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Anand Jeevatagore

Anand Jeevatagore

Thiruvananthapuram,India

Summary

Results-driven Management professional with 15 years of experience in AML Compliance operations, production management, organisational development and team building within diverse industries. Highly adept in planning, coordinating and executing successful production strategies. Track record of improving operational stability, efficiency and profitability. Strong collaborator with senior stakeholders, effectively prioritising activities, translating business requirements into solutions and achieving defined objectives.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work history

Senior Manager

Guidehouse India Private Ltd
Trivandrum, Kerala
04.2022 - Current
  • Built and developed the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation
  • Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation
  • Coordinated internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget
  • Analyzed project status and, when necessary, revised the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met
  • Established and maintained relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes
  • Established and maintained processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks
  • Assigned and monitored resources to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables
  • Reported project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to project work plan
  • Establishing effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution
  • Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget
  • Coordinating the development of user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of the process or system to the clients
  • Identifying and developing new opportunities with clients.
  • Managed annual budget and enforced adherence through daily reconciliations.
  • Led with empowering and empathetic leadership style, leveraging emotional intelligence and proactive communication to defuse conflict.
  • Suggested actionable promotions and business improvements to increase revenue and improve patron experiences.
  • Managed daily workflow, delegating tasks to support seamless operations.
  • Forecasted operational needs and allocated resources to meet business demands.
  • Monitored team performance and provided constructive feedback to address challenges.
  • Trained and mentored teams in company policies and industry best practices to support seamless service delivery.
  • Assisted HR personnel with recruitment, hiring and training highly effective teams.
  • Liaised with board members to discuss operational strategy and review budgetary requirements.
  • Led overall direction, coordination and evaluation of department functions.
  • Developed, recommended and implemented strategies to improve employee work quality and speed.
  • Aided senior leadership by recommending corrective actions and improvements to company operations.

Manager

Guidehouse India Private Ltd
Trivandrum, Kerala
12.2019 - 04.2022
  • Proactively engage with first line key stakeholders to advise on design of systems, controls and risk pertaining to AML/ CTF compliance
  • Managing different AML compliance projects
  • Encourage communication and collaboration across the business, team, and stakeholders in order to build strong relationships and develop cross functional working
  • Enhance the business's AML framework, including risk assessments and gap analysis
  • Upskilled staff through targeted training opportunities, enhancing team capabilities.
  • Applied expertise in team leadership to address productivity and performance issues, motivating staff to achieve KPIs.
  • Lead teams to monitor, investigate and advice concerned parties by establishing clear accountabilities, roles and responsibilities to manage money laundering risk; establish a risk based approach to Customer Due Diligence (CDD) at onboarding and ongoing monitoring of customer activities; establish internal procedures to ensure that suspicious activity is reported in accordance with requirements prescribed by local laws and regulations; establish a robust training program on the requirements of the policy and guideline; retain appropriate records of CDD, transactions, suspicious activity and AML training.
  • Managed staffing schedules for high numbers of employees, delivering operational efficiency whilst remaining under budget.
  • Conducted periodic performance reviews for direct reports.

Team Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co
  • Process manager (Associate) - KYC
    · Worked as a process manager for on-boarding new clients with JPMorgan
    · Performed KYC review on JPMC client base
    · Identifying high risk clients using various calculation tools
    · Performing customer due diligence
    · Maintaining regulatory standards by performing country due diligence
    · Performing product due diligence, account due diligence, risk summary analysis before on boarding a client
    · Liaise with front office about missing/outdated documents
    · Screen individual and entity names against OFAC & government watchlist
    · Performs PEP screening on the client data base
    · Performs team management to achieve SLA
  • Monitored team development, setting performance objectives and providing constructive feedback for continued growth.
  • Located, verified and distribution information through knowledge management practices.
  • Acted as point of contact for high-level queries and represented team at senior leadership meetings.
  • Introduced new opportunities for team building and communication, resulting in better team performance.

