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Abhilash K

Bangalore

Summary

Experienced lead fraud associate with 10+ years of proven expertise in detecting, preventing, and mitigating fraudulent activities across diverse industries. Proficient in data analysis, risk assessment, and developing strategies to safeguard financial and operational integrity. Adept at leading teams, collaborating cross-functionally, and implementing advanced fraud detection tools and techniques. Consistently achieved significant reductions in fraudulent incidents while maintaining compliance with industry regulations.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

QUALITY ASSOCIATE

JP Morgan Chase & Co
Bangalore
12.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve an organization’s final products in order to meet established quality standards
  • Conduct quality checks on suspected/confirmed financial crime cases worked by investigations specialists
  • Perform quality assurance reviews of fraud detection and prevention processes to ensure compliance with company policies and regulations
  • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to share information and best practices
  • Participate in process engineering discussions to suggest improvements and recommend changes
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows

Senior Fraud Analyst

First Abu Dhabi Bank
Bangalore
05.2022 - 11.2023
  • Providing leadership and administrative support to the team and managing the team in achieving and constantly improving service levels based on forecast and capacity
  • Providing support to Fraud Risk Monitoring by reviewing alerts generated by fraud prevention & monitoring systems to prevent & detect frauds
  • Collaborating with different teams to modify and amend the rules based on the false positive alerts, resulting in a percentage increase in the accuracy of identifying suspicious transactions
  • Conducting thorough reviews of suspicious accounts, transactions, and patterns, utilizing data visualization tools and statistical analysis to uncover fraudulent activities
  • Creating and presenting comprehensive reports to senior management, summarizing investigation findings, trends, and recommended strategies for improving fraud prevention measures

Fraud Specialist

Goldman Sachs
Bangalore
08.2021 - 05.2022
  • Conducted fraud risk assessment which includes review of cases and monitored fraud systems to ensure their effectiveness
  • Monitored queues and identified suspicious transactions within the card business portfolio & highlighting ongoing fraud trends & preparing manuals to tackle
  • Observed customer transactions to identify fraudulent activity such as Account takeover, Identity theft, ACH payments, Collusion & other risks
  • Worked on regulatory queues covering ID-theft claims and various Bureau disputes which includes involvement of legal and compliance team by following standard procedures
  • Evaluated the circumstances of cases of suspected or confirmed fraud and making recommendations about future measures

Senior Associate

Capgemini Technology
Bangalore
02.2018 - 07.2021
  • Closely monitored daily dashboards and quality reports, conducted weekly SLA review with team, extended guidance and support to the team in order to ensure delivery predictability
  • Performed complete analysis on bank card detection entailing matching the history with similar type of MCC (stores), travel pattern, spending pattern of the client
  • Investigated fraud in card present transaction and card not present transaction/ online transaction
  • Business day deposit and ensured no fraudulent deposits occur and took necessary action to secure bank funds

Fraud Analyst

Infosys Ltd
Bangalore
12.2014 - 09.2017
  • Investigated, detected fraudulent pattern, activities of the customer of the SunTrust bank and created case for fraudulent accounts
  • Conducted end-to-end analysis on deposit detection and verified fraud activity in bank account via previous transactions and deposited checks (ATM deposits, Wire transaction, check deposits, Ach transaction)
  • Processed alerts & cases within TAT (SAR cases and others like negative, positive and offset cases) to protect and enhance the reputation of the bank with its regulators and avoid significant financial loss
  • Performed activities such as matching checks, date, serial, amount in figures, works and previous stocks of checks

Accountant

Hykon-LTD
Kerala
06.2012 - 11.2014
  • Executed recording of transactions in daily basis in tally-maintained books of records, preparation of day books

Education

MBA - Finance and banking

Bharathiar University
12-2016

Skills

  • Microsoft Office (MS Excel, Outlook, & PowerPoint)
  • ERP Applications
  • Citrix Applications
  • Pre- Defined Queries on SQL

Certification

  • ACFE in Progress
  • AML- KYC Compliance
  • Fraud Detection and Analytics
  • T100 Retail Banking Foundations Course
  • Project Communication Care Certificate (British Council)

Awards

  • Received 3 (Times) Quarterly Star Performer and 8 RAMP awards
  • Outstanding Rating in FIRST appraisal
  • "I STAR" Award for a stellar performance (2015-16) in Infosys
  • Selected for new project as mentor and managing newly hired team in Goldman Sachs

Timeline

QUALITY ASSOCIATE

JP Morgan Chase & Co
12.2023 - Current

Senior Fraud Analyst

First Abu Dhabi Bank
05.2022 - 11.2023

Fraud Specialist

Goldman Sachs
08.2021 - 05.2022

Senior Associate

Capgemini Technology
02.2018 - 07.2021

Fraud Analyst

Infosys Ltd
12.2014 - 09.2017

Accountant

Hykon-LTD
06.2012 - 11.2014

MBA - Finance and banking

Bharathiar University
Abhilash K