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Aditya

Risk & Compliance Manager

Google

UC Irvine, 2014
UCLA Andersson, MBA (in progress)

Adi, has over 8 years of experience in risk management, compliance, and business development across industries including Technology and Aerospace & Defense.
UCLA Anderson

UCLA Anderson

Technology
Legal
Economics

Q1Career path

Risk Management

Compliance

Accounting

4:22

"Got to enjoy that last year of college and kind of focus on the classes that I knew would really benefit my career."

Q2Main responsibilities

Investigations

Compliance

Risk Management

6:14

"We'd consider one to be employee training. So we were responsible, we were kind of the gatekeepers of the code of conduct for the company."

Q3Day in the life

Risk Assessment

Access Management

Incident Management

3:51

"Managing which systems and data that different people have access to and provisioning that access can be challenging, especially in large companies."

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication

Detail-Oriented

Analytical Thinking

2:28

"being detail oriented is something that, you know, will, won't serve you poorly for any job that you'd end up taking up."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Problem-Solving

Risk Management

Compliance

2:47

"what I enjoy most about my role is really it was working with people to kind of solve problems."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Problem-Solving

Communication

Project Management

2:07

"communication was key"

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-Solving

2:05

"it is very versatile. You, you build a, a pretty broad skillset that can be applied across industries."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Communication

Resilience

Problem-Solving

2:46

"it's a combination of having the right motivation and drive and a healthy level of professional skepticism"

Q9Wish known before - industry

Industry Realities

Workplace Challenges

Overcoming Challenges

2:08

"We're all on the same team and we're all trying to help folks accomplish business goals."

Q10Entry-level positions

Compliance

Accounting

Legal

2:06

"While accounting doesn't directly relate to risk management, it helps you build a lot of skills. Like being detail-oriented and having critical thinking skills—those are very much needed and great for risk managers."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Networking

Career Development

Mentorship

2:00

"Building a good network and identifying some good mentors is essential."

Q12College ideas for success

Career Planning

Academic Excellence

Networking

3:34

"Another big thing that was really helpful for me in college was just really learning the social skills and building good relationships with people."