Remediation programme at UK Commodity broker

• Dec 2022 - Present

Quality checker (QC), Sanctions and Transaction Review

• Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

Conducts Quality Check of SARs created by investigators to ensure SAR filings are complete and accurate • Reviews customer and account activity including transactions data and customer relationships to confirm red flags and suspicious activities that require reporting. • Performs name and account based research on lists and reports provided through established resources to support accurate filing process. • Maintains familiarity with appropriate investigation and research techniques to support AML activities, including research utilizing bank systems, intranet, internet and external vendor solutions as appropriate. Show less

Anti-Money Laundering Analyst/ Transaction Monitoring Analyst

• Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

• Working on remediation project for the biggest card provider in the Netherlands. • Reviewing client’s businesses from official sources (Dutch chamber of commerce) and public sources (Google Searches, LinkedIn Profiles, business websites) • Analysing client’s ownership and control structure, recording all directors and UBO’s • Analysing client’s transactions pattern and whether it matches the business activities, assess transaction monitoring alerts, check if sanctions were affected by the transactions. • Worked with various Dutch entity types: such as Limited companies, trusts, partnership, sole trader, and charities. • Analysed corporate credit card and validated documentation to ensure that the appropriate requirements as per internal procedures had been met. • Providing clearly articulated and consistent written rationales for any investigatory outcomes in the course of dispositioning TM alerts and/or cases. • Investigating suspicious activity alerts and referrals and analyse the information to determine if there is any money laundering or terrorist financing activities. Show less

Senior Financial Crime Analyst

• Sep 2020 - Dec 2021

Currently conducting financial risk assessments and due diligence on various portfolios of investment banking and non-bank financial institutions clients, including high, medium and low-risk clients with multiple jurisdictions (AMER, APAC & EMEA regions), Trusts, Pension Funds. Currently conducting financial risk assessments and due diligence on various portfolios of investment banking and non-bank financial institutions clients, including high, medium and low-risk clients with multiple jurisdictions (AMER, APAC & EMEA regions), Trusts, Pension Funds.

Sanction and Pep screening level 3

• Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

Focused on reviewing and screening clients to identify Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) and businesses related to PEPs (such as a business where one of the other Directors is PEP) and ensure classification into High Risk or Standard Risk PEPs. • Quality checks completed on Sanctions, PEP and Adverse Media/Negative News screening has taken place using appropriate systems and in accordance with policies and procedures. • Quality checks performed on analyst that reviews and screen clients to identify Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) and businesses related to PEPs (such as a business where one of the other Directors is PEP) and ensure classification of into High Risk or Standard Risk PEPs. • Adhere to appropriate standards, procedures and service levels for the Sanctions Screening Operations. • Work closely and collaboratively with the Financial Crime Team by building and maintaining good relationships. • Reviewed sanctions/ Pep alerts triggered by the watch list screening AML Tool by comparing details of the client such as DOB, Country of Residence, Nationality against the results of the potential hit and details of the sanctioned entity list. • Reviewing alerts made against the client and determine whether they are "true matches" using bank screening tool. • SME knowledge of Customer Screening at an operational level inclusive of PEP, S&T, RCA, SIE & SIP alert categories. Conduct sanction and/or Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) screening and identify and investigate any risks Show less

Senior Financial Crime Analyst

• Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

Engaging with relevant stakeholders including front office relationship managers to complete EDD, request further information from RM, undertake PEP, sanctions and diverse news assessment. • Reviewing High Net Worth clients, corporates, financial institutions, trust, SPV and funds and implanting CDD in line with company procedures and processes. • Implementing risk matrix/assessment to identify level of client risk and apply appropriate level of due diligence checks during remediation or refresh. • Analysed corporate structures and validated documented to ensure that the appropriate requirement as per internal procedure had been met. • Coordinate the Review of all High-Risk accounts from alerts generated from Transaction Monitoring, Unusual Activity Reports and KYC Remediation. Show less

Senior KYC Analyst

• Jun 2018 - Sep 2019

Review and prepare KYC documentations for approval by Senior Management Daily review and updating of KYC profiles for new and existing customers on client’s records Signed off new customers’ applications for compliance (including Source of Wealth (SOW) checks), and this resulted in account opening times being turned around more expeditiously Screen customers and any related parties using KYC screening tools to identify the presence of any additional PEP connections or adverse information Show less

Senior KYC Analyst

• Aug 2017 - Jun 2018