Risk Management Senior Director

Sridhar Babu Adhatrao

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• Proficient in process transformation, negotiations, and building multicultural teams.

• Strength in handling large volumes, complex assignments, and business strategy

• Expert in route-cause-analysis, Consular relations, customer delight while driving Compliance and Risk programs

• Deep functional expertise in legal and regulatory procedures Leadership Traits:

• Self-starter and result-oriented leader with great respect for people

• Sharp in identifying key issues and advocating the value position of services

• Strategic analyst, agile thinker, and problem solver with proven ability in providing innovative solutions with strong ROI.

• Experience in collaborating with multiple teams in remote locations to drive initiatives on time, within budget

• Skilled in conceptualizing and driving the adoption of new models that have resulted in strong financial results

• A natural communicator and recognized for attracting, motivating, mentoring, and leading high-performance teams

• Growth mindset, innovation to empower others, and collaboration to realize shared goals. Skills:

Strategic Leadership Target Costing Change Management Business Analysis Coaching & Mentoring Risk Management Audit & Compliance Mergers & Acquisitions Avance Visa Solutions LLC

Advisory Consultant – (August 2024 to Present) – Seasonal

• Bringing value from an external perspective to the decision-making process and enhance strategic planning

• Advocate for clients in navigating a wide range of challenges focusing on risk management and cost optimization

• Creating enterprise value to organizations by leveraging Tech transformation using lean principles

Virtusa Consulting

Senior Director - (July 2003 to July 2024)

Global Operations

• Oversee operations, and define policies, processes, SOPS, and regulatory requirements.

• Build relations with cross functional teams, Legal, Compliance, Risk Partners, and vendors to ensure seamless delivery

• Contracting and driving vendor compliance to meet the Company’s Risk and Security standards

• Monitor policy exceptions and overall costs

• Identify process improvement opportunities and collaborate with cross-functional teams Global Benefits, Solutions & Strategy:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and outsourced partners to ensure programming industry competitiveness

• Design foolproof programs and develop creative solutions to meet immediate and long-term business objectives

• Strategic advisor to business and talent selection partners

• Anticipate needs and preferences while ensuring policy adherence, including compliance.

• Align guidelines and lead the Function to administer highly impactful programs

• Over $200K yield YoY by constant benchmarking and process efficiencies

• Oversee each Function budget and ensure controls Compliance, Risk & Audit Management:

• Design Compliance and Risk programs to align business activities with relevant laws, regulations, and ethical standards

• Develop and maintain a deep knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and industry expectations for continuous improvement of the compliance program.

• Monitor audit calendar, review evidence, assist in preparing memorandums, and drive overall program

• Advise clients on strategic issues related to service delivery while ensuring company and immigration compliance

• Steward of Compliance in client meetings and on regularly scheduled status calls

• Review and refine written deliverables from foreign offices focused on audit protocols

• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to meet compliance obligations in global jurisdictions Digital Transformation:

• Analyzing processes, identifying products, integrating enhancements, and bringing efficiencies through automation

• Ensuring processes, Data Privacy Obligations, Client and organization compliance obligations are met through the system.

• Functional SME to automate downstream workflows while ensuring project deliverables are aligned to the current law through the system and drive calls to bring an expert view on workshops.

• Intervene and overall accountability of deliverables without deviations to the milestones

• Review commercials and bring industry opinion

• Signoff requirements, design documents, UAT from Function and overall organization perspective

• Staff optimization with reasonable ROI.

New Country Assessments:

• Drive new country procedures to create value for customers and build industry recognition

• Publishing New country research report to decision-making authorities

• Developing, implementing, communicating, and maintaining governance, risk, and compliance policies while penetrating a new country Merger & Acquisition Management:

• Due Diligence and overall Compliance obligation analysis

• Aligning policies, processes, and benefits for talent initiatives

• Developing client-facing workbooks focusing on M&A based on collaboration with foreign teams and research

• Single point of contact for complex assignment structuring and due diligence during M&A People Management & Development:

• Coach and monitor team performance to achieve growth, service, and objectives

• Committed to exemplifying leadership principles especially relating to career development and serving as an escalation point to resolve any potential issues impacting the function

• Conducting bi-yearly performance appraisals

• Identifying operational challenges within team/vendors and addressing them with the appropriate partner or practice manager

• Developing strong teams and motivating employees during mergers Jet Airways India Pvt. Ltd.

Senior Assistant (December 1997 to July 2003)

• Overseeing team and operations of all assigned flights during a scheduled work shift and overall accountability of timely departures

• Supervise team members on customer inquiries that require managerial assistance and manage cross-functional teams

• Manage cargo warehouses to deliver on time, while ensuring safety and security screening

• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to provide insight into logistics, transportation, and warehouse management

• Ensure custom clearance and monitor shipments to recommend efficient shipping and delivery methods

• Formulating security alerts and coordinating with all departments for easy operations

• Liaison with the corporate HR/accounts department on a day-to-day basis relating to employee salaries, claims and drive onboarding programs

• Creating and maintaining a systematic process that is customer friendly & informative through briefing

Academics and Certifications

• Bachelor’s in Commerce from Osmania University

• MET CPE Certificate in Paralegal Studies from Boston University

• AI Applications for Growth - Leadership with AI from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

• Emerging Leadership Development Program from Tavistock Institute of HR-UK Awards

• Virtusa: Top Talent awards over 15 times; Chief People Officer award in 2020

• Jet Airways: Merit Award for the year 2000

Sports

• Represented Rest of Indian Team in the field of Hockey for the year 1993

• Active player and coach for Hockey premier clubs Visa Status

• US Permanent Resident

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