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Assisted in managing a team of over 20 members specialising in KYC/AML due diligence.

• Led staff meetings to delegate tasks, assign workloads and communicate changing priorities.
• Monitored team performance, providing suggestions for improvement and training programmes to increase team efficiency
• Monitored team performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
• Initiated and managed weekly meetings to discuss progress, address challenges, and strategise future actions.
• Prepared statements detailing operational detail and key performance indicators.

Supported quality assurance efforts to ensure standards were maintained.

Fostered a client-focused approach in team operations.

Collaborated with team members to strengthen CDD and EDD processes.

Aided in adhering to business-critical protocols and regulatory requirements.

Facilitated task allocation and volume management, ensuring expectations were met.

Conducted performance reviews and supported the provision of SME training.

Executed BAU operations within SLA and QA parameters.

Provided daily functional management for the client ID process.

Reported on monthly metrics for team performance.

• Conducted end-to-end transaction monitoring reviews to detect suspicious activities related to AML, fraud, and financial crime in line with regulatory requirements.
• Investigated complex alerts generated from transaction monitoring systems, identifying unusual patterns and escalating confirmed suspicious activities.
• Performed detailed analysis of customer transactions, behavior, and risk profiles to ensure compliance with global AML frameworks and internal policies.
• Prepared and submitted Suspicious Activity Reports ‘SARs) to relevant regulatory authorities with accurate documentation and strong narrative writing.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams including Compliance, Risk, and KYC to enhance monitoring effectiveness and close gaps in financial crime detection.
• Utilized advanced monitoring tools and data analytics to improve alert quality, reduce false positives, and optimize investigation workflows.
• Ensured adherence to regulatory standards such as FATF guidelines, local AML laws, and internal compliance procedures.
• Conducted Enhanced Due Diligence ‘EDD’ on high-risk customers, including PEPs and sanction-listed entities.
• Reviewed and updated transaction monitoring rules/scenarios to align with emerging risks and regulatory changes.
• Participated in internal audits and regulatory inspections, providing necessary documentation and remediation support.
• Trained and mentored junior analysts on transaction monitoring processes, investigation techniques, and compliance standards.
• Maintained high productivity and quality standards while meeting strict SLAs and turnaround times.

* Daily overview of index changes, verify bottom-up constituents'

performancevs top-down index level performance.

*Check new adds/drops for all 3 regions

like Asia, Middle east and American countries.

Handled customer concerns and escalated major issues to supervisor.•

*Resolved customer queries and problems using effective

communication and providing step-by-step solutions.

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*Expertise in the production of products such as NDA, DSS, FMS,

FileZilla,

*Salesforce, XMI, EIKON, JIRA and IMINT (internal).

*Processing financial data in terms of indices constituents and

weightings.

*Responsible for calculating and processing of various corporate actions

such

as Merger and Acquisitions, Demergers, Share-dividend issue events etc.

*Running the Excel Macro to check the Additions, Deletions of any

companies in

different indices of various markets and checking the Share

number/Weighting

variations of any companies in particular indices.

*Periodic Index rebalance based on index methodology.

*Provide new adds/deletes information and on daily basis until index

elective

date, changes in daily pro-forma file and corporate action to the trading

team.

*Ensure that the corporate actions are properly implemented in the

calculation

of the indexes and are reflected in Refinitiv and custom indices.

*Index construction, Calculation and maintenance using the most

trusted and

widely used methodologies such as free float market capitalization,

equal

weighted and other custom Calculation.