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Amith Itagi

Amith Itagi

Bengaluru

Summary

Results-oriented Delivery and Quality Lead with over 12 years of extensive experience in managing large-scale KYC remediation projects and enterprise-wide risk assessments for leading financial institutions. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams of 70+ members to ensure successful project delivery, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence in complex banking environments. Adept at stakeholder management, process optimization, and implementing risk mitigation strategies. Equipped with a strong background in KYC, OFAC, sanctions screening, customer due diligence, FATCA, transaction monitoring, and various AML/research tools like LexisNexis, World-Check, and Bankers Almanac. Proven ability to drive quality, efficiency, and compliance through strategic leadership and continuous improvement initiatives.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager

Pricewaterhouse coopers LLP
05.2025 - Current
  • Lead and manage a team of over 70 professionals across multiple functions to ensure timely and quality delivery of KYC remediation initiatives.
  • Develop and implement project plans, schedules, and resource allocation strategies to meet project milestones and client expectations.
  • Oversee end-to-end project delivery, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards, internal quality benchmarks, and process improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across compliance, operations, technology, and vendor teams to align project objectives and manage dependencies.
  • Monitor project performance through KPIs, quality metrics, and risk assessments, implementing corrective actions as needed.
  • Conduct regular status updates with senior management, steering committees, and clients to communicate progress, issues, and solutions.
  • Planning and defining project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Allocating resources and managing cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project execution.
  • Tracking project progress and making adjustments to meet deadlines and quality standards.
  • Managing risks, issues, and change control processes.
  • Coordinating with client and internal teams to resolve issues and ensure stakeholder satisfaction.
  • Maintaining comprehensive documentation for all project phases.
  • Ensuring compliance with industry regulations and internal policies.
  • Leading continuous process improvement initiatives.
  • Providing leadership and motivation to project teams to foster a collaborative working environment.
  • Reporting project performance and outcomes to senior management and stakeholders.

Assistant Manager

Ernst & Young LLP
Bengaluru
01.2022 - 05.2025
  • A competent professional with experience in EWRA—Enterprise-wide Risk Assessment, report writing, engagement economics, transaction monitoring, KYC, OFAC, sanctions screening, Lexis Nexis, World Check, customer due diligence/enhanced due diligence, FATCA due diligence/onboarding, Bankers Almanac, D&B, Avox, and preventive crime research.
  • Worked as a quality control lead and an independent quality assurance team.
  • Supporting FCC services in a transaction monitoring project for one of Europe's biggest banks.
  • I have worked on multiple projects and have exposure to multiple business lines of the clients; I have worked with global banks that are under the direct supervision of different regulators, such as the OCC of the US, FCA of the UK, and BaFin of Germany.
  • Mastered the skills of KYC screenings on customers, documenting the information obtained on the clients as required by global KYC procedures.
  • Ensured compliance with all regulatory requirements, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations such as the USA PATRIOT Act, BSA, FATCA, FCPA, OFAC sanctions, etc.
  • Engaged with and managed teams with geographical and cultural diversity to ensure that there is a healthy work environment; worked as a quality lead.
  • Skillful at monitoring and motivating the team and workforce to enhance their efficiencies, and assisting them in delivering quality services; a good team player with strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Senior Analyst

Marlabs Software Pvt. Ltd /CSS Corp
Bengaluru
01.2016 - 08.2022
  • Accountable for FATCA onboarding for W9, W8, W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8IMY & W8-EXP and classification of TIN/IRS/EIN number based on location and entity status (Specified US or Non Specified US).
  • Evaluated the W Forms as per FATCA compliant.
  • Carried out validation of all types of W forms, by Kofaxing Ingesting and on-boarding the same in KPMG clusters.
  • Reviewing client tax documentation W forms and raising red flags where ever required.
  • Administered the existing client’s database for ‘Change-In-Circumstance’ (CIC) and remediation of US indicia for FATCA eligible clients.
  • Handled extraction of report and forwarded the same to the client.

Senior Consultant

PWC SDC
Bengaluru
12.2016 - 02.2022
  • Worked for one of Europe’s biggest banks as an Independent Quality Assurance.
  • Responsible for the quality of the KYC files of the customers being remediated; Up skill the analysts by providing constructive feedback and coach them to ensure that the quality of the files is improved.
  • Understand the risk of the clients using the industry risk pillars (Geography, Products, Nature of business and Legal Form) as standards and ensure that appropriate due diligence is performed such as Enhanced, Customer or Simple due diligence.
  • Validate the due diligence (Enhanced Due Diligence, Customer Due Diligence & Simplified Due Diligence) performed by the analysts depending on the outcome of the risk assessment.
  • Evaluate the questions to be asked to the client depending the risk.
  • Check the authenticity of the documents about the client obtained from public domain, determine if leveraged information is reliable from sources such as Lexis Nexis, Bankers Almanac, Websites of Stock Exchanges, Company registries, Regulators websites, D & B, Hoovers, Financial Times, Business Week, Bureau van Dijk, Reuters etc.
  • Understand the ultimate beneficial ownership, nature & purpose of business, involvement of PEPs, source of funds & wealth and so forth of the client to ensure that the bank is safe from the risks posed by its customers.
  • Document the quality of the remediation, study the error trends and patterns and present the results to the management as well as to the Quality Control Team for future learning.
  • Understanding the client’s risk appetite, their sanctions policies and ensure that effect remediation is done on the files to safeguard the client.
  • Understanding the client requirements basis their business with the customers and prioritizing the work to ensure that the client services are effectively delivered to their customers.

Entity Maintenance/ KYC (Client On-Boarding)

HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Private Limited
Bangalore
07.2014 - 10.2015

Process Associate

Hewlett Packard
Bangalore
10.2012 - 07.2014

Education

Masters in Business Administration -

Manipal University
Bengaluru
08.2017

Bachelor at Business Administration -

Karnataka University
Hubli
03.2012

Skills

  • Anti-Money Laundering
  • Financial crime compliance
  • Enterprise-wide risk assessment
  • Sanctions screening
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Team leadership
  • Effective communication
  • Performance monitoring

Hobbies and Interests

  • Painting
  • Travelling
  • Photography

Languages

  • English
  • Kannada
  • Hindi

Timeline

Manager

Pricewaterhouse coopers LLP
05.2025 - Current

Assistant Manager

Ernst & Young LLP
01.2022 - 05.2025

Senior Consultant

PWC SDC
12.2016 - 02.2022

Senior Analyst

Marlabs Software Pvt. Ltd /CSS Corp
01.2016 - 08.2022

Entity Maintenance/ KYC (Client On-Boarding)

HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Private Limited
07.2014 - 10.2015

Process Associate

Hewlett Packard
10.2012 - 07.2014

Masters in Business Administration -

Manipal University

Bachelor at Business Administration -

Karnataka University

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