Santhosh Kumar R
Associate Manager
Chennai
Summary
To secure a deserving position in an organization which will let me exhibit my managerial and technical skills as well as to prove my efficiency as a good team player.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Associate Manager
Standard Charted GBS
6 2022 - Current
- Experienced in MANTAS scenarios threshold tuning and optimization across all countries where SCB has presence
- Using statistical jump methodology to arrive at the desired thresholds for each country based on the transaction population coverage
- Involved in preparing codes using SQL and python for custom scenario-based monitoring
- Present the statistically derived thresholds to the Country Head and CFCC and helping them with the analysis
- Have end to end working knowledge from Segmentation for a country to deriving thresholds and getting it approved to the Country/Regional FCC head
- Have worked in UAT testing for developing tuning automation platform
- Experience in Test Execution, and defect management
- Worked on BTL (Below the line Testing) for all the countries there by helping the CFCC heads to not miss out any productive risk relevant event/cases
- Worked with Product Management Team (PMM) to improve the detection scenario there by working on new SQL codes for custom detection scenario for certain countries there by monitoring the scenario effectively
Assistant Manager
CITIBANK NA
10.2018 - 06.2022
- Credit Cards CDD & Transaction Monitoring
- Conducting customer Screening KYC, to meet their obligations in terms of local laws, regulations, group policies and standards
- Monitoring alert queues, preparing capacity plan and allocating work on various queues for the team
- Investigation of alerts with respect to CITI
- Identifying and reviewing suspicious activities by ensuring all Group Standards of conduct are followed, so as to protect and enhance the reputation of Citibank with the regulators and avoiding significant loss
- Escalating the alerts in a timely manner so as to help the in-country team to file STR (Suspicious Transaction report) and is not delayed
- Ensuring process and product deficiencies are highlighted and escalated immediately to the technical support team
- Ensuring accuracy in investigations of alerts, which are done within the specified turnaround time (TAT)
- Ensuring that the source systems are updated with the correct Risk Rating and highlight risk issues if any in timely manner
Senior Process Associate
SOCIETE GENERALE GLOBAL SOLUTION CENTRE
02.2017 - 09.2018
- Transaction Filtering Unit
- Providing an On-Line filtering service which entitles to detect in real time if an entity or an individual connected to terrorist financing
- Reviewing and comparing international sanctions lists and sanctioned entities in the field of combating the financing of terrorism
- Escalating the payments to the right Embargo Correspondent for further analysis and for the final decision making
- To investigate all the alerts received in the filtering application as per SLA and within respective currency cut off times
- Bringing to the notice of the team leader any procedural conflicts and system issues
- To attend and handle stake holders calls on the process updates & improvements
- Good knowledge in swift messages and payment methods
Senior Process Associate
RBS Business Services Pvt Ltd
06.2012 - 01.2017
- Supporting Client Screening Unit, to meet their obligations in terms of local laws, regulations, group policies and standards for the prevention of money laundering
- Investigation of alerts with respect to RBS
- Identifying and reviewing suspicious activities by ensuring all Group Standards of conduct are followed, so as to protect and enhance the reputation of Bank with the regulators and avoiding significant loss
- Escalating the alerts in a timely manner so as to help the associated teams
- Ensuring process and product deficiencies are highlighted and escalated immediately to the technical support team
- Ensuring accuracy in investigations of alerts, which are done within the specified turnaround time (TAT)
- The alerts are processed with a risk-based approach and the review is acceptable to the External Auditors and Regulators
- Good knowledge in Sanctioned country policies
Education
HSC -
DON BOSCO
03.2006 - 04.2007
B.COM - undefined
LOYOLA COLLEGE
05.2007 - 06.2010
MBA - undefined
VELAMMAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
03.2010 - 05.2012
Skills
Segmentation
UAT Testing
BTL & ATL Analysis
Accomplishments
- AML – KYC (ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING & KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER) Certification course conducted by Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF).
- Cleared French A1 level certification offered by Alliance Franchise.
- Twice awarded BRONZE Ovation award by the management for my performance in the same year.
- Identified the quality failure in the new GCS system and was recognized by the management.
- Identified Macros for Back office to make the workflow easier.
Additional Information
- Awarded for best performer of the team in AML client screening.
- Cleared Young Leadership Programme (YLP).
- Was part of developing and implementing tuning automating platform.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge.
Personal Information
- Father's Name: K. Rajakumaran
- Date of Birth: 06/17/90
Certification
Certified Pro-Degree in Data Science | Machine Learning ( Knowledge Partner KPMG | EdTech Partner IBM)
Timeline
Assistant Manager
CITIBANK NA
10.2018 - 06.2022
Senior Process Associate
SOCIETE GENERALE GLOBAL SOLUTION CENTRE
02.2017 - 09.2018
Senior Process Associate
RBS Business Services Pvt Ltd
06.2012 - 01.2017
MBA - undefined
VELAMMAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
03.2010 - 05.2012
B.COM - undefined
LOYOLA COLLEGE
05.2007 - 06.2010
HSC -
DON BOSCO
03.2006 - 04.2007
Certified Pro-Degree in Data Science | Machine Learning ( Knowledge Partner KPMG | EdTech Partner IBM)
Associate Manager
Standard Charted GBS
6 2022 - Current
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