Shreya Aggarwal
Summary
Astute financial crime expert with data-driven and technology-focused approach. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Communicates clearly with stakeholders with strong organizational skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director
American Express Europe Services Ltd
London
06.2020
- Responsible to lead the international transaction monitoring rule design for the company
- Closely worked with business teams to develop strategic solutions for Financial Crime related matters
- Developed a great working relationship with key stakeholders including market compliance, FIU, and implementation teams to be able to apply significant influence
- Built an AI model to identify customers suspicious of financial crime
- Led rule review exercise and risk segmentation for the TM program
- Manage 20-member team
- Successfully rolled out 50 transaction monitoring strategies for EMEA markets
Manager
American Express Europe Services Ltd
London
05.2018 - 05.2020
- Recruited from Amex, India to work with International CCO and Global fraud head, EVP AMEX
- On boarded an external data vendor to identify Council housing owners in UK leading to annual saving of $2 Mn
- Solely negotiated to bring the price down to 1/3rd of a competitor vendor
- Created weekday spend percentage variable for UK merchants that exclusively led to less than 1/3rd of overall population default rate
- Discovered a major anomaly in the pre authorization process for oil merchants in Japan which resulted in annual saving of $2.4Mn.
Assistant Manager
American Express Pvt Ltd
08.2016 - 04.2018
- Designed and implemented a complex matching logic in Cornerstone for transaction and submission data
- Match increased by 2%
- Maintained close cooperation with business partners to meet strict timelines
- Designed Rules by analysing large file size data and reduced fraud by $700k/month.
Business Analyst
American Express Pvt Ltd
06.2014 - 07.2016
- On boarded 3 new partners and increased revenue by over $500k
- Received award for ‘Analyst of the Quarter’ in Q4 2015
- Customised fraud mitigation strategies for partner banks based on geo/culture specific data
- Created fraud risk solutions for Apple pay, Android Pay
- Mentored an intern and helped with identification of premium customers for AMEX partner banks.
Education
MSc - Economics
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
01.2012 - 01.2014
BSc - Mathematics
Lady Shri Ram College for Women
01.2009 - 01.2012
Skills
Issues resolution
Additional Information
· Advanced knowledge of SAS, SQL, Hive
· Strong desire to give back to society
Timeline
Director
American Express Europe Services Ltd
06.2020
Manager
American Express Europe Services Ltd
05.2018 - 05.2020
Assistant Manager
American Express Pvt Ltd
08.2016 - 04.2018
Business Analyst
American Express Pvt Ltd
06.2014 - 07.2016
MSc - Economics
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
01.2012 - 01.2014
BSc - Mathematics
Lady Shri Ram College for Women
01.2009 - 01.2012
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