Ranya Seth
About Ranya
Rayna is a Senior Associate at Cygnus Compliance with strong expertise in business intelligence, data validation, and reporting automation. With several years of cross-industry experience spanning financial services, consulting, and ed-tech startups, she specializes in SQL, Python, and R, and is highly proficient in Tableau and Power BI for developing dynamic, insight-driven dashboards that inform strategic decision-making.
Ranya applies a detail-oriented, analytical approach to solving business problems – creating test cases for data, field-level, and workflow testing while merging multiple data sources to identify key performance indicators and operational patterns. Her work translates complex datasets into actionable insights through well-structured reports and visualizations that support business strategy.
She has supported AML, Sanctions, and Customer Risk Rating model validation projects for leading financial institutions such as Bitstamp, Den Norske Bank, Shinhan Bank, and Nordea, as well as a RTO implementation project for Bank of China. Her work has involved conducting data quality and data reconciliation and validating critical model parameters to ensure regulatory compliance to enhance overall model performance. With a strong focus on accuracy and regulatory alignment, she brings a detail-oriented and analytical approach to every project.
In her previous roles, she contributed to projects across marketing, technology, business development, and quality assurance, building a diverse foundation across departments. Her multidisciplinary background and technical fluency position her as a versatile problem-solver in the analytics and reporting space.
In her free time, she enjoys reading a wide range of books—from thrillers and historical fiction to contemporary novels—and traveling with friends and family to explore new cultures and experiences.
Education
- Master of Sciences in Applied Analytics, Columbia University
- Bachelors in Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Manipal University Jaipur, India
Tools
- Fircosoft/Acquity
- Oracle FCCM
- FIS – Prime
- RegTechOne
Expertise
Regulatory Risk & Compliance
-
Model risk is a critical subset of operational risk. Unvalidated or poorly calibrated models can lead to compliance failures, missed risk signals, and failed exams. Our validation services help financial institutions meet OCC, FRB, and FDIC expectations while enhancing model performance across AML, sanctions, fraud, and CRR domains.
-
Even high-performing models degrade over time. At Cygnus Compliance, we help institutions tune and optimize their monitoring and CRR systems to reduce false positives, sharpen detection, and align with shifting business and regulatory needs.
-
We guide institutions through the full lifecycle of implementing and optimizing AML, fraud, and case management platforms ensuring your RegTech investment is operationally sound and regulator-ready.
-
We deliver comprehensive, data-driven risk assessments that help institutions identify vulnerabilities, evaluate controls, and satisfy regulatory expectations. Our assessments inform practical, risk-based strategies that enhance program effectiveness.
Cyber Security
-
We implement data-centric protection strategies that secure sensitive information and support compliance with GLBA, CCPA, GDPR, and other regulatory frameworks.
Data Engineering & Analytics
-
We develop and operationalize governance programs that establish data ownership, standardization, and defensibility supporting both day-to-day operations and regulatory exams.
-
We design and implement dynamic dashboards to support transparency, stakeholder engagement, and audit readiness across compliance domains.
-
We build normalized, regulator-aligned data models that support investigations, long-term trend analysis, and audit traceability.
-
We implement data control mechanisms that continuously monitor quality and alert stakeholders to anomalies before they affect operations or reporting.
-
Our dashboards visualize KPIs, KRIs, and risk trends across AML, fraud, sanctions, and KYC domains supporting board reporting and internal audit.
-
We enhance your surveillance and onboarding programs with enriched, behavior-informed customer profiles that integrate internal and external data.