Technology Professional of the Year - Risk Advisory

Shiksha is a highly skilled Risk professional with over six years of focused experience at her company, providing advanced risk assessment and compliance frameworks across a diverse client portfolio, including financial services, banking, healthcare, fintech, and other critical industries. As a CISA and CRISC-certified professional, Shiksha has conducted multi-regional risk engagements, serving clients across Canada, Mexico, Chile, India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt, Cyprus, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Singapore.

Her technical expertise spans core enterprise technologies such as Oracle ERP, Flexcube core banking, SAP, SWIFT payment systems, FTS Paymentsafe, ServiceNow, Windows OS, and SQL database management. Shiksha excels in adapting to client-specific proprietary systems, ensuring seamless integration into existing IT landscapes while maintaining high standards in security controls, system compliance, and audit processes.

Shiksha led end-to-end audit cycles, covering planning, execution, and reporting, along with key project management tasks like resourcing, budgeting, and client communications. She performed QA reviews to ensure audit consistency with regulatory frameworks and conducted control deficiency assessments, root cause analysis, and risk evaluations. Shiksha provided internal control assessments to identify IT gaps, advising on enhancements and regulatory updates. Her expertise includes specialized audit support for system implementations, data migrations, and testing of critical controls such as segregation of duties, privileged access, and change management.

Apart from her technical expertise, she actively mentors High School and Undergraduate Students via the D-180 mentorship’s program under her company's wing since 2018.