Senior Director / Head Resume New York, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Senior Financial Crimes Compliance and Prevention Executive, Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) with a track record of providing innovative and sophisticated AML/BSA solutions to major international banks
Big Four and leading financial institutions including hedge funds. Articulate communicator and trusted advisor adept in leading teams through complex projects involving AML rule validation and monitoring, “Know Your Customer” (KYC) remediation, Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and Quality Assurance (QA) reports to meet all regulatory mandates and requirements. Innovator in Financial Crimes Compliance Technology.
International Experience—Travelled, worked and/or monitored activities across more than 20 countries garnering a deep understanding of business from a global perspective as well as sensitivity to cultural nuances. Advised foreign banks and/or managed teams in Canada, India, Costa Rica, Singapore, UAE, and Latvia. Had communications with, or traveled in UK, Germany, Netherlands, China, Czech Republic, UAE, Israel, and Columbia.

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Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

Provided recommendations to elevate bank's customer risk assessment methodology and reports.
Recommended immediate implementation of institution's trade financing booking system with list of full sanction seaports; provided a dozen trade finance AML MIS report-list and RDDs.
Gathered documents relevant to institution’s transaction monitoring system (Detica) and drafted mandated Functional Specification Document (FSD).
Proposed improvements to bank's surveillance analysis system on AML and sanctions issues.
Senior Consultant/Bank Examiner—Served as lead AML consultant for AML-technology team examining financial institutions in the Balkans for regarding typology deficiencies and sanction screening list assessment.

Confidential

Senior Director / Head

Responsibilities:

Partnered with Information Confidential Inc. to develop, market and deliver global presentations on innovative trade finance monitoring prototype.
Developed first-ever comprehensive AML and sanctions trade finance transaction monitoring framework for commercial banks, which provides full coverage of regulatory requirements in trade programs.
Played key role in BAFT-IFSA's AML workshop focused on trade transaction monitoring and red flag consolidation; introduced two new trade red flags.

Confidential

Project Manager / Trade Finance AML Monitoring Architect

Responsibilities:

Recommended 15 AML trade finance scenarios and 40 reports for global use which were approved by CCO and immediately implemented.
Served as advisor to Trade LCO/Director on issues related to trade compliance, policies, and reports.
Contributed to new trade finance policies and procedures related to AML, OFAC and random selection investigations.
Played key role in revising existing policies and procedures impacting bank products with OFAC and SDN related risks; contributed to full-sanctioned related Hawala transactions.
Performed gap analysis and recommended implementation of trade AML monitoring system. Received offer of employment as IPSA staff member to develop.

Confidential, New York, NY

Vice President- AML Analytics Manager

Responsibilities:

Drafted SARs; identified additional suspicious activities resulting in writing first and second supplemental SARs in accordance with Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") procedures.
Conducted transaction surveillance of wire transactions using Norkom.
Brought backlog up to date.

Confidential, New York, NY

AML\KYC Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Retained on project initiated in response to regulatory mandate; reported directly to Head of North American Risk and Compliance of private bank.
Executed remediation of high level SCC & PEP accounts involving high-value real estate transactions, using private bank’s KYC system.

Confidential, New York, NY

Suspicious Activity Report Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

Engaged to bring backlog of SARs/SAIFs up to date and conduct look back mandated by regulators.
Investigated alerts and prepared more than six SARs daily, using Confidential 's Case Management Tools and Mantas for daily alert clearance.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Vice President / Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

Held responsibility for customer asset and capital validation (KYC) workflow (20% customer applications, 80% sales, business development & operations); conducted full due diligence on high profile customers KYC documents.