Experience

Contineo FRS

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Head of Consulting

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Leads the consulting team delivering high value projects in the Anti Financial Crime (AFC) industry. Main project areas: - Tuning and optimisation of sanctions screening engines - Validation of financial crime models - Healthcheck of screening solutions - Regulatory support - Technology and upgrades of screening solutions Leads the consulting team delivering high value projects in the Anti Financial Crime (AFC) industry. Main project areas: - Tuning and optimisation of sanctions screening engines - Validation of financial crime models - Healthcheck of screening solutions - Regulatory support - Technology and upgrades of screening solutions



Deutsche Bank

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sanctions screening SME (Fircosoft)

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2020

  Build and lead the team responsible of the name list screening filter management. Ensure the calibration and tuning of FircoSoft and its integration with SBS is aligned to bank's risk appetite. Implement change requests to tailor made the filter to bank's changing requirements. Reply to internal and external auditors requests providing evidences that the filter meets the bank's commitments. Maintain and upgrade filter versions and its components. Monitor filter effectiveness and efficiency and propose solutions to achieve optimal filter performance. Use Agile methodology as a framework to manage deliverables. Show less



Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

• Netherlands
• Financial Services

• Associate Director - Financial Crime

  • Jan 2016 - Sep 2017

  Set up the Model Validation function for EMEA region and implement controls and procedures to ensure financial crime systems and data feeds work adequately by: • Tune sanctions screening platform (Hotscan, Safewatch and Finscan) to minimise false positives • Manage list updates for external (OFAC, HMT, JMOF, etc...) and internal lists • Test impact of parameter changes in sanctions screening platform • Support technology with system upgrades • Provide Quality Assurance across AML, KYC, Sanctions and Trade Finance • Use AML Analytics to test and benchmark sanctions filters • Report to senior management and regulator on risks across EMEA Show less



EY

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Executive - Risk & Compliance IT Advisory

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  Advised leading Financial services to implement processes and solutions. Project examples: • Client Screening Transformation: Created business requirements for the client screening platform and identified gaps with current solution. Designed implementation plan valued in £2.5M • Global Anti-Money Laundering: Implemented customer risk assessment tool that saved 30% of new customer onboarding time • Portfolio valuation: Supported M&A team in valuation of loan portfolio in three different countries by using SAS for data profiling • Section 166 Skilled Person Review: Quality control on the review into the mis-selling of capital market derivatives Show less



ISBAN

• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Credit risk IT SME

  • Oct 2008 - Dec 2013

  Implementation of IT risk infrastructure and operational models: • Santander Bank, UK: in a team of 3, responsible of corporate IT risk platform transformation deploying FICO CDA (Capstone Decision Accelerator) decision engine. Responsible of requirements gathering, design and build phases of the decision engine and data feeder. Owned IT testing and UAT support • Santander Consumer Bank, Germany: responsible of the credit risk IT transformation for retail banking. Owned the requirements gathering and delivery of decision engine data feeder. Using SAS Base prepared test data for further unit testing and UAT • Banco Santander, Spain: owned risk data warehouse validations to assure data quality and integrity on tables with 10-20 million records. Used SAS Base for data profiling • Banco Santander, Spain: responsible for internal reporting for credit risk monitoring systems including FICO TRIAD. Developed Excel VBA code to automate and optimise existing reports Show less



Dominion Tecnologias

• Spain

• Project Manager in Security and Control Area

  • Feb 2007 - Sep 2008

  Technological solutions in telecom, transport and energy sectors: • Ensured delivery of a 2M€ project for the remote control of energy systems in 100+ locations • Developed the code inside the PLCs and tuned the SCADA central control software Technological solutions in telecom, transport and energy sectors: • Ensured delivery of a 2M€ project for the remote control of energy systems in 100+ locations • Developed the code inside the PLCs and tuned the SCADA central control software



INSIA - University Institute of Automobile Research

• Software Developer

  • Jan 2006 - Jul 2006

  While at university I did an internship to develop my C++ coding skills in the University Institute of Automobile Research. Responsibilities: - Requirements definition - Technology and tools research - Develop real time video analysis application for a mobile device using C++ While at university I did an internship to develop my C++ coding skills in the University Institute of Automobile Research. Responsibilities: - Requirements definition - Technology and tools research - Develop real time video analysis application for a mobile device using C++