Devesh Heeramun
Senior Manager - Compliance/MLRO at Blue Azurite Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Blue Azurite Ltd
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Mauritius
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Manager - Compliance/MLRO
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Aug 2023 - Present
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Manager - Compliance/MLRO
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Feb 2022 - Aug 2023
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Geneva Management Group
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Switzerland
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Administrator Wealth Planning and Corporate Services
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Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
▪︎ Support the Company’s Stakeholders by ensuring that the services provided are in line with the company’s Mission Statement at all times. Manage, develop and support a team of Administrators with their daily activities.▪︎ Manage and develop solution driven outcomes to tasks received.▪︎ Plan team workflow and distribution to ensure a professional service in line with company policies and procedures and relevant legislation.▪︎ Monitoring of ongoing work in progress – outstanding issues list. Check PI’s and correspondence of team members.▪︎ Monitor progress wrt annual review of BVI/Mauritian files including Microgen updates, and monitoring of bank movements (in line with (LBA requirements).▪︎ Monitor delivery of accounting/PV requirements by client managers and clients, and check that all action points are cleared from statutory and compliance perspective.▪︎ Monitor status of filing, archiving and saving. ▪︎ Attend staff meetings and team briefs.▪︎ Debt Collection.▪︎ Liaison with clients and client managers.▪︎ Set up of new company or trust.▪︎ Liaise with third parties (banks, investment advisors, authorities, etc).▪︎ Payment instructions.▪︎ Deal with complex resolutions and issues.▪︎ Preparation of Board and Shareholder Resolutions.▪︎ Attendance of Board Meetings of companies within Portfolio.▪︎ Preparation of Minutes of Board Meetings and Action Items List for circulation to Attendees.▪︎ Deeds and Agreements.▪︎ Apply Compliance and Due diligence procedures.▪︎ Removal/Termination of Entities.▪︎ Updating of database and files.▪︎ Actively coaching of my team in line with the Company’s Employee Development System (“EDS”).▪︎ Check time sheets.▪︎ Application of Professional Permits & Registration of Employer. Show less
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Administrator Wealth Planning and Corporate Services
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Oct 2018 - Dec 2019
▪︎ Manage an assigned portfolio of clients - mixture of companies and trusts.▪︎ Liaise with clients and other parties involved in the day to day administration.▪︎ Assistance to Manager and senior administrator on the day to day administration and special projects on the team.▪︎ Daily meeting with Manager and senior administrator to plan and organise own workload and on outstanding list.▪︎ Preparation of payments (instruction and checklist), minutes and resolutions, agreements and deeds.▪︎ Assisting senior administrator to prepare board meeting - prepare board packs.▪︎ Work on termination and liquidation of trusts and companies.▪︎ Debtors collection for the assigned portfolio.▪︎ Files reviews and assistance to senior administrator to ensure all files of portfolio are updated.▪︎ Assist TL and/or RMs with paperwork for new trusts/companies.▪︎ Update database and files.▪︎ Report accurately and timely to the team leader on risk matters.▪︎ Timesheet completion on a daily basis.▪︎ Assist in any other tasks as and when required. Show less
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IQ-EQ
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Luxembourg
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Client Services Administrator
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Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
▪︎ Carry out day-to-day administration including: corporate work, organizing board meetings, preparing board packs, attending board meeting, drafting of minutes (Corporate actions). ▪︎ Customer due diligence. Compliance of files with relevant laws of Mauritius and compliance with internal control procedures such as Quarterly Compliance Certification, Independent Compliance Review, Administrators' compliance Report. ▪︎ Updating statutory files and updating of information on relevant system. ▪︎ Opening of accounts with institutions (Banks, Custodian, Brokers) including liaison and follow up. ▪︎ Monitoring operations of the account. Liaison with clients and other parties. ▪︎ Liaison and follow up with Authorities such as ROC, FSC and MRA with prior approval of Client Services Lead or Manager. ▪︎ Monitor Trade orders, settlement, subscription documents and capital calls. ▪︎ Support Corporate Committee in its initiative. ▪︎ Follow any other internal procedures and perform any other related duties. Respond to clients' inquiries, under supervision where required, whether by telephone or in writing in a timely and courteous manner. ▪︎ Handle issue of invoices, follow up on debtors. ▪︎ Coach junior staff through the "Buddy Programme". Show less
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Corporate Administrator & Accounts Officer
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Aug 2014 - Aug 2017
▪︎ Administer a varied portfolio of companies and trusts in accordance with the firm's Procedures Manual. ▪︎ Preparation of financial reports, including NAV to meet client deadlines. ▪︎ Monitor compliance of various agreements with clients. Manage client relationships conducting meetings as appropriate. ▪︎ Ensure that the relevant Director is kept informed of activities at all times. ▪︎ Prepare resolutions for companies and trusts as required. Prepare and submit statutory returns as required. ▪︎ Maintain client files ensuring that all relevant correspondence & documentation is accurately and regularly filed. ▪︎ Correspond with clients (verbal & written) as required. Ensure that company statutory records and statutory database/register is kept up to date. Prepare fee notes for clients as required. ▪︎ Ensure that all financial information being sent to clients which has been prepared in-house and has been approved by the Accounting Services Director prior to issue. ▪︎ Ensure that companies and trusts are administered in accordance with the relevant laws and the internal procedures of the group/ Consider at all times the Money Laundering and Know Your Clients issues and report any concerns to the relevant Director. ▪︎ Supervise and assist in the training of any Trainee Administrator and Administrator allocated, provide regular informal feedback and identifying any additional training needs to the relevant director. Show less
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Quincaillerie De Classe
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Terre Rouge
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Assistant Manager
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Jan 2011 - Jul 2014
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Le Waterpark & Leisure Village
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Belle Mare
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Financial Assistant
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2010 - 2011
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Education
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The Chartered Governance Institute
Student Member, Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General -
ACCA
Level 1 Completed, Accounting and Finance -
University of Mauritius
BSc (Hons) Management, Business Administration and Management, General -
Professor Hassan Raffa State Secondary School
Higher School Certificate, Accounting and Business/Management -
Professor Hassan Raffa State Secondary School
School Certificate, GCE