ARUN BALAJI

To work in a responsible and challenging position where my experience and skills will significantly contribute to the overall success of the organization and provide opportunities for my career growth.

• My role in IBM India as a Team leader involved training, floor support, managing complex data related to process/performance, people management, calibration, quality checks so on
• I was able to accomplish my daily tasks in a timely manner and received accolades from business and higher management for being able to meet & exceed the required service level agreements
• Provided end to end process training to over 50 individuals over a span of 6 years
• Deputized my line manager on multiple occasions and delivered expected results
• Participated in business calls/meetings and provided process level updates in terms of overall performance
• Coached and mentored news hires and under performers to meet the department targets
• Performed quality checks and provided constructive feedback to the staff
• Adhering compliance with operational and compliance requirements
• Managed to comprehend the updates/clarifications provided by the business and effectively cascaded the same to the team/department
• Ensuring: Timely delivery of refresher session on procedures as & when there is a requirement, Procedural gaps are identified and are ironed out on a timely basis of Delivery of constant & constructive feedback to the staff to ensure they develop and grow in the organization
• As Anti-Money Laundering Executive
• Responsible for identifying and researching the patterns, trends, and anomalies in complex transactional and customer data to detect, prevent, mitigate, and report suspicious activity related to money laundering, terrorist financing and structuring
• Evaluated wire transfers and other payments for potential fraud, money laundering, patterns, and inconsistencies
• Used transactional and customer records, external data, publicly- available information, and other information to identify suspicious or unusual activity
• Performed detailed analyses to detect patterns, trends, anomalies and schemes in transactions and relationships across multiple businesses/products
• Assisted and provided information to support Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) or equivalent for regulatory filing
• Scheduled and conducted research on the various suspicious activities by the customers in their bank accounts, transactions, deposits and so on
• Administered "KYC" (Know Your Customer) operations and analyzed the transaction trends of the customers
• Maintained strong investigative skills, the ability to work independently, demonstrated extensive banking and
• Compliance knowledge
• Identified multiple significant cases, red flags and patterns associated with the laundering of illicit funds
• Ensured clear & concise narration of the research to describe if the alert is supposed to be closed or escalated
• As KYC – Customer, Responsible in reviewing documentation of new customer accounts, evaluate high-risk accounts and analyze new customer process and policies
• Conducted reviews of client documentation and information obtained by client contacts within the business units
• Responsible in conducting research to verify information on new account documents and ensure that new account holders are not high-risk customers and do not have restrictions or negative activities that would impact the opening of a new account
• Ensured that information obtained was consistent with AML Policy and Procedures and satisfied regulatory requirements
• Performed additional tasks as assigned, improving the effective administration of the AML and KYC Policies
• Though I was new to the process and the AML world, I was able to learn the process very quickly and was awarded with TOP PERFORMER AWARD in the 3rd month of processing
• Received appreciation and accolades from managers and business partners for my decision-making skills and quick disposition of alerts with 100 percent quality
• Helped the team members with best practices to improve quality and efficiency, which resulted in improvement of the team’s performance.

Father’s Name : Mr. S.T. Pandian

Date of Birth : 18th June 1992.

Languages known : Tamil, English, and Hindi

Communication Address : 3 Shriram Smriti Apartment, Bidaraguppe, Bangalore – 562107.