Dynamic professional with more than 11 years of experience in Banking domain AML/KYC/Branch review.
Posses strong communication, collaboration & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new concepts and utilizing the same in productive manner.
Effective interpersonal skills with abilities to meet deadlines & work under pressure.
Process Improvement initiatives were driven successfully within the unit.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Associate Manager
WELLS FARGO PVT LTD
Chennai
03.2021 - 01.2024
Manage a team of 20 team members and ensure that all key metrics of performances as per the client SLA are met and exceeded
Manage team performance and responsible for the overall development of the team
Manage and strengthen Client Relationship
Investigate reports of suspicious transactions / circumstances, as well as prepare and submit reports to senior management and/or MLRO review
Perform due diligence reviews on new clients and subsequent reporting to New Client Review Committee
Perform other workforce Management duties – schedule management, leave management, report management, compliance management and training
Solving process queries for the team members in payments
Work with all managers to communicate received items to effectively execute production time lines
Provides direct management, feedback, instruction, guidance and direction to a large staff of compliance professional, from analysts to supervisors
Supports and leads the development and/or enhancements affecting systems utilized for alert analysis
Presents reports to Senior Management and other key stakeholders.
Performed detailed analysis of customer complaints to identify trends and root causes for quality issues.
Senior Specialist
WELLS FARGO PVT LTD
04.2018 - 03.2021
Monitor Risk Events and cases for Transaction Surveillance (TS) process
Worked on ECM (Mantas) and Detica TS system, based on certain present rules, an alert and risk events gets generated when the transactions of the customers breaches a certain threshold
Ensuring the country specific Anti Money Laundering (AML) guidelines in the areas of customer monitoring
Analysis of the various Alerts generated in Detica system & ECM based on Detection Scenarios like FTN Recurring, high risk country, micro-structuring, round dollar amount, Structuring etc
Conducting Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) of the customers to ensure that the transactions are inconsistent with the customer known profile
Raise referral to RM for queried transactions & gather information from them to check the legality of the transactions.
Senior Process Associate
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICE
05.2015 - 04.2018
Role – Quality Analyst
AML Processor for the US Governing team and Middle East team
Mentor for training batches.
Process Advisor
Barclays Shared Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 05.2015
Managing the UK cards complaints, which have been upheld by the Decision Maker & process Payments to customers
Validate Customer data with regards to the compliant/Case received via Respond & Edostar & Process payment
Validate IVA/Bankruptcy details if customer is in IVA & process payments to the IP accordingly
Create Payment confirmation Letters & inform customers about the Payments
The processed case in Respond & triumph are sent to Internal QC team for review & process payments.
Education
B.E -
Sree Sastha Institiute Of Engineering And Technology
01.2012
H.S.C -
Padma Sarangapani M.H.S.School
01.2008
S.S.L.C -
Padma Sarangapani M.H.S.School
01.2006
Skills
Proven ability to build and manage a team of Risk/Compliance/Audit professionals who have credibility and work directly with business line management
Strong professional presence to support regular interactions with senior management
Strong communication skills and ability to manage clients and investors proactively as well as manage up to senior management in other time zones
Strong internet research skills
Excellent organizational skills
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Excellent written and verbal skills
Team Collaboration
Performance Monitoring
Quality Improvements
Leadership abilities
Flexibility
People Management
Accomplishments
Provide the adequate training to the novices and trained them for investigations which is pertains to transaction analysis.
Completion of day-to-day work within Turnaround Time (TAT).
Ensure zero TAT misses.
Recognized by the Department and Unit Head for Spot ovation, Special Awards.
Continuously rated as Excellent and good (rating 1 & 2) in the last 2 years.
Recognized as Fast Learner by the Onshore Trainer, during the Training in BSS.
Internal Certification in Anti Money Laundering.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above furnished information is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Quality Assurance Associate Manager
WELLS FARGO PVT LTD
03.2021 - 01.2024
Senior Specialist
WELLS FARGO PVT LTD
04.2018 - 03.2021
Senior Process Associate
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICE
05.2015 - 04.2018
Process Advisor
Barclays Shared Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 05.2015
B.E -
Sree Sastha Institiute Of Engineering And Technology
H.S.C -
Padma Sarangapani M.H.S.School
S.S.L.C -
Padma Sarangapani M.H.S.School
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