Akshay Deshpande

About Akshay Deshpande

Highly skilled and accomplished professional with 14+ years of experience in IT audit, risk advisory, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, third‐party risk management, internal/external audit, risk assessments and internal control evaluation of the enterprise IT and business environment for global clients as part of their regulatory compliance & reporting requirements including SOX404 & SSAE18, service provider audit, agile audit methodology, cyber security, system and organization controls (SOC) reporting. • Rich experience in collaborating with various vertical heads in the client organization(s) to bring the best out of partnerships.• Strong expertise in risk assessment and controls evaluation for clients in the consumer industry.• Directed & front‐led multiple audit assignments across various group entities, including issue identification and execution of corrective action plans in accordance with regulatory and functional guidelines.• Extensive experience in evaluating and enhancing internal controls, identifying deficiencies and areas of improvement, and developing remediation plans/strategies.• Achieved outstanding results by effectively overseeing internal audit & assurance projects, meeting challenging deadlines.• Successfully managed multiple tasks and competing priorities, fostering clear communication between engagement management and staff to drive efficient operations.

Experience

1. Senior Manager

   Genpact

   Jun 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Enterprise Risk Consulting and AI Security for Genpact\'s Agentic AI suite of products.

Education

• SCIT - Symbiosis Centre For Information Technology

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), IT Business Management (Information Security Specialization)

  2013 — 2015

• Bhartiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Munshi Nagar Andheri Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering

  2006 — 2010

• St. Stanislaus High School (Mumbai)

  SSC

  1994 — 2004

• Ramnarain Ruia College - Mumbai

  HSC, Science

  2004 — 2006

Skills

• Penetration Testing
• Application Security
• Cyber Security
• Auditing
• Governance
• Vulnerability Management
• Coso Framework
• Compliance
• IT Audit
• Business Continuity
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (Pci Dss)
• Vapt
• Information Security
• Network Security
• Enterprise Risk Management
• C
• Consulting
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Security Awareness
• Risk Management
• Team Management
• Information Security Management
• Security Audits
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Security
• Internal Audit
• Business Continuity Planning
• Iso 27001
• Pci Dss
• Risk Assessment
• Sas70
• Computer Security
• Security Policy
• Database Security
• Web Application Security
• Management
• Shell Scripting
• Requirements Analysis
• IT Strategy
• IT Infrastructure Management