Diana Jacob

Subject Matter Expert in Regulatory Compliance and Risk | Technology Risk | Data and Artificial Intelligence Risk

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

About

I am an experienced professional in the field of Business Analysis in the BFSI Risk Management. My experience includes Basel II & Basel III, Market Risk, Commodities Trading and Risk Management and Risk Management in the Retail and Corporate Banking Functions. I have subject matter expertise in the regulatory capital and capital adequacy fields, while specializing in Market Risk, Credit Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk, Well versed and up-to-date with the latest regulatory changes for various jurisdictions like Australia, India, Thailand, USA and Europe. I am well-versed in APRA and ASIC regulatory guidelines including OTC derivatives. I am an experienced professional with project management and product management experience. Worked as product owner for multiple scrums in Agile. Well-versed with Basel III post crisis reforms. Expertise in FRTB (revised market risk) guidelines. Extensive domain knowledge in OTC and exchange-traded derivatives. Currently working with the APRA and ASIC guidelines.

Experience

  • Commonwealth Bank (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
    • Senior Manager - Risk and Control Enablement
      Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

      Specializing in Risk, Compliance and Controls for Technology and Operational Risk. Part of the Chief Controls Office for Technology. Well-versed with Operational Risk Management Framework, responsible for managing Technology risk profile, conduct regular risk and controls assessments, obligations and compliance assessments, process improvement for Line 1 risk and controls.

    • Senior Business Analyst
      Apr 2021 - Oct 2021 · 7 mos

      Senior Business Analyst in 100 CRDE Program. Working on the governance related to APRA requirements for Risk Data Aggregation and Data Quality.

  • Senior Business Analyst at AMP Capital
    Jun 2019 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Specializing in Regulatory Compliance for APRA and ASIC for OTC Derivatives and Regulatory Disclosures. Specifically working on the ASIC Portfolio Holdings Disclosures and APRA Margin rules for OTC Derivatives.

  • Senior Manager at Cognizant
    Nov 2018 - Jun 2019 · 8 mos

    • Business Analysis for AIRB model monitoring team of one of the largest Australian banks • Requirement understanding from the business stakeholders/ product owners • User story creation and sprint tracking for the scrum using JIRA • Documentation for user stories and requirement detailing • Backlog refinement and prioritization post consultation with product owners and the development team leads

  • Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Bangalore)
    • Principal Product Manager
      Jul 2014 - Aug 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Product Manager for Basel III. Responsible for Credit Risk, Market Risk, Counterparty Credit Risk & Capital Structure. Worked on BIS, US, China and India jurisdictions. Also worked on US and RBI Regulatory reporting. Responsible for road-map creation, competitor and jurisdictional analysis and tracking along with the functional design for the Basel Solution. Expertise in Market Risk and Trading Book treatment.

    • Principal Applications Engineer
      Jun 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Requirement analysis, regulatory guideline analysis and transalation of the same in functional design of the Basel solution. Proposing solution design and guiding technical team for solution designing. Functional testing of the developed product before QA handover. Supporting customer demos and training consulting/implementation resources on the new features in every release of the product.

  • Senior Associate/ Business Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions
    Apr 2011 - May 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Handled the Risk Module for Analytics and Reporting platform for Cognizant, under EAP (Enterprise Analytics Practice) for the Banking and Financial Services (BFS) domain. Worked as a functional designer, consultant and a business analyst for this newly launched platform.