Adarsh Kumar D.j

Financial Crimes and Risk Consultant, Analytics-driven Fraud Mitigation Expert, and MBA graduate with 8 years of experience optimizing risk frameworks at Amazon, Wells Fargo, and Mphasis. Specialized in architecting ML-driven fraud detection models such as Random Forest, LightGBM, etc., using SQL and Python to identify behavioral patterns and prevent financial loss. Advanced practitioner in investigative auditing, complex transaction risk, and global AML/KYC compliance.

Recognized for transforming raw transaction data into predictive, scalable risk-mitigation models.

Investigation Specialist (Senior SME | Transaction Risk) at AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (2020-12 – 2026-02)

Promoted from Contract within 12 Months

• Exposed Fraudulent Clusters: Utilized Graph Neural Network (GNN) outputs to map identical data structures and synchronized account creation dates, successfully dismantling sophisticated bad-actor networks.
• Mitigated Account Takeover (ATO) Fraud: Investigated high-risk buyer accounts flagged by Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) models, identifying sequential anomalies in login and purchase behaviors to secure vulnerable accounts.
• Optimized Detection Precision: Partnered directly with Risk Engineers to deliver continuous model accuracy feedback (RNN/GNN/Rekognition), driving the iterative refinement of core automated detection rules.
• Dismantled Review Collusion Networks: Identified and linked malicious accounts sharing identical credit cards, device IDs, or IP addresses, systematically purging 50% of targeted collusive reviews quarterly.
• Reduced Suspicious Flyers by 15%: Leveraged automated rules powered by Amazon Rekognition to programmatically detect and strip out unauthorized marketing text and promotional phrases embedded inside product images.
• Improved Review Authenticity by 5%: Deployed behavioral analytics to track sudden velocity spikes and temporal anomalies across established buyer accounts, effectively neutralizing incentivized review abuse.
• Strategic Team Leadership: Spearheaded the end-to-end onboarding and training of a 15-member investigator cohort, slashing employee ramp-up time by 25% while maintaining strict quality baselines.
• Performance Analytics and Automation: Developed interactive Amazon QuickSight dashboards to track live case distribution, directly reducing high-priority Turnaround Time (TAT) by 30%.
• Culture and Engagement Leadership: Selected as an organizational Culture Champion for 1+ years; conceptualized and executed department-wide engagement initiatives that substantially boosted cross-functional collaboration.

Senior Associate – Cost Basis Analyst at MPHASIS LIMITED (2019-06 – 2020-07)

• Corporate Actions Analytics: Analyzed complex corporate actions (Mergers and Acquisitions, stock splits) to execute precise tax and valuation adjustments across high-volume trading data.
• Data Integrity and Compliance: Audited and restructured raw financial data for Charles Schwab, maintaining 100% data accuracy in cost-basis reporting for high-net-worth accounts.
• Cross-Border Stakeholder Management: Partnered with international operations teams to streamline cross-border reporting workflows, preventively resolving 10% of data discrepancies before regulatory filing.
• Financial Data Modeling: Leveraged EViews and statistical modeling frameworks to manage large-scale financial datasets and ensure absolute reporting integrity.

Financial Analyst at WELLS FARGO (2016-03 – 2017-09)

• Regulatory and Tax Compliance: Audited US Federal tax datasets (Form 1040/Schedule-C) for self-employed individuals, ensuring 100% data integrity and strict compliance with IRS regulations.
• Operational Excellence: Facilitated weekly strategic huddles to communicate regulatory updates, reducing communication gaps and accelerating team turnaround time (TAT) by 15%.
• Stakeholder Reporting: Synthesized critical operational and production metrics to present during weekly performance reviews with senior leadership.

Master of Business Administration in Marketing and Finance – DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE

Bachelor of Business Management in Finance – SURANA COLLEGE