • JAIIB (Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of the Bankers) certification from Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF), India
  • Successfully completed Tableau Fundamentals & Advanced Combination classroom training in July 2016.
  • Completed crash course on Visual Basic certification in the year 2013

Timeline

Director, CFCR Policy

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2019 - Current

Associate Director

Standard Chartered Bank
01.2017 - 11.2019

Associate

Standard Chartered Bank
09.2012 - 12.2016

Senior Analyst

Standard Chartered Global Business Services Pvt Ltd
11.2008 - 09.2012

Senior Financial Associate

RR Donnelley
04.2007 - 11.2008

Bachelors of Commerce (B.Com) - undefined

D.G. Vaishnav Arts and Science College

Higher Secondary (12th Standard) - undefined

Spartan Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Matriculation (10th Standard) - undefined

CSI Ewart Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) - Finance and Marketing

Panimalar Engineering College

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