Abby Showunmi

Highly motivated, career driven professional with extensive experience in Anti-Money Laundering and financial crime. Proficient in customer due diligence, fit and proper checks, KYC, financial soundness checks and enhanced due diligence. Experienced in ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as FCA, EU Money Laundering legislations and OFAC.

Skilled in remediating and onboarding various entity types and identifying high-risk customers including Political Exposed Persons and individuals/entities on sanctions lists.

SME Screening Consultant at MWEK Solutions (Mangopay) (2024-11 – 2025-10)

Conducting sanctions, adverse media and PEPs screening on customers with strong primary and secondary factors assessment and escalation procedures

• Conducting Sanctions/Adverse Media and PEPs screening on customers
• Ensuring to discount according using strong primary and secondary factors
• Ensuring to escalate according with rationale
• Carried out intense research on customers using public sources
• Using pragmatic approach when needed
• Provided additional training to the team for an enhanced process
• Ensuring ID&V is carried out based on the policies and procedures

SME KYC Consultant at MUFG Securities (2023-11 – 2024-08)

Completion of end-to-end KYC Renewals and EDRs/Periodic Reviews, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements across MUFG Securities

• Completion E2E of KYC Renewals and EDRs/Periodic Reviews to the highest quality standards
• Ensuring all Customer Due Diligence reviews and screening are completed effectively within prescribed renewals cycle
• Worked in close coordination with Client, Relationship Managers and stakeholders for CDD and sanctions process
• Acted as a senior SME within the Securities and FI Divisions in relation to all KYC aspects
• Took on role as the escalation point for the Securities renewals team, deputizing for VP Team Lead as needed
• Handle external complaints/disputes and being the decision maker
• Providing weekly summary overview to management meetings
• Provided support of the client on-boarding process and periodic reviews for Corporate clients within GCIB
• Reviewing and collating daily MI to share with senior management
• Experience with other languages eg Dutch, Russian, Mandarin and Spanish
• Transaction monitoring

KYC QC/Sanctions Analyst at Bank of Baroda (2023-05 – 2023-11)

Reviewing and quality checking KYC files, conducting sanctions screening and transaction monitoring for retail and SME clients

• Reviewing High, Medium and low risk files
• Reviewing High net worth clients profiles, ensuring screening has been conducted
• Carrying out quality checks on files and providing applicable feedback to Analysts
• Carrying out trend/route cause analysis and facilitating workshops
• Providing weekly summary overview to management
• Conducting reviews on Credit Report Analysis (CRA) for branch
• Reviewing and completion of CDD/EDD and Sanctions on client cases
• Performed in e2e CDD/EDD, Periodic Reviews and sanctions investigations for retail and SME clients
• Working in close coordination with Client and respective stakeholders
• Writing comprehensive Risk Support Statements and risk summarization
• Handle complaints/disputes and being the decision maker
• Transaction monitoring

Senior KYC SME Analyst – Remediation project at Santander (EY) (2022-08 – 2023-03)

End-to-end KYC review, periodic reviews and enhanced due diligence on various entity types with emphasis on ownership structure verification and beneficial ownership identification

• Research UK company registry for ownership structure and directors and associated parties for ID&V
• Performed E2E review, Periodic Reviews, Trigger Reviews, Customer Due Diligence and Enhance Due Diligence on various entity types
• Identifying and verifying information using approved sources
• Ensure all related parties documents are identified and verified by approved professionals
• Conducting post transaction analysis of client's business accounts for red flags
• Ensure details for High net worth client's source of Wealth/Funds are captured
• Support the business with screening facilities for PEPs, sanctions, and adverse media screening
• Intensive and extensive research related to politically Exposed Persons and their associates
• Ensure all RP's, UBO & IBO are electronically or manually duly identified and verified
• Actively involved in all enquiries & queries relating to Sanctions, Suspicious Act, Red Flags
• Preparing Management report on performance of case's progress and blockers

KYC Analyst – Remediation project at ARAB Bank Corporation International PLC (2022-01 – 2022-07)

End-to-end review of KYC documents, ownership structure verification, transaction analysis and screening of clients including high net worth individuals

• Carrying out end to end review of certified KYC documents
• Identifying through public sources for ownership structure and related parties for ID&V
• Performing transaction analysis of customers accounts for red flags and spikes
• Ensure the minimum details for client's source of Wealth/Funds are captured
• Conduct screening on all clients to identify PEPs/associated PEPs, sanctions, and adverse media
• Engaging with internal stakeholders to review policies and share best practices
• Providing team metrics to senior leaders team
• Conducting all types of Reviews on customers such as Periodic Reviews, Trigger Events and Event Driven Reviews

KYC Analyst – Remediation (Periodic review) projects at Barclays Bank (2020-01 – 2021-12)

Identified anti-money laundering risks and red flags through reviewing client files and investigating compliance with sanction prohibitions

• Identified anti-money laundering (AML) risks and red flags indicators arising from reviewing client files
• Investigating compliance and specific country sanction prohibitions
• Reviewing sources included on OFAC, EU Sanctions, UK and UN lists

B.A(Hons) in General Studies – Brunel University