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