Assistant Manager compliance

Al Fardan Exchange L.L.C
02.2013 - 07.2017
  • Establishing and maintaining effective Compliance and anti money laundering policies, procedures, systems and controls in compliance with applicable legislation as per the guidelines of “CENTRAL
  • BANK OF UAE”
  • Handling any internal suspicious transaction reports and taking appropriate actions following the receipt of such reports, and making external suspicious transaction reports to the Anti-Money laundering Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU)
  • And acting as the point of contact to receive internal suspicious transaction reports
  • Build and maintain relationships with relevant regulators and exchanges
  • Promptly and accurately prepare and deliver scheduled AML/ATF reporting on Program and workload status and highlight emerging issues
  • Prepare ad-hoc reports and presentations as required
  • Proactively identify and evaluate emerging regulatory trends and laws in markets of operation
  • Coordinate with Regional Compliance Officers and Legal contacts to ensure adherence with obligations identified in emerging laws and regulations and to respond to any formal inquiries from local regulators
  • Analyzes financial statements and transaction data patterns in order to evaluate accounts flagged for possible suspicious activity as defined by CBUAE guidelines
  • Support internal audits and regulatory requests, ensure satisfactory resolution of any audit findings and recommendations
  • Perform AML/ATF periodic reviews of clients and of all new applicants as per the Policies
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  • Monitor clients and provide timely assessments of changes in clients' risk profiles
  • Provide expert input to ensure resolution complex cases and implement enhanced due diligence when appropriate
  • Administer fines where required
  • Execute OFAC screening on clients and relevant third-parties
  • Manage on-site client reviews conducted by third-parties
  • Proactively identify and evaluate emerging regulatory trends and laws in local markets that may require program enhancement
  • Quality Assurance Compliance

Anti Money Laundering Officer

RBS
02.2009 - 02.2013
  • Comprising an experience of 4 Years which involves the area of Banking and Techno Functional roles
  • Experienced in the field of Anti-Money Laundering and Non-Financial Risk Management, Compliance
  • Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions-Transaction Filtering, Fraud Prevention & Detection, Investigations and KYC
  • Enhanced due diligence and Conducting & Supporting the Investigations, also Facilitated
  • Audit Corrective and Improvising measures for better Compliance
  • Reviewed alerts generated by the FIRCOSOFT Filtering agent and other money laundering detection systems as per the Sanctions policies of OFAC, EU, BOE, HMT, Local and Internal list to identify potential money laundering & Terrorist Financing activities
  • Developed and maintained a high level of expertise with respect to Anti-Money Laundering rules & regulations and RBS technical tools, particularly FIRCOSOFT, SONIC, and other reporting tools
  • Performed manual data mining reviews for correspondent banking clients as well as coordinated in- depth KYC investigations for businesses in high-risk jurisdictions and analyzed transactions within correspondent and nested correspondent accounts.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) - Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Anna University

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St. John's higher secondary school

Skills

  • Thought Leadership
  • Presentation Skills
  • Analytical Skills
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Communication
  • Internal & External Clients
  • Problem Solving
  • MLRO
  • Financial Regulation
  • Skill
  • Development
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  • Financial oversight
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Training and development

Affiliations

linkedin.com/in/anand-jeevatagore-46867b82 Summary ACAMS Professional Member (2011 - Present) - Studying for ACAMS certification exam AML-KYC certified professional - Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.

Languages

English
Fluent
Tamil
Native
Malayalam
Advanced
Hindi
Intermediate
German
Elementary

Certification

• ACAMS Professional Member (2011 – 2012) – Studying for ACAMS certification exam
• AML-KYC certified professional – Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.

Timeline

Senior Manager

Guidehouse India Private Ltd
04.2022 - Current

Manager

Guidehouse India Private Ltd
12.2019 - 04.2022

Assistant Manager compliance

Al Fardan Exchange L.L.C
02.2013 - 07.2017

Anti Money Laundering Officer

RBS
02.2009 - 02.2013

Team Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) - Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Anna University

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St. John's higher secondary school

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