AKHIL V

• Managed New business, Periodic review, redemption and Trigger reviews for the Northern America region
• ( including high risk and correspondent banking clients)
• Creation of process documents such as SOP (standard operating procedure) and SLA (service level agreements) for AMERICAS KYC and Validation from approving authorities
• Plan / forecast for capacity weekly, monthly and quarter using the data
• (Capacity Management/Capacity utilization)
• Ensuring quality of KYC's performed by the team with at most vigilance and providing feedback to team members
• Revamping Standard Operating Procedures, Training Materials to keep procedures up to date and conducting problem solving sessions, Sit-Ins for process and individual efficiency
• Daily and weekly calls with BU/Sales to get the documents for smooth onboarding/review
• Part talent acquisition team within KYC department whereas responsible for finding, acquiring, assessing, and hiring candidates to fill roles that are required to meet company goals and fill project requirements
• Performing one-on-one with team members and sharing areas of improvement to meet the standards
• Monitoring the team adherence to policies, procedures and organizational values and providing timely and accurate feedback
• Publish report to AML Compliance, Corporate Audit, Global Head of AML Operations and all KYC Pillar Leads
• Monitoring the team adherence to policies, procedures and organizational values and provide timely and accurate feedback

Client Outreach Team:

• To manage an Outreach or multiple Outreach campaigns within the department and be responsible for the in-scope population, developing a understanding of the process and regulatory requirements.
• Effectively communicate and interact with key clients and stakeholders in query management and outreach topics.
• Support operations manager in creating and delivering accurate MI back to local and functional stakeholders as required.

• Conducting Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for the Client as per Apex policy
• Calculation of Client FCRR (Financing Crime Risk Rating)
• Basically, assessing the risk of the client
• Finding out the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) of the Client and Preparing Ownership Chart
• And finding out the Political Exposed Person (PEP), Key Controllers and their holdings in the client
• Detailed Screening of Client, Parent & Key Controllers with regards to Negative News, Money Laundering, Reputational Risk and connection with Sanction Countries
• Collecting updated Anti Money Laundering (AML) & Wolfsburg Questionnaire from the Client
• Working closely with Compliance team to mitigate the risk of the Clients
• Raising High Risk Investor with Compliance team with regards to Negative News and verify and validating Client's Legal documents
• Validating information related to Client & associated parties with Compliance approved sources
• Process subscriptions, redemptions, transfers, and switches for a range of onshore and offshore funds on the relevant Transfer Agency system.