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Pratiksha Pednekar

Mumbai

Summary

Experienced and detail-oriented KYC/AML specialist with 7 years of proven expertise in financial compliance, customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), and regulatory risk assessment, adept at handling complex onboarding and periodic review cases for corporate and retail clients, ensuring full adherence to global compliance standards, including FATF, FinCEN, and local regulatory guidelines, a strong background in transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and PEP identification, with a consistent track record of mitigating risk and supporting audit readiness, demonstrates excellent analytical, investigative, and communication skills, with a commitment to maintaining the integrity of financial systems

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior KYC Analyst

Eclerx Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
10.2023 - Current
  • Perform public due diligence to gather maximum information for the entity before proceeding with the case in the internal system, including information such as registry details, annual reports, Bloomberg information, Orbis report, sanction questionnaire, listing proofs, SEC Edgar, SEC IAPD, articles of incorporation, etc.
  • Perform screening (RDC, LexisNexis) on an entity and other parties, like UBO and LRs.
  • Performing screening on adverse media, OFAC, PEP classification, and negative news mitigation has been done for individuals and entities, along with using the LexisNexis tool, GDS, an internal tool, and many strings in the Google check.
  • Part of sanctioning the screening team involved reviewing the sanctioned list to check if any funds are involved in financing crime or terrorism, so that we can take appropriate action.

KYC Analyst

Accenture
Mumbai
08.2018 - 10.2023
  • Conduct end-to-end KYC due diligence for global clients, including individuals, corporations & institutions related to client onboarding and KYC- Production.
  • Worked with AML, CDD, EDD, PEP, sanctions screening, LexisNexis, and due diligence.
  • Reviewed customer documents and information to ensure accuracy and compliance with KYC regulations.
  • Identifying the Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBOs) and Other Beneficial Ownership (OBOs) for Entities.
  • Reaching out to the Outreach Team for missing information like the Sanction Questionnaire, Tax Form, Ownership, and Nature of Business for clarification on any contradictory information.

Education

Masters in Finance -

Welingkar Institute of Management
Mumbai
05-2021

B.COM -

Model College
Mumbai
04-2018

Skills

  • Know your customer (KYC)
  • Microsoft Office
  • Team handling
  • Advanced Excel
  • Teamwork

Timeline

Senior KYC Analyst

Eclerx Pvt. Ltd
10.2023 - Current

KYC Analyst

Accenture
08.2018 - 10.2023

Masters in Finance -

Welingkar Institute of Management

B.COM -

Model College

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