Harsh Kedia

Experience

1. Senior Associate Vice President

   Wells Fargo

   Dec 2020 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Senior leader driving enterprise Internal Audit, SOX, and AI Model Risk Governance across US and UK regulated banking environments. Manage audit portfolios aligned to COSO, ITGC, ITAC, RCSA, SR 11-7, OCC guidance, and UK regulatory standards, advising executive leadership and management on control effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and emerging AI risks.Led risk-based scoping, audit planning, and enterprise risk assessments across technology, data governance, digital transformation, and model-driven businesses, ensuring alignment to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks.Directed enterprise SOX compliance and Internal Controls transformation initiatives, including control design optimization, deficiency remediation, control rationalization, and GRC alignment. Increased audit efficiency through automation, data analytics, continuous monitoring, and elimination of redundant controls.Elevated audit maturity through report modernization and forward-looking risk assessments aligned to operational resilience and the future of work.Provided executive oversight of AI Model Risk Management (AI MRM), embedding Responsible AI, Trustworthy AI, and AI Assurance practices within Enterprise AI Governance and AI Control Frameworks.Review Model Validation and effective challenge under SR 11-7, including model documentation standards, performance monitoring, model drift detection, stress testing, backtesting, and lifecycle controls.Strengthened Model Lifecycle Governance across development, implementation, change management, monitoring, and model inventory tiering processes.Partnered with Techno-Functional and Model Risk Management (MRM) teams to embed AI Risk & Controls across first (1LOD), second (2LOD), and third (3LOD) lines of defense.Recognized for domain expertise in banking technology, AI governance, regulatory remediation, risk transformation, and building scalable, future-ready control environments in complex financial institutions.

Skills

• Compliance
• Finance
• Basel Ii
• Balance Sheet
• Kyc
• General Ledger
• Mis
• Branch Operation
• Financial Accounting
• Rbi
• Anti Money Laundering
• Trade Finance
• Fcra
• Aml
• Internal Controls
• Auditing
• Banking
• Retail Banking
• Fema Act
• Financial Analysis
• Commercial Banking
• Sox 404
• Account Reconciliation
• Accounting
• Internal Audit
• Credit Risk