Flexible and dependable shift manager with significant experience in planning and maintaining work schedules, managing employee relations, and collaborating with supervisors and subordinates to ensure effective customer service. Adept at handling sensitive information and adhering to regulations, seeking to leverage skills in a Know Your Customer (KYC) role.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager -CDD
Standard Chartered
Bangalore
04.2024 - Current
Perform day to day management of KYC Analysts and Reviewers, including coaching and providing ongoing performance feedback
Foster and champion High Performance Culture where people are empowered to make decisions that affect their work/environment
Selection, performance management, and overall development of employees within their assigned team
Manage team calibration with Quality Control (QC) to close the feedback loop on quality checked records and make corrections to KYC record
Perform all work in accordance to department procedures and are within quality standards
Performance Management for direct reports
Manage calibration with Utility for case scheduling and hand-offs to KYC Analyst team
Develop the on-going KYC training plan to develop and enhance staff knowledge of business and product
Manage AML/KYC-related KPIs (key performance indicators) for the segment/group to ensure consistency in quality and timeliness of completion
Manage KYC Operations project book of work, including strategic program roll out, major and minor system enhancements
Work towards developing globally consistent process and practices
Team Lead
PwC
Bangalore
03.2022 - 04.2023
Provided first hand project training to multiple batches on boarded on the brand new KYC engagement of PWC
Acting as an escalation point for issues that may require Compliance and other relevant parties
Maintained a clean and safe work environment, resulting in a 23% reduction in complaints filed with management and a 45% increase in crew satisfaction
Helping PwC leadership achieve the critical client targets in timely manner with assured quality
Continually updated a leadership resume and honed skills by participating in various management trainings
Acting as a SPOC between client and PwC leadership and provided in depth detail to client's executive directors with regards to Project progression
Helped management onboard multiple resource by interviewing candidates for several KYC projects.
Team Lead - Quality Control Analyst(APAC Region)
JP Morgan India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
08.2018 - 01.2022
To ensure high quality standards (within provided timelines) for the KYC Records conducted by KYC Analysts
Performing QC reviews in adherence to EDD procedures and also ensure analyst conclusions are clear, complete and supported by the information in the file
To identify and escalate critical issues to the Higher Management
Assisting in identifying problem areas and risk associates with processes and make recommendation to improve quality of KYC analyst's file work
To serve as a key support resource for delivering training and guidance to KYC analysts
To decrease regulatory and reputational risk by exercising sound judgement in approving/rejecting the submitted KYC records
To operate in a team environment and have regular interactions with Business, Operations and AML compliance management
Participated in risk based AML specific testing program, adhering to the Global Compliance Testing Standards
Ensuring that the testing is completed timely and within quality expectation including writing clear and concise summaries and reports with appropriate supportive documentation
Completed key projects as assigned by the management
Maintaining proactive communication with Senior Management including periodic updates on identify or potential issues.
AML/ KYC Analyst
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
Bangalore
05.2017 - 07.2018
Performing the Customer due diligence on new Clients, requesting the KYC information, documentation, review and verification of received documentation and making an analytical risk assessment for new clients
Thoroughly and succinctly document the research and analysis related to the financial activity and related entities of clients, for an audience that includes management, regulators, internal audit, senior managers and internal compliance
Performing ongoing transaction monitoring by way of: - Identifying instances of potential suspicious activities pulled by one of many AML Software Vendors like world check research and Lexi, Nexis due diligence
Reviewing the transactions pulled over suspicious activity and identifying whether are they the part of suspicious transactions and is Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) to be filled
If in case, the activity is identified then filing the SAR by escalating it to relevant financial Intelligence Unit
Periodical review of KYC records as to completeness, including verifying that due diligence has been performed and that CBC standards are complied with; also, that the files and risk assessments are current and up to date
Process entries to open/close client's account on our KYC/ Related parties and CDD database, instruct client desk to open/close the accounts on account level in equation where applicable
Conducting Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) by collecting information like: purpose of account, country of domicile, description of client's business activities, identifying shareholder structure; for customers who are in high risk jurisdiction
Maintain continuous contact with customer to keep customer file updated
Process amended client' records on our KYC/RP and CDD database
Communicate effectively and efficiently with relevant internal and external parties to obtain KYC documents
Have a thorough understanding of client's business and related parties in order to monitor client's activities for unusual transactions
Perform further investigation on identified suspicious client and client's transactions and report to KYC/Anti Money Laundering compliance officer
Responsible for a good understanding of CBC's due diligence regulations, policies and procedures
Part of APAC team dealing with the clients located in APAC locations thereby abiding to regulatory requirements of following countries: Hongkong, Singapore, Australia, Japan, China, India.
Practitioner
Concentrix Pvt Ltd Bangalore
Bangalore
05.2016 - 12.2016
Answer calls professionally to provide services about the product
Keep records of customer interactions and transactions
Listen to customer's query patiently and to provide the best possible resolution
Follow up to ensure that appropriate actions were taken on customer's request
Refer unsolved customer grievances or special request to designated department for further investigation.
Education
MBA -
Dayananda Sagar University
01-2021
Bachelor of commerce -
National Post Graduate College
01-2016
Skills
Corporate Investment Banking
Correspondent Banking
Compliance
Anti Money Laundering
Simplified Due Diligence
Customer Due Deligence PEPs
Fintech Third Party Payments
People Management
Facilitate Training Sessions
MS suite (Word, PPT, Excel)
Accomplishments
Delivery excellence award @PwC
Achiever of the year @GeneraleGenerale Global Solution Centre
Received sport award in July 2017(within four months) in SGGSC for the outstanding performance
Extended trainings to new joining as well as the existing team members on new process updates and tools impleorganisationn the organisation