Uday Sharma

Chief Internal Auditor

Uday Sharma is a seasoned Chartered Accountant and senior financial services leader with over 20 years of post-qualification experience, including 16+ years in Internal audit, compliance, governance, risk management and business assurance across leading NBFCs, HFCs, banks and financial institutions.

Prior to joining Arka, he was associated with SMFG India handling the Internal audit function for housing finance business, overseeing enterprise-wide risk-based audits, governance frameworks, regulatory compliance and reporting to senior management and audit committees. He has also held leadership positions with Poonawalla Housing Finance, Axis Bank and Kotak Securities where he led internal audit, control, compliance and risk review initiatives across diverse business segments. He began his professional journey with Ernst & Young, gaining broad exposure to audit and assurance engagements for large corporates.

Over the course of his career, Uday has successfully built and transformed audit functions, strengthened internal control environments, and driven process excellence across lending, operations, collections, treasury, finance, human resources, technology and customer service functions. He has extensive experience in audit planning, enterprise risk management, investigations, fraud risk assessment, regulatory compliance and stakeholder management.

Uday completed his B.Com from Calcutta University and also holds an Executive Program certification in Leadership and Management from “India Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta” enhancing his expertise in organizational leadership, strategy, digital transformation and corporate governance.